The list of ship launches in 1877 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1877. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 1 January County of Inverness Full-rigged ship Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. 4 January Messrs. Laird Bros. Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 6 January Ocean Fishing smack Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For private owner. 13 January Steamship John Elder & Co. Govan For Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. 15 January Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 16 January Czarina Yacht Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For Baroness Rothschild. 17 January Evelyn Merchantman Messrs. Hugh Williams & Co. Portmadoc For Hugh Roberts and others. 18 January Wanganui Full-rigged ship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For New Zealand Shipping Company. 20 January Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Messrs. Burrell & Sons. 20 January Renown Smack Messrs. Capps & Crisp Lowestoft For R. Saunders. 25 January Crystal Mersey Flat Voryd For private owner. 27 January Sheila Barque Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun For Messrs. Sandbach, Tinne & Co. 29 January Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 29 January Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 29 January Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Middleton For Messrs Fawcett & Greenwell. 29 January Yarkand Full-rigged ship Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Messrs. E. Bates. & Sons. 31 January County of Inverness Clipper Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. William Thomas & Co. 31 January Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 31 January Loch Ryan full-rigged ship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Dalmuir For Messrs. Aitken, Lilburn & Co. 31 January Morning Star Schooner Messrs. John Jones & Co. Aberystwyth For private owner. 31 January Paddle tug Messrs. Laird Bros Birkenhead For Admiralty. 31 January Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For R. B. Avery. January Gleneagle Chinaman Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan For private owner. January Lindores Abbey Barque Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For John Renton. January Steamship Cowes For private owner. January Rodell Bay Full-rigged ship Messrs Dobie & Co. Govan For Messrs. Law & Co. January Steamship Messrs. Gourlay Brothers & Co. Dundee For W. Thomson. January Taranaki Merchantman Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. 1 February Beechdale Merchantman Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son Liverpool For Edward Broomhall. 1 February Ironclad Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth For Ottoman Navy. Purchased by Royal Navy in February 1878. 10 February Clipper Harland & Wolff Belfast For W. P. Sinclair & Co. 12 February Steamship Messrs. Steele & Co. Greenock For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. 13 February Steamship William Thompson Dundee For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company. 13 February Lady Kinnaird Barque Messrs. Brown & Simpson Dundee For Mr. Weinberg and others. 13 February Star of the Seas Merchantman Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. Walsh Bros. 13 February No. 6 Steam hopper barge Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. Whiteinch For Cork Harbour Commissioners. 14 February Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For private owner. 15 February Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Messrs. Thomas & James Harrison. 15 February Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Hull For Royal Navy. 15 February Jessie Ann Schooner Messrs. Geddie Banff For Mr. Wood. 17 February Margaret Heald Barque Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. Liverpool For J. B. Foote. 17 February Mary Schooner Messrs. Barclay & Robertson Ardrossan For private owner. 17 February Steamship J. T. Eltringham South Shields For J. P. Rennoldson. 17 February Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Nederlandse Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij. 18 February Steamship Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co. 24 February Steamship Messrs. William Swan & Son Maryhill For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane. 26 February Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Middleton For Messrs. Pyman, Watson & Co. 27 February Zeta Barque Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. Partick For Swansea Merchant Shipowners' Company. 28 February Firth of Tay Barque Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Messrs. James Spencer & Co. 28 February Gipsy Queen Barquentine J. E. Scott Cartsdyke For Messrs Lewis Potter & Co. 28 February Woodlands Barque Passage West For private owner. February Steamship Messrs. M'Kellar & Co Dumbarton For William Robertson. February Lurline Barque Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For private owner. February Sciriol Wyn Barque Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Mr. Pritchard. February Yarra Yarra Full-rigged ship Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons Dumbarton For Messrs. William Crackie & Co. 1 March Ashmore East Indiaman Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For D. Simpson and others. 1 March Ladyland Schooner Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. Gillies & Reid. 1 March Oimara Lugger Messrs. M'Queen & Mackay Campbeltown For private owner. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. Hutchinson & M'Intyre. 2 March Steamship Gourlay Bros. & Co. Dundee For George & Bruce Nicoll. 2 March Royal yacht William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For the Sultan of Zanzibar. 13 March Sloop-of-war Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka For Imperial Japanese Navy. 13 March Steamship Messrs. John Readhead & Co. South Shields For Robert Harrowing. 15 March Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For British India Steam Navigation Company. 16 March Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. Palgrave, Murphy & Co. 17 March Bellona Barque Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun For Messrs. Barton & Co. 17 March Steamship Messrs. Gourlay, Sons, & Co. Aberdeen For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. 