List of ship launches in 1881

| {{SS|Acorn|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. P. H. Dixon & Co.

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! 1 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn-on-Tyne

| {{SS|St. Dunstan|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.

| For Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=cQ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.RA1-P270&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 February 1881 |pages=270–73}}

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! 3 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| {{SS|Romea|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.

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! 5 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Benabourd|1881|2}}

| For Messrs J. & A. Davidson.

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! 6 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Barbados|1881|2}}

| For Quebec Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Passenger Steamer at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 January 1881 |issue=10749 }}

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! 6 January

| {{flag|France}}

| Arsenal de Brest

| Brest

| {{Ship|French cruiser|Naïade

2}}

| Cruiser

| For French Navy.

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! 12 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{RMS|Alligator|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Burns.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the R.M.S. Alligator |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1881 |issue=11 }}

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! 12 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co.

| {{SS|Ethelbert|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. A. C. Colvill & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=13 January 1881 |issue=20472f }}

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! 12 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co

| {{SS|Lylie|1881|2}}

| For George Bargate & Co.

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! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Bailey & Sons

| Ipswich

| Ida

| Sailing barge

| For Messrs. R. & W. Paul

----

! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co.

| {{SS|Ingoldsby|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Lee, Finch & Co.

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! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.

| {{SS|Strathyre|1881|2}}

| For William Kemp.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 January 1881 |issue=12 }}

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! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Thetis|1881|2}}

| Whaler

| For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.

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! 15 January

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Black Head|1881|2}}

| For Ulster Steamship Company Limited.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=136 |title=Black Head |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=18 February 2017}}{{Cite news |title=Launch of the S.S. Black Head |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 January 1881 |issue=20475 }}

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| {{SS|Nithsdale|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Robert Mackill & Co.

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Ravensdale|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Steele, Young ^ Co.

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Saigon|Ramage & Ferguson, 1881|2}}

| For private owner.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Aristomene

| For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Fylde|1880|2}}

| Tug

| For London and North Western Railway and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Forrestt & Son

| Limehouse

| {{SS|Germaine|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|MM.|Monsieurs}} Bouhan Fils et Tissiere.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co

| Irby

| Clipper

| For White Star Line.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Khokand

| For Messrs. W. & J. Crawford.

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! 21 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co.

| Partick

| Cushie-Doo

| For W. H. Osmond.

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! 22 January

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|British King|1881|2}}

| For British Shipowners Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=139 |title=British King |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=18 February 2017}}

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! 27 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Penang|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. John Warrack & Co.

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! 27 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Puno|1881|2}}

----

! 28 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Glenarm|1881|2}}

| For Eglinton Chemical Company (Limited).

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! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Barden Tower|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Stumore, Weston & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=cQ0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.RA1-P284&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 March 1881 |pages=284–89}}

----

! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co

| {{SS|Ely|1881|2}}

| For Taff Vale Railway.

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! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Mauritius|1881|2}}

| Paddle Tug

| For Crown Agents for the Colonies.

----

! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Mitchell & Co.

| {{Ship|Chinese cruiser|Yangwei

2}}

| {{sclass|Tsukushi|cruiser}}

----

! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Jane Kelsall|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. D. C. Balls and partners.

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Maria Hartmann|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Ward & Holzapfel.

31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Harvey and Company

| Hayle

| Tynron

| Brigantine

| For private owner.{{cite news |title=Hayle |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=134 |date=3 February 1881 |page=5 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| C. Burt & Sons

| Falmouth

| C. B. K. F.

| For Charles B. Kelway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10667&ref=226595&vessel=C.+B.+K.+F. |title=C. B. K. F. |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Bayley & Sons

| Ipswich

| Ida

| For R. & W. Paul.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10200&a1Page=2&ref=230229&vessel=IDA |title=Ida |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Chambers Jr.

| {{SS|Tertusola|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for January |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1881 |issue=26 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Hoggard

| Barton-upon-Humber

| The Fruits of Industry

| Humber Keel

| For George Sweeting.{{Cite news |title=Barton |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 January 1881 |issue=5021 }}

----

! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co.

| Whitehaven

| {{SS|Walney|1881|2}}

| For Mr. Nelson.

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! 1 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. D. Ross

| Inverkeithing

| Catherine Auld

| Brigantine

| For private owner.

----

! 1 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Thomas & Co.

| Millom

| {{SS|Lady Kate|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 2 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| {{SS|Compta|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Gray, Dawes & Co.

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! 3 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Bullfrog|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Banterer|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=News Summary |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 February 1881 |issue=3663 }}

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! 3 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Ica|1881|2}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| For Amazon Steam Navigation Co.

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! 3 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| {{SS|Romeo|1881|2}}

| For Wilson Line.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Wilson Line Mail Steamer |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=5 February 1881 |issue=13362 }}

----

! 10 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|Imperial|1881|2}}

| For Thomas Dewsbury.

----

! 10 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|Valdivia|1881|2}}

| For Thomas Dewsbury.

----

! 12 February

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Detroit Dry Dock Co.

| Wyandotte, Michigan

| City of Milwaukee

| For Goodrich Transportation Company.

----

! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| {{SS|Glen Gelder|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Connon & Fleming.

----

! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Inchulva|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser & Co.

----

! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. Murray & Co.

| {{SS|Strathallan|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. James Hay & Sons.

----

! 14 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Maggie|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Coverdale, Todd & Co.

----

! 14 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Thompson & Sons

| Southwicki

| {{SS|Regent|Thompson, 1881|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Conaway & Co.

----

! 14 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. George Lindsay & Col

| Sarah Lizzie

| For John Slater.

----

! 14 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. MacIlwaine & Lewis

| {{SS|Topic|1881|2}}

| For W. A. Grainger.{{Cite news |title=Launch at the Abercorn Basin |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=15 February 1881 |issue=20500 }}

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! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| {{SS|Brooklyn City|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launched at Stockton |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=19 February 1881 |issue=13374 }}

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craggs & Son

| {{SS|Florence|Craggs, 1881|2}}

| For Mr. Appleton and others.

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| {{SS|James Watt|1881|2}}

| For Messrs Leitch & Muir.

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Son

| {{SS|Missouri|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. George Warren & Co.

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Campbell & Co.

| Abbotsinch

| {{SS|Ordonez|1881|2}}

| For Marquis de Compo.

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.

| Footdee

| Orontes

| For Messrs. George Thompson & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Vessel |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 February 1881 |issue=8106 }}

----

! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Wills

| Cardiff

| Not named

| For E. S. Crabb.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=16 February 1881 |issue=3673 }}

----

! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Beryl|1881|2}}

| For P. M. Duncan.

----

! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. (Limited)

| {{SS|Cascapedia|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Crow, Bogard & Rudolph.

----

! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co.

| {{Ship

Glenavon|1881|2}}

| For Glen Line.

----

! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexandr Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Mount Lebanon|1881|2}}

| For John Smith.

----

! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| Hylton

| {{SS|Panama|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|MM|Monsieurs}} A. d'Orbigny & Fanstin Fil.

----

! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Drummond Castle

2}}

| For Castle Line.

----

! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Short Bros.

| {{SS|Mytilene|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Lumsdon, Byers & Co.

----

! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. Allan & Co.

| {{SS|Ocean Rover|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Gunn & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 February 1881 |issue=42 }}

----

! 19 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Carron Park|1881|2}}

| For J. Addison, Page & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 February 1881 |issue=45 }}

----

! 19 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Cockchafer|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Banterer|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Gunboat at Pembroke Dockyard |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=21 February 1881 |issue=3677 }}

----

! 19 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Dredger No. 85

| For private owner.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=207895&vessel=DREDGER+No.85 |title=Dredger No. 85 |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 19 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Lady Katherine|1881|2}}

| For Earl of Durham.

----

! 21 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Carron Park|1881|2}}

| For Carron Steamship Co.

----

! 26 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Gironde|1881|2}}

| For Cardiff Steamship Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA18&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 April 1881 |pages=18–22 }}

----

! 26 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbell & Co

| Paisley, Renfrewshire

| {{SS|Serantes|1881|2}}

| For Marquis de Campo.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 March 1881 |issue=51 }}

----

! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Fidele Primavesi|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & R. Bovey.

----

! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Campbel & Co.

| {{SS|Cervantes|1881|2}}

| For Marquis de Campo.

----

! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Campbell & Co.

| {{SS|Constance|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Dansay & Robinson.

----

! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Dromedary|1881|2}}

| For John Burns.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for February |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1881 |issue=50 }}

----

! 1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Bothwell Castle|1881|2}}

| For Castle Line.

----

! 1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Mariner|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Denny & Bros.

| {{RMS|Quetta

2}}

| For Gray, Dawes & Co.

