List of ship launches in 1885

| {{ship

Callao|1885 barque|2}}

| For White Star Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=175 |title=Callao |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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! 1 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Dunston

| Thorne

| Lindum

| Humber Keel

| For Messrs. H. Newsum & Co.{{Cite news |title=Thorne |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=9 January 1885 |issue=5231 }}

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! 2 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Chapman & Shuttleworth

| Erith

| Eros

| For Baron A. de Rothschild.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Yachting |date=14 January 1885 |page=10 |issue=31343 |column=E-F }}{{Cite news |title=Yacht Launch |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 January 1885 |issue=5404 }}

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! 3 January

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Belgic|1885|2}}

| Cargo liner

| For White Star Line.

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! 3 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Geddie

| Banff

| Harmony

| For Alexander Watt.{{Cite news |title=Banff - Launch of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=10 January 1885 |issue=7148 }}

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! 4 January

| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1844}}

| Imperial Arsenal

| Golden Horn

| {{Ship|Ottoman ironclad|Hamidiye

2}}

| Ironclad

| For Ottoman Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Turkey |date=5 January 1885 |page=5 |issue=31335 |column=E }}

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! 5 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| Ballumbie

| For Ballumbie Shipping Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=7 January 1885 |issue=4642 }}

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! 5 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son

| Marlborough Hill

| For W. Price.{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Sailing Ship in Liverpool |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1885 |issue=11541 }}

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Mowat

| Gourdon

| Louisa

| For Andrew Ritchie.{{Cite news |title=Gourdon - Launch of a Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 January 1885 |issue=9339 }}

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Mascotte|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. George Gibson & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Leith |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 January 1885 |issue=14 }}

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! 15 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{Ship|ST|William Jolliffe|January 1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Thomas A. Jolliffe.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/williamjolliffe1885.html |title=William Jolliffe |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=2 November 2024 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Samuda Brothers

| {{Ship|Brazilian battleship|Aquidabã

2}}

| Ironclad

| For Imperial Brazilian Navy.

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephenson & Co.

| Macduff

| Harvest Home

| For Messrs. F. Blair & A. Paterson.{{Cite news |title=Macduff - Launch of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1885 |issue=9341 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| {{SS|Mount Olivet|1885|2}}

| For Mount Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 January 1885 |issue=19 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Primrose|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Richard Hughes & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1885 |issue=18 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pallion

| {{SS|Royal Prince|1885|2}}

| For Prince Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.

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! 17 January

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship

Santiago|1885 ship|2}}

| For White Star Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=176 |title=Santiago |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=19 January 1885 |issue=21711 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| St. Clement

| For Thomas Walker.{{Cite news |title=Launches at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal|location=Aberdeen |date=17 January 1885 |issue=7149 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in the North |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 December 1885 |issue=9623 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| {{HMS|Surprise|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Surprise|cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=19 January 1885 |issue=11445 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| Yalleroi

| Clipper

| For Messrs. Alexander Nichol & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 January 1885 |issue=9341 }}

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! 17 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Young

| Portsoy

| Unnamed

| For George Slater.{{Cite news |title=Portsoy - Launch of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 January 1885 |issue=9341 }}

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! 19 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Stephen & Son

| Ardencaple

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| For Robert Lockhart,{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1885 |issue=17 }} or Edmiston & Caple.

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! 19 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Drumcraig

| For Gillison & Chadwick.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=11&ref=207905&vessel=DRUMCRAIG |title=Drumcraig |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

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! 19 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Electra|1885|2}}

| Cable ship

| For Eastern Telegraph Company.{{Cite news |title=Launches on the Clyde |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 January 1885 |issue=17 }}

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! 19 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Lyons|1885|2}}

| For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de fer de l'Ouest.

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! 20 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Lucipara

| For Messrs. P. Dennistoun & Co.

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! 21 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Precursor

| For Mr. Hellyer.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 January 1885 |issue=5233 }}

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! 22 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Guahy|1885|2}}

| For Companie Bahianna.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 January 1885 |issue=20 }}

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! 26 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Italy|1885|2}}

| For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de fer de l'Ouest.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=27 January 1885 |issue=9348 }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 January 1885 |issue=23 }}

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! 28 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Trojan|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 January 1885 |issue=25 }}

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! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craig & Taylor

| {{SS|Santa André|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=30 January 1885 |issue=4662 }}

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Atalanta

| For Ninian Hill.

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Abercorn Shipbuilding Company

| Hersilia

| For private owner.

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Northernhay

| For R. H. Gayner.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland061.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}{{Cite news |title=North Country Ship building |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 February 1885 |issue=10960 }}

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Rohilla

| For Messrs. Foley & Co.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgowy |date=2 February 1885 |issue=28 }}

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Soudan

| For British and Eastern Shipping Company Limited.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 January 1885 |issue=11554 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlingtion |date=2 February 1885 |issue=4664 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullerton & Co.

| {{SS|Excelsior|1885|2}}

| For Thomas Corrigall.

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Gardenia|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Alexander A. Laird & Co.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for January |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1885 |issue=27 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Primrose|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Richard Hughes & Co.

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. G. P Gildon & Co.

| Ipswich

| Southern Belle

| Sailing barge

| For E. Goodman.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=6 January 1885 |issue=8175 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Speedwell

| Fishing vessel

| For James N. Smith.{{Cite news |title=Macduff - Fishing Boat Ashore |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 February 1885 |issue=7153 }}

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! January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochrane & Co.

| Unnamed

| Fishing vessel

| For Mr. Hellyer.{{Cite news |title=Beverley |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 January 1885 |issue=5233 }}

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! 2 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Bayley & Sons

| Ipswich

| Clementine

| Brigantine

| For W. Lethridge.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10200&a1Page=2&ref=216886&vessel=CLEMENTINE |title=Clementine |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}{{Cite news |title=New Brigantine |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=31 January 1885 |issue=8184 }}{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Brigantine |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=3 February 1885 |issue=8187 }}

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! 3 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Brundrit & Co.

| Runcorn

| Alert

| For Messrs. James Foulkes & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Schooner at Runcorn |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1885 |issue=11566 }}

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! 3 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited)

| {{Ship|ST|Red Rose|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For David Guy.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Chepstow |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 February 1885 |issue=4908 }}

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! 5 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Victoria Bay

| For Bay Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 February 1885 |issue=32 }}

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! 7 February

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SMS|Alexandrine

2}}

| {{sclass|Carola|corvette}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

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! 10 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Rodger

| Unnamed

| For Mr. Mackay.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 February 1885 |issue=36 }}

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! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Malacca|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Kim, Seng & Co.

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! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son

| Marion Crosbie

| For Messrs. Rogers & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1885 |issue=38 }}

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! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Carlton|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Chapman & Miller.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 February 1885 |issue=10962 }}

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! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Kenilworth|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. William McLachlan & Co.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 February 1885 |issue=41 }}

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co.

| Benavon

| For Ben Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1885 |issue=42 }}

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Swain & Co.

| Kelvindock

| {{SS|John Strachan|1885|2}}

| For Kirkcaldy, Leith and Glasgow Steamship Carrying Company.

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Loch Broom

| For Loch Line.

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Melbourne|1885|2}}

| For Melbourne Harbour Commissioners.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1885 |issue=42 }}

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Scythian|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane.

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! 18 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Damara|1885|2}}

| For Halifax Steam Navigation Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 February 1885 |issue=43 }}

----

! 18 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| Northward

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| For Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company.

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! 19 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Itumba|1885|2}}

| For T. W. Cookson & E. H. Cookson,{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=11&ref=201473&vessel=ITUMBA |title=Itumba |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }} or Messrs Hatton & Cookson.

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! 19 February

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Teneriffe|1885|2}}

| For British & Africa Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=178 |title=Teneriffe |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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! 21 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Hull

| {{SS|Eastwood|1885|2}}

| For Robert Jameson.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA21&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 April 1885 |pages=21–25 }}

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! 26 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Thompson

| Firth of Stronaa

| For Firth Line.

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! 26 February

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Sirius|1885|2}}

| Cargo liner

| For Bergenske Dampskibs-Selskab.

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! 28 February

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Alacrity|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Surprise|cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Marr Bros.

| Alice

| For Forth Steam Fishing Company.

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Astoria

| For Peter Iredale & Son.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland092.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

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

| {{SS|Britannia|Morton, 1885|2}}

| For Messrs. James Currie & Co.

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Leven

| {{SS|Lalpoora|1885|2}}

| For British India Steam Navigation Company Limited.

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! 28 February

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{RMS|Gaelic|1885|2}}

| Cargo liner

| For White Star Line.

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Hall & Co.

| Rosalind

| For Messrs. John Sutcliff & Sons.

