List of ship launches in 1870

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The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870.

Date  | Country  | Builder  | Location  | Ship  | Class  | Notes

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1 January  |  United Kingdom | Irvine Shipbuilding Company  | Irvine | Agnes Ann Wignell | Schooner | For John Wignell.[1]
1 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. T. & W. Smith.  | North Shields | Crosby | Steamship | For Messrs. T. & W. Smith.[2]
3 January  |  United Kingdom | Laird, Son & Co.  | Birkenhead | Vanguard | Audacious-class battleship | For Royal Navy.
4 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co.  | Liverpool | Harlech Castle | Merchantman | For Messrs. Cole & Jones.[3]
4 January  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & co  | Sunderland | Marmion | Steamship | For J. R. Kelso.[4]
5 January  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Historian | Cargo ship | For T. & J. Harrison.[5]
13 January  |  United Kingdom | W. Briggs  | Sunderland | Bethany | Barque | For Richardson & Co.[4][6]
13 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & A. Lambert  | Ipswich | Zenobia | Barquentine | For private owner.[7]
15 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & A. Fullarton  | Ayr | Guyana | West Indiaman | For James Ewing & Co.[8]
17 January  |  United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Fethi Bulend | Corvette | For Ottoman Navy.[9]
18 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Linton  | Dumbarton | Linn Fern | Schooner | For Messrs. J. & R. Neill, and Messrs. D. Whyte & Co.[10]
18 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Leckie, Wood & Munro  | Torry | Rainton | Steamship | For William Scott and Peter Brantingham.[11]
18 January  |  Trieste | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Vasilissa Olga | Battleship | For Royal Hellenic Navy.
19 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons  | Kelvinghaugh | Sydenham | East Indiaman | For private owner.[12][13]
20 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Australia | Steamship | For Messrs. Handyside & Henderson.[14]
21 January  |  United Kingdom | J. G. Lawrie  | Whiteinch | Loch Lomond | Full-rigged ship | For Glasgow Shipping Co.[15]
24 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. C. & W. Earle  | Hull | Sprite | Steamship | For Messrs. Lofthouse, Glover & Co.[16]
29 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall  | Footdee | Lufra | Clipper | For Messrs. Anderson & FCo.[17]
31 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Sons  | Overnewton | County of Lancaster | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig.[18]
31 January  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Evora | Steamship | For Ryde & Co.[4][19]
31 January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & W. Dudgeon  | Cubitt Town | Italo Platense | Steamship | For Compania de Navigacion a Vapor Italo Platense.[20]
31 Janaury  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel  | Whiteinch | Maipu | Merchantman | For M. Bordes.[18]
January  |  United Kingdom | Archibald M'Millan & Son  | Dumbarton | Duncraig | Merchantman | For Messrs. Finlayson.[13]
January  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & A. Lambert  | Ipswich | Emily | Sailing barge | For private owner.[7]
January  |  United Kingdom | T. B. Seath & Co.  | Rutherglen | Hercules | Steamship | For Trinity House.[13]
January  |  United Kingdom | Lawrench Hill & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Sikh | Merchantman | For Alexander Russell.[13]
1 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros.  | Dumbarton | Batavia | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns & MacIver.[21]
1 February  |  United Kingdom | Maudslay, Sons & Field  | Greenwich | Blackadder | Clipper | Jock Willis & Sons.
1 February  |  United Kingdom | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. (Limited)  | Glasgow | Caspian | Steamship | For private owner.[22]
2 February  |  United Kingdom | W. Adamson  | Sunderland | Ching-too | Schooner | For William Adamson.[4][23]
3 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son  | Dumbarton | Jessie | Schooner | For Alexander M'Lennan.[24]
5 February  |  United Kingdom |  | West Hartlepool | Mabel | Steamship | For Messrs. Norton & Co.[25]
15 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.  | Paisley | Mathilde | Steamship | For private owner.[26]
15 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon  | Middlesbrough | Odin | Steamship | For private owner.[27]
16 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co.  | Stobcross | City of Corinth | East Indiaman | For Messrs. George Smith & Sons.[28]
17 February  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bulgarian | Cargo ship | For J. Bibby & Sons.[29][30]
18 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co.  | Greenock | Priam | Steamship | For Alfred Holt.[31]
19 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & W. Dudgeon  | Cubitt Town | Abyssinia | Breastwork monitor | For Royal Navy.[32]
19 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Humprhy & Pearson  | Hull | Marsden | Steamship | For Messrs. Brownlow, Marsden & Co.[33]
22 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.  | South Stockton | Mima Thomas | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Byrne & Co.[34]
28 February  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel  | Whiteinch | Bio-Bio | Merchantman | For M. Bordes.[35]