----

! 1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Roseville|1881|2}}

| For R. Shadforth & Co.

1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & G. Thompson

| {{SS|Servia||2}}

| Ocean Liner

| For Cunard Line. At launch, this was second largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.{{cite news |title=A Big Steamer |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=139 |date=10 March 1881 |page=6 }}

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! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Algoa Bay

| For Messrs. Hatfield, Cameron & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch|newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 March 1881 |issue=53 }}

----

! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| {{SS|Brunswick|1881|2}}

| For John Bacon.

----

! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Embleton|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. G. T. Pearson & Co.

----

! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Lockyer|1881|2}}

| For William Thompson & Co.

----

! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby

| Blyth, Northumberland

| {{SS|Plessy|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.

----

! 3 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Notting Hill|1881|2}}

| For Mr. Nott and others, or City Line.

----

! 3 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Ranee|1881|2}}

| For Borneo Company Limited.

3 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Saxon Prince

| For James Knott.

----

! 5 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Fairfield|1881|2}}

| For Joseph Brown & Partners.

----

! 7 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Albingia|1881|2}}

| For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft.

----

! 15 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Agnes Otto|1881|2}}

| For George Otto.

----

! 15 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Bouncer|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Bouncer|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Gunboats at Pembroke Dock |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=17 March 1881 |issue=3698 }}

----

! 15 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Insolent|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Bouncer|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 16 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn

| {{SS|Huntingdon|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. Milburn & Co.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=22 April 1881 |page=2 |issue=30175 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 March 1881 |issue=10759 }}

----

! 17 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Embleton

| For P. Iredale & Son.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland092.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! 17 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{Ship|Sarawak ship|Lorna Doone|1881|2}}

| For Rajah of Sarawak.

----

! 17 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Donats|1881|2}}

| For St. Donats Steamship Co.{{Cite news |title=Wallsend |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 March 1881 |issue=10760 }}

----

! 17 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Thorn Holme|1881|2}}

| For Hine Bros.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co

| {{SS|Southbourne|1881|2}}

| For D. P. Garbutt.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland048.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 8 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Abeona|1881|2}}

| For J. Graham,{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland126.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1880s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }} or Messrs. Graham, Anderson & Co.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.

| {{SS|Bretton Hall|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Alexander & Radcliffe.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| {{SS|Copley|1881|2}}

| For White Star Line.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Goval|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Leslie & Co.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| Bowling

| {{SS|Heron|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Walker & Co.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Cliffe

| Castleford

| Providence

| For R. Cliffe & William Heptinstall.{{Cite news |title=Boat Launch at Castleford |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=22 March 1881 |issue=13400 }}

----

! 21 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Refulgent|1881|2}}

| For James Westoll.

----

! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Ban Whatt Soon|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Iron Acton|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. King Bros.

----

! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Palma|1881|2}}

| For Compagnia La Islena.

----

! 27 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward & Symes

| Cubitt Town

| {{SS|Dawn|1881|2}}

| For Tobago Steamship Co.

----

! 29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co

| Low Walker.

| {{SS|Poh Ann|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Guthrie & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA43&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 May 1881 |pages=43–48 }}

----

! 29 March

| {{flag|France}}

| Brest, France

| {{Ship|French ironclad|Terrible

2}}

| {{sclass|Terrible|ironclad}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. E. Withy & Co.

| Hartlepool

| {{SS|Brenda|1881|2}}

| For F. Erskind.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co.

| Willington-on-Tyne

| {{SS|Napier|1881|2}}

| For James Tait.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| Oaks

| For Mr. Steel, or T. B. Seath.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. T. Eltringham

| {{Ship|ST|Royal Norman|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Sharp Bros.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Akaba|March 1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Royden & Sons

| {{SS|Aristides|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Layborn & Legge.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Juliet|1881|2}}

| For Red Cross Line.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richardson, Duck & Co.

| {{Ship

Kelat|1881|2}}

| Full-rigged ship

| For E. Bates & Sons.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Lido|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Raeburn & Verel.

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Georgie|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel

| {{SS|Governor|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for March |newspaper=Glasgo Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 March 1881 |issue=77 }}

----

! 1 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobson & Charles

| Grangemouth

| Falcon

| For Messrs. John Inglis & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1881 |issue=80 }}

----

! 1 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Imerina|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Elbe|1881|2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Norddeutscher Lloyd.

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & J. Cooper

| Pill

| Eliza

| Pilot cutter

| For J. Barry.{{Cite news |title=Pill |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=4 April 1881 |issue=10261 }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Gorilla|1881|2}}

| For John Burns.{{Cite news |title=The Scotch and Irish Mail Service |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1881 |issue=80 }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co.

| {{SS|Grangefell|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hume, Smith & Co.

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Merannio|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Gledhill & Deshart.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at West Hartlepoolo |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 April 1881 |issue=3478 }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Perseverance|Short, 1881|2}}

| For T. Freear, or Messrs. Freear & Dix.

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Strabo|1881|2}}

| For Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200921&vessel=STRABO |title=Strabo |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 4 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell

| Yoker

| {{PS|Innishowen|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. M'Crea & M'Farlane.

----

! 4 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.

| May

| Cutter

| For private owner.

----

! 6 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Horsa|1881|2}}

| For Jydse Engelske Dampskibs Selskab.

----

! 11 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Serena|1881|2}}

----

! 13 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Catania|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. R. M. Sloman & Co.

----

! 13 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|North Sea|1881|2}}

| For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co.

13 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Trevilley||2}}

| For Edward Hain and Son.{{cite news |title=Launch Of A Steamer |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=145 |date=21 April 1881 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Launch at South Shields |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=14 April 1881 |issue=3487 }}

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Amitié|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros

| {{SS|Arica|1881|2}}

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. David & William Henderson

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Armenia|1881|2}}

| For South American Company of Steamers.

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Turnbull & Son.

| {{SS|Baron Ardrossan|1881|2}}

| For Hugh Hogarth.

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Rodger

| Carrickfergus

| Mary Miller

| For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Steele & Co.

| Routenburn

| For Messrs. D. & R. Shankland.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas & William Smith

| {{SS|Kingsley|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Edward Eccles & Co.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|Laja|1881|2}}

| For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Port-Glasgow |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 April 1881 |issue=8158 }}{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 April 1881 |issue=81 }}

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Minniehaha|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch from the Queen's Island |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=18 April 1881 |issue=20553 }}

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's & Co.

| {{SS|Sportsman|1881|2}}

| For William J. Jobling.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Surrey|1881|2}}

| For Atlantic Transport Co. (Limited).

----

! 16 April

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Winnebah|1881|2}}

| For African Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=143 |title=Winnebah |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=18 February 2017}}

----

! 21 April

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| George Presley & Co.

| Cleveland, Ohio

| {{SS|Marquette|1881|2}}

| Lake freighter

| For Gilchrist Transportation Co.

----

! 25 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited)

| Chepstow

| {{SS|Crawshaw Bailey|1881|2}}

| For E. J. Harley.

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer & Co

| Howdon

| {{SS|Blaenavon|1881|2}}

| For Morrell Bros.

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's

| Hull

| {{SS|Galileo|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA66&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 June 1881 |pages=66–71 }}

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Oliveto|1881|2}}

| For D. G. Pinkney & Sons.

----

! 27 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Barnsley|1881|2}}

| For H. Briggs, Sons & Co.

27 April

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Fijenoord

| Schiedam

| {{SS|Nederland|1881|2}}

| For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij.{{cite news |title=Rotterdam, 28 April |newspaper=Algemeen Handelsblad |date=29 April 1881 |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010104006:mpeg21:p002 |language=Dutch }}{{cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011007029:mpeg21:p005 |newspaper=Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad |title=Binnenland |date=2 May 1881 |language=Dutch }}{{cite news |title=Binnenland |newspaper=De Maasbode |date=18 August 1881 |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000163699:mpeg21:p003 |language=Dutch }}

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co

| Hylton

| Balaklava

| For Davison, Bisset & Co.

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay, Bros. & Co.

| {{SS|Carmona|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. Thompson and others.

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Hermann|1881|2}}

| For Steinmann & Ludwig.

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Krete|1881|2}}

| For Cavalero D. P. Gudi.