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson

| {{Ship|ST|Atlantic|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuuilding Trade for February |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1885 |issue=51 }}

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hunt, Fowler & Co.

| Hull

| Village Belle

| For R. Roach.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=27 February 1885 |issue=5238 }}

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! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Page & Chambers

| Prospect

| For J. Lang.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=5 March 1885 |issue=8200 }}

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! 2 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Transition|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. M. Lennard & Sons.

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! 3 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cottingham Bros.

| General Stewart

| For Messrs. Pickering & Haldare.{{Cite news |title=Goole |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=6 March 1885 |issue=5239 }}

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! 3 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Harland

| For William Lund.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 March 1885 |issue=4690 }}

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! 4 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Fifeshire

| For Shire Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 March 1885 |issue=55 }}

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! 4 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Isla|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. William Arrol & Co.

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! 4 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fuller & Saunders

| May

| For Messrs. Thirtle & Hall.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=8 March 1885 |issue=8201 }}

----

! 5 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| greenock

| Bandaneira

| For Messrs. P. Denniston & Co.

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! 5 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Date & Sons

| Kingsbridge

| {{PS|Express|1885|2}}

| Paddle steamner

| For W. R. Beer.

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! 5 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. J. Dunlop & Co.

| {{SS|Princess Maud|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. M. Langlands & Sons.

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! 10 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited)

| Maidens

| {{SS|Pointer|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Maybole |newspaper= |location= |date= March 1885 |issue= }}

----

! 14 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. T. Eltringham

| {{PS|Flying Fox|1885|2}}

----

! 14 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| Libra

| For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Company Limited.

----

! 14 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| Virgo

| For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Company Limited.

----

! 16 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Sclater

| Banff

| Fear Not

| For John Sclater.{{Cite news |title=Banff - Launch of Fishing Boats |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 March 1885 |issue=9390 }}

----

! 16 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Sclater

| Banff

| Helen

| For Messrs. James Mackenzie and George Sclater.

----

! 16 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co

| Petrel

| For James L. Cunliffe.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 March 1885 |issue=68 }}

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! 16 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Telamon|1885|2}}

| For Ocean Steamship Company.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons

| Ariadne

| For Messrs. Lawrence, Sons & Co.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| Limache

| For Messrs. Brodersen, Vaughan & Co.

----

! 18 March

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W G Armstrong

| {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Naniwa

2}}

| {{sclass|Naniwa|cruiser}}

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. White & Sons

| Cowes

| Opal

| For Major Brideson.{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=21 March 1885 |issue=5414 }}

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Osprey

| For James L. Cunliffe.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Petrel

| For J. L. Cunliffe.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Sitona|1885|2}}

| For Avena Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Ville d'Eau|1885|2}}

| For Enterprise Serrure.

----

! 19 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thomson

| {{PS|Grenadier|1885|2}}

| For David MacBrayne.

----

! 20 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel

| {{SS|Laura|1885|2}}

| For London and South Western Railway.

----

! 20 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Limited

| Nosshead

| For John Thompson Jr.

----

! 21 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Earl Rosebery

| For Messrs. Macallister & Co.

----

! 21 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell

| Yoker

| {{Ship|ST|Hercules|1885|2}}

| Tug

----

! 21 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{PS|Seagull|1885|2}}

| For Indian General Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Georgia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 30 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| Queen of England

| For Donald Kennedy.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA53&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 May 1885 |pages=49–53 }}

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Bempton|1885|2}}

| For Williamson W. Lamplough.

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & C0

| Cattona

| For Messrs. J. H. Worthington & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=2 April 1885 |issue=4714 }}

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Chili

| For {{abbr|MM|Monsieurs}} A. D. Bordes & Fils.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Ching-Wo|1885|2}}

| For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Co.

----

! 31 March

| {{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

| Yokosuka Naval Arsenal

| Yokosuka

| {{ship|Japanese corvette|Katsuragi

2}}

| {{sclass|Katsuragi|corvette}}

----

! 31 March

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| Chatham

| {{HMS|Mersey|1885|2}}

| Protected cruiser

| For Royal Navy.{{cite magazine|title=Launch of the Mersey|magazine=The Marine Engineer|date=May 1885|volume=7|pages=37–38}}

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. H. Shilston

| Plymouth

| Western Lass

| For private owner.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Tancred, Arrol & Co.

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Tancred, Arrol & Co.

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Rodgers & Co.

| {{SS|Edith Crossfield|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Carrickfergus |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=20 March 1885 |issue=21762 }}

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Fyfe

| Fairlie

| Mary Kerr

| Smack

| For M. Kerr.

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| {{SS|Mergui|1885|2}}

| For British India Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for March |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 March 1885 |issue=77 }}

----

! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephen & Forbes

| Peterhead

| Turmit

| For Messrs. Reid Bros.{{Cite news |title=Peterhead - A Large Herring Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 March 1885 |issue=9397 }}

----

! 1 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Snowdrop

| For private owner.

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Abercorn

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

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co.

| Partick

| Amy

| For Ninian B. Stewart.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Yachting |date=16 April 1885 |page=7 |issue=31422 |column=D-E }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Ruddock

| Dagonet

| For Messrs. J. & H. Duncan Bros.{{Cite news |title=A "Dagonet" Yacht |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=2 April 1885 |issue=4714 }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|El Callao|1885|2}}

| For Orinoco Steamship Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1885 |issue=81 }}

----

! 2 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Limited

| Hull

| {{SS|Eldorado|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co.

----

! 4 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Tartar|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Walker & Co.

----

! 13 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co

| Steam trawler and fish carrier

| Courage

| For Great Yarmouth Steam Carrying Company, Limited.

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son

| Gartmore

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

| For Messrs. Thomson, Dickie & Co.

----

! 15 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Corangamite|1885|2}}

| For Huddart, Parker & Co. Ltd.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=17 April 1885 |issue=10970 }}

----

! 15 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lawada|1885|2}}

| Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co., Limited

| For British India Steam Navigation Company, Limited.

----

! 15 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Loch Carron

| For Messrs. Aitken, Lilburne & Co.

----

! 15 April

| {{flag|Queensland|1876}}

| Messrs. John Walker & Co.

| Maryborough

| {{SS|Maryborough|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 15 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pearce Bros.

| {{SS|Tay|1885|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Dundee and Newcastle Shipping Company.

----

! 16 April

| {{flag|France}}

| Granville

| {{Ship|French cruiser|Bombe|1885|2}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. P. Rodgers & Co., Limited

| {{SS|Emulator|1885|2}}

| For Western Point Towing Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch in Carrickferus |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 April 1885 |issue=21786 }}

----

! 16 April

| {{Flag|France}}

| Lorient

| {{ship|French battleship|Formidable|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Amiral Baudin|battleship}}

| For French Navy

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{PS|General Gordon|1885|2}}

| For Anthony Irving, or Dublin and Glasgow Steam Packet Company.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| A. Jack & Co.

| Seacombe

| {{PS|Kathleen Mavourneen|1885|2}}

| For Drogheda Steam Packet Company.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Katrena

| For John Anderson.{{Cite news |title=Yachting |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=20 April 1885 |issue=21788 }}

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Saunders

| Salcombe

| Lord Devon

| For Salcombe Shipowning Company.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co.

| Rutherglen

| {{SS|Ossian|1885|2}}

| For James Murray.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| {{SS|Prince Edward|1885|2}}

| For Thomas Seed.

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cartsdyke

| {{SS|Titan|1885|2}}

| For Ocean Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 April 1885 |issue=92 }}

----

! 16 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Ulunda|1885|2}}

| For Halifax Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 17 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. Readhead & Co.

| {{SS|Trevean|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. E. Hain & Sons.

----

! 18 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{PS|Dolphin|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Tancred, Arrol & Co.

----

! 18 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Barrow Shipbuilding Co.

| Indra

| Tug

| For Ganges Steam Tug Company.

----

! 18 April

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Mona's Queen|1885|2}}

| For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=11&ref=201476&vessel=MONA%27S+QUEEN |title=Mona's Queen |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 18 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co., Limited

| {{Ship|ST|Royal Briton|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Gibbs & Lee.

----

! 20 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Brynhilda

| For Messrs. James W. Carmichael & Co.

----

! 20 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| Glasgow

| {{SS|General Gordon|Inglis, 1885|2}}

| For Dublin and Glasgow Steampacket Company.

----

! 22 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Matthew Paul & Co.

| Unnamed

| Paddle launch

| For Indian Government.

----

! 23 April

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Elmina|1885|2}}

| For African Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=179 |title=Elmina |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 28 April

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pembroke Dockyard

| {{HMS|Howe|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Admiral|ironclad}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA77&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 June 1885 |pages=77–82 }}

----

! 28 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Aitken & Mansell

| {{SS|Moravia|1885|2}}

| For James Cormack.