1 March  |  United Kingdom |  | Pembroke Dockyard | Iron Duke | Audacious-class battleship | For Royal Navy.
2 March  |  United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | River Thames | Magdala | Cerberus-class monitor | For Royal Navy.
3 March  |  United Kingdom | J. & G. Thomson | Govan | Abyssinia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line.
3 March  |  United Kingdom | John Elder  | Fairfield | Ban-Righ | Steamship | For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.[36]
4 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Helene | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. John & James Thompson.[37]
5 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co.  | West Hartlepool | Moldavia | Steamship | For Messrs. Baker, Berend & Co.[38]
7 March  |  United Kingdom | E. Robertson  | Ipswich | Elizabeth Morton | Brigantine | For Mr. Morton.[39][40]
8 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. John Wray & Son  | Burton Stather | Oxford Eight | Fishing trawler | For John Harrison.[41]
9 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Rona | Steamship | For private owner.[42]
15 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.  | Greenock | Hampshire | Merchantman | For Messrs. Money Wigram & Co.[43]
16 March  |  United Kingdom | J. G. Lawrie  | Whiteinch | Loch Leven | Full-rigged ship | For Glasgow Shipping Co.[44]
16 March  |  United Kingdom | Robert Johnston  | Carrickfergus | Sarah | Schooner | For Mr. Brown and others.[45]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co.  | Govan | Garonne | Merchantman | For M. A. D. Bordes.[46]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co.  | Renfrew | Ina | Steam yacht | For Mr. Anderson.[47]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co.  | Stobcross | Jason | Merchantman | For Messrs. Andres & J. H. Carmichael.[46]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.  | Aberdeen | Leucadia | Clipper | For Shaw Savill Line.[48]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co.  | West Hartlepool | Maud | Steamship | For Messrs. J. B. Morton & Co.[49]
19 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Son  | Liverpool | Eaton Hall | Clipper | For Thames & Mersey Line.[50][51]
19 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Son  | Govan | Hotspur | Ironclad ram  | For Royal Navy.
19 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co.  | Hartlepool | Magdala | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Appleby, Ropner & Co.[52]
19 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. C. M. Palmer & Co.  | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Wisconsin | Steamship | For Guion Line.[53]
21 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons  | Kelvinhaugh | City of Sparta | Merchantman | For Messrs. George Smith & Sons.[54]
22 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.  | Whiteinch | Villa de Madrid | Steamship | For Don José Gambe.[55]
24 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & R. Swan  | Kelvindock | Louisa | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & J. Hay.[56]
30 March  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. C. & W. Earle  | Hull | Thomas Wilson | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons & Co.[57]
March  |  France | Compagnie de L'Ocean  | Bordeaux | Danube | Merchantman | For private owner.[58]
2 April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co.  | Glasgow | Italy | Steamship | For National Steam Navigation Co.[59]
4 April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Nicholson, Camper & Co.  | Gosport | Gwendoline | Schooner | For Major Ewing.[60]
4 April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Pearson & Lockwood  | Stockton-on-Tees | Walter Menzalch | Steamship | For private owner.[61]
5 April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co.  | Greenock | Australia | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[62]
5 April  |  United Kingdom | Read  | Portsmouth | Gazelle | Merchantman | For Messrs. H. & J. Ash.[63]
5 April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons  | Kelvinhaugh | Maggie Trimble | East Indiaman | For R. G. Sharp.[64]
16 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Bohemian | Cargo ship | For J. Bibby & Sons.[65]
April  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Dudgeon  | Cubitt Town | La Pampa | Passenger ship | For Compania de Navigacion a Vapor Italo Platense.[66]
April  |  United Kingdom | Gibbon & Nichol  | Sunderland | Meggie | Sloop | For Matthew Gibbon.[4]
2 May  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Corisand | Steamship | For G. J. Hay.[4][67]
5 May  |  Netherlands | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | Guinea | Buffel-class monitor | For Royal Netherlands Navy.