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Masters

| Pembroke Dock

| Mary Agnew

| Clipper

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=News Summary |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=30 April 1881 |issue=3735 }}

30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Arabic|1881|2}}

| For White Star Line.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Aranmore|1881|2}}

| For Clyde Shipping Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Carnarvonshire|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Jenkin & Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| {{SS|Château Lafite|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation à Vapeur.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Dryburgh Abbey|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Wood Bros. & Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| {{SS|Hebridean|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. John M'Callum & Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Iolanthe

| For T. J. Waller.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited)

| Chepstow

| {{Ship|ST|Moss Rose|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. D. Guy & Sons.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Ross-shire|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fife

| Largs

| Sleugh Hound

| For Marquess of Ailsa.{{Cite news |title=Largs - Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 May 1881 |issue=104 }}

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Vesta|1881|2}}

| For Star Navigation Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Norris

| Unnamed

| For H. S. Beresford Bruce.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| {{SS|Catterthun

2}}

| For Eastern & Australian Steamship Co.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Khalif|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Tyne Shipbuilding Trade |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 June 1881 |issue=10770 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Macadam

| River Clyde

| Verve

| For Robert Wyllie.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for April |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1881 |issue=103 }}

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M'Millan

| {{SS|Lydian Monarch|1881|2}}

| For Royal Exchange Shipping Co.

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliff & Dunlop

| {{SS|Vixen|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

---

! 3 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph Burton

| Selby

| Industry

| Humber keel

| For John Thomas.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12505&ref=236134&vessel=INDUSTRY |title=Industry |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=7 October 2024 }}

----

! 4 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Taldora|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn & Co.

----

! 5 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.

| {{SS|Modena|1881|2}}

| For Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co.

----

! 7 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Gordon

| {{SS|Craigallion|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Walker, Donald & Co.

----

! 7 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobson & Charles

| Grangemouth

| {{SS|Strathdee|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. James Hay & Son.

----

! 11 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George K. Smith

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Dobeson & Wost.

----

! 12 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Clan Macfarlane

| For Thomas Dunlop.

----

! 12 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexandra Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Fidra|1881|2}}

| For Francis F. Reid.

----

! 12 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulby

| {{SS|Muriel|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Sanders & Son.

----

! 12 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.

| {{PS|São Felix|1881|2}}

| For the Viscount Marinho.

----

! 12 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George R. Smith

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Dobeson & Sons.

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Barr & Shearer

| Ardrossan

| John Smith

| For Charles Hendry.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Akaba|May 1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Anjer Head|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & G. Thompson & Co.

| {{SS|Catalonia

2}}

| For Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Astoria, Oregon

| {{Ship

Clara Parker|sternwheeler|2}}

| For Hiram Bliss Parker.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Columba

| For Messrs. Sandbach, Tinne & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Iron Sailing Ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 May 1881 |issue=10404 }}

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co

| South Stockton-on-Tees

| Combermere

| For Messrs. C. W. Kellock & Co.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Irvine & Co.

| {{SS|Harvest|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. English, Smurthwaite & Co.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kilmodan

| For Messrs. Kerr, Newton & Co.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Duncan & Anderson

| Kingston on Spey

| Leader

| For Mr. Anderson and others.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Schooner at Kingston-on-Spey |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 May 1881 |issue=8175 }}

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Macedonia|1881|2}}

| For William Gray.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Rome|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Talabot|1881|2}}

| For La Société Française des Steamers de l'Ouest.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| {{SS|Ethel Horatia|1881|2}}

| For J. F. Marshall.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. P. Austin & Sons

| {{SS|Kent|1881|2}}

| For Lambert Bros.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Lizard|1881|2}}

| For John Burns.

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Acacia|1881|2}}

| For T. Stockdale, or Coatsworth, Stockdale & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Sunderland |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=29 May 1881 |issue=3516 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Sunderland |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=20 May 1881 |issue=3752 }}

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Corsican|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane.

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Craigallion|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer & Co.

| {{SS|Darien|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Nelson, Donkin & Co.

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Darlington|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. Milburn & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Wallsend |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 May 1881 |issue=10768 }}

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Hamilton & Co.

| {{SS|Mauritius Réunion|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Mauritius-Réunion.

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgso & Soulby

| {{SS|Pelham|1881|2}}

| For Grimsby & London Trading Company (Limited).

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Sinnott

| Kingstown

| Murel

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Kingstown Intelligence |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=20 May 1881 }}

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Skjold|1881|2}}

| For L. H. Carl.

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| Christine

| For Thomas Steven.{{Cite news |title=Port Glasgow - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 May 1881 |issue=122 }}

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Allemannia|1881|2}}

| For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft.

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Cormorant|1881|2}}

| For Bird Line.

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Day

| Goole

| Emma Edgeworth

| Humber Keel

| For William Ford.{{Cite news |title=Keel Launch at Goole |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=27 May 1881 |issue=5041 }}

----

! 27 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Strand Slipway Co.

| {{SS|Thomas Coats|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. T. Beynon & Co.

{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA90&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 July 1881 |pages=90–96 }}

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co.

| Whitehaven

| {{SS|Armathwaite|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co.

| Bessie

| For John Clark.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Finch & Co.

| Chepstow

| {{Ship|ST|Cruiser|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For W. P. Ching.{{Cite news |title=Chepstow |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=31 May 1881 |issue=3761 }}

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|De Bay|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Capper, Alexander & Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Dorset|1881|2}}

| For Great Western Steam Shipping Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Elizabeth Allen|1881|2}}

| For John Allen & Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel

| {{SS|Ella|1881|2}}

| For London and South Western Railway.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Abercorn Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Fieramosca|1881|2}}

| For Coy. Antonia Cocurillo.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for May |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 May 1881 |issue=129 }}

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son

| {{SS|Florence|Turnbull, 1881|2}}

| For Messrs. George Pyman & Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| {{SS|Godolphin|1881|2}}

| For Godolphin Steamship Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| Middletonb

| {{SS|Lemuria|1881|2}}

| For T. G. Greenwello and partners.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Peking|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Siemssen.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. & J. Evans & Co.

| {{SS|Puerto Riqueno|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. White, Forman & Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Shelley|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Glover Bros.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|White Sea|1881|2}}

| For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connel & Co.

| {{SS|Abana|1881|2}}

| For James M. Wood.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Locust|1881|2}}

| For John Burns.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fyfe & Son

| Fairlie

| Moina

| Cutter

| For Mr. Stewart.{{Cite news |title=Fairlie - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 June 1881 |issue=131 }}{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for June |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 June 1881 |issue=155 }}

----

! 31 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell

| Yoker

| Largo Law

| For David Law.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fire

| Fairlie

| Amasona

| For Mr Hedderwick.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Bracegirdle

| Northwich

| Hannah Beckett

| Steam flat

| For John Apsey, John Beckett, William Bennett and William Rowland.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10425&ref=204540&vessel=HANNAH+BECKETT |title=Hannah Beckett |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulby

| {{SS|Murdial|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 May 1881 |issue=10768 }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

| {{SS|Taiwo|1882|2}}

| For Yangtze Steamer Company.{{Cite news |title=The Indochina Steam Navigationn Company (Limited) |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=19 January 1882 |issue=5272 }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| {{SS|Ville de Rome|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| {{SS|Vizen|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Mello & Co.

----

! 1 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Cavour|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Lamport & Holt.{{Cite news |title=Greenock - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 June 1881 |issue=132 }}

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Chambers Jr.

| Berwick Law

| For David Law.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & H. Green

| Ellangowan

| Presented to London Missionary Society.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & H. Green

| {{PS|Sproston Green|1881|2}}

| For Sproston Dock & Foundry Co.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Double Launch at Blackwall |date=3 June 1881 |page=9 |issue=30211 |column=F }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gibson

| Fleetwood

| {{SS|Success|1881|2}}

| Ferry

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Fleetwood |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=11 June 1881 |issue=3561 }}

----

! 7 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Pallas|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Jex & Co.

----

! 9 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Fenella|1881|2}}

| For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.

----

! 9 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons

| {{SS|Galatz|1881|2}}

| Alexander Stephen and Sons

| For Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet.

----

! 11 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Pieter de Coninck

2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Theodore C. Engels & Co.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| {{Ship|ST|Abeille IX|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For {{abbr|MM|Monsieurs}} A. Wolter & Co.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|M. Menatchy|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Katz Bros.

----

! 14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

| {{SS|Château Leoville|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation à Vapeur.

14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|City of Rome||2}}

| For Inman Line.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=123}}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=8 June 1881 |issue=8194 }} A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.{{cite news |title=Three Men Killed And 10 Injured |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=153 |date=16 June 1881 |page=5 }}

----

! 14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Thompson & Sons.

| Southwick

| {{SS|Cubano|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|Sr.|Señor}} M. M. de Arrotegui.

----

! 14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.

| {{Ship|SY|Gelert|1881|2}}

| For Albert Wood.{{Cite news |title=Conway |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 June 1881 |issue=2817 }}

----

! 14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn-on-Tyne

| {{SS|Largo Bay|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 14 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co

| {{SS|Miranda|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 15 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Akassa|1881|2}}

| For African Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=144 |title=Akassa |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=18 February 2017}}

----

! 15 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Denny Bros.

| {{SS|Clyde|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=New Steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Company |date=16 June 1881 |page=7 |issue=30222 |column=E }}

----

! 15 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Muriel|1881|2}}

| For William Buchan Ritchie.

