The list of ship launches in 1873 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1873. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location State Notes 1 January Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 January Steamship Messrs. Laird Bros. Birkenhead For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 11 January Steamship Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland For Union Steamship Co. 11 January Paddle steamer Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Dublin & Glasgow Steam Packet Co. 13 January Steamship Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. Middleton For private owner. 14 January Steamship Messrs. R. Napier & Sons Govan For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 16 January John Cuthbert Millers Point New South Wales For Royal Navy. 17 January Passenger ship Harland and Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 23 January Rose Schneider Schooner Robert Allen & Son. Pembroke For Joseph Fisher. 27 January Steamship Messrs. J. Humphrey & Co. Aberdeen For Messrs. J. Humphrey & Co. 28 January Steamship Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Flensburg Steam Shipping Company. 29 January St. Fergus Schooner John Webster Fraserburgh For James Bremner. 30 January Steamship James Laing Sunderland For J. Morrison. 30 January Steamship Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Thomas Russell & Son. 30 January Steamship Iliff & Mounsey Sunderland For Basden, Townsend & Co. January Steamship Mr. Key Kinghorn For Union Steamship Co. January Boldon Barque John Crown Sunderland For John Crown. January Steamship Iliff & Mounsey Sunderland For J. Robinson & Co. January Gazelle Merchantman Philip Bellot Gorey Jersey For Joseph Moses. January Paddle steamer William Pile & Co Sunderland For John Robert Kelso. Incorporated half of in build, with a new bow or stern section. January Paddle steamer William Pile & Co Sunderland For C. H. Ellis & C. H. Stewart. Incorporated half of in build, with a new bow or stern section. January Minstrel King Barque Richard Thompson Sunderland For Jacobs & Co. January Nellie Ketch Charles W. Aubin Jersey Jersey For Elijah Seagers. January Steamship For private owner. January Steamship Blumer & Co Sunderland For J. Blumer & Co. January Steamship Messrs. T. R. Oswald & Co. Sunderland For John H. Watt. 1 February Whaler Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen For private owners. 11 February Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 11 February Steamship John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania For Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. 11 February John Cuthbert Millers Point New South Wales For Royal Navy. 11 February Corvette Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste For Austro-Hungarian Navy. 11 February Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 12 February Steamship Messrs. Rober Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Eastern Steamship Co. 12 February Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Glasgow For State Line Steamship Company (Limited). 13 February Burton Fishing smack Messrs. J. Wray & Son Burton upon Stather For Burton-upon-Stather Shipping Co. 13 February Steamship Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson Paisley For Messrs. Cruickshanks & Co. 13 February Helen Hutchison Schooner Messrs. Carnegie & Matthew Peterhead For Mr. Hutchison. 13 February Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Whiteinch For Netherland India Steam Navigation Co. 14 February Steamship Messrs. J. & G. Thomson Glasgow For Castle Line. 15 February Steamship Messrs. Tod & MacGregor Partick For Inman Line. 15 February Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co Seacombe For Messrs. M'Andrews & Co. 15 February Steamship Messrs. John Fullerton & Co Merksworth For G. Carr. 15 February Paddle steamer Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon Middlesbrough For private owner. 15 February Steamship Messrs. W. Simons & Co. Renfrew For South Wales Atlantic Steam Ship Co. 15 February Steamship Messrs. Gordon & Blackwood Port Glasgow For Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company. 25 February Brig Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 26 February Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co Aberdeen For Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co. 28 February E. L. Margaret Brig Messrs. R. A. Prichard & Co Pwllheli For private owner. 28 February Lady Windermere Barque Grangemouth For private owner. February Beautiful Star Merchantman James Geddie Jr. Garmouth For private owners. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop Port Glasgow For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. Middleton For Kosmos Steam Navigation Co. 1 March Lisette Steam yacht Messrs. Hansen & Sons Cowes For Mr. Gower. 1 March Frigate Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy. 3 March Eldorado Merchantman Messrs. Earle's Kingston upon Hull For private owner. 3 March Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co Fairfield For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 4 March Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Messrs. William Ross & Co. 5 March Flower of the Fleet Sloop John Barter & Son Brixham For Samuel D. Mills. 10 March Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Cartsdyke For Compagnie Valery Frères et Fils. 11 March Steamship Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co Whiteinch For State Line. 11 March Steamship Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For private owner. 13 March Fleetwing Yacht Robinson Gosport For Mr. West. 15 March Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Fairfield For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 15 March Steamship Messrs. Turnbull & Son Whitby For Messrs. Pyman, Bell & Co. 15 March Steamship W. Watson Sunderland For La Trinacria Società di Navigazione á Vapeur. 21 March Cambria Humber Keel Joseph Burton Selby For Messrs. Charles & William Ford. 25 March William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For American Steamship Company. 26 March Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 29 March Passenger ship Gourlay Brothers Dundee For Red Star Line. 29 March Steamship Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. Dumbarton For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forwood.29 March Guetteur Sailing vessel (cutter) Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg For French Navy 29 March Auriga Yacht Michael Ratsey cowes For L. W. Close. 