The list of ship launches in 1884 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1884. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 3 January Steamship Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Hull For Messrs. Henry Briggs, Sons & Co. 3 January Steamship Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Granite City Steamship Company. 5 January Gayton Barque Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons Bristol For Messrs. Duncan, Fox & Co. 8 January Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For Imperial Chinese Navy. 12 January Arncliffe Fishing smack Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay Co. Whitby For Whitby Smack and Trawling Co. 12 January Steamship Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company Willington Quay For private owner. 12 January Galgate Merchantman Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. South Stockton For Messrs. Chadwick & Prichard. 12 January Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For Nielsen, Andersen & Co. 12 January Steamship Osbourne, Graham & Co North Hylton For L. Flornoy et Fils, or Messrs. Budd & Co. 12 January Reliance Merchantman Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool For Messrs. W. T. Dixon & Sons. 12 January Ulrica Merchantman Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For Messrs. Hendry, Ferguson & Co. 12 January Steamship Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons Bristol For Messrs. Edward Stock & Son. 12 January Steamship Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. (Limited) Newcastle upon Tyne For Union Steamship Company of Japan. 12 January Unnamed Steamship Blyth Iron Shipbuilding Co. Blyth For Messrs. Nielsen, Andersen & Co. 14 January Steamship Messrs. Caird, Purdie & Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Messrs Hugh Blaik & Co. 15 January City of York Smack Mr. McCann Hull For Messrs. R. Simpson & Co. 14 January Ferry Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co Rutherglen For Clyde Trust. 15 January Steamship Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) Chepstow For Cardiff and West of England Steamship Company (Limited). 15 January Steamship Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Mountstewart Steamship Co. Ltd. 15 January Survey ship James D. Leary Brooklyn, New York For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 15 January Maiden Pilot cutter Campbell Ogilvie Slaughden For Trinity House. 15 January Steamship Usk Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Newport For Messrs. William Hunter & Co. 15 January Steamship Thomas Brassey Birkenhead For private owner. 16 January Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Footdee For China and Manilla Steamship Company. 26 January Steamship Messrs. Turnbull & Sons Whitby For private owner. 28 January Gunboat Carraca Arsenal Cádiz For Spanish Navy. 29 January Steamship James Laing Deptford For D. G. Pinkney & Co. 29 January Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy. 30 January Steamship Messrs. D. J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For A. & A. Y. Mackay. 30 January Paddle steamer Laird Bros. Birkenhead For London and North Western Railway. 30 January Steamship Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For J. Glyn & Son. 30 January Moss Rose Sailing barge Messrs. W. Bayley & Sons Ipswich For Richard Cox. 31 January Steamship Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Low Walker For Messrs. Thomlinson, Thompson & Co. 31 January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Footdee For Lands Line. 31 January The Lady Nell Steam yacht Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Earl of Shrewsbury. January Benvenue Merchantman Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. Watson Bros. January Steamship Kish, Boolds & Co Pallion For Thomas Kish. January Steamship Messrs. John Reid & Co Port Glasgow For private owner. 2 February Pioneer Fishing boat James Mowse Gourdon For Robert Cargill. 8 February Paddle steamer Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell Yoker For Lloyd Argentino Co. 9 February Captain Fishing boat Mr. Doyle Kingstown For C. Waters. 9 February Charity Fishing boat Mr. Synott Kingstown For T. Moloney. 9 February Emma Fishing boat Mr. Doyle Kingstown For G. Pluck. 9 February Lord Longford Fishing boat G. Doyle Ringsend For G. Mitchell. 9 February Steamship Short Bros. Pallion For Woods & Lorentzen. 9 February Storm Fishing boat Mr. Synott Kingstown For R. Brennan. 12 February Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Richard J. Kay. 12 February Fort George Merchantman Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co. Belfast For Messrs. Clark & Service. 12 February Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Middleton For George Steel. 13 February Gironde Nive-class transport ship Bichon frères Lormont For French Navy. 13 February Steamship Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell Yoker For Bulli Coal Mining Company. 13 February City of Manchester Fishing smack Mr. Westman Hull For Messrs. R. Simpson & Co. 13 February Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Henderson & M'Intosh. 13 February Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Mensagerias Fluviales a Vapor. 13 February Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. J. H. Murrell & Co. 14 February Challenger Fishing boat Alexander Watson Banff For James Mair. 14 February Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 14 February Steamship Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For British and African Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 15 February Steamship Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For J. Lohden & Co. 16 February Comète Lion-class gunboat Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 16 February Cawdor Merchantman Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton For J. Houston. 25 February Steamship Messrs. T. & W. Toward & Co. Low Benwell For Messrs. Leach, Harrison & Forwood. 26 February Steamship Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. Wallsend For private owner. 26 February Steamship Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. Partick For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 26 February Steamship Messrs. H. Murray & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. Craig & Nightingale. 