15 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Polyphemus|1881|2}}

| torpedo ship

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=Special Telegrams. Launch Of A Torpedo Ship |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=153 |date=16 June 1881 |page=5 }}

----

! 16 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Newport Dry Dock Company

| Newport

| Edith

| For Mr. Williams.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Ketch |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=17 June 1881 |issue=3776 }}

----

! 17 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co.

| Unnamed

| For Otago Harbour Commissioners.

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding Company

| Hull

| {{SS|Toledo|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons, & Co.

----

! 25 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. H. Shilston

| Coxside

| Belle of Devon

| For W. H. Shilston.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA113&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 August 1881 |pages=113–18 }}

----

! 25 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Baxter & Co., or Messrs. Pile & Co.

| {{SS|Equity|1881|2}}

| For W. H. Jenkins & Co.{{cite news |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images18/equity1.jpg |title=Ship Launch at Sunderland |newspaper=The Cambrian |location=Swansea |date=1 July 1881 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamship |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=28 June 1881 |issue=3785 }}

----

! 25 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Queensferry|1881|2}}

| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia

| For Beta Steamship Co. Ltd.

----

! 26 June

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Castellammare di Stabia

| {{Ship|Italian corvette|Flavio Gioia

2}}

| Corvette

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Broomhaugh|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford.

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Uppingham|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Gallant, Pembroke & Co.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Brocadalie|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Temperley & Co.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Howdon

| Ross

| For Messrs. John Cory & Son.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Russell & Co.

| {{Ship

Rotomahana|ship|2}}

| For James R. DeWolf.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Steele & Co.

| {{SS|Savona|1881|2}}

| For Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Thistle

| For Duke of Hamilton.

----

! 28 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Tower Hill|1881|2}}

| For W. H. Nott & W. Beckett Hill.

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Austerlitz|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Allan C. Gow & Co.

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Boyne|1881|2}}

| For Mercantile Steam Shipping Co.

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. David & William Henderson

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Galatia|1881|2}}

| For Barrow Steamship Co.

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Liimfjorden|1881|2}}

| For United Steamship Co.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Abbotsford|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fyfe & Son

| Fairlie

| Euralie

| For George Elder.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Glenmavis|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Lindsay, Gracie & Co.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| Mireille

| For private owner.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Perseverance|Simons, 1881|2}}

| For Crown Agent for the Colonies.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Duncan & Co.

| Poseidon

| For Colin S. Caird.

---

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Brundrit & Co.

| Runcorn

| {{SS|Reginald|1881|2}}

| Coaster

| For Brundrit & Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10412&ref=204297&vessel=REGINALD |title=Reginald |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! 1 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. Allan

| Granton-on-Spey

| Rosa Bella

| For Messrs. William Gunn & Co.

----

! 9 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| Linnet

| For G. M'Kay.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steam Yacht at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 July 1881 |issue=8222 }}

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mathew & Carnegie

| Peterhead

| Aldona Castle

| For John Hewison.{{Cite news |title=Peterhead |newspaper=Aberdeem Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 July 1881 |issue=6965 }}

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Concordia|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Donaldson Bros.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 July 1881 |issue=165 }}

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Manna|1881|2}}

| For Henry Martini.

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Andora

| For Messrs. E. F. & W. Roberts.

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| Hartlepool

| {{SS|Hespor|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches at Hartlepool and Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=13 July 1881 |issue=3563 }}

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. F. Dowsing

| Lowestoft

| Princess

| Fishing boat

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=16 July 1881 |issue=7966 }}

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thompson

| {{SS|Spartan|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company.

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| {{SS|Ville de Naples|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Lesseps|1881|2}}

| For Herr. Jacob Christensen.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Llangollen|1881|2}}

| For Charles E. Stallybrass.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Thalatta

| For Messrs. M'Diarmid & Greenshields.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ænas M'Kenzie

| Stornoway

| Welcome Home

| For John M'Williams.{{Cite news |title=Stornoway - Launch of a New Schooner |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 July 1881 |issue=167 }}

----

! 14 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thompson

| {{SS|Claymore|1881|2}}

| For David M'Brayne.

----

! 14 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{SS|Tempo|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Fenwick & Reay.

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Alaska|1881|2}}

| For Guion Line.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| {{SS|Ashdene|1881|2}}

| For Bulman & Dixon.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Palm Branch|1881|2}}

| For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow in Furness

| {{SS|Navarre|1881|2}}

| For Société Générale de Transport Maritimes à Vapeur.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200908&vessel=NAVARRE |title=Navarre |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited)

| Hull

| {{SS|Portugal|1881|2}}

| For Empreza Nacional.

----

! 23 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarki & Co.

| {{SS|Ethelwolff|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Colville, Louden & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 July 1881 |issue=20636 }}

----

! 23 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Southwick

| {{SS|Thetford|1881|2}}

| For Standard Steamship Co. Ltd.

----

! 26 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Diamond|1881|2}}

| For P. M. Duncan.

----

! 26 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son

| {{SS|Iniziativa|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|Sr.|Signior}} Carlo Raggio.

----

! 26 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Lorna

| For S. H. Morley.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Yachting. Royal Dart Yacht Club Regatta |date=29 August 1881 |page=8 |issue=30285 |column=A }}

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Bertie|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. G. T. Eltringham

| {{SS|Blencowe|1881|2}}

| Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.

| For Messrs. Fisher, Renwick & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA135&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 September 1881 |pages=135–40 }}

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Leamouth

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Gravina

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Inchrona|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser & Co.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Turnbull & Son

| {{SS|Sharon|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Robinson & Rowland.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Saint George|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Murray Bros. & Co.{{Cite news |title=New Line of Channel Steamers |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 July 1881 |issue=179 }}

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby

| {{SS|Blagdon|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Robert Bell & Co.

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Irvine & Co.

| {{SS|Talley Abbey|1881|2}}

| For Pyman, Watson & Co.

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co.

| {{SS|Waverley|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn

| {{SS|Handel|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Lancaster|1881|2}}

| For Lancaster Steamship Company (Limited).

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| {{SS|Operculum|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Luke Thomas & Co.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Royden & Sons

| {{SS|Pawnee|1881|2}}

| For Mediterranean & New York Shipping Co.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Regina|1881|2}}

| For Taylor & Sanderson.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Walker & Co.

| Deptford Green

| {{SS|St. David|1881|2}}

| For Count Raffo.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Alpin|1881|2}}

| For Atlas Steamship Co.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for July |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1881 |issue=181 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Caravellas|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Knowles & Foster.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz

| {{SS|Christianssund|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Alarming Collision off Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 September 1881 |issue=218 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.

| {{SS|Dalriada|1881|2}}

| For Hugh H. Smiley.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Drumburton

| For Messrs. Gillison & Chadwick.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Lümfjorden|1881|2}}

| For "Union Steamship Company".

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Marco Aurelio|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Guild & Co.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co

| Passe Partout

| Steam launch

| For Arthur de Rothschild.

----

! 3 August

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Diogenes|1881|2}}

| For unknown owner, rumoured to be a Peruvian warship.{{Cite news |title=Summary of This Morning's News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=5 August 1881 |issue=5130 }}

----

! 3 August

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Socrates|1881|2}}

| For unknown owner, rumoured to be a Peruvian warship.

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Christiansund|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Joh Burbery|1881|2}}

| For Mr. Harley.

----

! 8 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Edda|1881|2}}

| For J. T. Salveson & Co.

----

! 8 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{PS|Mid-Lothian|1881|2}}

| For North British Railway.{{Cite news |title=Leith - Launch of a Ferry Goods Steamer |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 August 1881 |issue=189 }}

----

! 9 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Cachapoal|1881|2}}

| For Compania Sud Americana de Vapores. Collided with the barque Gladstone on being launched, sinking the barque.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1881 |page=12 |issue=30269 |column=B }}

----

! 9 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. Allen & Co.

| Granton

| {{SS|Viera Y Clarijo|1881|2}}

| For Socieda de Pesquerias.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Spanish Vessel at Granton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 August 1881 |issue=190 }}{{Cite news |title=Granton - Launch of a Vessel |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 August 1881 |issue=190 }}

----

! 10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Carlton Tower|1881|2}}

| For Tower Line.

10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Coptic

| For White Star Line.

----

! 10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Regent|Pearse, 1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| Scottish Wizard

| For M'Ilwraith, M'Eachra & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 August 1881 |issue=8249 }}

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Macmillan

| {{SS|Edam|1881|2}}

| For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 August 1881 |issue=20652 }}

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| {{SS|Gwalia|1881|2}}

| For Hurley, Matthews & Co.

