The list of ship launches in 1887 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1887. __NOTOC__
Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 3 January Cruiser AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial Chinese Navy. 8 January Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For D. & C. MacIver. 8 January Steamship Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For private owner. 10 January Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Douglas Steamship Company, Limited. 11 January Transport ship Rochefort For French Navy. 11 January Tug Messrs. M'Knight & Co. Ayr For Irvine Harbour Trustees. 11 January Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan For Messrs. M'Gregor, Gow & Co. 11 January Steamship Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool For Messrs. Turner & Co. 11 January Schooner Messrs. Nicholson & Marsh Glasson Dock For private owner. 12 January Steamship Sunderland Shipbbuilding Co. Sunderland For R. Gordon & Co. 12 January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons. 13 January Steamship Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited Kingston upon Hull For Humber Conservancy Board. 13 January Unnamed Crane pontoon Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Panama Canal Company.13 January Cocyte Achéron-class gunboat Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 14 January Barque J. Russell & Co. Greenock For Gillison & Chadwick. 20 January Torpilleur N° 99 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 21 January Torpedo boat Yarrow & Co. Poplar For Imperial Japanese Navy. 22 January Steamship Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Company Meadowside For Messrs Bell Brothers & M'Lelland. 22 January Jane Steam lighter W. S. Cumming Monkland Canal For Robert Bain. 22 January Hopper dredger Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For James M'Connochie. 22 January Tanker Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited Jarrow For private owner. 23 January Arsenal de La Carraca San Fernando For Spanish Navy. 23 January Arsenal de la Carraca San Fernando For Spanish Navy. 23 January Cartagena For Spanish Navy. 24 January Steamship Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, Limited Sunderland For private owner. 24 January Rondine Steam yacht Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Prince Sirignano. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) Belfast First steamship built for Messrs. J. P. Corry & Co. 25 January Steamship Messrs. C. S. Swan, and Hunter. Wallsend-on-Tyne For Messrs Jenkins & Co. 25 January Steamship Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Honduras and Central American Steamship Company. 25 January Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For Carron Company. 25 January Steamship MacIlwaine, Lewis & Co. Belfast For private owner. 26 January Steamship Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow For Earn-Line Steamship Co. Ltd. 26 January Torpilleur N° 105 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For French Navy 26 January Steamship Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland For Plymouth, Channel Islands, & Brittany Steamship Co. Ltd., or Jersey, Guernsey and St. Brieuc Steamship Company. 26 January Tug Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. Chepstow For Sir William Thomas Lewis. 31 January El Mounsem Yacht Messrs. Ross & Duncan Govan For Egyptian Government. 1 February Steamship Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited) Belfast For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co. 1 February Steamship Globe Iron Works Company Cleveland, Ohio For Tri-State Steamship Company. 5 February Ironclad Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Hong Kong For Spanish Navy. 5 February Battleship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Spanish Navy. 8 February Doris Barque Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Dundee For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons. 8 February Transpacific Steamship William Doxford & Sons Pallion For Canadian Pacific Railway. 8 February Steamship James Laing Deptford For private owner. 8 February Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. West Hartlepool For Thomas Robinson. 9 February Steamship Messrs. J. F. Waddington & Co. Seacombe For Messrs. Bickersteth, Baker & Co. 9 February Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Great Western Steamship Company, Limited. 12 February Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For James Westoll Line. 15 February Gunboat Kaiserliche Werft Kiel For Kaiserliche Marine. 17 February Jubilee Steam trawler Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co. (Limited) Dundee For Great Northern Steam Fishing and Carrying Company. Ran aground on being launched. 18 February Torpilleur N° 100 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 23 February Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd. 23 February Steamship S. P. Austin & Son Sunderland Built on speculation, sold in March to J. H. Andresen. 24 February Steamship Messrs. Readhead South Shields For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co. 24 February J. & G. Thomson Govan For Spanish Navy. 26 January Torpilleur N° 106 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For French Navy 28 February Daisy Fishing boat Messrs. Stephen & Co. Peterhead For James Ritchie. 28 February Steamship Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton For Yarmouth Steamship Company. February Unnamed Fishing boat Messrs. J. Webster & Co. Fraserburgh For George Morrice. 9 March Steamship Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. Meadowside For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland. 9 March Steamship Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co., Limited Belfast For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane & Co. 9 March Mab Queen Barque Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Mr. Fairlie. 9 March Unnamed Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool For private owner. 