List of ship launches in 1891

The list of ship launches in 1891 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1891.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
8 January  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Cairnie Steamship For W. Todd Moffatt.[1]
29 January  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Silverstream Barque For William Porter Herdman.[2]
10 February  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Apollo Apollo-class cruiser For Royal Navy.
11 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nomadic Livestock carrier For White Star Line
26 February  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Royal Sovereign Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy
12 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tauric Livestock carrier For White Star Line
14 March  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Gertie Cargo ship For Champion & Co.[3]
28 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Magnetic Tender For White Star Line
4 April  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Kiel Falke Bussard-class cruiser For Imperial German Navy
9 April  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Croft Steamship For Arrow Shipping Co. Ltd.[4]
11 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Labrador Passenger ship For Dominion Steamship Co.[5]
21 April  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Ferndale Barque For Dale Line.[6]
23 April  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford Europe Lighter For B. Jacob & Sons.[7]
7 May  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembrokeshire Empress of India Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy
9 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Assaye Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[8]
16 May  United Kingdom Messrs. P. Austin & Son Sunderland Caradog Barque For Messrs. William Morris & Co.[9]
May  United Kingdom Brown & Clapson Barton-upon-Humber Clytie Humber Keel For Codd & Pullen.[10]
6 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cheshire Passenger ship For Bibby Steamship Co.[11]
8 June  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Kilorack Steamship For Kilorack Steamship Co. Ltd.[12]
15 June  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford Asia Lighter For B. Jacob & Sons.[13]
25 June  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Beechdale Barque For Dale Line.[14]
27 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Shropshire Passenger ship For Bibby Steamship Co.[15]
30 June  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Wilhemshaven Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm Brandenburg-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
16 July  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford Africa Lighter For B. Jacob & Sons.[16]
25 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lancastrian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co.[17]
30 July  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Hood Royal Sovereign-class battleship For Royal Navy
July  France Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre Zaragoza Corvette Flagship of the Mexican Navy
8 August  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Parkdale Barque For J. Henry Iredale Ltd.[18]
11 August  United Kingdom Frederick Braby & Co. Ltd. Deptford America Lighter For B. Jacob & Sons.[19]
18 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Unnamed Barge For Warkworth Harbour Commission.[20]
20 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Philadelphian Cargo ship For F. Leyland & Co.[21]
22 August  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Santa Marinha Tug For Companhia de Materiaes e Melhoramentos da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro.[22]
24 August  United Kingdom Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Mandarin Steamship For Whiteleaf Steamship Co. Ltd.[23]
21 September  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Brandenburg Brandenburg-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
17 October  France Arsenal de Lorient Lorient Brennus Pre-dreadnought battleship For French Navy
17 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pindari Cargo ship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[24]
21 October  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Mashona Full-rigged ship For W. Lowdon & Co.[25]
31 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ionia Cargo ship For D. & C. McIver.[26]
2 November  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston George Cargo ship For Joseph J. Crossfield & Sons.[27]
19 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Mahratta Cargo ship For Brocklebank Line
14 December  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Weissenburg Brandenburg-class battleship For Imperial German Navy
17 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Massachusetts Passenger ship For Baltimore Lighterage Co.[28]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Allen & Co. Poole Alexandra Yacht For Frederick Griffin.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom R. Williamson & Son Whitehaven Black Rock Cargo ship For private owner.[30]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Bell Grimsby Britannia Fishing trawler For John Bell and others.[31]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Barry Graving Dock & Engineering Company Barry Clive Tug For Barry Railway.[32]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charles Joseph Bigger Londonderry Craiglands Barque For Sailing Ship Craiglands Co. Ltd.[33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bessy & Palmer Great Yarmouth Enterprise Schooner For Bessey & Palmer.[34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. Preston Humber Steamship For private owner.[35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee Lawhill Barque For private owner.[36]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Troon Ravenswood Paddle steamer For P. & A. Campbell.[37]
Unknown date  United Kingdom David Banks & Co. Plymouth Stormcock Tug For John Westcott, Joseph C. Cock and another.[38]

References

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  1. ^ "Cairnie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Silverstream". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Gertie". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Croft". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Labrador". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Ferndale". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Europe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Assaye". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Launch of a Barque". Aberystwyth Observer. Aberystwyth. 21 May 1891. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Clytie". Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Cheshire". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Kilorack". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Asia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Beechdale". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Shropshire". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Africa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Lancastrian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Parkdale". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  19. ^ "America". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Philadelphian". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  22. ^ "Santa Marinha". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Mandarin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Pindari". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  25. ^ "Mashona". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Ionia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  27. ^ "George". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Massachusetts". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  29. ^ "Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 390.
  31. ^ "Britannia". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Clive". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  33. ^ "Craiglands". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Enterprise". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Humber". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  36. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 35.
  37. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 244.
  38. ^ "Stormcock". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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.
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