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Ashburner & Son

| James Postlethwaite

| For Thomas Ashburner & Co.

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| {{SS|Kenmore|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. Johnson & Co.

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Lady Dalhousie|1881|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Messrs. Adam Hamiltonn & Co.

----

! 11 August

| {{flag|France}}

| Graville

| {{SS|St. Jean|1881|2}}

| For Figueroa Le Roy & Co.

----

! 12 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Pallion-on-Tyne

| {{SS|City of Liverpool|1881|2}}

| For S.S. City of Liverpool Co. Ltd.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=13 August 1881 |issue=20653 }}

----

! 12 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros

| {{HMS|Supply|1881|2}}

| Tanker and Fireboat

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| {{SS|Ardgour|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. James Gardiner & Co.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| location

| {{SS|Cilurnum|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Large Steamer on the Tyne |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=15 August 1881 |issue=3591 }}

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickard

| Appledore

| C. T. B.

| For William Pickard.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{SS|Isle of Arran|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Dixon, Robson & Co.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| Orchomene

| For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Satellite|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Satellite|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 15 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| {{SS|Dartmore|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Johnson & Co.

----

! 15 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Java

| For Messrs. Peter Denniston & Co.

----

! 15 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co.

| Unnamed

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Steamship Herbert Company (Limited).

----

! 18 August

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{SS|La Ville de San-Nicolas|1881|2}}

| Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik

| For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis du Hâvre.

----

! 20 August

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Hamburg

| {{SMS|Marie

2}}

| {{sclass|Carola|corvette}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 20 August

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Detroit Dry Dock Company

| Wyandotte, Michigan

| {{SS|Michigan

2}}

| For Detroit Dry Dock Company.

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Morro|1881|2}}

| Tender

----

! 23 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| {{SS|Lamington|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Renton & Co.

----

! 23 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Day, Summers & Co

| Northam

| {{Ship|ST|Princess|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For Bombay Harbour Commissioners.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA158&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 October 1881 |pages=158–64 }}

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Billow|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Middleton & Co.

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Carthage|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Duncan & Co

| {{SS|Lamington|1881|2}}

| For Renton & Co.

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| Fairfield

| {{SS|Prins Alexander|1881|2}}

| For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Prins Alexander |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 August 1881 |issue=203 }}

----

! 25 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| {{SS|Bengore Head|1881|2}}

| For Ulster Steamship Company Limited.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the ss. Bengore Head |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=26 August 1881 |issue=20664 }}

----

! 25 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lismore|1881|2}}

| For Lismore Steamship Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200904&vessel=LISMORE |title=Lismore |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 26 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.

| Kingston

| Ben Douran

| For Ben Line.

26 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Portsmouth dockyard

| {{HMS|Canada|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Comus|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=Naval |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=164 |date=1 September 1881 |page=5 }}

----

! 26 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Mindanao|1881|2}}

| For Mr. Watt.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 August 1881 |issue=205 }}

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Condor|1881|2}}

| For Cork Steamship Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launch at Govan |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=30 August 1881 |issue=8265 }}

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Harbinger|1881|2}}

| For Harbinger Steamship Co. Ltd.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Hasland|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Groves & M'Lean.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Purdie

| {{SS|Raleigh|1881|2}}

| Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.

| For Messrs. Holman & Sons.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Leamouth

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Velasco

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Bolivia

| For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Cameo|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Wm. Denny & Bros

| For Messrs. Tellefsen, Wills & Co.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for August |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 August 1881 |issue=208 }}

----

! August

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| La Carraca shipyard

| Cádiz

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Castilla

2}}

| {{sclass|Aragon|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|India|1881|2}}

| For British India Steam Navigation Company.

----

! August

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Portland, Oregon

| {{Ship

Joseph Kellogg|sternwheeler|2}}

| For Kellogg Transportation Co.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons

| {{SS|Liban|1881|2}}

| Coaster

| For A. R. Dahdah.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10091&a1Page=4&ref=200903&vessel=LIBAN |title=Liban |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! August

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Ferrol

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Navarra

2}}

| {{sclass|Aragon|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| No. 164

| For Messrs. Robinow & Marjoribanks.

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John & William B. Harvey

| Littlehampton

| Abeja

| For Messrs. Olano, Larrinaga & Co.

----

! 6 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Brunette|1881|2}}

| For Thomas Rodenacker.

----

! 6 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mithell & Co.

| {{SS|Maha Vajirunhis|1881|2}}

| For H. Katz.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| {{SS|Anerley|1881|2}}

| For Watts, Ward & Co.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Conqueror|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Conqueror|battleship}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Connell & Co.

| {{SS|City of Calcutta|1881|2}}

| For City Line.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Gulf of Carpentaria|1881|2}}

| For Greenock Steamship Company.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| Heather Bell

| For H. Robertson Washley.

----

! 8 September

| {{flag|France}}

| {{Ship|French cruiser|Iphigénie

2}}

| Cruiser

| For French Navy.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Loch Moidart

| Clipper

| For General Shipping Company.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby

| {{SS|Baines Hawkins|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Fisher & Renwick.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.

| {{SS|Banner|1881|2}}

| For James R. Currie.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Aitken & Mansel

| {{PS|Victoria|1881|2}}

| For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Closeburn

| For Messrs. Macdonald, Hood & Co.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Chrysolite|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. W. Tully & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=16 September 1881 |issue=5057 }}

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Lake Huron|1881|2}}

| For Beaver Line.

10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Schlesinger, Davis and Co.

| {{SS|Mount's Bay|1881|2}}

| For Mount's Bay Steamship Company.{{cite news |title=Launch of the Mount's Bay |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=166 |date=15 September 1881 |page=6 }}

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Irvine & Co.

| {{SS|Rocklands

2}}

| Collier

| For Hardy, Wilson & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=12 September 1881 |issue=3615 }}

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Westwood|1881|2}}

| For Moran & Sanderson, or David Wilson.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Wyedale|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Pantland, Hick & Co.

----

! 12 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Short Bros

| {{SS|Westergate|1881|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland079.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 29 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! 18 September

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{SS|La Ville de Montévidéo|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis du Hâvre.

----

! 20 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Solway|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Sloan & Co.

----

! 21 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Marima|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co.

----

! 21 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Ossian|1881|2}}

| For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co.

----

! 21 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|St. Ronan|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour & Co.

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son

| {{SS|Benlarig|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Thompson & Co.

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Lamprey|1881|2}}

| For John Burns.

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co

| {{SS|Skelligs|1881|2}}

| For Clyde Shipping Company.

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Valdivia

| For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill.

----

! 23 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Candace

| For Mr. Lysaght.{{Cite news |title=Leith - Launch of a Steam Yacht |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 September 1881 |issue=229 }}

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Androsa

| For Messrs. E. F. & W. Roberts.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Bretwalda|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hall Bros.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Ebbw Vale|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Morrell Bros. & Co.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co.

| {{SS|Empire|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Thomas & Co.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| {{SS|Olive Branch|1881|2}}

| For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co. Ltd, or Messrs. F. & W. Ritson.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA185&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 November 1881 |pages=185–90 }}

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Reginald Hansen|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. G. E. Wood & Sons.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son

| {{SS|Zenobia|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| For Messrs Turner, Brightman & Co.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Unnamed

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in the North |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 September 1881 |issue=10787 }}

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited)

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Morel Bros. & Co.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Ada|1881|2}}

| For Turner, Edwards & Co.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell

| Yoker

| {{SS|Antilles|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Scrutton, Sons & Co.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Union Co-operative Shipbuilding

| Dorothy Watson

| For Walter Herron.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thompson

| {{SS|Thames|1881|2}}

| Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA157&hl=en_GB |title=(untitled) |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 October 1881 |page=157 }}

----

! 28 September

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Wandrahm|1881|2}}

| For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa.

----

! 29 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Curtis

| Ipswich

| James Garfield

| Thames barge

| For William Curtis and W. Wheeler.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Barge |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=1 October 1881 |issue=7988 }}

----

! 30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Steele & Co.

| {{SS|Cape Clear|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. A. Lyle & Sons.

----

! 30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Rossall|1881|2}}

| For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=8&ref=207896&vessel=ROSSALL |title=Rossall |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons

| {{SS|Braila|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Fraissenet.

----

! September

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala

| Norrköping

| {{PS|Kalmuck|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Saint Andrew|1881|2}}

| For Channel Line.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for September |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 September 1881 |issue=234 }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons

| {{SS|Wallasey|1881|2}}

| Ferry

| For Wallasey Local Board.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10091&a1Page=4&ref=200924&vessel=WALLASEY |title=Wallasey |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! 1 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Ossoro|1881|2}}

----

! 5 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Hughenden|1881|2}}

| For T. Hudson.