10 March Robert Napier and Sons Govan For Royal Navy. 10 March Steamship James Laing Sunderland Canada Shipping Co. Ltd. 10 March Merganser Steam trawler Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For Hugh Leybourne Popham. 10 March Steamship Boolds, Sharer & Co Sunderland For Pinillos, Saenz & Compañia. 10 March Devonport Dockyard For the Royal Navy 12 March Kenilworth Merchantman Messrs. John Read & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co. 12 March Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co. 12 March Unnamed Full-rigged ship Messrs. Williamson & Sons Workington For private owner. 14 March Transport ship Loire Shipyards Nantes For French Navy. 16 March Karljohansvern Horten For Royal Norwegian Navy. 17 March Gelert Schooner Messrs. W. Thomas & Sons Amlwch For private owner. 18 March Torpilleur N° 101 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 23 March Ferry J. L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For New Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company. 23 March Unnamed Steam hopper barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez Canal Company. 24 March Armadale Merchantman Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh. 24 March Clan Buchanan Merchantman Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. James Dunlop & Sons. 24 March Cruise ship Hall, Russell & Company Aberdeen For North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company. 25 March Torpilleur N° 107 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For French Navy 25 March Protected cruiser Stettiner Vulcan AG Stettin For the Beiyang Fleet 26 March Tug Messrs. Cochran & Co. Birkenhead For Messrs. Hutton & Co. 26 March Steamship Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) Chepstow For Commissioners of Carlingford Lough. 26 March Barrow For Thorsten Nordenfelt. 28 March Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For J. M. de Ybarra Y 28 March Scotia Coaster Messrs. J. & J. Hay Kirkintilloch For Messrs. J. & J. Hay. 29 March Paddle steamer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company. 29 March Unnamed Steamship Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter Wallsend For Messrs. E. Haslehurst & Co. 31 March Fatshan Passenger ferry Ramage & Ferguson & Company Leith For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company 31 March Paddle steamer Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For British India Steam Navigation Company. March Steamship Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton For Linea de Vapour Serra Bilbao. March Transport ship Saint-Nazaire For French Navy. March J. Henry Edmunds Schooner C. & R. Poillon Brooklyn, New York For Philadelphia pilots. March Toxteth Full-rigged ship Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co. 6 April Torpilleur N° 102 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy 7 April Steamship William Dobson & Co. Walker For Goole Steam Shipping Company. 7 April Steamship Messrs. James & George Thompson Clydebank For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company. 7 April Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. West Hartlepool For George Horsley. 7 April Samuel Mather Wooden freighterThomas Quayle's & Sons For R. John W. Moore, et al. 7 April Steamship Messrs. T. Turnbull & Co. Whitby For Messrs. Brightman & Co. 9 April Gunboat Sevastopol For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 April Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard Elswick For the Royal Navy 14 April Ironclad Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste For Austro-Hungarian Navy. 9 April Steamship Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton For Panhellenic Steamship Co. 9 April Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Elswick For Royal Navy. 13 April Steamship Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited Hull For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company. 14 April Steamship Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company. 18 April Bouries Steam hopper barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez Canal Company. 23 April Emmie May Humber Keel George W. Brown & Sons Hull For P. Simpson. 23 April Cruiser and cable ship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Imperial Chinese Navy / Governor of Formosa. 23 April Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey. 23 April Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Great Western Steamship Co. 23 April Torpilleur N° 108 35‑metre type, 2nd Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For French Navy 25 April Arete Barque William Pickersgill & Sons Southwick For T. Benyon & Co., or Messrs Thomas Rayner & Co. 25 April Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For John H. Barry & Co. 25 April St. Kilda Steam yacht Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For Albert Wood. 26 April Yacht D. & W. Henderson Partick For James Bell, J. Hillard Bell, William Bell, John Clark, William Clark, Andrew Coates, James Coates, George Coates, and William Coates. 27 April Steamship Samuda Brothers Poplar For South Eastern Railway. 27 April Bracadale Merchantman Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh. 27 April Tug George W. Brown & Sons Hull For Frederick Palmer. 29 April Torpilleur N° 103 35‑metre type, 1st Series, 1st class torpedo boat Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For French Navy April Caire Steam hopper barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez Canal Company. April Catherine Fishing vessel Albert Dock Shipwright Co. Ltd. Hull For Henry Toozes. April Dinorah Schooner Messrs. Fyfe & Son Fairlie For J. E. Atkinson. April Steamship Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Clarence and Richmond Steam Navigation Company. April Isabella Steam lighter W. S. Cumming Monkland Canal For William Corbett. April Lady Victoria Steam yacht Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon For Master of Blantyre. April Queen Victoria Merchantman Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. John Black & Co. April Tug Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez C