The list of ship launches in 1871 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1871. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 7 January Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons Govan For Royal Navy. 7 January Steamship William Watson Sunderland For H. T. Morton & Co. 9 January Steamship Kirkcaldy For Glasgow and South American Steam Navigation Company. 19 January Steamship Thomas Charlton Grimsby For private owner. 21 January Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Govan For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. 23 January Steamship J. G. Lawrie Whiteinch For private owner. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Humprhys & Pearson Hull For Messrs. Hornstedt & Garthorne. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. William Ross & Co. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Messrs. Burrell & M'Laren. 25 January Steamship Messrs. C. & W. Earle Hull For Messrs. Wilson, Sons, & Co. January Steamship Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Handyside & Henderson. January Steamship J. & G. Thomson Govan For Messrs. James Currie & Co. January Juan Ferrin Barque Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. John Clapperton & Co. January Lady Evelyn Schooner W. Fyfe Fairlie For Marquess of Ailsa. January Princess Louise Steam yacht Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For John Laurence Stewart. January Unity Schooner John Banks Kilpin Pike For John Banks. 2 February Serpent Wheeled aviso Ernest Gouin et Cie. Nantes For French Navy 4 February Canopus East Indiaman Messrs. W. Simons & Co. Renfrew For private owner. 7 February Steamship James Laing Sunderland For J. Laing, H. Mackenzie and G. Porteous. 7 February Cecil Brindley Schooner Thomas Roberts Penhelig For J. Lewis. 7 February Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 8 February Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons Govan For Royal Navy. 10 February Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 11 February Steamship Liverpool Shipbuilding Company Liverpool For National Steamship Company. Collided with on being launched. 16 February No. 32 Mooring lighter Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 17 February Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 20 February Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 21 February Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Steamship Building Company Glasgow For Bristol Steam Navigation Company. 21 February George Avery Fishing trawler John Barter Brixham For John Dugdall and others. 22 February Paddle tug John Batchelor, or Batchelor Bros. Cardiff For Philip Morel and others. 22 February Steamship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Govan For Messrs. James Currie & Co. February Steamship British Timber Company (Limited) Galway For British Timber Company (Limited). 4 March David Bell Company Buffalo, New York For United States Revenue Cutter Service. 6 March Daring Yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For John Harvey. 6 March The Lady Carmichael Paddle steamer A. McMillan & Son Dumbrton For Submarine Telegraph Company. 7 March Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. R. Byrne & Co. 7 March Paddle steamer Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Submarine Telegraph Company. 7 March Steamship Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. Greenock For Messrs. Allan. 8 March Baltic Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 8 March Glatton Breastwork monitor Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 8 March John Elder & Co. Govan For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. 9 March Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 11 March Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For private owners. 18 March Kaiserliche Werft Danzig For Kaiserliche Marine. 21 March Princess Louise Steam launch John Samuel White East Cowes For private owner. 22 March Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Glasgow For private owners. 22 March Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Footdee For Messrs. J. B. Adam & Co. 22 March Bouncer Lighter Messrs. Scott & MacGill Bowling For Messrs. James Rankine & Son. 22 March Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Kelvinhaugh For Messrs. George Smith & Sons. 22 March Steamship Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For private owner. 23 March Steamship William Doxford Sunderland For Messrs. D. Burn, Robert Hindhaugh and partners. 23 March Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For private owner. 23 March Steamship Messrs. Bewley & Co. Dublin For John Rossi Hooper. 24 March Steamship Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For private owner. 25 March Steamship Messrs. W. Simons & Co. Renfrew For Messrs. Gray, Dawes & Co. 25 March Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 25 March Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 27 March Steamship R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. 5 April Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 6 April Steamship Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons Liverpool For Panama Railroad Co. 6 April Yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For James Lloyd Ashbury. 6 April Militades Clipper Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. Aberdeen For Aberdeen Clipper Line. 6 April Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Messrs. J. Glynn & Son. 8 April Ptarmigan Schooner Cowes For J. W. Pawson. 10 April Schooner Brown & Lovell East Boston, Massachusetts For Eugene Sullivan & Peter McEnry. 12 April Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For private owner. 18 April Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For William Laing. 18 April Paddle steamer Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Mr. Stewart. 20 April Steamship Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co Wallsend-on-Tyne For Messrs. Hacquoil Bros. 20 April Daydream Yawl Ratsey Cowes For Edward Loyd. 20 April Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Messrs. Robert Henderson & Co. 20 April Steamship Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. Renfrew For local government of the Rio Grande do Sul. 20 April Steamship Messrs. Withy & Alexander Hartlepool For private owner. 