11 May  |  United States | Lawrence & Foulks | Williamsburg, New York | James Gordon Bennett | Pilot boat | For New Jersey Pilots.
14 May  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Galeed | Steamship | For J. F. Middleton and others.[4][68]
17 May  |  Denmark |  | Copenhagen | Gorm | Monitor | For Royal Danish Navy.
30 May  |  China | Foochow Arsenal | Foochow | Fuxing | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy.
31 May  |  United Kingdom |  | Chatham Dockyard | Sultan | Central battery ironclad  | For Royal Navy.
4 June  |  United Kingdom | Maudslay, Son & Field  | Greenwich | Hallowe'en | Clipper | For Jock Willis & Sons.
15 June  |  United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Swiftsure | Swiftsure-class ironclad | For Royal Navy.
16 June  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Blyth | Steamship | For George Robinson Dawson.[4][67]
30 June  |  United Kingdom | Robert Duncan & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Ismalia | Steamship | For Anchor Line.
June  |  United Kingdom |  | River Clyde | Elgin | Steamship | For private owner.[69]
2 July  |  United Kingdom | William Walker  | Rotherhithe | Lothair | Barque | For William Walker.
13 July  |  United Kingdom | Robinson  | Portsmouth Dockyard | Plucky | Ant-class gunboat | For Royal Navy.[70]
July  |  United Kingdom | W. Watson  | Sunderland | Nina | Steamship | For C. R. Fenwick.[4][71]
13 August  |  United Kingdom | Robert Potts  | Seaham | Countess Vane | Tug | For Earl Vane.[4][72][73]
17 August  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co  | Sunderland | Fawn | Steamship | For Stamp & Co.[4][67]
27 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Oceanic | Oceanic-class ocean liner | For White Star Line
August  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson  | Sunderland | Lanoma | Steamship | For Culliford & Co.[4][74]
7 September  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Camel | Cargo ship | For Harland & Wolff.[75]
7 September  |  United Kingdom | William Watson  | Sunderland | Ulpiano | Barque | For Ulpiano de Ondaza.[4][71]
10 September  |  United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Parthia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line.
22 September  |  United Kingdom | McCulloch, Patterson & Co.  | Port Glasgow | Maitland | Paddle steamer | For Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. Ltd.
27 Septeber  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co | Low Walker | Espresso | Steamship | For private owner.[76]
27 September  |  United Kingdom | William Watson  | Sunderland | Houghton | Steamship | For H. T. Morton.[4][71]
27 September  |  United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Triumph | Swiftsure-class ironclad | For Royal Navy.
11 October  |  United Kingdom | W. Briggs  | Sunderland | Bride | Full-rigged ship | For W. Briggs & Sons.[4][6]
22 October  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle  | Hull | Canopus | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Moss & Co.[77]
24 October  |  United Kingdom | Chilton & Sidgwick  | North Hylton | Daylight | Barque | For W. Rawell.[4][71]
October  |  United Kingdom | Messrs. Duthie  | Aberdeen | Mary Blair | Clipper | For Messrs. Houlder, Bros. & Co.[78]
24 November  |  United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.  | Linthouse | Glendarroch | Steamship | For William Ross & Company.[79]
26 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Atlantic | Oceanic-class ocean liner | For White Star Line.
26 November  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Pallion | Emblehope | Steamship | For Thomas Henderson.[4][80]
1 December  |  United Kingdom | Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Asiatic | Cargo ship  | For White Star Line.
7 December  |  United Kingdom |  | Portsmouth Dockyard | Blazer | Ant-class gunboat | For Royal Navy.[81]
8 December  |  United Kingdom |  | Portsmouth Dockyard | Comet | Ant-class gunboat | For Royal Navy.[82]
10 December  |  United Kingdom |  | Sheerness Dockyard | Lively | Despatch vessel | For Royal Navy.[83]
10 December  |  Trieste | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Zrinyi | Aurora-class corvette | For Austrian Navy.
19 December  |  United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke | Osborne | Royal yacht | For Queen Victoria.
22 December  |  China | Foochow Arsenal | Foochow | Fu Po | Transport ship | For Imperial Chinese Navy.
26 December  |  France | Arsenal de Cherbourg  | Cherbourg | Suffren | Océan-class ironclad | For French Navy.
December  |  United Kingdom | John Gill  | Pallion | Clairellen | Barque | For W. A. Guesdon.[4][84]
December  |  United Kingdom |  |  | Emerald | Steamship | For private owner.[85]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford  | Sunderland | Amy | Steamship | For William Stobart.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | S. Hutchinson  | Sunderland | Ancient Briton | Merchantman | For Dove & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Anlaby | Merchantman | For Robert Ash.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Argos | Merchantman | For Mr. Rosich.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co  | Sunderland | Ariadne | Steamship | For Rhys & Sons.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Avon | Merchantman | For G. T. Gourley.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Watson  | Sunderland | Beethoven | Steamship | For G. Swainston.[4][71]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill  | Sunderland | Berwickshire | Merchantman | For G. Traill & Sons.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Bonnie Kate | Merchantman | For William Thompson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Pickersgill  | Sunderland | Brilliant Star | Schooner | For T. Seed.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Caledonia | Merchantman | For James Laing.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson  | Sunderland | Canadian | Steamship | For Culliford & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Gill  | Sunderland | Celorio | Merchantman | For Gallo & Hijo y-Hazas.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | G. Bartram & Sons  | Sunderland | Ceylon | Merchantman | For J. H. Barry.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Charles Dickens | Merchantman | For G. Bell Jr.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Charles Mitchell and Co.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cheviot | Cargo ship  | For William Howard Smith & Sons.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Wigham, Richardson & Sons Ltd.  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Commodore | Collier | For Hall John.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Corinth | Barque | For T. B. Walker.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom |  | Greenock | Coule | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd.[86]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Chilton  | Sunderland | Cumberland | Merchantman | For Thomson & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Richardson  | Sunderland | Cvjet | Barque | For Nicolo Stefano Bielovucich.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | B. Hodgson  | Sunderland | Davina | Barque | For J. Smith.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson  | Sunderland | Dexterous | Barque | For G. & J. Robinson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Crown  | Sunderland | Diego Maria de Bolivar | Barque | For L. de Bolivar.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | A. Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Edith | Paddle steamer | For London and North Western Railway.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Iliff & Mounsey  | Sunderland | Elemore | Merchantman | For Sharp & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. Metcalfe  | Sunderland | Elizabeth Childs | Barque | For G. Childs.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | B. Hodgson  | Sunderland | Elizabeths | Merchantman | For G. Oates.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Gibbon  | Sunderland | Ellias Loukatos | Brig | For A. Vreones.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford  | Sunderland | Ernest | Steamship | For Fenwick & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Liddle, or Liddle & Sutcliffe  | Sunderland | Ethel Anne | Merchantman | For Jones & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Excelsior | Steamship | For J. Wait.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co  | Sunderland | Express | Steamship | For Banks & Mitchell.[4]
Unknown date  |  United States |  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Far West | Sternwheeler | For Coulson Packet Company.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co  | Sunderland | 'Galatea | Steamship | For Ryde & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Lester  | Sunderland | Gift | Merchantman | For J.& H. Lester.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Halyma | Steamship | For E. T. Gourley & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | John Thompson  | Sunderland | Harriet | Barque | For J. Thompson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Gill  | Sunderland | Humbleton | Merchantman | For Gayner & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Hypathia | Merchantman | For Robert Hough.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Liddle, or Liddle & Sutcliffe  | Sunderland | James Thompson | Merchantman | For Thompson & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Thompson  | Sunderland | John Potts | Merchantman | For J. Potts.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Iliff & Mounsey  | Sunderland | Juno | Merchantman | For Mr. Hogartts.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Iliff & Mounsey  | Sunderland | Jupiter | barque | For Mitchell & Co.[4][87]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Robinson  | Sunderland | Khedive | Merchantman | For Charles James Briggs.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Laira | Barque | For Richard Hill.[4][67]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Lanchester | Merchantman | For H. T. Morton.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Long Ditton | Merchantman | For Commercial Steamship Co. Ltd.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Marbella | Merchantman | For William & Samuel S. Malcolm.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Crown  | Sunderland | Maria | Barque | For A. Galotola.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Allan  | Sunderland | Marshall | Merchantman | For Shaw & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Adamson  | Sunderland | Mary Ann | Schooner | For W. Adamson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Merope | Full-rigged ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[4][80]
Unknown date  |  Hamburg | Goddefroy-Zeit  | Hamburg | Moltke | Barque | For Fritze & Gerdes.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | George Bartram & Sons  | Sunderland | Myrtle | Merchantman | For George Bartram.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Short Bros.  | Sunderland | Nenuphar | Merchantman | For Morgan & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons  | Sunderland | Newfield | Steamship | For Wilkinson & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Norseman | Merchantman | For C. M. Webster.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Gill  | Sunderland | Offerton | Merchantman | For Gayner & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Olga | Merchantman | For C. M. Norwood & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson  | Sunderland | Peace | Merchantman | For J. Thompson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co  | Sunderland | Polino | Steamship | For D. G. Pinkney & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Thompson  | Southwick | Precursor | Steamship | For Jinman & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Prynn | Merchantman | For Prynn & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robert Potts  | Seaham | Robert & Mary | Brig | For R. Mushens.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Crown  | Sunderland | Rosland | Barque | For W. Kish.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Said | Merchantman | For R. M. Hudson & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Said | Merchantman | For private owner.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | George Barker  | Sunderland | Saint Antoine | Merchantman | For M. J. M. Cairo.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Spowers Bros.  | Sunderland | Sea Spray | Brig | For M. H. Elliott.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Crown  | Sunderland | Sesame | Schooner | For Hill & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Severn | Steamship | For E. T. Gourlay & Co.[4][68]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford  | Sunderland | Silkstone | Steamship | For J. B. Pope & G. Pearson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Solent | Merchantman | For Hill & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | J. Crown  | Sunderland | Southwick | Barque | For J. Crown.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Short Bros.  | Sunderland | Stafford | Barque | For W. Watson.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Doxford  | Sunderland | Stanton | Steamship | For J. T. Stanton.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Iliff & Mounsey  | Sunderland | Stephensons | Merchantman | For Heald & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Robinson  | Sunderland | Suzerain | Merchantman | For Hick & Co.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | The Barton | Steamship | For John T. Stanton.[4][68]
Unknown date  |  United States | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Thomas Howard | Pilot boat | For Philadelphia and Delaware Pilots.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Iliff & Mounsey  | Sunderland | Titian | Merchantman | For Glover Bros.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Gibbon & Nichol  | Sunderland | Triune | Barque | For W. Bedford.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | James Laing  | Sunderland | Tweed | Steamship | For J. Morrison.[4][68]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co.  | Aberdeen | Un'yō | Gunboat | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Pile & Co.  | Sunderland | Vanguard | Steamship | For J. R. Kelso.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom |  |  | Wellesley | Steamship | For private owner.[88]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald  | Sunderland | Wells | Merchantman | For Augustus W. H. Phrynn.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Reay, or Reay & Naizby  | Sunderland | Witness | Merchantman | For H. Eggleston.[4]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | William Watson  | Sunderland | Yarra | Barque | For Richard William Cresswell.[4][71]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom and  Peru | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | West Ham and Lake Titicaca | Yavari | Steamship | For Peruvian Navy.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | W. Adamson  | Sunderland | Zea | Schooner | For W. Adamson.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ayr". Glasgow Herald. No. 9361\. Glasgow. 3 January 1870.
2. ^ "Launch of a Large Screw Steamer for the Suez Canal". Northern Echo. No. 3\. Darlington. 4 January 1870.
3. ^ "Ship Launch". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6848\. Liverpool. 5 January 1870.
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