List of ship launches in 1873

The list of ship launches in 1873 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1873.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Encounter Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
14 January  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Belgic Passenger ship For White Star Line
16 January New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Renard Beagle-class schooner For Royal Navy
11 February New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Conflict Beagle-class schooner For Royal Navy
11 February Trieste Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Frundsberg Corvette For Austro-Hungarian Navy
1 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Raleigh Frigate For Royal Navy
25 March  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Indiana Pennsylvania-class steamship For American Steamship Company
26 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Fantome Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
29 March  United Kingdom Gourlay Brothers Dundee Abbotsford Passenger ship For Red Star Line
29 March  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock City of Chester Passenger ship For Inman Line
19 April  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Amethyst Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
23 April  United States Lucerne Schooner For William Mack & others
27 April  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Albatross Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
23 May  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Modeste Amethyst-class corvette For Royal Navy
2 June  Russia New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg Novgorod monitor For Imperial Russian Navy
June  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Illinois Pennsylvania-class steamship For American Steamship Company
5 July  Canada Alpha Sternwheeler
28 July  United Kingdom Raenhill & Co London Magallanes Corvette For Chilean Navy
9 August  United Kingdom William Simons and Company Renfrew Milford Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
26 August  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow Schiller Ocean liner For German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line
9 September  United Kingdom Robert Steele & Company Greenock Nurnberg Steamship For Norddeutscher Lloyd
10 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Shah Frigate For Royal Navy
18 September  United States New York Navy Yard New York Swatara Sloop-of-war For United States Navy
2 October  Russia Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard Saint Petersburg General-Admiral General-Admiral-class cruiser For Imperial Russian Navy
25 October  France Lorient Shipyard Lorient Friedland Ironclad For French Navy
1 November  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Egeria Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
5 November  United States Wood, Dialogue & Co Camden, New Jersey City Ice Boat No. 3 Icebreaker For City of Philadelphia
13 November  United States New York Navy Yard New York City Alarm Torpedo boat For United States Navy
20 November  United Kingdom Wigram & Sons Blackwall Sappho Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
22 November  United Kingdom Aitken & Mansel Glasgow Honfleur Passenger / cargo ship For London and South Western Railway
22 November  Germany AG Vulcan Stettin Preussen Preussen-class ironclad For Kaiserliche Marine
27 November  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Flying Fish Fantome-class sloop For Royal Navy
3 December  France Toulon Richelieu Central battery ironclad For French Navy
6 December  United Kingdom John Elder & Company Fairfield Iberia Steamship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company
23 December  China Kiangnan Arsenal Jiangnan Shipyard Yuyuen Haian class Frigate For Imperial Chinese Navy
30 December  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Glasgow Hankow Paddle Steamer For China Navigation Company
Unknown date  Canada St. Catherines, Ontario Asia Passenger ship For Northwestern Transportation Company
Unknown date  United Kingdom Stephens & Sons Dundee Bloodhound Whaler
Unknown date  United States John Roach & Sons Chester, Pennsylvania City of Waco Passenger / Cargo ship For Mallory Line
Unknown date  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbus Steamship
Unknown date  United States Oswego, New York Daniel Lyons Schooner
Unknown date  United Kingdom C Mitchell & Co Newcastle upon Tyne Dunraven Steamship For W Milburn
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Stephenson and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Eleanor Paddle steamer For London and North Western Railway
Unknown date  France Forges et Chantiers de la Mediteranée Toulon Fulgerul Gunboat For the Romanian Navy
Unknown date  United States Gila Sternwheeler For Colorado Steam Navigation Company
Unknown date  United States Portland, Oregon Governor Grover Sternwheeler For Williamette River Navigation Co.
Unknown date  Canada W S Ellenwood & Co Grace A. Channon Schooner For Henry Channon
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Steele Glasgow Hesperus Clipper For Orient Line
Unknown date  United Kingdom J Softley & Co South Shields Kenmure Castle Iron brig-rigged screw steamer For Messrs T Skinner and Co.[1]
Unknown date  United States Neafie & Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Knickerbocker Tug
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Simons & Company Renfrew Limerick Paddle steamer For Great Western Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom Charlton & Co Ltd Grimsby Magna Charta Paddle steamer For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Unknown date  United States Charles Weidener Chester, Pennsylvania Manhattan Cutter For United States Revenue Cutter Service
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Napier and Sons Glasgow Meiji Maru Lighthouse tender For Japanese Government
Unknown date  United Kingdom Lewis and Stockwell London Orwell Paddle steamer For Great Eastern Railway
Unknown date  United Kingdom Laird Brothers Birkenhead Paraná Gunboat For Argentine Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom John I. Thorneycroft & Company Chiswick Rap Torpedo boat For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date  United States Bulls Ferry, New Jersey Shady Side Steamboat For Morrisania Steamboat Company
Unknowd date  United States Wyandotte Iron Shipbuilding Works Wyandotte, Michigan Sport Tug For Eber Brock Ward
Unknown date  United States St. Peter Schooner
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. Leslie and Company Newcastle upon Tyne Thomas Dugdale Paddle steamer For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Unknown date  United States Quale and Martin Cleveland, Ohio Vienna Steamship For Cleveland Transportation Company

References
  1. "Loss Of The Steamer Kenmure Castle". The Cornishman (240). 15 February 1883. p. 5.
Ship events in 1873
Ship launches: 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
Ship commissionings: 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
Ship decommissionings: 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
Shipwrecks: 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
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