The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 2 January Steamship Pearce Bros. Dundee For J. J. Pearson. 2 January Steamship Workman, Clarke & Co. Belfast For George Smith & Son. 2 January Steamship Short Bros. Pallion For James Knott. 3 January Sternwheeler J. H. Steffen Portland, Oregon For Jacob Kamm. 4 January Steamship Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Troon For Messrs. J. & A. Wyllie. 7 January Tug Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co Dundee For Retriever Steamship Co. 11 January Steamship John Readhead & Sons South Shields For Lewis & Co. 12 January Steamship R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For private owner. 12 January Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. Carlisle & Co. 12 January Steamship Wood, Skinner & Co. Bill Quay-on-Tyne For J. H. Wilson. 12 January Not named Steamship Joseph Eltringham & Co. South Shields For Wexford Harbour Commissioners. 13 January Steamship Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth For T. B. Williams, or W. Lamplough. 14 January Steamship Messrs. Robert Stephenson & Co. Hebburn For Messrs. M'Intyre, Bros. & Co. 14 January Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy. 14 January Steamship W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For J. Coverdale. 14 January Not named Merchantman T. Royden & Sons Liverpool For private owner. 17 January Sutlej Merchantman Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Foley, Aikman & Co. 17 January Lighthouse tender H. A. Ramsey & Son Baltimore, Maryland For United States Lighthouse Service. 18 January Tanker Messrs. Russell & Co. Greenock For Messrs. Hermann, Stursberg & Co. 19 January Cable ship Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons Govan For Eastern Telegraph Company. 28 January Steamship Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Sunderland For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun. 28 January Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For James Westoll. 28 January Tug Messrs. Robert Duncan and Co. Port Glasgow For Clyde Shipping Company. 28 January Steamship Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen For Adolf Deppe. 28 January Steamship Messrs. Workman, Clark, & Co. Belfast For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co. 28 January Steamship R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For W. Milburn & Co. 29 January Ironclad Foochow Arsenal Mawei China For Imperial Chinese Navy. 29 January Unnamed Steamship Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Hebburn For Imperial Chinese Government. 30 January Steamship John Readhead & Sons South Shields For Messrs. Edward Hain and Son. 31 January Steamship R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For private owner. 31 January Steamship Messrs. Palmer's Jarrow For Messrs. R. Alexander & Co. 31 January Steamship Messrs. A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse For British and India Associated Steamers. 31 January Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Gladstone & Cornforth. 31 January Vanguard Steam yawl Cook, Welton & Gemmell Hull For Charles Hellyer. January Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock For Nederlandsche Indische Stoomboot Maatschappij. January Chaloupe XXXVI Steam barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Panama Canal Company. January Chaloupe XXXVII Steam barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Panama Canal Company. January Chaloupe XXXVIII Steam barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Panama Canal Company. January Netiche Steam hopper barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez Canal Company. January Manila Ship Company Cavite Spanish East Indies For Spanish Navy. 1 February Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons. 10 February Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool For Messrs. H. Bucknall & Sons. 11 February Steamship Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. Aberdeen For Indian and China Steam Navigation Company. 11 February Sailing ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For T. & J. Brocklebank. 13 February Steamship Robert Thompson & Sons Southwick For Nippon Yusen KK. 13 February Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Rathbone Bros. & Co. 14 February Steamship Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. Whitehaven For E. C. Thin. 14 February Steamship James Laing Deptford For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation à Vapeur. 27 February Steamship Joseph L. Thompsonn & Sons Monkwearmouth For Jennison, Taylor & Co. 28 February Steamship James Laing Sunderland For J. Morrison & Sons. 28 February Dunboyne Full-rigged ship Whitehaven Shipping Company Whitehaven For Charles E. Martin & Co. 29 February Charters Towers Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons South Shields For private owner. Collided with the Russian steamship Keetpoma on being launched. 29 February Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. 29 February Steamship Ramage & Ferguson Leith For private owner. 29 February Steamship Messrs. Palmer's Jarrow For Messrs. Greenfields, Cowie & Co. 29 February Steamship Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Formosa Trading Corporation. 29 February Steamship Messrs. H. S. Edwards & Sons Howdon-on-Tyne For Messrs. Stephens & Sons. 29 February Pallas Barque S. P. Austin & Son Sunderland For Martin G. Amsinck. 29 February Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. Middlesbrough For J. M. Lennard & Sons. 29 February Unnamed Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For Messrs. J. M. Leathard & Co. 29 February Unnamed Steamship Messrs. William Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. February Steamship Messrs. Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow For Messrs. Murdoch & Murray. February Nil Steam hopper barge Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. Renfrew For Suez Canal Company. February Manila Ship Company Cavite Spanish East Indies For Spanish Navy. February Unnamed Tug R. Rodger Port Glasgow For private owner. 1 March Steamship Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Sons Middlesbrough For Messrs. J. M. Lennard & Sons. 1 March General Roberts Steam yawl Cook, Welton & Gemmell Hull For Pickering and Haldane. 1 March Steamship C. Connell & Co. Glasgow For H. Wenche Sohne. 