List of ship launches in 1876

The list of ship launches in 1876 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1876.

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Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
1 January  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn Trenton Screw steamer
12 February  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar, London Belleisle Belleisle-class ironclad
27 April  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Inflexible Ironclad battleship
April  Germany Lürings Yard Hammelwarden Paula Barque For A Schiff & Co.
8 May  Italy Duilio Ironclad battleship
9 May  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Temeraire Ironclad battleship
7 June  United States William Malster Baltimore, Maryland Tench Coxe Cutter
July  United Kingdom R. Craggs & Son Middlesbrough May Schooner For R. Craggs & Son.[1]
September  France Lorient Dockyard Lorient Redoutable Central battery battleship First warship principally constructed of steel
4 November  United Kingdom Elder & Company Glasgow Nelson Nelson-class cruiser
18 November  United Kingdom Napiers Glasgow Northampton Nelson-class cruiser
November  Norway Frid Brig For private owner.[2]
5 December  United States John Roach and Son Chester, Pennsylvania Miantonomoh Monitor
Unknown date  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Alf Barque For W Lindsay & Co
Unknown date  United Kingdom Willington on Tyne Lucy Compton Schooner For Charles Tully & Co.[3]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Renfrew Mary Hough Steamship For Mr Samuel Hough of Liverpool[4]

References
  1. "Supposed Loss of a Middlesbrough Schooner". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 2701. Middlesbrough. 25 January 1877. p. 3.
  2. "Disasters at Sea". The Times. No. 28863. London. 12 February 1877. col F, p. 9.
  3. "Shipping Disasters". Preston Chronicle. No. 3336. Preston. 20 January 1877.
  4. "The Mary Hough Steamer Sunk". The Cornishman. No. 151. 2 June 1881. p. 7.


Ship events in 1876
Ship launches: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Ship commissionings: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Ship decommissionings: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Shipwrecks: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
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