20 April Paddle steamer William Allsup Preston For Mr. Bickerstaffe, or South Blackpool Jetty Co. 21 April Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For British India Steam Navigation Company. 22 April Steamship Liverpool Shipbuilding Company Liverpool For Messrs. Papayanni Bros. 22 April Steamship W. Pile Sunderland For Dale & Crighton. 22 April Steamship Messrs. R. Napier & Sons Govan For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 22 April Mavourneen Schooner Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For private owner. 22 April Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer, & Co. Seacombe For Messrs. John Glynn & Co. 27 April Steamship Messrs. Readhead & Softly South Shields For private owner. April Steamship Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Messrs. Russell & Sturgis. April Steamship W. Pile & Co Sunderland For private ownber. April Steamship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Govan For Messrs. G. & J. Burns. April Emily Schooner Messrs. J. & R. Swan Port Glasgow For Alexander Miller, Brother, & Co. April Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co Greenock For private owner. April Garrion Cutter yacht Messrs. Steele Greenock For Thomas Houldsworth. April Steamship Messrs. Johbn Fullerton & Co. Paisley For private opwner. April Steamship G. Short Sunderland For J. S. Barwick & Co. April Lorne Schooner Lyon & Foster Greenock For John M'Lachlan. April Mary Grace Schooner Irvine Shipbuilding Co. Irvine For C. Wilson. April Paddle steamer River Clyde For private owner. April Steamship T. R. Oswald Sunderland For Childe & Co. April Steamship Messrs. J. Wigham Richardson & Co Walker-on-Tyne For private owner. April Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. 4 May John Elder & Co. Govan For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. 6 May Steamship William Watson Sunderland For Ralph M. Hudson Jr. 7 May Sirex Yawl Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Sir H. H. Bacon. 8 May Steamship Robert Thompson Sunderland For Messrs. G. Jinman & Co. 9 May Steamship Messrs. Laird Bros. Birkenhead For National Steamship Company. 10 May Yacht J. B. & J. D. Van Deusen Chester, Pennsylvania For Franklin Osgood. 10 May Steamship Messrs. M'Cullock, Paterson & Co. Port Glasgow For Berwick and London Steamship Co. 18 May Steamship Allsup Preston For Southport and Lytham Steam Packet Co. 18 May Steamship Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Stobcross For Messrs. Seater, White & Co. 19 May Elizabeth Ellen Fisher Schooner M'Lea Rothesay For Thomas Fisher. Unknown date Rose of Devon Fishing trawler John Barter Brixham For Solomon Gravels Jr. and others. 20 May Messrs. J. & G. Rennie Greenwich For Royal Navy. 20 May Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Messrs. Strong, Reid & Page. 22 May Acacia Fishing smack Hunt Aldeburgh For Messrs. Reed & Fletcher. 22 May Agnes Edgell Barquentine Messrs. J. & W. Peters Canons Marsh For R. F. Edgell. 22 May Pantaloon Yacht Ratsey Cowes For Colonel Markham. 23 May Dredger Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. Storry & Smith. 23 May Steamship Messrs. Schlesinger, Davies & Co Wallsend-on-Tyne For J. H. Wilson and partners. 24 May Zampa Cutter River Clyde For Mr. Forrester. 31 May Steamshipa Messrs. C. & W. Earle Hull For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. May Steamship James Laing Sunderland For James Westoll & Co. May Aline Yacht Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For private owner. May Amy Steam yacht Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For N. B. Stewart. May Steamship Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Messrs. Hargrove, Ferguson & Jackson. May Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For private owner. May Electric Spark Steam yacht M'Bryde Greenock For private owner. May Schooner Samuel H. Pine Greenpoint, New York For Joseph Florimond Loubat. May Paddle steamer Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Duke of Hamilton. May Leander Cutter Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For James Reid. May Steamship Messrs. J. & R. Swan Dumbarton For private owner. May Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. May Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Govan For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. May Norma Cutter John M'Quistin Largs For J. T. Stewart. May Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Messrs. J. T. Salvesen & Co. 2 June Steamship William Watson Sunderland For Robert Todd Nicholson and others. 3 June Steamship Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Messrs. Gustaf, Lindberg & Co. 3 June Steamship T. R. Oswald Sunderland For J. Marychurch & Co. 6 June Zuleika Schooner Nicholson Gosport For private owner. 8 June Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Govan For Aberdeen and London Steam Navigation Co. 13 May Belle Brigantine William Allsup Preston For Walton & Co. 15 June Steamship Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For private owner. 17 June Steamship J. G. Lawrie Whiteinch For Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Steamship Co. 17 June Steamship Messrs. W. Pile & Co. Sunderland For Messrs. Laws, Cleugh & Co. 19 June Steamship Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. Renfrew For Messrs. Lynch Bros. 20 June Paddle steamer Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For Drogheda Steam Packet Company. 21 June Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Govan For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 22 June Steamship Messrs. C. & W. Earle Hull For private owner. 24 June Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co Scotstoun For "Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company (Limited)". 24 June Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. 27 June Steamship Messrs. J. & R. Swan Maryhill For James Sinclair. June Alpha Schooner Irvine Shipbuilding Co. Irvine For private owner. June Alpha Schooner Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For private owner. June Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsden & Co. June British Seaman Barquentine William Allsup Preston For Allsup & Co. June Colmonell Merchantman Messrs. John Reid