----

! 29 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird

| {{PS|Ireland|1885|2}}

| For City of Dublin Steamship Company.

----

! 29 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| Langdale

| For Messrs. J. D. Newton & Co.

----

! 29 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.

| Rutherglen

| {{SS|Sunbeam|1885|2}}

| For Morecambe Bay Steamboat Company.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Sons

| Galatea

| For {{abbr|Lieut.|Lieutenant}} Heron.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Greystoke|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Ropner & Co.

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Queen Mab

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Yachting |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=25 April 1885 |issue=5419 }}

----

! 30 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co.

| Willem Eggerts

| For Messrs. P. H. Dixon & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 May 1885 |issue=105 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. S. White

| East Cowes

| Unnamed

| For J. S. White.{{Cite news |title=Naval Notes & News |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=18 April 1885 |issue=5418 }}

----

! 1 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Victoria Engineering Works

| {{Ship|ST|Goole No. 6|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Goole and Hull Steam Towing Company Limited.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Vessel at Goole |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=2 May 1885 |issue=14685 }}

----

! 1 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Her Majesty|1885|2}}

| For Southampton and Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.

----

! 1 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Thompsonian|1885|2}}

| For William Kish.

----

! 1 May

| {{Flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

| Onohama Naval Arsenal

| Onohama

| {{ship|Japanese corvette|Yamato

2}}

| {{sclass|Katsuragi|corvette}}

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craig, Taylor & Co

| {{SS|Donegal|1885|2}}

| For private owners.

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| John o' Gaunt

| For Thomas Bell.

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| Margaret Murray

| For Murray & Waters.

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co

| Woolton

| For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.

----

! 4 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.

| Charles Connell

| For Messrs. John Black & Co.

----

! 5 May

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Russell & Co.

| {{ship

Moy|ship|2}}

| Steam trawler and fish carrier

| For Nourse Line.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Hull

| Flamingo

| For Great Grimsby Ice Company, Limited.

----

! 7 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Polar

| For Messrs. Ross & Marshall.

----

! 11 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros.

| {{SS|Britannia|Laird, 1885|2}}

| Cable ship

| For Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company.

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Upham & Sons

| Brigham

| Chazalie

| For Mr. Hellyer.

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Earl of Dunraven

| For Messrs. M'Allister & Co.

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephen & Forbes

| Peterhead

| Forward

| For John M'Ritchie.{{Cite news |title=Peterhead - Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 May 1885 |issue=9441 }}

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co.

| Girvan

| For David Hunter.

----

! 13 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| The Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

| {{SS|Heathpool|1885|2}}

| For H. T. Morton & Co.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Fyffe

| Fairlie

| Ailsa

| For Royal Northern Yacht Club.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Fairholme

| For Messrs. Carr & Ashcroft.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Liverpool Vessel |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpoolo |date=16 May 1885 |issue=11653 }}

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M'Knight, M'Creadie & Co.

| Ayr

| {{SS|Kyle|1885|2}}

| For Ayr Harbour Trustees.

----

! 14 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| David Jones

| Portmadoc

| Richard Greaves

| For John Davies.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Algoma|1885|2}}

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| For W. Tapscott & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland087.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 33 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Como

| For Argentine Steam Lighter Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=12&ref=201463&vessel=COMO |title=Como |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph Garside

| Burton upon Stather

| John and Elizabeth

| Sloop

| For Messrs. J. Pickering & Son.{{Cite news |title=Burton Stather |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 May 1885 |issue=5250 }}{{Cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10949&ref=228466&vessel=JOHN+AND+ELIZABETH |title=John and Elizabeth |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=19 November 2024 }}

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Minnyhive

| For Village Line.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Offerton|1885|2}}

| Collier

| For Earl of Durham.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Richard Hayward

| For Richard Hayward Ship Company Limited.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| Salamander

| For Frederick Power.

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cottingham Bros.

| Silver King

| For J. Rutter.{{Cite news |title=Goole |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 May 1885 |issue=5250 }}

----

! 16 May

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takachiho

2}}

| {{sclass|Naniwa|cruiser}}

----

! 16 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| Torridon

| For Messrs. Alexander Nichol & Co.

----

! 17 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Rochefort

| {{Ship|French cruiser|Condor|1885|2}}

| Torpedo cruiser

| For French Navy.

----

! 17 May

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Lewis Nixon

| Elizabeth, New Jersey

| {{USS|Holland VI

2}}

| {{sclass|Plunger|submarine}}

| For United States Navy.

----

! 17 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hunna, Donald & Wilson

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thompson

| Albuera

| For Messrs. J. Hardie & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1885 |issue=119 }}

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Danzig

| {{SMS|Arcona|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Carola|corvette}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| {{SS|Davaar|1885|2}}

| For Campbeltown and Glasgow Steam Packet Joint Stock Company.

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.

| Glenlora

| For Dundee Shipowners' Company.

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Magenta

| fishing smack

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 May 1885 |issue=5250 }}

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Dunston

| Thorne

| Mary Ann

| Humber Keel

| For Messrs. W. & B. Barraclough.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Thorne |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=20 May 1885 |issue=14700 }}{{Cite news |title=Thorne |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 May 1885 |issue=5250 }}

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Soudan

| For Gilbert M. Steeves.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 May 1885 |issue=11657 }}

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. McIntyre & Co.

| {{PS|Waverley|1885|2}}

| For Robert Campbell.

----

! 20 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messr. Gourlay Bros. & Co.

| {{SS|Richmond|1885|2}}

| For Bruce Baird Nicholl.

----

! 21 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Toulon

| {{Ship|French ironclad|Caïman

2}}

| {{sclass|Terrible|ironclad}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 22 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Payne & Sons

| Neiara

| For Mr. Muir.{{Cite news |title=Yachting |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=28 May 1885 |issue=21821 }}

----

! 25 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Manavi|1885|2}}

| Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire

| For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for May |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 May 1885 |issue=129 }}

----

! 25 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Saint-Nazaire

| {{Ship|French cruiser|Milan

2}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Nerissa

| For Alexander Stephen.

----

! 26 May

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| George Lawley & Son

| Boston, Massachusetts

| {{ship

Puritan|yacht|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 27 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Nerissa

| For Alexander Stephen.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steel Steam Yacht |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 May 1885 |issue=127 }}

----

! 27 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Unnamed

| For Church Missionary Society.

----

! 27 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Forrome, Son & Co.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons

| Aberfoyle

| For Gavin Cowper.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| {{SS|Bangkok|1885|2}}

| For Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Limited.

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. Allen & Co.

| Grantown-on-Spey

| Degrave

| For {{abbr|M|Monsieur}} Degrave.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 May 1885 |issue=129 }}

----

! 28 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullerton & Co.

| Silen

| For John N. Russell.

----

! 29 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Macdonald & Murray

| Dot

| For private owner.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Actor|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA105&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 July 1885 |pages=105–09 }}

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Avocet|1885|2}}

| For Cork Steamship Company, Limited.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Boolds, Sharer & Co.

| {{SS|Brixham|1885|2}}

| For Brixham Steamship Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland060.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 18 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. McCann

| Hull

| City of Bristol

| For Simpson & Bowman.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=5 June 1885 |issue=5252 }}

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pallion

| {{SS|Countess|1885|2}}

| Messrs. Cool, Welton & Gemmell

| For Taylor & Sanderson Steam Shipping Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland079.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 29 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| May Flower

| For private owner.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Mount Kembla|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Willesden|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Fife

| Fairlie

| Atlas

| For Royal Northern Yacht Club.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Bayadere

| For G. L. Watson.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Earl Dunraven

| Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| For Messrs. M'Allister & Co.

----

! May

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blyth

| {{SS|Edendale|1885|2}}

| For C. T. Irving & Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10039&a1Page=2&ref=201467&vessel=EDENDALE |title=Edendale |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=1 October 2024 }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson

| Electric

| For private owner.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Floating Feather

| For A. G. Pirie.

----

! May

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{ship

Galatea|yacht|2}}

| For {{abbr|Lieut.|Lieutenant}} Henn.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.

| Salem

| For John N. Russell.

----

! May

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| New York

| Sappho

| Sloop

| For James Gordon Bennett Jr. & W. P. Douglas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=International Yachting and the America Cup |date=7 September 1885 |page=12 |issue=31545 |column=D }}

----

! 1 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson

| Partick

| Mohican

| For John Clark.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Diana Vernon|1885|2}}

| For North British Steam Packet Company.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William B. Thompson

| Firth of Solway

| For Firth Line.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Partridge

| For J. H. Baillie.{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=6 June 1885 |issue=5425 }}

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Tay

| East Indiaman

| For private owner.