29 March Passenger ship Caird & Company Greenock For Inman Line. 29 March Steamship Messrs. Aitken & Mansel Whiteinch For Donald R. Macgregor. 29 March Florinda Yawl Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For W. Jessop. 29 March Cable ship Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Hooper's Telegraph Works (Limited). 29 March Steamship Messrs. J. & R. Swan Dumbarton For Progresso Maritimo do Porto. 29 March Steamship Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. Hartlepool For private owner. 29 March Steamship Messrs. Green Blackwall For Messrs. Green. 29 March Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) Glasgow For State Line Steamship company (Limited). 31 March Steamship Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland For E. Shotton & Co. March Steamship Blake & Co. Northfleet For James C. Kerr. March Steamship Messrs. Earle Hull For Wilson India Line. Unknown date Steamship Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For George MacAndrew and others. March Uberty Schooner Allix Jersey Jersey For Charles Barclay. 1 April Steamship Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. Cartsdyke For Norddeutscher Lloyd. 1 April Rôdeur Rôdeur-class wheeled aviso Jollet & Babin Nantes For French Navy 1 April Steamship Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Compania Maritima del Peru. 1 April Steamship Quayle & Martin Cleveland, Ohio For Alva Bradley. 2 April Steamship Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon Middlesbrough For private owner. 4 April Robert Kirkwood Fishing smack Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Footdee For Shetland Fishing Company (Limited). 7 April Steamship Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Footdee For Duke of Sutherland. 10 April Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 12 April Steamship Robert Thompson Jr. Sunderland For Anderson, Horan & Co. 12 April No. 189 Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co South Stockton For private owner. 14 April Heather Bell Yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For Mr. Schneider. 15 April Steamship Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson Hull For Messrs. Matheson & Co. 15 April Steamship Messrs. Tod & MacGregor Partick For Messrs. Burns. 16 April Steamship Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For Ducal Line. 16 April Steamship Messrs. Dpbie & Co. Govan For Messrs. James Howden & Co. 18 April Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For Norddeutscher Lloyd. 21 April Shamrock Yawl James Comerford Malahide For Lord Talbot de Malahide. 23 April Schooner For William Mack & others. 26 April Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Dundee For Union Steamship Co. 26 April Steamship Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. Port Glasgow For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. Capsized on being launched. 26 April Mary Bell Schooner William Ashburner Barrow-in-Furness For Thomas Ashburner. 26 April Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Aberdeen For Messrs. Mudie. 26 April Steamship Allsup Preston For Ribble Navigation Co. 26 April Steamship Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 28 April Steamship Mr. Key Kinghorn For private owner. 28 April Steamship Messrs. R. Napier & Sons Govan For Deutsche Transatlantische Dampfsschiffahrts Gesellschaft. April Morna Schooner Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For private owner. April Steamship T. R. Oswald Sunderland For Royal Mail Line. April Ventura Ketch R. A. Ayles Weymouth For Wilson, Sons & Co. 12 May Aries Steam yacht Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Sir James Ramsden. 12 May Steamship London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. Govan For Messrs. A. C. Gow & Co. 13 May Steamship Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. Middleton For Messrs. Groves, MacLean & Co. 14 May Gleam Yacht Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. Seacombe For David MacIver. 14 May Steamship Messrs. John Elder & Co. Govan For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 15 May Alkelda Yacht Messrs. Camper & Nicholson Gosport For William Topham. 15 May Aveyron Yacht E. Robertson Ipswich For E. Packard Jr. 15 May Jamapa Barquentine Messrs. Norvill Bros. Llanelly For Messrs. Samuel Baker & Co. 15 May Phœnix Yacht Malcolmson Bros. Waterford For William Spaight. 15 May Steamship John White Cowes For Isle of Wight Steam Ferry Company, Limited. 15 May Steamship John White Cowes For Isle of Wight Steam Ferry Company, Limited. 17 May Steamship Messrs. J. & R. Swan Dumbarton For Messrs. M'Kinney & Rafferty. 23 May Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 24 May Steamship Messrs. Turnbull & Son Whitby For Messrs. J. Turnbull, Son, & Co. 24 May Steamship Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Hull For Norddeutscher Lloyd. 27 May Steamship Messrs. John Humphrey & Co. Aberdeen For private owner. 27 May James Seed Schooner Messrs. W. Allsup & Son Preston For Messrs. J. Seed & Co. 28 May Steamship Messrs. Laird Bros. Birkenhead For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 28 May Paddle steamer Robert Stephenson and Company Newcastle upon Tyne For London and North Western Railway. 28 May Steamship Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. J. B. Walker & Co. 28 May Steamship Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Port Glasgow For Cunard Line. 28 May Nixie Cutter Mr. Clare Lallow Cowes For Alfred Sartoris. 31 May Steamship Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunnlop Port Glasgow For Aviles Steam Navigation Company. 31 May Steamship Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. Scotstoun For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. 2 June Novgorod monitor New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 2 June William Hewson Humber Keel Wakefield For William Hewson. 6 June Hercules Mersey flat Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company Runcorn For private owner. 7 June Steamship Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons Cardiff For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons. 10 June Steamship Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. Hartlepool For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. 11 June Steamship Messrs. C. M. Palmer & Co. Jarrow For Guion Line. 11 June Steamship Messrs. R. Irvine & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Cory, Lohden & Co. 12 June Steamship Messrs. Palmers Jarrow For Guion Line. 12 June Hesperia Schooner William Fife Fairlie For George Elder. 12 June Steamship Davison