17 March Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co. 17 March Steamship Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co. 17 March Steamship Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. 19 March Steamship Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. Wallsend For private owner. 27 March Steamship Messrs. Aleander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Anderson. 28 March Steamship Barrow Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Barrow Ocean Steamship Co. 28 March Rochefort For French Navy. 29 March Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co South Stockton For private owner. 29 March Ellen Wignall Schooner Messrs. W. Allsup & Son Preston For Messrs. John Wignall & Co. 29 March Steamship Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Newcastle upon Tyne For T. H. Davidson & partners. 29 March Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Glasgow For private owner. 31 March Steamship Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. James Watson & Co. 31 March Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy. 31 March Lobo Barque Osbourne, Graham & Co. Sunderland For Shallcross & Higham. 31 March Clipper Harland & Wolff Belfast For W. P. Sinclair & Co. 31 March Steamship Messrs. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Messrs. Pile & Co. March Steamship Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Frederick R. Leyland. March Anne Ketch C. Burt & Sons Falmouth For Charles Kelway. March Ben Macdhui Merchantman Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. Watson Bros. March Dochra Barque Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock For Messrs. Scott & Co. March Earl Granville Merchantman Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow For Messrs. John M'Alister & Sons. March Steamship Messrs. Fullarton & Co. Paisley For private owner. March Earnock Full-rigged ship Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. Potter, Wilson & Co. March Kilmeny Barque Messrs. David & William Henderson Partick For Messrs. Kerr, Newton & Co. 3 April Jane Humber Keel George Brown Wilmington For Joseph Barraclough. 9 April Steamship Joseph L. Thompson Sunderland For F. Gordon & Stamp. 12 April Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 14 April America Full-rigged ship Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For private owner. 14 April Bengullion Schooner Mr. Rogers Carrickfergus For Messrs. J. A. Mitchell and others. 14 April Messrs. Palmer & Co. (Limited) Jarrow For Royal Navy. 14 April Messrs. Palmer & Co. (Limited) Jarrow For Royal Navy. 14 April Twin-hulled paddle steamer Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For English Channel Steamship Co. 14 April Ironclad Messrs. Samuda Bros. Cubitt Town For Imperial Japanese Navy. 14 April Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Messrs. Walsh Bros. 14 April Margaret Steam yacht Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For private owner. 14 April Steamship Messrs. T. Turnbull & Sons Whitby For Messrs. Pyman, Watson & Co. 14 April Steamship Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson Paisley For Venezuela Railway Company. 16 April Sea King Steam yacht Messrs. R. Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For private owner. 17 April Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Messrs. Thomas & James Harrison. 17 April Ironclad Samuda Brothers Cubitt Town For Imperial Japanese Navy. 17 April Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Kingston upon Hull For Imperial Japanese Navy. 17 April No. 16 Steam hopper barg Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Clyde Trustees. 18 April Tweedsdale Barque Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh. 18 April Steamship Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. Paisley For Messrs. Ferguson & MacGowan. 19 April Paddle steamer Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Wemyss Bay Steamboat Company. 21 April Codseeker Schooner Thomas Coffin & Co. Port Clyde Canada For Reube B. Stoddart. 25 April Steamship Messrs. Black & Noble Montrose For Montrose, Arbroath, London, and Newcastle Steamship Company (Limited). 26 April Devonport For Royal Navy. 28 April Steamship Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland For Adam & Co. 28 April Steamship Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For St. Andrews S.S. Co Ltd. 28 April Elliot Barque Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Footdee For James Muir. 28 April No Name Merchantman William Newall Ellesmere Port For private owner. 28 April Steamship Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough-on-Tees For private owner. 30 April Messrs. James & George Thomson Dalmuir For Royal Navy. 30 April Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Glasgow For Messrs. D. Hutcheson & Co. 30 April Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Govan For Messrs. R. W. Cousins & Co. April Benares Barque Messrs. H. Murray & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Watson Bros. April Carradale Barque Messrs. Dobie & Co. Govan For Messrs. Manford, Stewart & Co. April Countess of Derby Barque Messrs. Birrell, Stonehouse & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. James Allison & Sons. April Eglinton Merchantman Messrs. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For private owner. April Francis Brodoe Merchantman Saundersfoot For private owner. April Loch Nell Merchantman Messrs. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For private owner. April Ironclad Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Blackwall For Ottoman Navy. April Salamanca Full-rigged ship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Dalmuir For Messrs. Russell & Neilson. 1 May Steamship Messrs. R. Napier & Son Glasgow For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. 1 May Eirene Full-rigged ship Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. Greenock For William Rankin. 1 May Loch Sloy Steam lighter Abercorn Shipbuilding Co. Paisley For John Macfarlane. 1 May Phryne Yawl Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For Mr. Dickenson. 3 May Steamship Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co. 3 May Gazelle Schooner W. J. Curtis Ipswich For W. J. Curtis and A. Beaumont. 3 May Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Govan For A. C. Le Quellec. 5 May AG Weser Bremen For Kaiserliche Marine.Gröner, p. 137 7 May Tug Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Port-Glasgow T