----

! 9 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Elder & Co.

| Unnamed

| Sternwheel gunboat

| For War Office.

----

! 11 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| Glenesslin

| For Messrs. J. R. de Wolf & Son.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 June 1885 |issue=11676 }}

----

! 12 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pearce Bros.

| Sir W. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Eagle|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Huddart, Parker & Co.

----

! 12 June

| {{flag|France}}

| Bordeaux

| {{Ship|French ironclad|Requin

2}}

| {{sclass|Terrible|ironclad}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 12 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Rosalind|1885|2}}

| For River Thames Steamboat Company.

----

! 12 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Young

| Portsoy

| Zimri

| For Messrs. William & John Wood.{{Cite news |title=Portsoy - Launch of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 June 1885 |issue=9468 }}

----

! 12 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Unnamed

| Tug

| For Metropolitan Board of Works.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Akaba|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=15 June 1885 |issue=4776 }}

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Day

| New Holland

| City of Lincoln

| For Simpson & Bowman.{{Cite news |title=New Holland |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=19 June 1885 |issue=5254 }}

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Coromandel|1885|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Dovenby Hall

| For Messrs. Herron, Dunn & Co.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Grao|1885|2}}

| For Compania Valenciana de Navigacion.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=19 June 1885 |issue=10979 }}

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| {{SS|Halewood|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| Midnatssol

| For F. Smith Petersen.

----

! 13 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. G. Armstrong

| {{SMS|Panther|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Panther|cruiser}}

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.{{cite magazine|title=Launch of a Torpedo Cruiser "The Panther"|magazine=The Marine Engineer|date=July 1885|volume=7|pages=97–98}}

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Marr Bros.

| Pioneer

| For Pioneer Steam Fishing Company.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Ruthwell

| For Village Line.

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Priestman & Co.

| {{SS|Walter de Lancy|1885|2}}

| For A. Centeno.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland076.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 27 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. E. Finch & Co., Limited

| Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

| {{Ship|ST|White Rose|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. D. B. M'Cullom & Sons.

----

! 15 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Leamouth

| {{HMS|Benbow|1885|2}}

| {{sclass2|Admiral|battleship}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite magazine|title=Launch of H.M.S. "Benbow"|magazine=The Marine Engineer|date=July 1885|volume=7|pages=90–91}}

----

! 15 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Chala

| For Samuel Wakeham & Son.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland073.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 25 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 15 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Kate Thomas

| For Kate Thomas Sailing Ship Company.

----

! 16 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Costa Rican|1885|2}}

| For West India Steam Navigation Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=180 |title=Costa Rican |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 16 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wood, Skinner & Co. Ltd.

| Gateshead

| {{SS|Tweed|1885|2}}

| For George W. Nicoll.{{cite web |url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/T-Ships/tweed1885.html |title=Tweed |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=20 November 2024 }}

----

! 17 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.

| Edinburgh

| For Mr. Gardiner.

----

! 17 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| {{SS|Ormerod|1885|2}}

| For Colonel Thursby.

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Acolite

| For Messrs. Ross & Marshall.

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Hilston

| For James Anderson.

----

! 19 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Caisley

| Howden Dyke

| Parthenhope

| Smack

| For John Holmes.{{Cite news |title=Launch in the Ouse |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=22 June 1885 |issue=14728 }}

----

! 20 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullerton & Co.

| {{SS|Alert|1885|2}}

| For John T. Lainé.

----

! 20 June

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SMS|Nachtigal|1885|2}}

| Armed steamship

| For Kaiserliche Marine.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Germany |date=22 June 1885 |page=6 |issue=31479 |column=C }}

----

! 23 June

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Kilwa|1885|2}}

| For Sultan of Zanzibar.

----

! 24 June

| {{Flag|Spain|1785}}

| Cádiz

| {{ship|Spanish cruiser|Infanta Isabel

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 26 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Emilie|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Burdick & Cook.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA132&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 August 1885 |pages=132–38 }}

----

! 26 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simmons & Co.

| {{SS|Leven|1885|2}}

| For Dumbarton Harbour Board.

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Neptune Yard

| {{SS|Baghdadi|1885|2}}

| For Persian Gulf Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 July 1885 |issue=11695 }}

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Saint Petersburg

| {{Ship|Russian corvette|Rinda|1885|2}}

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Russian Navy |date=1 July 1885 |page=5 |issue=31487 |column=C }}

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| {{SS|Vaitarna|1885|2}}

| For Bombay Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 June 1885 |issue=155 }}

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. & W. Henderson Ltd.

| Glasgow

| {{Ship

Inishtrahull|1885|2}}

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. McIlwaine & Lewis

| {{SS|Lady Arthur Hill|1885|2}}

| For East Downshire Steamship Company.

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephenson & Co.

| Macduff

| Lily of the Valley

| For George Falconer.{{Cite news |title=Macduff - Launch of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=30 June 1885 |issue=9480 }}

----

! 29 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Mararoa|1885|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.

----

! 30 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| County of Edinburgh

| For County Line.

----

! 30 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Crown of India

| For Messrs. Robertson, Cruickshank & Co.

----

! 30 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Raphael|1885|2}}

| For Frederick Bolton & Co.

----

! 30 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. (Limited)

| {{Ship|ST|Queen of the Usk|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Newport |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=1 July 1885 |issue=5033 }}

----

! 30 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Saint Petersburg

| {{Ship|Russian ship|Rynda|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Vitiaz|cruiser}}

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{Cite news |title=The Russian Army and Navy |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=26 June 1885 |issue=6328 }}

----

! 30 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship

Zemindar|1885 ship|2}}

| For T. & J. Brocklebank.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=182 |title=Zemindar |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! June

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| New York

| Puritan

| Sloop

| For Eastern Yacht Club.

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Parkhead

| No. 21

| For Redding Colliery Company.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for June |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 June 1885 |issue=155 }}

----

! 1 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co., Limited

| Fort James

| For Messrs. Clark & Service.

----

! 2 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Condor

| For G. Petrie.

----

! 2 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Chambers & Page

| Energy

| Lugger

| For Messrs. Harvey Bros.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=7 July 1885 |issue=8253 }}

----

! 2 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons

| Frances Fisher

| Messrs. Cool, Welton & Gemmell

| For F. R. Fisher.

----

! 2 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hul

| Unity

| For private owner. Run into by {{PS|Doncaster|1856|2}} on being launched and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Collision on the Humber |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=3 July 1885 |issue=5256 }}

----

! 6 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| Phœnix

| For private owner.

----

! 10 July

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{TSS|Irene|1885|2}}

| For London and North Western Railway.

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| The Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Gian Paolo|1885|2}}

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

| For Giacopini Bros.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland083.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 32 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 July 1885 |issue=166 }}

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Newcastle|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. J. & C. M. Forster.

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Ocean Prince|1885|2}}

| For Prince Line.

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| North of England Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Wells City|1885|2}}

| For Charles Hill & Sons.

----

! 12 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Copper

| Londonderry

| {{SS|Venture|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cartsdyke

| {{SS|Argo|1885|2}}

| For Alfred Holt.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Newell & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Fairy|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol Mercury |date=14 July 1885 |issue=11596 }}

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| {{SS|Gladstone|1885|2}}

| For Wick & Pulteney Harbour Trustees.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Craggs & Sons

| {{SS|Sir Robert Peel|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. W. H. Carey & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Northern Ecno |location=Darlington |date=16 July 1885 |issue=4803 }}

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochrane, Hamilton & Co.

| {{SS|Va y Ven|1885|2}}

| For Señor Juan B. de Longa.

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochrane, Hamilton & Co.

| {{SS|Ven y Va|1885|2}}

| For Señor Juan B. de Longa.

----

! 14 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Co.

| {{SS|Carl Rahtkens|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Franz Rahtkens & Co.

----

! 14 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Editor|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 14 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Duncan & Co.

| Ochertipe

| For Hugh Hogarth.

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Arctic Stream

| For L. Polson.

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kingstobn

| Clan MacPherson

| For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 July 1885 |issue=171 }}

----

! 15 July

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| K. Larsen

| Arendal

| Samson

| For Smith & Thommesen.

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| Unnamed

| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| {{SS|Alarm|1885|2}}

| For Mersey Docks & Harbour Board.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Clan M'Pherson

| For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons.

----

! 16 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| {{SS|Hecate|1885|2}}

| For Alfred Holt.{{Cite news |title=Launches on the Mersey |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 July 1885 |issue=11707 }}

----

! 17 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fullarton & Co.

| {{SS|Quinta Hermosa|1885|2}}

| For Marquis de Mouroy.