26 February Steamship Messrs. R. Craggs & Sons Middlesbrough For private owner. 27 February Steamship Messrs. Elder & Co. Fairfield For Norddeutsche Lloyd. 27 February Kestrel Steam trawler Messrs. S. & H. Morton & Co. Leith For Scottish Steam Fishing and Shipping Company. 27 February Steamship Messrs. Campbell, Mackintosh & Bowstead Scotswood For Messrs. R. Conaway & Co. 28 February Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. South Stockton For Messrs. Henry Briggs, Sons & Co. 28 February Steamship Scott & Co. Greenock For Dampskibs-Selskabet Thingvalla. 28 February Steamship Messrs Redhead and Co South Shields For Messrs Hain and Son. 29 February Steamship Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons Govan For Compania Mexicana Transatlantica. February Aberfeldy Merchantman Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons Dumbarton For Gavin Cowper. February Tug Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. James Wyllie & Co. February Ferry Messrs. T. B. Seat & Co. Rutherglen For private owner. February Ferry Messrs. T. B. Seat & Co. Rutherglen For private owner. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Mordey & Carney Newport For F. S. Hockaday. 1 March Coaster Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Steamship Dollie Co. Ltd. or Messrs. J. J. Mack & Sons. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Hull For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co. 1 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Dobson & Charles Grangemouth For private owner. 11 March Steamship Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son Whitby For private owner. 12 March A. D. Bordes Merchantman W. B. Thompson Whiteinch For A. D. Bordes et Fils. 12 March Steamship Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Black Diamond Steamship Company. 12 March Highland Forest Barque Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Messrs. Crane, Colvil & Co. Collided with a pier on being launched and was severely damaged. 12 March Anatolie Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Paquet, N., & Cie. 12 March Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Robert M. Sloman & Co. 13 March Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For Ulster Steamship Company (Limited). 13 March Steamship Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. Whiteinch For British and African Steam Navigation Company (Limited). 13 March Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun-on-the-Clyde For Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Company. 14 March Railleur Hareng-class fishery protection vessel Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre For French Navy 15 March Steamship Messrs. James & George Thomson Clydebank For John Burns. 15 March Euterpe Barque Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For B. Wencke & Sons. 15 March Hutton Hall Merchantman Messsrs. W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool For Messrs. Herron, Dunn & Co. 15 March Steamship Messrs. James Bremner & Co. Hull For private owner. 24 March Steamship Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow For Società Italiana di Transporti Marittimi Raggio & Co. 25 March Tug Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Hull For Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons & Co. 26 March Loch Trool Barque Govan Shipbuilding Company Govan For James Sproat. 26 March Medusa Steam launch John M'Adam Govan For Scottish Meteorological Society. 27 March Steamship Messrs. R. Irvine & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Metcalfe & Simpson. 27 March Steamship Kish, Boolds & Co. Pallion For Thomas Kish. 27 March Steamship Robert Thompson & Sons Southwick ForCompagnie Havraise Peninsulaire Navigation à Vapeur. 27 March Steamship Messrs. MacIlwaine & Lewis Belfast For W. I. Granver. 28 March Silverhorn Merchantman Messrs. Russell & Co. Kingston For Messrs. James R. De Wolf & Son. 29 March Steamship Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Taylor, Abrahams & Co. 29 March Steamship Usk Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Newport For Cornubia Steamship Company. 29 March Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Direct Scandinavian and American Steamship Company (Limited). 29 March Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Bowling For Nar Steamship Company (Limited). 29 March Steamship Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Messrs. Goodyear & Co. 29 March Dredger Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Merksworth For Swansea Harbour Commissioners. 29 March Steamship Short Bros. Pallion For Bulman & Dixon. 29 March Sierra Miranda Merchantman Messrs. John Reid & Co Port Glasgow For Messrs. Thomson, Anderson & Co. 29 March Telephone Fishing boat James Cordiner Cove For James Wood. 29 March Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Govan For Mitsu Bishi Mail Steamship Company. 31 March Steamship Messrs. John Fullerton & Co. Merksworth For Hugh H. Smiley. 31 March Mazeppa Steam yacht Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Walter S. Bailey. 31 March Miss Hughes Merchantman Henry Hughes Caernarfon For private owner. 31 March Steamship Messrs. Edward Finch & Co., Limited Chepstow For private owner. March Steamship Messrs. Murray Bros. Dumbarton For Messrs. Morton & Williamson. March Steamship James Bremner & Co. Hull For Hajeebhoy Abdoolabhoy & Joomabhoy Lalljee. March Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Messrs. Alexander A. Laird & Co. March Earl Wemyss Merchantman Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. A. M'Allister & Co. March Steamship Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. Paisley For H. H. Simley. March Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Union Steamship Company of Japan. March Steamship Messrs. D. J. Dunlop & Co. Glasgow For National African Company (Limited). 1 April Provence Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For Soc. Generale de Transports Maritimes a Vapeur 2 April Tug Messrs. J. Mackenzie & Co. Leith For private owner. 2 April The Duchess of Albany Steamboat Durham For William Houston. 9 April Steamship Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co. Port Glasgow For British and African Steam Navigation Co. (Limited). 9 April Lion Lion-class gunboat Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre For French Navy. 9 April Paddle steamer Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Londo