----

! 6 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Shannon|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=145 |title=Shannon |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=18 February 2017}}

----

! 6 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer & Co.

| {{SS|Suez|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|MM.|Monsieurs}} d'Orbigny & Faustin Fils.

----

! 7 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cadben William Thomas

| Porth Amlwch

| President Garfield

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Amlwch |newspaper=Baner |location=Denbigh |date=12 October 1881 |issue=1284 |language=Welsh }}

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Clydesdale|1881|2}}

| For Dale Line.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Fooksang|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Mathieson & Co.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| Hong Kong

| For William Milburn & Co.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Ixia|1881|2}}

| For J. Robinson & Co.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Jessomene

| For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Professor|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. F. & J. Harrison.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Virginian|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Frederick Leyland & Co.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Additions to our Merchant Navy |date=7 November 1881 |page=10 |issue=30345 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 October 1881 |issue=10530 }}

----

! 10 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Nerbudda

| For Messrs. Foley, Aikman & Co.

----

! 10 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|York City|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Furness & Co.

----

! 10 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Zuid Holland|1881|2}}

| For Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd.

----

! 11 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Schaldis|1881|2}}

| For Société Anonyme Anversoise d'Armement et de Transports Maritimes.

----

! 12 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. (Limited)

| Hull

| {{SS|Angola|1881|2}}

| For Empresa Nacional.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Steamer Angola |date=14 October 1881 |page=3 |issue=30325 |column=F }}

----

! 12 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|John Ray|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. M. A. Ray & Sons.

----

! 13 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Ardangorm|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. M'Laren, Crum & Co.

----

! 13 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer & Co.

| {{SS|Tredegar|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Mosel Bros. & Co.

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop

| {{SS|Harlaw|1881|2}}

| For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 15 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Phuoc-kien|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Greenock - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 October 1881 |issue=248 }}

----

! 15 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Clark

| Stonehaven

| Serapis

| Yawl

| For James Mackie.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Boat at Stonehaven |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 October 1881 |issue=8306 }}

----

! 17 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co

| {{SS|Chi Yuen|1881|2}}

| For China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 21 October

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Verkstad

| {{SS|Bordeaux|1881|2}}

| For Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd.

----

! 21 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| {{SS|Peconic|1881|2}}

| For Mediterranean & New York Steamship Company.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA206&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=Marine Engineering News |location=London |date=1 December 1881 |pages=206–11 }}

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|City of Hamburg|1881|2}}

| For Palgrave, Murphy & Co.

22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Portsmouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Cordelia|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Comus|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=Latest |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=172 |date=27 October 1881 |page=5 }}

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| County of Pembroke

| For William Thomas & Co.

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Hermes

| For R. R. Paterson.

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| Illawarra

| For Messrs. Devitt & Moore.

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Campbell, MacIntosh & Bowstead

| Scotswood

| {{SS|Tancarville|1881|2}}

| For Cicero Brown.

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Bearn|1881|2}}

| For Société Générale de Transport Maritimes à Vapeur.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200875&vessel=BEARN |title=Bearn |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Chittagong|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Patrick Henderson & Co.

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Dredger No. 5|1881|2}}

| For Dublin Port and Docks Board.

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Glenfarg

| For Messrs. W. O. Taylor & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Dundee |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 October 1881 |issue=8313 }}

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| South Stockton-on-Tees

| {{SS|Gloucester City|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Telephone |date=26 November 1881 |page=11 |issue=30362 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=26 October 1881 |issue=10437 }}

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Lindus|1881|2}}

| Sunderland, County Durham

| For T. J. Parker.

----

! 25 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| {{Ship

Akaroa|barque|2}}

| For Shaw, Savill & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland069.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 23 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! 25 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| {{SS|Britannia|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|MM.|Monsieurs}} Cyprien, Fabre et {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.

----

! 25 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Cantonnais|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 25 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Portsmouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Cordelia|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Comus|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 25 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Purdie

| {{SS|Stefanie|1881|2}}

| For Adria Steamship Co.

----

! 26 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Ganges|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200897&vessel=GANGES |title=Ganges |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 26 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Sons

| Blythy

| {{SS|Señora Cue|1881|2}}

| For Hispano Francisco.

----

! 26 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son

| {{SS|Stamboul|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet.

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Saigon|Caird, 1881|2}}

| For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Vigilant|1881|2}}

| For Suez Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for October |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1881 |issue=260 }}

----

! October

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala

| {{SS|Polyxene|1881|2}}

| For Grefere Knuth.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co.

| Whitehaven

| {{SS|Wasdale|1881|2}}

| For J. D. Newton.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Seath & Co.

| No. 213

| Steam launch

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Co.

----

! 3 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Duncrag

| For Messrs. Dunn & Co.

----

! 3 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. Readhead & Co.

| {{SS|Nant Francon|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. R. & D. Jones.{{Cite news |title=Launch at South Shields |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 November 1881 |issue=3662 }}

----

! 3 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Elder & Co.

| Santa Cecilia

| For Lord Alfred Paget.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co

| {{SS|Carisbrooke|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Pearson & Foster.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co

| {{SS|Coningsby|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Gladstone & Cornforth.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Darjiling

| For Messrs. E. Bates & Sons.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Grafton|1881|2}}

| For Grafton Steam Shipping Co.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ramage & Ferguson

| Highland Chief

| For Messrs. Crane, Colvil & Co.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| F. Phillipps

| Cardiff

| The Mosquito

| Pilot boat

| For Thomas Richards.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Pilot Boat |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=7 November 1881 |issue=3898 }}

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Teutonia|1881|2}}

| For Messrs Ward & Holsapfel.

----

! 5 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. T. Eltringham & Co.

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. J. Hepple & Co.

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Denny Bros.

| {{Ship

Antonio Lopez|shipwreck|2}}

| For Lopez & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Spanish Mail Steamer Antonio Lopez |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 November 1881 |issue=268 }}

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Elemore|1881|2}}

| For Sharp & Co.

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Paul Rodgers

| Carrickfergus

| Mary Armstead

| For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Odin|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Popenjoy|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 8 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Principia|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Newton Bros.

----

! 9 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Iolani|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Raeburn & Verci, or Messrs. Rayburn & Vereil.

----

! 9 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Loch Torridon

| For General Shipping Company.

----

! 9 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Dobie & Co.

| {{SS|Ludgate Hill|1881|2}}

| For Twin Screw Line.

----

! 9 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Upham Bros.

| Brixham

| Silver Lining

| Barquentine

| For private owner.

----

! 10 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Risveglio|1881|2}}

| For {{abbr|Sr.|Signior}} Carlo Raggio.

----

! 10 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.

| {{SS|Sevilla|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Henry Lamont & Co.

----

! 10 November

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kaiserliche Werft

| Danzig

| {{SMS|Sophie

2}}

| {{sclass|Carola|corvette}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 11 November

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala

| {{SS|Nanna|1881|2}}

| For John Giertsen and others.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Bothnia|1881|2}}

| For Baltic Steamship Company (Limited).

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Clynder

| For private owner.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Jean Dupuis|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Wray & Sons

| Burton Stather

| Success

| Smack

| For R. Hellyer.{{Cite news |title=Burton Stather |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 November 1881 |issue=5067 }}

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons

| Bristol

| {{SS|Valeria|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=15 November 1881 |issue=3905 }}

----

! 19 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott's

| Catherine

| Fishing boat

| For private owner.

----

! 19 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Sury Wongse|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. A. Markwald & Co.

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. & T. W. Smith

| {{SS|Claremont|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Fisher, Renwick & Co.

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Magician

| For Messrs. Nevins, Welch & Co.

----

! 22 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Co.

| {{SS|Archimede|1881|2}}

| For I. & V. Florio & Co.

----

! 22 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co

| {{SS|Athabasca|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. William Tapscott & Co.

----

! 22 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Nuphar|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Ltd.

| {{SS|Catanian|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hugh Blaik & Co.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Allsup & Sons

| {{SS|Deerhound|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding on the Ribble |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=26 November 1881 |issue=3585 }}

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cammell Laird

| {{PS|Eleanor|1881|2}}

| For London and North Western Railway.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Jacob Christensen|1881|2}}

| For Jacob Christensen,{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 November 1881 |issue=10795 }} or Hans Konow & Co.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Iron and Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Leonora|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. J. T. Nickels & Co, or Linea de Vapore Serra Bilbao.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Neptune|1881|2}}

| For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Turnbull & Son

| {{SS|Saxon|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Rowland & Robinson.