----

! 18 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Limited

| Hull

| {{SS|Ariel|1885|2}}

| For Edward Leetham.

----

! 18 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| The Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Semiramis|1885|2}}

| For William Watt.

----

! 23 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Danzig

| {{SMS|Nixe

2}}

| Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 25 July

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| {{HSwMS|Freya|1885|2}}

| For Royal Swedish Navy.

----

! 25 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co.

| Rosa

| Pilot boat

| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Pilot Boat |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=27 July 1885 |issue=21871 }}

----

! 25 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edwards & Symes

| Unnamed

| For Corporation of the City of London.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Ban Whatt Hin|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. E. Boustead & Co.

----

! 27 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Icarus|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Mariner|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Beresford|1885|2}}

| For George Horsley.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA162&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 September 1885 |pages=132–38 }}

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochran & Co.

| Esperança

| For Messrs. Castel & Pontet.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 July 1885 |issue=11716 }}

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Venetian Arsenal

| Venice

| {{Ship|Italian ironclad|Francesco Morosini

2}}

| {{sclass|Ruggiero di Lauria|ironclad}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 30 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson

| {{HMS|Scout|1885|2}}

| Torpedo cruiser

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 31 July

| {{flag|France}}

| Havre de Grâce

| {{Ship|French ship|Dugue|1885|2}}

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=31 July 1885 |issue=14762 }}

----

! 31 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullerton & Co.

| {{SS|Pearl|1885|2}}

| For William Robertson.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| David Banks & Co.

| Plymouth

| Orestes

| For David Banks.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10468&a1Page=2&ref=227675&vessel=ORESTES |title=Orestes |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}

----

! 1 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Hill & Sons

| Hotwells

| Unnamed

| For Trinity House.

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Allsup & Sons

| {{Ship|ST|Warrior|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding on the Ribble |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=15 August 1885 |issue=3787 }}

----

! 8 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Bactria

| William Denny & Brothers

| For Messrs T. & J. Brocklebank.

----

! 10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Barcoo|1885|2}}

| Passenger ship

| For Queensland Steam Shipping Company.

----

! 10 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Timandra

| For George F. Smith.

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. S. Edwards & Son

| Howdon

| {{SS|Isle of Hastings|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Dixon, Robson & Co.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 August 1885 |issue=10987 }}

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| Latimer

| For Messrs J. Lidgett & Sons.

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| Magnat

| For Gerd Bolte & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland042.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 3 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 11 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Malaysia

| For Messrs. J. & W. Goffey.

----

! 12 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co.

| {{SS|City of Bombay|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. George Smith & Sons.

----

! 12 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Sheldrake|1885|2}}

| For Cork Steamship Company (Limited).

----

! 12 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Unnamed

| Tug

| For Metropolitan Board of Works / Thames Fire Brigade.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Allsup & Co.

| {{SS|Dikili|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Essayan, Shahum & Co.

----

! 13 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. C. Allerton

| Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| The Belle

| Lugger

| For Messrs. T. Brown & Son.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=15 August 1885 |issue=8270 }}

----

! 13 August

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blyth

| {{SS|Walter Scott|1885|2}}

| For Walter Scott.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10039&a1Page=2&ref=201483&vessel=WALTER+SCOTT |title=Walter Scott |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=1 October 2024 }}

----

! 14 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. T. Cochran & Co.

| Fé

| For Pará Fishing Company.

----

! 14 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cottingham Bros.

| Lord Salisbury

| For Messrs. Pickering & Haldane.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Smack at Goole |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=15 August 1885 |issue=14775 }}

----

! 14 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Shakespear|1885|2}}

| For Glover Bros.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 August 1885 |issue=10988 }}

----

! 15 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Douglaston

| Black Pearl

| For Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery.

----

! 15 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Marr Bros.

| Elfin

| For Walter Strang. Holed on being launched and sank.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 August 1885 |issue=196 }}

----

! 17 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son

| Bowman B. Law

| For Messrs. William Law & Co.

----

! 17 August

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Jesse Carll

| Northport, New York

| Jesse Carll

| For Jesse Carll, D. H. Nicholl and George H. Sisco.

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. M'Knight & Co

| Ayr

| Linda Park

| For James W. Vallentine & Co.

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company

| {{SS|Lee Sang|1885|2}}

| For Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Limited.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 August 1885 |issue=202 }}

----

! 22 August

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship

Talookdar|1885 ship|2}}

| For T. & J. Brocklebank.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=183 |title=Talookdar |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 23 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{SS|Crocus|1885|2}}

| For Wallasey Local Board.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=201417&vessel=CROCUS |title=Crocus |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| {{Ship|ST|Alexandra|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company.

----

! 24 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Dundale

| For Messrs. James Dunn & Sons.

----

! 25 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Cabo Trafalgar|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Ybarra & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA187&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 October 1885 |pages=187–93 }}

----

! 26 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Isabel Browne

| For Messrs. Browne & Watson.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 August 1885 |issue=205 }}

----

! 26 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Quarta

| For Messrs. J. & L. Dossaer.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Shipbuilding Company

| Clytie

| For private owner.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co

| {{SS|Dunrobin|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. John and William W. C. Smith.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 August 1885 |issue=206 }}

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son

| {{SS|General Gordon|Stephen, 1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Maclay & McIntyre.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Paul Rodgers

| Glenavna Park

| For Messrs. James W. Valentine & Co.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| {{SS|Hö Kwéi|1885|2}}

| For John Buttery & Co.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Lady Beatrice

| For Townley Parker.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Andrew Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn

| {{SS|Port Victor|1883|2}}

| For Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co.

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Suez|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Appleby & Co.

----

! 29 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| {{SS|Buffalo|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co.

----

! 31 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Skelton

| Millwall

| Volta

| Electric boat

| For Messrs. Stephens, Smith & Co.

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bideford

| Edward Birkbeck

| For Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.{{Cite news |title=Bideford |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=19 August 1885 |issue=6143 }}

----

! August

| {{Flag|United States|1877}}

| East Portland, Oregon

| {{ship

Multnomah|sternwheeler|2}}

| Sternwheeler

| For private owner.

----

! August

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Rockland, Maine

| Unnamed

| For private owner. First 4-masted ship built in USA.{{Cite news |title=Scientific News and Notes |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=12 September 1885 }}

----

! 1 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Hull

| {{SS|Torpedo|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co.

----

! 5 September

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Wilhelmshaven

| {{SMS|Charlotte

2}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 7 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Hyderabad

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

| For Messrs. W. & J. Crawford.

----

! 7 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Oliva|1885|2}}

| For Thomas Rodenacker.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Buccaneer|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mackenzie & Co.

| Unnamed

| For James S. Cunliffe.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Chepica

| For Samuel Wakeham & Son.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co

| Middleton

| {{SS|Heliades|1885|2}}

| Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

| For Messrs. R. P. Houston & Co.

----

! 9 September

| {{flag|France}}

| Penhöet

| {{SS|La Bretagne

2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

----

! 9 September

| {{SS|Poseidon|1885|2}}

| For Österreichischer Lloyd.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Principality

| For Principality Shipping Co. Ltd., or William Thomas.

----

! 9 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Restitution|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Conaway & Co.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Thomas & Sons

| Amlwch Port

| Elizabeth Peers

| For William Postlewaite.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Enfield|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Pyman Bros.

----

! 10 September

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W G Armstrong

| {{SMS|Leopard|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Panther|cruiser}}

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| Glasgow

| {{SS|Recorder|1885|2}}

| Cable ship

| For Easter Extension (Australasia and China) Telegraph Company.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Waikna|1885|2}}

| For H. Ellis.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs Edward Withy & Co.

| Hartlepool

| {{SS|Washington City|1885|2}}

| For C. Furness.

----

! 10 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 11 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Brown

| Sculcoates

| Mary Jane

| For Henry Maddick.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=18 September 1885 |issue=5266 }}

----

! 12 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Smith

| Unnamed

| For British Government.

----

! 14 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| {{SS|Spenser|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Lamport & Holt.

----

! 15 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Garside

| Burton upon Stather

| Bacchante

| For Mr. Jipson.{{Cite news |title=Burton Stather |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=18 September 1885 |issue=5266 }}

----

! 15 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Corryvrechan

| For Hugh Hogarth.

----

! 15 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Eurasia

| For Messrs. J. & W. Goffey.

----

! 18 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. Ross & Duncan.

----

! 20 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{SS|Snowdrop|1885|2}}

| For Wallasey Local Board.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=201450&vessel=SNOWDROP |title=Snowdrop |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.

| Lismore

| For Messrs. James Gardiner & Co.

