List of ship launches in 1870

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The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
3 January	United Kingdom	Laird, Son & Co.	Birkenhead	Vanguard	Audacious-class battleship
5 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Historian	Cargo ship	For T. & J. Harrison.^[1]
18 January	Trieste	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	Trieste	Vasilissa Olga	Battleship
1 February	United Kingdom	Maudslay, Sons & Field	Greenwich	Blackadder	Clipper
19 February	United Kingdom	Dudgeon	Poplar, London	Abyssinia	Breastwork monitor
1 March	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	Iron Duke	Audacious-class battleship
2 March	United Kingdom	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company	River Thames	Magdala	Cerberus-class monitor
3 March	United Kingdom	J & G Thomson	Govan	Abyssinia	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
17 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bulgarian	Cargo ship	For J. Bibby & Sons.^[2]
19 March	United Kingdom	Napier	Govan	Hotspur	Ironclad ram
16 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Bohemian	Cargo ship	For J. Bibby & Sons.^[3]
31 May	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham	Sultan	Central battery ironclad
15 June	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Swiftsure	Swiftsure-class ironclad
July	United Kingdom	Charles Mitchell and Co.	Newcastle upon Tyne	Cheviot	Cargo ship
27 August	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Oceanic	Oceanic-class ocean liner	For White Star Line
7 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Camel	Cargo ship	For Harland & Wolff.^[4]
10 September	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Parthia	Ocean liner	For Cunard Line
27 September	United Kingdom	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	Triumph	Swiftsure-class ironclad
24 November	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.	Linthouse	Glendarroch	Steamship	For Wm. Ross & Company.^[5]
26 November	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	Atlantic	Oceanic-class ocean liner	For White Star Line
1 December	United Kingdom	Thomas Royden & Sons	Liverpool	Asiatic	Cargo ship	For White Star Line
19 December	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	Osborne	Royal yacht
Date unknown	United Kingdom	A. Hall & Co.	Aberdeen	Un'yō	Gunboat	For Imperial Japanese Navy

References

1. "Historian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
2. "Bulgarian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
3. "Bohemian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
4. "Camel". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
5. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 381.

Sources

• Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.