The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 1 January Harland & Wolff Belfast Sailing ship For North Western Shipping Company. or White Star Line. 10 January Steamship Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. Low Walker For E. Carr. 10 January Steamship Messrs. Russell & Co. Cartsdyke For Messrs. James Spencer & Co. 10 January Steamship Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For Messrs. Vagliano Bros. 12 January Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Aberdeen For Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co. 12 January Paddle steamer T. & W. Smith North Shields For Great Eastern Railway. 12 January Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For John H. Barry & Partners. 13 January Good Design Fishing yawl Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay Graving Dock Co. Whitby For W. Thompson and others. 13 January Steamship Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. Dundee For Loch Line. 13 January Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Govan For Messrs. Jenkins & Co. 13 January Steamship Messrs. Russell & Co. Cartsdyke For John M'Ilwraith. 13 January Steamship John Readhead & Sons South Shields For Hain Line. 14 January Paddle steamer Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Merksworth For William Buchanan. 15 January Saône Allier-class transport Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 15 January Steamship Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. Low Walker For Messrs. T. & J. Harrison. 15 January Steamship Messrs. Dobie & Co Govan For private owner. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson Leith For George Gowland. 24 January Steamship Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co. Rutherglen For Messrs. Vagliano Bros. 26 January Hercules Steam yacht George Brown Wilmington For J. Palmer. 26 January Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. Rayner & Murray. 26 January John Elder & Co. Glasgow For Royal Navy. 27 January Steamship Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) Jarrow For private owner. 27 January Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun For Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Company (Limited). 28 January Silver Dart Fishing boat Messrs. Hastings Bros. Great Yarmouth For W. Thrower. 28 January Thomas Owen Schooner John Williams Portmadoc For private owner. 28 January No. 11 Torpedo boat Barrow Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 28 January No. 12 Torpedo boat Barrow Shipbuilding Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Royal Navy. 29 January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen For Messrs. J. & A. Davidson. 30 January Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Messrs. Hutson & Corbett. 31 January Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company Govan For Linea de Vapor Serra. 31 January Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For Lumsden, Byers & Co. 9 February Steamship Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son Liverpool For Joseph Hoult. 10 February Steamship Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co Dundee For Messrs. G. & B. Nicoll. 11 February Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. Ran into by another steamship and severely damaged. 11 February Steamship Caledon Shipbuilding Dundee For Messrs. R. A. Mudie & Sons. 11 February Steamship Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Messrs. Olano, Larrinaga & Co. 11 February Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Partenrederij Stoomboot Rederij Rotterdamsche Lloyd. 12 February John Elder & Co. Govan For Royal Navy. 12 February Steamship Messrs. John Readhead & Sons South Shields For Messrs. Wilson, Taylor and partners. 12 February Jane Hunter Barquentine John Watt Dysart For William Gibson and others, or W. Johnstone and others. 13 February Cornelia Steam yacht Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) Jarrow For Marquess of Londonderry. 14 February Steamship Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. Paisley For Torrado-Malero. 14 February Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. R. Shadforth & Co. 14 February Paddle steamer Messrs. Laird Bros. Birkenhead For London and North Western Railway. 23 February Steamship Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For E. A. Piaggio. 24 February Coastal passenger liner John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania For Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.Jehl, Francis