----

! 22 September

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship

Queen's Island|1885 barque|2}}

| For Samuel Lawther.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=184 |title=Queen's Island |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}{{Cite news |title=Launch To-Day |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 September 1885 |issue=21920 }}

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Saltees|1885|2}}

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{Ship|ST|William Jolliffe|September1885|2}}

| Tug

| For T. A. Jolliffe.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/williamjolliffe1885-2.html |title=William Jolliffe |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=2 November 2024 }}

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Crown of Italy

| For Messrs. Robertson, Cruickshank & Co.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Earlscourt

| For Messrs. Keet & Kitt.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Sons

| Cartsdyke

| {{SS|Hangchow|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. Swire & Sons.

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} /22px Oil Rivers Protectorate

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Leith / Akassa

| {{PS|Henry Venn|1885|2}}

| For Church Missionary Society.{{Cite news |title=The West Coast of Africa |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=24 November 1885 |issue=14860 }}{{Cite news |title=Gleanings |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=24 November 1885 |issue=8550 }}

----

! 24 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Thetis

| For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.

----

! 25 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co.

| Forfarshire

| For Shire Line.

----

! 25 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Gadfly

| For private owner.

----

! 25 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullerton & Co.

| {{SS|Quebracho|1885|2}}

| For Señor Don Pedro Risso.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cox & Co.

| Falmouth

| {{Ship|ST|Challenger|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA246&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 December 1885 |pages=246–50 }}

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Chelydra|1885|2}}

| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia

| For Angier Bros.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Castellamare di Stabia

| {{Ship|Italian cruiser|Etna

2}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Mereddio|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Marshall, Dobson & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA220&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 November 1885 |pages=220–22 }}

----

! 26 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Albert Dock Mast and Block Company

| Hull

| Unnamed

| Sold by auction on 1 October to J. Mumby.{{Cite news |title=Sale of a Hull Fishing Smack |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 October 1885 |issue=5268 }}

----

! 28 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros.

| {{Ship|ST|Stormcock|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company.

----

! 28 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Arthur & Co.

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 29 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Severn|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Mersey|cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steel Corvette at Chatham |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=29 September 1885 |issue=6409 }}

----

! 29 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Gefion|1885|2}}

| For Danish Government.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for September |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 September 1885 |issue=234 }}

----

! 30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Natuna

| For Messrs. Peter Denniston & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 October 1885 |issue=237 }}

----

! 3 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Lamberton

| For private owner.

----

! 6 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Evelyn

| For Messrs. Haworth & Clarke.

----

! 7 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Armida

| For William Letham.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Amana|1885|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditeranée

| For private owner.

----

! 8 October

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{SS|La Bourgogne

2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Le Lillois

| For J. L. Dossaer.

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. H. Vaux

| Harwich

| Zion

| Smack

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Harwich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=13 October 1885 |issue=8295 }}

----

! 10 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Caloric|1885|2}}

| For Belfast Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=187 |title=Caloric |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 12 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| {{SS|Dordogne|1885|2}}

| For Cardiff Steamship Company.

----

! 13 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kilmory

| East Indiaman

| For Messrs. Kerr, Newton & Co.

----

! 13 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company

| Pass of Leny

| For Messrs. Gibson & Clark.

----

! 13 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| Hartlepool

| {{SS|Stella|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Herskind & Woods.

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Hebe|1885|2}}

| For Ocean Steamship Company.

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Pons Aelii

| For Chevilotte Frères.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland126.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1880s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! 15 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thomson

| {{PS|Itamaraty|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 20 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Sardhana

| For Messrs. W. & J. Crawford.

----

! 20 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Keyham

| Unnamed

| Torpedo boat or gunboat

| For Royal Navy. Capsized on being launched and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Accident at a Warship Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 October 1885 |issue=21944 }}

----

! 21 October

| {{Flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Baltic Works

| Saint Petersburg

| {{ship|Russian cruiser|Admiral Nakhimov|1885|2}}

| Armoured cruiser

| For Imperial Russian Navy

----

! 22 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| King Malcolm

| For Messrs. Walker, Govan & Co.

----

! 23 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Curlew|1885|2}}

| Gunboat

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=24 October 1885 |page=6 |issue=31586 |column=B }}

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph. L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Cabo Palos|1885|2}}

| For Ybarra {{abbr|Cia|Compagnia}} S.A.

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Dragoman|1885|2}}

| For Bedouin Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 24 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Eblana

| Hopper barge

| For Dublin Harbour Board.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=177 |title=Eblana |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Fulwood

| For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.

----

! 24 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Waverley

| East Indiaman

| For Messrs. Russell & Pinkerton.{{Cite news |title=Launches and Trial Trips |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 October 1885 |issue=256 }}

----

! 26 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Orellana

| For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill.

----

! 26 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Roumelia|1885|2}}

| For Langstaff, Ehrenberg & Pollak.

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Battle Isle|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Hay & Tarbert.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 October 1885 |issue=259 }}

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son

| Celtic Chief

| For Messrs. Parry, Jones & Co.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for October |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1885 |issue=261 }}

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Paul Rodgers

| George B. Balfour

| For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.

----

! 27 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| Chatham

| {{HMS|Hero|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Conqueror|battleship}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Ovellana

| For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 October 1885 |issue=11794 }}

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Soochow|1885|2}}

| For China Navigation Company (Limited).

----

! 27 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Swallow|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Nymphe|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 28 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Avoca

| For James Nourse.

----

! 29 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Dee

| For Mr. M'Farlane.

----

! 29 October

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| AG Weser

| Bremen

| {{Ship|Iranian vessel|Persepolis

2}}

| For Persian Navy.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|1876}}

| Messrs. Jameson & Crocker

| Belcher Bay

| {{SS|Agnes|1885|2}}

| For French Government.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochran & Co.

| Birkenhead

| For Messrs. W. Carden & Co.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Ethel

| For Egyptian Government.

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| {{SS|No. 4|1885|2}}

| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.

----

! 5 November

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Helsingør Jarnskibs-og Maskinbyggeri

| {{SS|Jarl|1885|2}}

| For Det Østbornholmske Dampskibs-Selskab.

----

! 6 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Bengal|1885|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 6 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| {{SS|Knight of St. Patrick|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. Prendeville & Co.

----

! 7 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay Bros.

| {{SS|Dundee|1885|2}}

| For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company.

----

! 7 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. T. Eltringham

| {{Ship|ST|Flying Fish|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons.

----

! 7 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Indore

| For Messrs. Eyre, Evans & Co.

----

! 7 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Workman, Clark & Co

| Polly Woodside

| For William J. Woodside & Co.

----

! 7 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Hall & Co.

| {{SS|Sarah|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. William Mollison & Sons.

----

! 8 November

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| David Carll

| City Island, New York

| {{Ship

David Carll|pilot boat|2}}

| Messr. William Denny & Bros

| For Allen M. Beebe, Frederick Nelson, Edward Nichols and Jacob Van Name Brothers

----

! 9 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lahore|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 10 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Matabele|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. John T. Rennie, Son & Co.

----

! 11 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Circé

| For A. C. le Quellec.

----

! 11 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|Maule|1885|2}}

| For Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Euphrosyne

| For Colin S. Caird.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Hull

| Holland

| Steam fishing cutter

| For Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company Limited.

----

! 12 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited

| Hull

| Witham

| Steam fishing cutter

| For Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company Limited.

----

! 12 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Optic|1885|2}}

| For Belfast Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=188 |title=Optic |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Arsenal de La Spezia

| La Spezia

| {{Ship|Italian ironclad|Andrea Doria

2}}

| {{sclass|Ruggiero di Lauria|battleship}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Brentford|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Fulmar

| For J. L. Cunliffe.

----

! 22 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Preston|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=24 November 1885 |issue=4915 }}

----

! 23 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| Unnamed

| For Auckland Harbour Board.

----

! 24 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Coot|1885|2}}

| For Cork Steamship Company, Limited.

----

! 24 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Portsmouth Dockyard

| Portsmouth

| {{HMS|Camperdown|1885|2}}

| Battleship

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=An Addition To Our Navy |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=385 |date=3 December 1885 |page=3}}

----

! 24 November

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{Ship|Spanish torpedo boat|Orion|1886|2}}

| For Spanish Navy.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA284&hl=en_GB |title=Latest Torpedo-boat Built in Germany |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 January 1886 |page=284 }}

----

! 24 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephen & Forbes

| Peterhead

| Welcome Home

| For John Robertson.{{Cite news |title=Peterhead - Launch of a Schooner |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 November 1885 |issue=7194 }}

----

! 25 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company

| Campbeltown

| {{SS|Curlew|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 25 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Usk Shipbuilding Co.

| Unnamed

| Tug

| For Messrs. Watkins & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA275&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 January 1886 |pages=275–79 }}

----

! 26 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| {{SS|Medusa|1885|2}}

| For Alfred Holt.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 November 1885 |issue=11820 }}

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. Reynolds

| Jim Morgan

| For W. Morgan.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=21 November 1885 |issue=8312 }}

----

! 3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. Allan & Co.

| Granton

| Grand Canto

| For Messrs. Nefarrate, Mendzoto & Co.