----

! 24 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| Bowling

| {{SS|Omniopolis|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 25 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Aries

| For Sir James Ramsden.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=207893&vessel=ARIES |title=Aries |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 25 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| {{SS|Dacca|1881|2}}

| For British India Association Line.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the S.S. Dacca |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 November 1881 |issue=283 }}

----

! 25 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Francis Grenier|1881|2}}

| Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft

| For private owner.

----

! 26 November

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Deuteros|1881|2}}

| For "Flensburg Steam Navigation Company of 1869".

----

! 26 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Walden Abbey

| For Messrs. James Poole & Co.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 November 1881 |issue=10573 }}

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Port Glashow

| Carleton

| For Messrs. John Kerr & Co.

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Leeds

| Marshall

| Coal boat

| For Leeds Co-operative Society.{{Cite news |title=Leeds Co-operative Society |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=12 November 1881 |issue=13602 }}

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. Fullarton & Co.

| {{SS|Sapphire|1881|2}}

| For William Robertson.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for November |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 November 1881 |issue=286 }}

----

! 3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Elsie

| For Messrs. James Gray & partners.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=9 December 1881 |issue=10797 }}

3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Heroine|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Comus|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=Naval |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=178 |date=8 December 1881 |page=6 }}

----

! 5 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| {{SS|City of Antwerp|1881|2}}

| For Palgrave, Murphy & Co.

----

! 5 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Lavion|1881|2}}

| Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co.

| For La Société Française des Steamers de l'Ouest.

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Wallsend-on-Tyne

| {{SS|Antverpia|1881|2}}

| For Société Anonyme Anversoise D'Armement et de Transports Maritimes.

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. T. Eltringham

| {{PS|Dauntless|1881|2}}

| Paddle tug

| For Waterford Steamship Company.

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| Hartlepool

| {{SS|Everest|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Murrell & Yeoman.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer at Hartlepool |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Keeds |date=10 December 1881 |issue=13626 }}

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|James Wishaw|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Tully & Co.

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| Howden

| {{SS|North Cambria|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hugh Roberts & Son.

----

! 6 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Remus|1881|2}}

| For William Watt.

7 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Atken and Mansell

| {{SS|Athenian|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company.{{cite news |title=The Largest Vessel On The Cape Of Good Hope Service |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=178 |date=8 December 1881 |page=5 }}

----

! 7 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Barr & Shearer

| Ardrossan

| Clutha

| Barquentine

| For Messrs. Munn.

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John & Daniel Dewdry Brothers

| Brixham

| Lynx

| Fishing smack

| For W. Furneaux.

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Rennie

| Greenwich

| {{SS|Progreso|1881|2}}

| For Argentine Government.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA222&hl=en_GB |title=The Twin Screw Dredger "Progreso" |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=2 January 1882 |page=222 }}

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. & H. Morton & Co.

| {{SS|Scotia|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 December 1881 |page=12 |issue=30372 |column=A }}

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Siren

| For Messrs. A. & J. H. Carmichael.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1881 |issue=294 }}

----

! 9 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| {{SS|Mouhout|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 10 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| {{SS|Garrawalt|1881|2}}

| For Aberdeen and Glasgow Steam Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launch in Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=12 December 1881 |issue=8354 }}

----

! 10 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| {{SS|Victoria Regina|1881|2}}

| For John Coupland.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.RA1-PA58&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 May 1882 |pages=58–61 }}

----

! 10 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding Co

| Hull

| {{SS|Zodiac|1881|2}}

| For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Fishing Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=16 December 1881 |issue=5070 }}

----

! 17 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Rydal Fell|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Hume, Smith & Co.

----

! 19 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| Fairfield

| {{SS|Chiloe|1881|2}}

| For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 December 1881 |issue=10592 }}

----

! 19 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Southwick

| {{SS|Sultana|1881|2}}

| For John Redfern.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer at Sunderland |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=21 December 1881 |issue=13635 }}

----

! 19 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| {{SS|Torch|1881|2}}

| For Clyde Lighthouse Trustees.{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1881 |issue=303 }}

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. &. W. Henderson & Co. Ltd.

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Belgravia|1881|2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Anchor Line.

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. McMillan & Son

| {{SS|Bucarest|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie Fraissinet.{{Cite news |title=Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1881 |issue=11133 }}

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Duncan

| Kingston-on-Spey

| Farmer's Boy

| Fishing vessel

| For William Murray.{{Cite news |title=Kingston-on-Spey |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=23 December 1881 |issue=8364 }}

----

! 20 December

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Verkstad

| {{SS|Hoen|1881|2}}

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

| For Det Forenede Dampskib Skelskab.

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Hyacinth|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Satellite|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Manapouri|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launches at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1881 |issue=304 }}

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Orion|1881|2}}

| For Österreichischer Lloyd.

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Napier and Sons

| {{SS|Aberdeen|1881|2}}

| For Aberdeen Line.

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Elder & Co.

| {{Ship

Austral|1881|2}}

| For Orient Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| {{SS|Elk|1881|2}}

| For Jackson Bros. & Cory. or Messrs. Corry, Lohden & Jackson.

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| {{SS|Foscolino|1881|2}}

| For Wear Steam Ship Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland073.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 25 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA230 |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=2 January 1882 |pages=230–35}}

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Gulf of Saint Vincent|1881|2}}

| For Greenock Steamship Company.

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Minard Castle|1881|2}}

| For Castle Line.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=23 December 1881 |issue=13637 }}

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Roxburgh|1881|2}}

| For Caledonian Steamship Company (Limited).

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Refrigerated cargo ship

| {{SS|Sorrento|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Robert M. Sloman & Co.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Short Bros.

| {{SS|Ahdeck|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Walker & Butchart.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. H. Green & Co.

| {{SS|Bergamo|1881|2}}

| North Weymouth, Massachusetts

| For Messrs. Tonomé.

----

! 22 December

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Dennison J. Lawlor

| D. J. Lawlor

| For William V. Abbott, Abel F. Hayden and James H. Reid.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Elginshire|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thompson

| {{SS|Hansa|1881|2}}

| For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Gourlay Bros.

| {{SS|Merton Hall|1881|2}}

| For Caledonian Steamship Company Limited.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 December 1881 |issue=10594 }}

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| River Clyde

| {{SS|Moor|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Latest Intelligence |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=21 December 1881 |issue=5153 }}

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Quiraing|1881|2}}

| For Australasian Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Sutlej|1881|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=New Steamers |date=23 December 1881 |page=11 |issue=30385 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=7&ref=200923&vessel=SUTLEJ |title=Sutlej |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Campbell, Mackintosh & Bowstead

| Scotswood

| {{SS|Borneo|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| For Messrs. E. Boustead & Co.

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Huntingtower|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Stumore, Weston & Co.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 December 1881 |issue=10800 }}

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Moor|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=New Steamers |date=24 December 1881 |page=6 |issue=30386 |column=E }}

----

! 24 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|B. Kemeny|1881|2}}

| Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes

| For Adria Steamship Company.

----

! 24 December

| {{flag|France}}

| La Ciotat

| {{SS|Melbourne|1881|2}}

| For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a French Steamer |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 December 1881 |issue=11140 }}

----

! 26 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Douglas|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in the North |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=26 December 1881 |issue=8366 }}

----

! 27 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Ashford|1881|2}}

| For Thompson, Wrightson & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Sunderland |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=28 December 1881 |issue=3708 }}

----

! 28 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Afrikaan|1881|2}}

| For Nieuwe Afrikaan Maatschappij.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=29 December 1881 |issue=3709 }}

----

! 28 December

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| AG Vulcan

| Stettin

| {{Ship|Chinese ironclad|Dingyuan

2}}

| {{sclass|Dingyuan|ironclad}}

----

! 28 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|General Roberts|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Barnes, Guthrie & Co.

----

! 28 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| Howden

| {{SS|Goldcliffe|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. D. H. Morgan & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA253&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 February 1882 |pages=253–56 }}

----

! 31 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| Cumbria

| For Earl of Lonsdale.

----

! 31 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Inchboroa|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Harrison, Fraser & Co.

----

! 31 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros

| {{SS|Mahinapua|1881|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.

----

! December

| {{flag|Belgium}} /
{{flagicon|Belgium|Belgian Congo}}

| John Cockerill

| Seraing / Stanley Pool

| {{Ship

En Avant|steam launch|2}}

| For Association International del Congo.