1 March Guadalquivir Steamship Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Cie. des Messageries Maritimes 2 March Steamship W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For R. Ropner & Co. 3 March Tug Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Hull For Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. 3 March Steamship M'Ilwaine, Lewis & Co. Belfast For H. J. Scott & Co. 8 March Virgo Steam ketch Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Hull For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Company (Limited). 9 March Steamship John Blumer & Co. Sunderland For Commercial Steamship Co. Ltd. 10 March Steamship Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Messrs. Harvey & Co. 10 March Steamship Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Hartlepool For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. 10 March Remus Steam ketch / fishing vessel Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton For Francis W. Leybourne Popham. 12 March Steamship J. M'Arthur Paisley For Martin Kennedy. 13 March Steamship Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. Wallsend For Tyne Steam Shipping Co. 14 March Steamship Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell Yoker For Messrs. Thomas Marks & Co. 14 March Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For White Star Line. 14 March Arsenale di La Spezia La Spezia For Regia Marina. 14 March Arsenale di La Spezia La Spezia For Regia Marina. 14 March Paddle steamer Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For Belgian Government. 14 March Steamship London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company Govan For Nippon Yusen KK. 14 March Seafarer Barque Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. Liverpool For private owner. 15 March Ocean liner J. & G. Thompson Clydebank For Inman Line. 15 March Steamship Palmers & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Dundee Loch Line Steamship Co. Ltd. 15 March Steamship D. & W. Henderson Glasgow For M. Langlands & Sons. 15 March Steamship Short Bros. Sunderland For John Tully. 17 March Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For Joseph Brown. 17 March Phyllis Merchantman Charles Hill & Sons Bristol For Charles Hill & Sons. 20 March Malta Dockyard Malta For Royal Navy. 21 March Steamship W. Dobson & Co Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 23 March Steamship R. Napier & Sons Port Glasgow For Compania Sud Americana de Vapores. 23 March Steamship A. Stephen & Sons Glasow For Maclay & M'Intyre. 23 March Steamship S. P. Austin & Son Sunderland For C. Salvesen & Co. 24 March Steamship Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Frederick Woods. 26 March Steamship Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Sunderland For P. Allainguillaume. 26 March Steamship Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. Liverpool For Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. 27 March Steamship Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son Whitby For Messrs. H. Baxter & Co. 27 March Steamship William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Compania Bilbaina de Navegaçion. 27 March Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Pembrokeshire For Royal Navy. 27 March Romulus Steam ketch / Fishing vessel Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. Southampton For Francis W. Leybourne Popham. 28 March Steamship Messrs. Alexander Stephens & Sons Linthouse For Messrs. Maclay & M'Intyre. 28 March Steamship Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Sunderland For Rowland & Marwood. 29 March Steamship Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Ltd. Low Walker For Compania Transatlantica. 29 March Steamship James Laing Sunderland For Tatham, Bromage & Co. 29 March Moss Rose Schooner Barr & Shearer Ardrossan For Coppack, Carter & Co. 29 March Silver Crag Full-rigged ship R. Williamson & Sons Workington For private owner. 31 March Red Eagle Steam yacht Ramage & Ferguson Leith For Sir G. S. Stucley. 31 March Steamship Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. Stockton-on-Tees For Messrs. Christie & Co. March Benefactor Smack Messrs. Page & Chambers Lowestoft For G. Long. March Paddle steamer J. T. Eltringham South Shields For H. B. Marguand. 2 April Lady Torfrida Steam yacht Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Fairfield For Sir William Pearce. 3 April Cupica Barque Charles J. Bigger Londonderry For W. H. Ross & Co. 3 April Steamship Raylton Dixon & Co. Middlesbrough For G. E. Bowring. 3 April No. 11 Sailing barge W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool For R. Singlehurst. 3 April No. 12 Sailing barge W. H. Potter & Sons Liverpool For R. Singlehurst. 4 April Steamship W. H. Halford Gloucester For R. G. Foster. 7 April Steamship C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. Wallsend For Anglo-Scandinavian Steamship Co. (Ltd.). 7 April Sloop Elisha Saxton Patchogue River For George Rhinehart. 10 April Luath Steam yacht W. S. Cumming Glasgow For John Henry. 10 April Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 11 April Steamship H. S. Edwards & Sons Howdon For Sharp & Co. 12 April Adderley Barque Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. C. W. Kellock & Co. 12 April Steamship Messrs. William Dobson & Co. Low Walker-on-Tyne For Grampian Steamship Company Limited. 12 April Steamship Messrs. Russell & Co. Port Glasgow For Messrs. Macbeth & Gray. 12 April Steamship J. Readhead & Co. South Shields For W. Wright. 12 April Steamship Messrs. W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Messrs. Galbraith, Pembroke & Co. 12 April Paddle steamer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Fairfield For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. 13 April Steamship W. Gray & Co. West Hartlepool For Hardy, Wilson & Co. 14 April Steamship Palmers & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For R. & D. Cairns. 14 April Paddle steamer Messrs. J. M'Arthur & Co. Paisley For David MacBrayne. 14 April Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For F Leyland & Co., or Messrs. Edward Bates & Sons. 14 April Lorton Barque Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. Belfast For Messrs. P. Iredale & Son. 14 April Steamship Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. Port Glasgow For Hamilton Steamboat Co. 14 April Steamship Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son Dumbarton For Government of Newfoundland. 16 April Edith and Annie Lifeboat Naval Construction & Armaments Co. Barrow-in-Furness For Royal National Lifeboat Institution. 16 April Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Bowling For William Robertson. 17 April Full-rigged