----

! 3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| Kesteven

| For Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company, Limited.{{Cite news |title=Launch of more Fishing Cutters for Boston |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 December 1885 |issue= }}

----

! 3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| Lindsey

| Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works

| For Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company, Limited.

----

! 3 December

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pembroke Dockyard

| Pembroke

| {{HMS|Thames|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Mersey|cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 5 December

| {{Flag|United States|1877}}

| Chester, Pennsylvania

| {{USS|Chicago|1885|2}}

| Protected cruiser

| For United States Navy.

----

! 5 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Don

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| For Peter Macfarlane.

----

! 7 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Flora|1885|2}}

| For Leon Brodsky.

----

! 7 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Winlo Bros.

| Young Donald

| For J. M. Scott.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 December 1885 |issue=11004 }}

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros

| {{HMS|Blackcock|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 December 1885 |issue=11831 }}

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Port Sonnachan

| For Messrs. Crawford & Rowan.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1885 |issue=294 }}

----

! 8 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.

| Sirenia

| full-rigged ship

| For private owner.

----

! 10 December

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Russel & Co

| {{ship

Rhine|ship|2}}

| For Nourse Line.

----

! 10 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Toxteth

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Southampton |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=21 December 1885 |issue=14884 }}

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Cabo Santa Maria|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=22 December 1885 |issue=4940 }}

----

! 21 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Mirror|1885|2}}

| Cable layer

| For Eastern Telegraph Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Telegraph Cable Steamer |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1885 |issue=305 }}

----

! 22 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Kaisow|1885|2}}

| For China Shippers' Mutual Steamship Company.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA297&hl=en_GB |title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 February 1886 |pages=297–301 }}

----

! 23 December

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J & G Thomson

| {{HMS|Archer|1885|2}}

| {{sclass|Archer|torpedo cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite news |title=The Archer |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=389 |date=31 December 1885 |page=5}}

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Marr Bros.

| British Prince

| For W. H. Storey.

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Armstrong Whitworth

| Elswick

| {{Ship|Italian cruiser|Dogali

2}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 23 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.

| {{SS|President Meyer|1885|2}}

| For Norddeutscher Lloyd.

----

! 24 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochrane & Co.

| Romulus

| Steam fishing trawler

| For Messrs. Pickering & Haldane.

----

! 24 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Unnamed

| For Andrew Thomson.

----

! 25 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| Ilma

| For Messrs. Foster, Alcock & Co.{{Cite news |title=Grangemouth - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 December 1885 |issue=309 }}

----

! 30 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Knox & Co.

| South Hylton

| {{SS|Kingfisher|1885|2}}

| For J. Willcock.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Yarrow & Co.

| {{SMS|Adler|1885|2}}

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Æolus|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Agate

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Agnes|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Aladdin

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Albatross

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thorneycroft

| Chiswick

| {{SS|Albert|1885|2}}

| For War Office.

---

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Brundrit & Co.

| Runcorn

| Alert

| For private owner.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10412&a1Page=2&ref=216923&vessel=ALERT |title=Alert |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorn & Co.

| Alexandra

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans

| Alliance

| Tankerville Chamberlayne

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship

Amazon|yacht|2}}

| For Tankerville Chamberlayne.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Day, Summers & Co.

| Northam

| Amazon

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|Ambrosios|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Amherst|1885|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Fijenoord

| {{SS|Amstelstroom|1885|2}}

| For Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Amythyst

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co. Ltd

| Anamba

| For Peter Denniston & Co.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trade of 1885 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 December 1885 |issue=303 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hepple & Co.

| {{PS|Andrew Bain|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Anna

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{PS|Antonia Lopez|1885|2}}

| For Compania de Filipinas.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Aphyouk|1885|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Ariel

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{SS|Australia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Barawa|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Bassanio

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Christiania

| Bastö

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{SS|Batoum|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Bayhadi|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Beau

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Belas|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Belle

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Beryl

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hepple & Co.

| {{PS|Blucher|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

| W. Crichton & Co

| Åbo

| {{SS|Bobr|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Bonito

| For Lowestoft Steam Fishing and Carrying Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Brake|1885|2}}

| Charleston, South Carolina

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Sam Paegnall

| Bristol

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| {{SS|Britannia|Royden, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Burrumbeet|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| Bylgia

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| {{SS|Cabo Finisterre|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Cadwgan

| For R. Thomas & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland052.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 11 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co.

| Cambrian Chieftain

| For Thomas Williams & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland069.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 23 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Capello|1885|2}}

| Passenger ship

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|Captain M'Clure|1885|2}}

| For Michael Murphy Jr.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Carge

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Carl Marie von Weber

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Celia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Ceres|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Clapet IX

| Hopper barge

| For Panama Canal Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Clapet X

| Hopper barge

| For Panama Canal Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edwards & Symes

| Clotho

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Colibre

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hill & Sons

| Composite

| For Trinity House.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hepple & Co.

| {{SS|Condor|Hepple, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom en Andere

| {{SS|Condor|Koninkijke, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Coral

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| C. & R. Poillon

| Brooklyn, New York

| {{Ship

Coronet|yacht|2}}

| For Rufus T. Bush.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas & William Smith

| {{SS|Corriere-di-Roma|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Crab|18856|2}}

| For Cork Steamship Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Cranz|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Albert Dock Shipwright Co. Ltd.

| Hull

| C. Rice

| Fishing vessel

| For John Munby.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10872&ref=220698&vessel=C.+RICE |title=C. Rice |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Cuthona

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=17 December 1885 |issue=4936 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Cyclop|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorn & Co.

| Dart

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Denbighshire|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. D. J. Jenkins & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Destorro|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Bell

| Grimsby

| Devonia

| For John Guzzwell.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12292&ref=233087&vessel=DEVONIA |title=Devonia|publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=28 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{SS|Dikili|year|2}}

| Coaster

| For Essayan, Shahum & Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&a1Page=2&ref=206190&vessel=DIKILI |title=Dikili |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| Dolphin

| For Lowestoft Steam Carrying and Fishing Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| McArthur & Co.

| Douglas

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Dragnear 5|1885|2}}

| For Compagnie Fives-Lille.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Dragne XIX|1885|2}}

| For Panama Canal Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Dragoman|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Andrew Leslie & Co

| {{SS|Drymen|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lawson & Eltringham

| location

| {{PS|Duchess|1885|2}}

| For J. T. Davison.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Boolds, Sharer & Co

| {{SS|Eagle|Boolds, Sharer 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Eagle|Thompson, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Earl of Pembroke

| For Sir Andrew Walker.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| El Atrivado

| For Church Missionary Society.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Elbing|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Arsenal de La Carraca

| Cádiz

| {{USS|Elcano

2}}

| Gunboat

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Eleanor Maria M.

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Elf

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Elfin

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| Ellen

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Emerald

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cox & Co.

| Falmouth

| {{SS|Empress|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For P. Thomas.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Flensburg

| {{SS|Ernst Gunther|1885|2}}

| For "Steamship Company Flensburgh-Ekensund".

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Eveline|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craig, Taylor & Co.

| {{SS|Expedit|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Yarrow

| {{SMS|Falke|1885|2}}

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Falke|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

| W. Crichton & Co

| Åbo

| {{SS|Falken|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Falsterbö

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Fifeshire

| For Thomas Law & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Figaro|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{ship|ST|Firefly|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Board of Trade.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=206068&vessel=FIREFLY |title=Firefly |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Fire Queen|1885|2}}

| Fireboat

| For Wear Watch Commissioners.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| {{SS|Flambro|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. (Limited)

| Flora

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| Florence

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{SS|Flying Fish|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{SS|Flying Fox|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Formosa|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| H. F. Ulrichs

| Vegesack

| {{SS|Fortuna|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| Four Winds

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Foxhall|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cochran & Co.

| Freetown

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Freia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Frobisher

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.

| {{SS|Fuebracho|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Garnet

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Andrew Leslie & Co

| {{SS|Garrick|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Geiranger|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Middlesex

| {{PS|George Rennie

2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Gertrud Woerman|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Elswick

| {{Ship|Italian cruiser|Giovanni Bausan|1885|2}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{SS|Gleaner|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons

| Glenericht

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Good and Blanchard

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Goshawk

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Goudvink|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Allan & Co.

| Gran-Canto

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Williamson & Son

| Workington

| Grassendale

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Griffin

| For William Arrol & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Grossherzog Friedrich-Franz|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Haiphong|1885|2}}

| For Douglass Steamship Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| Messageries Maritimes

| La Ciotat

| {{SS|Hai Phong|1885|2}}

| For Messageries Maritimes.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Hajeen|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| Handy

| Wherry

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Harden|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Hedwig

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Christiania

| Hindo

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company

| Willington Quay

| {{SS|Hispania|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. H. Clarkson & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Waite & Son

| Hornet

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Howard

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Hyacinth

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|Ika|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| {{SS|India|1885|2}}

| For East Indian Railway Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| L. Smit en Zoon

| Kinderdijk

| {{SS|Industrie|1885|2}}

| For Badische Schrauben Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft.