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| AG Vulcan

| Stettin

| {{Ship|Chinese ship|Ting-Yuen|1881|2}}

| Ironclad

| For Imperial Chinese Navy.{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 January 1882 |issue=10602 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin

| {{SS|Accretive|1881|2}}

| East Boston, Massachusetts

| For T. Stockdale.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Adelita

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ahdeek

| For Walker & Butchart.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Boothbay, Maine

| {{USS|Alaska|ID-3035|2}}

| Fishing trawler

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. MacIlwain & Lewis

| {{PS|Albert|1881|2}}

| For Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fg0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.RA1-PA25&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 April 1882 |pages=25–31 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| The Strand Slipway Co.

| {{SS|Andalusia|1881|2}}

| Port Blakeley, Bainbridge Island, Washington

| For H. Scholefield & Son.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|United States|1877}} Washington Territory

| Hall Brothers

| Annie Larsen

| For James Tuft.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Rand & Burger

| Manitowoc, Wisconsin

| {{Ship

Arctic|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For Goodrich Transportation Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Beneficent

| For James Westoll.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Bonnie Doon|1881|2}}

| For Liverpool, Llandudno, and Welsh Coast Steamship Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Chicago, Illinois

| Boscabel

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| {{SS|Brahma|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Bushire|1881|2}}

| For Persian Gulf Steam Navigation Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Byzantia|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Cameta|1881|2}}

| For Amazon Steam Navigation Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| Capri

| For R. M. Sloman & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| William Cramp & Sons

| location

| {{SS|Caracas|1881|2}}

| For Red D Line.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| David Banks & Co.

| Plymouth

| Carrie Harvey

| For Thomas B. Harvey.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10468&a1Page=2&ref=226621&vessel=CARRIE+HARVEY |title=Carrie Harvey |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Chancellor|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Edward Harris & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Charrington|1881|2}}

| For J. H. Culliford & Mr. Clark.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland061.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Clan Monroe|1881|2}}

| For Clan Line.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Clytha|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Stephens, Mawson & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Congella

| For Bullard, King & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Congo

| For G. H. Wills & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Corean|1881|2}}

| For J. & A. Allan.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland052.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 11 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=21 June 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Corrwg

| For W. Perch.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Creole

| For J. Dent & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Critic

| For J. Dent & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Crystal|1881|2}}

| For J. Dent & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Howaldtswerke

| Kiel

| {{SS|Diogenes|1881|2}}

| {{sclass|Lima|cruiser}}

| For Peruvian Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Ecuador|1881|2}}

| William Doxford & Sons Ltd.

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship|Venezuelan torpedo boat|El Rayo||2}}

|Torpedo boat

| For William Doxford & Sons Ltd.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=55}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| De Lamater Iron Works

| New York

| Fenian Ram

| Submarine

| For Fenian Brotherhood.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co,

| Finchley

| For Watt, Ward & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1881}}

| Portland, Oregon

| {{Ship

Fleetwood|steamboat|2}}

| Steamboat

| For U. B. Scott and associates.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Burmeister & Wain

| Copenhagen

| {{SS|Geiser|1881|2}}

| For Thingvalla Line.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Sinking of the Geiser |date=18 August 1888 |page=5 |issue=32468 |column=A-B }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| {{SS|Glenelder|1881|2}}

| For John Fleming.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Gloucester

| Fishing smack

| For W. Butt.{{Cite news |title=Disaster to a Grimsby Smack |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 March 1881 |issue=5029 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blumer & Co.

| {{SS|Godalming|1881|2}}

| For C. E. Lamplough.{{cite web |url=https://www.vrag.dk/?s=godalming |title=S.S. Carola |publisher=Allen Jensens Vrag |language=Swedish |access-date=21 June 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Gordonia

| For Gordon & Stamp.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Grezia|1881|2}}

| Messrs. Wigham Richardson & Co.

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Gosport

| Gudrun

| Yawl

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Yachting Notes and News |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=11 June 1881 |issue=5098 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}}

| Constantinople

| {{Ship|Ottoman cruiser|Heibetnuma

2}}

| Cruiser

| For Ottoman Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Malster & Reaney

| Baltimore, Maryland

| {{Ship|USLHT|Holly|1881|2}}

| Lighthouse tender

| For United States Lighthouse Service.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne

| {{SS|Hong Kong|1881|2}}

| For William Milburn & Co.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 November 1881 |issue=10795 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. H. Morton & Co.

| {{SS|Iberia|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Cyprien, Fabre et {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.{{Cite news |title=Leith - Extensive Pig-iron Shipments |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 May 1881 |issue=121 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son

| {{Ship|Chinese ship|Iota|1881|2}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Ivanhoe|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. George Hood & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Rødsverven

| Sandefjord

| {{Ship

Jason|1881 ship|2}}

| For Christen Christensen.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Malster & Reaney

| Baltimore, Maryland

| {{Ship|USLHT|Jessamine

2}}

| Lighthouse tender

| For United States Lighthouse Service.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Thomas Quale & Sons

| Cleveland, Ohio

| {{SS|John B. Lyon

2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Baxter & Co.

| {{SS|Kant|1881|2}}

| For Lübeck Königsberger Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son

| {{Ship|Chinese ship|Kappa|1881|2}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith.

| {{SS|Kingsley|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Edward Eccles & Partners.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby

| {{SS|Kirkheaton|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Loch Rannock

| La Gitana

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Gossip from Truth |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=27 June 1881 |issue=20612 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Laju

| For Wright Bros. & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son

| {{Ship|Chinese ship|Lambda|1881|2}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Laurel

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Hopper & Crosby.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{SS|La Ville de Rosario|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{Ship

Lisette|German schooner|2}}

| For Johan Georg Oestman.

----

! Unknowndate

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| Lizzie

| William Doxford & Sons Ltd.

| For John G. Mackie.

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Magician|1881|2}}

| Corvette

| For Royal Navy.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=55}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Charles Bureau

| Portland, Oregon

| {{Ship

Manzanillo|sternwheeler|2}}

| For People's Freighting Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{SS|Maud Hartmann|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Ward & Holzapfel.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons

| Molly Bawn

| For J. Paley.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10091&a1Page=2&ref=205875&vessel=MOLLY+BAWN |title=Molly Bawn |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby

| {{SS|Montserrat|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Short Bros

| {{SS|Mytilene|1881|2}}

| For Lumsdon, Byers & Co.{{cite web |url=https://www.vrag.dk/s-s-fredrik/ |title=S.S. Frederik |publisher=Allen Jensens Vrag |language=Swedish |access-date=21 June 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Carnegie & Mathew

| Peterhead

| Nantland Castle'

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| La Ciotat

| {{SS|Natal|1881|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 July 1881 |issue=10990 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Pallas|1881|2}}

| For Clark George Ltd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| Panama

| For D'Orbigny & Faustin Fils.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship|ST|Paul|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| River Thames

| Phosphor Bronze

| Steam launch

| For Phosphor Bronze Co. Ltd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Phuoc Kien|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Dominion of Canada

| Jarvis & Burridge

| Winnipeg

| {{SS|Princess

2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. H. Green

| {{Ship|ST|Puerto Huergo|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Raisby

| For J. S. Barwick.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. (Limited)

| {{SS|Ravenshaugh|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Bowser & Ormston.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Rhodora

| For F. Edwards.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Rosella

| For John H. Barry.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Stockton, California

| {{Ship

Seizer|snagboat|2}}

| For United States Army Corps of Engineers.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Serpho

| For W. & T. W. Pinkney.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Silverdale

| For Milburn Bros.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Strand Slipway Co.

| Skerne

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & H. Green

| {{Ship|ST|Stormcock|1881|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Holland, Doust & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Sunrise|1881|2}}

| For Messrs. Cammell, Woolf, and Haigh.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Hull Steamer |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 June 1882 |issue=5097 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Tannadice

| For Eastern & Australian Steamship Co Ltd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala

| Norrköping

| {{SS|Terge Viken|1881|2}}

| For Consul Peterson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{USS|Thetis|1881|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Flensburg Iron Shipbuilding Company

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Thyra|1881|2}}

| For Bruhn & Co.

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| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John H. Dialogue

| Camden, New Jersey

| {{USS|Underwriter|1880|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

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| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| Vercingetorix

| For Delmas Frères.

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| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons

| Victoria

| Coaster

| For W. Allsup & Sons.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10091&a1Page=2&ref=205873&vessel=VICTORIA |title=Victoria |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Forrestt

| London

| {{SS|Ville de Brugie|1881|2}}

| For A. Rickard.

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| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James LAing

| Ville de Lisbonne

| For Eugene Grosos.

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! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad

| Södermalm

| {{SS|Waxholm|1881|2}}

| For Waxholmsbolaget.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Westport|1881|2}}

| For Mr. Williams.

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! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Dry Dock Complex

| Detroit, Michigan

| {{SS|Wisconsin

2}}

| For Goodrich Line.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thorneycroft

| Chiswick

| No. 70

| Torpedo boat

| For Royal Navy.

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| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.