List of ship launches in 1876

The list of ship launches in 1876 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1876.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
1 January	United States	New York Navy Yard	Brooklyn	Trenton	Screw steamer
12 February	United Kingdom	Samuda Brothers	Poplar, London	Belleisle	Belleisle-class ironclad
12 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	The Lagan	Steam barge	For A. Guinness & Sons.^[1]
19 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Thursby	Cargo ship	For W. Thursby.^[2]
20 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	E J Harland	Sailing ship	For Thomas Dixon & Co.^[3]
27 April	United Kingdom	Portsmouth Dockyard	Portsmouth	Inflexible	Ironclad battleship
April	Germany	Lürings Yard	Hammelwarden	Paula	Barque	For A Schiff & Co.
8 May	Italy			Duilio	Ironclad battleship
9 May	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Temeraire	Ironclad battleship
May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Gladys	Schooner	For N. Matheson.^[4]
7 June	United States	William T. Malster	Baltimore, Maryland	Tench Coxe	Cutter
22 July	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Thurland Castle	Sailing ship	For Lancaster Shipowners Company.^[5]
July	United Kingdom	R. Craggs & Son	Middlesbrough	May	Schooner	For R. Craggs & Son.^[6]
September	France	Lorient Dockyard	Lorient	Redoutable	Central battery battleship	First warship principally constructed of steel
4 November	United Kingdom	Elder & Company	Glasgow	Nelson	Nelson-class cruiser
14 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Mousmie	Yacht	For P. O'Connor.^[7]
18 November	United Kingdom	Napiers	Glasgow	Northampton	Nelson-class cruiser
November	Norway			Frid	Brig	For private owner.^[8]
2 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Steelfield	Sailing ship	For R. C. McNaughton & Co.^[9]
5 December	United States	John Roach and Son	Chester, Pennsylvania	Miantonomoh	Monitor
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Caird & Company	Greenock	Alf	Barque	For W Lindsay & Co
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Chefoo	Steamship	For China Navigatio Co. Ltd.^[10]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.	Greenock	Hinemoa	Lighthouse tender	For Government of New Zealand.^[11]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Willington on Tyne	Lucy Compton	Schooner	For Charles Tully & Co.^[12]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Renfrew	Mary Hough	Steamship	For Mr Samuel Hough of Liverpool^[13]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	S. Richards & Co.	Lowestoft	Nil Desperandum	Drifter	For private owner.^[14]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	President	Tug	For private owner.^[15]

References

1. "The Lagan". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
2. "Thursby". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
3. "E J Harland". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
4. "Gladys". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. "Thurland Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. "Supposed Loss of a Middlesbrough Schooner". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 2701. Middlesbrough. 25 January 1877. p. 3.
7. "Mousmie". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
8. "Disasters at Sea". The Times. No. 28863. London. 12 February 1877. col F, p. 9.
9. "Steelfield". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
10. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 376.
11. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 375.
12. "Shipping Disasters". Preston Chronicle. No. 3336. Preston. 20 January 1877.
13. "The Mary Hough Steamer Sunk". The Cornishman. No. 151. 2 June 1881. p. 7.
14. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 234.
15. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.

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.