The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 13 January Steamship Mounsey & Foster Sunderland For G. Porteous. 23 January Steamship James & George Thomson Clydebank For Union Steamship Company. 23 January Steamship Messrs. Palmer's Jarrow-on-Tyne For Messrs. J. & R. Bovey. 23 January Samuda Brothers Poplay For Royal Navy. 23 January Traveller Full-rigged ship Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co Dumbarton For R. C. Haws. 24 January Dredger W. Simons & Co. Renfrew For Melbourne Harbour Commissioners. 24 January Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co Paisley For John Hobson. 25 January Steamship Messrs. Gourlay Bros. Dundee For Red Diamond Line. 25 January Steamship Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Deutsche Dampschiffs Rhederei. 25 January Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co. 25 January Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Compagnie Hispano-Française. 25 January Steamship Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Messrs. Fiminez & Sons. 29 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Asiatic Steamship Co. January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Spns Linthouse For Messrs. John Dunn & Co. January Steamship Messrs. R. Napier & Sons Govan For British India Steam Navigantion Company. January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Raeburn & Vurel. January Steamship Messrs. John Blumer & Co. Sunderland For private owner. 1 February Alexander Cook Fishing boat Alexander Wood Branderburgh For Alexander Souter. 1 February Primrose Fishing boat William Wood Branderburgh For Alexander M'Leod. 6 February Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy. 8 February Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 8 February Steamship R. Smith Preston For Mr. Oldfield and others. 8 February Steamship Messrs. G. K. Stothert & Co. Bristol For Messrs. G. K. Stothert & Co. 8 February Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. South Stockton-on-Tees For J. H. Bushby. 8 February Steamship James Laing Deptford For private owner. 10 February Pilgrim Schooner T. T. Parry Bangor For Messrs. Jones & Roberts. 11 February Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Clan Line. 11 February Tarleton Lass Merchantman Mr. Lund Southport For private owner. 11 February Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock For private owner. 18 February Steamship Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. Low Walker For "West African Trading Company". 19 February Steamship J. P. Rennoldson South Shields For Messrs. Sharp Bros. 20 February Rijkswerf Amsterdam For Royal Netherlands Navy. 20 February Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan For Don José Serra y Font. 21 February Steamship Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons Dumbarton For Clan Line. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Scott & Macgill Bowling For Messrs. Hill & Co. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Palmer & Co. Jarrow For Messrs. Richard Nicholson & Sons. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. South Stockton-on-Tees For private owners. 22 February Steamship Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland For Hine Bros. 22 February Euphrates Barque Messrs. H. Murray & Co. Paisley For Messrs. Watson Bros. 22 February Steamship Messrs. John Key & Sons Kinghorn For private owner. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Leslie & Co. Hebburn For Messrs. Bell & Shymons. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Middleton For George Steel. 22 February Teaser Steamboat S. S. Welch Stockton-on-Tees For Imperial Tramways Co. 22 February Steamship Messrs. W. Simons & Co. Renfrew For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. 24 February Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For British India Steam Navigation Company. 24 February Steamship Messrs. Palmer & Co's Iron and Shipbuilding Company. Jarrow For Messrs. Morel Bros. 24 February Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Sons Fairfield For Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij. February Steamship Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. J. Shaw Campbell & Co. February Devonport No. 35 Dredger Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. Whiteinch For British Government. February Steamship For private owner. February Paddle tug Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. Paisley For private owner. February Strassburg Towboat Hamilton's Windsor Ironworks Limited Garston For private owner. 6 March Steamship Messrs. Gourlay, Brothers & Co. Dundee For General Steam Navigation Company. 8 March Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland, County Durham For J. S. Barwick & Co. 8 March Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Messrs. Burrell & Son. 8 March John and Mary Yawl T. Walker Scarborough For Mr. Crawford. 8 March Steamship Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Duetsche Dampschiffs Rhederei. 8 March Steamship Abercorn Shipbuilding Company Paisley For Whitecross Wire and Iron Co. 10 March Steamship Messrs. Turnbull & Son Whitehall For Messrs. James Gray & Co. 10 March Passenger ship John Elder and Co. Fairfield For Guion Line. 10 March Steamship Messrs. Palmer & Co. Jarrow For Messrs. John & Herbert Cory. 10 March Passenger ship Barrow Shipbuilding Company Barrow-in-Furness For Red Star Line. 11 March Falls of Bruar Full-rigged ship Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Wright & Breckenridge. 11 March Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Otto Trechmann. 11 March Steamship Messrs. James & George Thompson Clydebank For Messrs. Gledhill & Dishart. 11 March Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Merksworth For Compagnie Hispano-Française. 11 March Mytho Transport ship Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy. 13 March Steamship Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop Port Glasgow For British and African Steam Navigation Co. 13 March Steam lighter H. M. McIntyre Paisley For James O'Brien. 24 March County of Aberdeen Merchantman Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For private owner. 24 March Steamship Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Hull For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. 24 March Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For W. Ruys en Zonen. 24 March Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 25 March Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Sons Stockton-on-Tees For private owners. 25 March Steamship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Steinmann, Ludwig & Co. 26 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Asiatic Steamship Co. 27 March David Law Full-rigged ship Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co Dumbarton For David Law. 27 March Dredger Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. Whiteinch For British Government. 29 March Steamship Messrs. James & George Thomson Clydebank For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co. March Steamship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Dalmuir For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co. March Steamship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Dalmuir For Messrs. Gledhill & Dishart. March Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. March Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Jenequel Frères. March Steamship Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik Hamburg For Deutsche Dampschiffahrtsgesellschaft Kosmos. March Steamship For Joh Crawford. March Useful Schooner William Ashburner Barrow-in-Furness For Thomas Ashburner. 5 April Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Hardy, Wilson & Co. 5 April Steamship Mounsey & Foster Sunderland For Adamson & Ronaldson. 5 April Cable layer Messrs. Kay Kinghorn For Indian Government. 7 April Steamship Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. Hebburn For Messrs. James Turpie & partners. 7 April Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. South Stockton-on-Tees For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Java. 8 April Steamship Messrs. M'Kenzie & Gunn Thurso For Messrs. Miller & Leith. 8 April Steamship Blumer & Co. Sunderland For Peacock Bros. 8 April Schooner Samuel Pine Greenpoint, New York For New York Pilots. 8 April Steamship Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven For private owner. 8 April Steamship Messrs. S. P. Austin & Hunter Sunderland For Lambert Bros. 8 April Steamship Robert Thompson Jr. Southwick For J. Glynn & Son. 8 April Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. E. Harris & Co. 9 April Steamship Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Messrs. Tellefsen, Wills & Co. 9 April Fiona Yacht Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For private owner. 10 April Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Eugene Collins. 10 April Steamship Jarrow For O. L. Eichmann. 12 April Paddle steamer Messrs. Caird & Co Greenock For Bahia Steam Navigation Co. 19 April Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Coverdale, Todd & Co. 19 April Ulva Steam yacht Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock For F. A. Hankey. 21 April Steamship Mounsey & Foster Sunderland For Crow, Bogard & Co. 21 April Steamship Messrs. Mounsey & Foster Sunderland For private owner. 22 April Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Middleton For Messrs. Palgrave, Murphy & Co. 22 April Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 22 April Steamship Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company Willington Quay For Messrs. C. Tully & Co. 22 April Sayonara Yacht Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For G. W. Richardson. 22 April Steamship Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son Liverpool For Cork Steam Ship Company. 23 April Ban-Righ Schooner Messrs. J. & W. Geddie Banff For David Sinclair and others. 23 April Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Clan Line. 24 April Steamship Messrs. Gourlay, Brothers, & Co. Dundee For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 24 April Steamship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Messrs. John Cory, Sons, & Co. 24 April Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 26 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. 26 April Cruiser Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Royal Hellenic Navy. 28 April Paddle steamer Messrs. Scott & Co. Cartsdyke For Portsmouth, Ryde, and Isle of Wight Steampacket Company. 29 April Paddle steamer Messrs. R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Lochgoil and Loch Long Steamboat Company. April Stanley Schooner Apps Bosham For William Barnby. April Not named Paddle steamer Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For private owner. 3 May Eivian Barque Osbourne, Graham and Co, Sunderland For North Wales Shipping Co. Ltd. 3 May Steamship J. E. Scott Cartsdyke For Messrs. Henry Lamont & Co. 5 May Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 5 May Steamship Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons Monkwearmouth For Henry Schofield and Messrs. Charles Tully & Co. 5 May Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 6 May Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. E. Harris & Co. 6 May Steamship Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. Low Walker For Messrs. W. & R. Thompson. 6 May Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun For City Line. 6 May Steamship Messrs. Turnbull & Son Whitby For Messrs. Turnbull & Co. 6 May Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan For Messrs. Allan C. Gow & Co. 7 May Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Footdee For Messrs. W. Leslie & Co. 7 May Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For Laird's Line. 8 May Steamship Messrs. Gourlay Bros., & Co. Dundee For P. M. Duncan. 9 May Tug Messrs. Wouldhave & Johnson North Shields For Messrs. Hepple & Co. 10 May Tender Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Great Grimsby Ice Co. 12 May Hesper Barge J. H. Vaux Harwich Dockyard For private owner. 12 May Cable ship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Eastern Telegraph Company. 12 May Paddle steamer Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. Port Glasgow For David Rowan. 13 May Gunboat Schichau-Werke Elbing For Kaiserliche Marine. 13 May Ranee Steam yacht Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. Partick For private owner. 20 May Steamship Fijenoord Rotterdam For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij. 21 May Schooner C. & R. P