----

! Unknown date

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

| Hammersley Inlet

| {{Ship

Iola|1885 steamboat|2}}

| For Edwin Miller.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| A. Leslie and Company

| {{USS|Iris|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Iron Will

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Irrawaddy

| For George Beeching.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Isle of Georgia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| "Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding & Engineering Co."

| {{SS|Jarl|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Rotterdam

| {{HNLMS|Java|1885|2}}

| For Royal Netherlands Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Johan II|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Johnny

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|J. M. Smith|1885|2}}

| For James Westoll Line.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Kaiser

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| {{SS|Karli|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding Trade for 1885 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1885 |issue=304 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| Kaspii

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Kiel|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA302&hl=en_GB |title=List of Vessels Launched on the Continent in 1885 |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 February 1886 |pages=302–03 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.

| {{SS|Kimberley|1885|2}}

| Troopship

| For Messrs. Henry Ellis & Sons.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Knox & Co. Ltd

| South Hylton

| {{SS|Kingfisher|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kohilla

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Königsberg|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{SS|Knight Errant|1885|2}}

| For Messrs. Greenshields, Cowie & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph Brewin & F. B. Salmon

| {{ship|ST|Knight of St. George|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Knight of St. George Tug Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12117&ref=201982&vessel=KNIGHT+OF+ST.+GEORGE |title=Knight of St. George |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited)

| {{Ship|ST|Knight of St. John|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Greenshields, Cowie & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Kourier|115hp, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Kourier|130hp, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Lägg Ut

| Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| Saint-Nazaire

| {{SS|La Champagne|1885|2}}

| For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|L'Adriatico|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Laivada|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Lanvikey|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Laurel

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Laxevaag|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Allan & Co.

| Le Glorieux

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lelamon|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hepple & Co.

| {{PS|Leonard Brown|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| H. F. Ulrichs

| Vegesack

| {{SS|Lesum|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. B. Thompson

| {{SS|Lilian|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in 1885 |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 December 1885 |issue=11005 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ross & Duncan

| {{Ship|HMRC|Lily|1885|2}}

| For Board of Customs.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Lily

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| Limena

| For W. Nichol & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Lizzie

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Christiania

| {{SS|Lofoten|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lohara|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| Hartlepool

| Lumache

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Luna

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Lysekil|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Madeline

| For Andrew Thomson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Mahseer

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Knox & Co. Ltd

| South Hylton

| {{SS|Maitland|1885|2}}

| For M. Sverljuga & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{ship|ST|Mantis|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Board of Trade.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=206069&vessel=MANTIS |title=Mantis |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

---

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George W. Brown & Sons

| Hull

| Mary Jane

| For Henry Maddick.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10632&ref=217228&vessel=MARY+JANE |title=Mary Jane |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Rotterdam

| {{SS|Matthias Stinnes V|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Mazur|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbell, Bowstead & Co.

| Melati

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Mequinez|1885|2}}

| For Mersey Steamship Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Merlin

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Burmeister & Wain

| Copenhagen

| {{SS|M. G. Melchior|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

| W. Crichton & Co

| Åbo

| {{SS|Michael|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Miguel M. Pinillos|1885|2}}

| For Don Antonio Martinez Pinillos.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Miltiades

| For Thomas Scott.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Mindoon|1885|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Momein|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Campbell, Bowstead & Co.

| {{SS|Mootiya|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Morgenröthe|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{ship|ST|Mosquito|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Board of Trade.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=206067&vessel=MOSQUITO |title=Mosquito |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Mosquito

| Schiff-und Maschinenbau Aktien Gesellschaft Germania

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Möwe

| For Norddeutsche Lloyd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Muthwillig|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Messrs. Martens, Olsen & Co.

| {{SS|Narrana|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| "Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding & Engineering Co."

| Nereur

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Niolot

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|N. I. S. N. Co|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Nissan

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Boolds, Sharer & Co.

| {{SS|Norden|1885|2}}

| For Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Nordfriesland

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cox & Co.

| Falmouth

| {{SS|Norman|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Norra Finland|1885|2}}

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA317&hl=en_GB |title=List of Ships Launched on the Continent in 1885 |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 March 1886 |page=317 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Northern Hay

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Nyoung-don|1885|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Obdenburg|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. Duncan & Co.

| Ochtertyre

| For Hugh Hogarth.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Octa|Laing, 1885|2}}

| For C. M. Norwood & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Octa|Flensburger, 1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochran & Co.

| Olinda

| For Messrs. Millward, Bradbury & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

| W. Crichton & Co

| Åbo

| {{SS|Omni|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Onyx

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Opal

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Waite & Son

| Opal

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Orlando|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| "Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding & Engineering Co."

| {{SS|Orrik|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Dobson & Co.

| {{SS|Ouse Hopper No. 1|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Dobson & Co.

| {{SS|Ouse Hopper No. 2|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Andrew Leslie & Co

| {{SS|Ovingham|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Palala|1885|2}}

| For Bullard, King & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co.

| Hebburn

| {{SS|Palameo|1885|2}}

| For Ocean Steamship Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Pallas|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Spanish East Indies

| Cavite Navy Yard

| Manila

| {{USS|Panay|1899|2}}

| Gunboat

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Paposo|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Partout|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Christiania

| Pasvig

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|Patagonia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Pearl

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. M'Kenzie & Co.

| Perseverance

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochran & Son

| Pescador

| For G. Petrie.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| Phoenix

| Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania

| For Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flag|United States|1877}}

| {{ship

Pioneer|schooner|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Pius|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| Plover

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Culzean Shipbuilding Company

| Pointer

| For Marquis of Ailsa.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Polar Light

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cochran & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|President do Ceara|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA257&hl=en_GB |title=List of Vessels Launched in 1885 |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 January 1886 |pages=257–64 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co

| {{SS|Primula|1885|2}}

| For J. Blumer & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland048.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 8 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{SS|Princess Josephine|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{SS|Prins Albert de Belgique|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edwards & Symes

| Progresso

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Andrew Leslie & Co

| {{SS|Prometheus|1885|2}}

| For Ocean Steamship Companyt.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Prozeworski|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Burmeister & Wain

| Copenhagen

| Pröven

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|Русъ|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Quarta

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

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

| Melancthon Thompson

| Toronto

| Queen City

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| Queen of the Bay

| For James Gardner.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&a1Page=2&ref=206223&vessel=QUEEN+OF+THE+BAY |title=Queen of the Bay |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Raleigh

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Ralkgrund

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. E. Finch & Co., Limited

| {{Ship|ST|Red Rose|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For David Guy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{Ship|ST|Renonquein|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flagcountry|German Empire}}

| H. Hespe

| Brake

| Rheinland

| For Rabien & Statlander.

----

! Unknown date

| {{SS|Rialto|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Bell

| Grimsby

| Richard Boston

| For Tom C. Gray.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12292&ref=233089&vessel=RICHARD+BOSTON |title=Richard Boston |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=28 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Richard Kelsall|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co.

| Rosa

| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cochran & Co.

| Rosalind

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co.

| Rosshead

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Rota|1885|2}}

| San Francisco, California

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Hall Bros.

| {{Ship|USRC|Rush|1885|2}}

| Revenue cutter

| For United States Revenue Cutter Service.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom en Andere

| Rynbeurtvaart I

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom en Andere

| Rynbeurtvaart III

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom en Andere

| Rynbeurtvaart V

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom en Andere

| Rynbeurtvaart VII

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cottingham Bros.

| Samuel & Ann

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edwards & Symes

| San José

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Sapphire

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Satae|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Allan & Co.

| Secunda

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Shannon|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Sirius|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co.

| {{SS|Sitina|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Scottish Glens

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stothert & Co.

| {{SS|Sea Prince|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Sepetiba|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| {{Ship

Seth Low|fireboat|2}}

| Fireboat

| For Brooklyn Fire Department.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Shah

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Thompson

| {{SS|Shieldrake|1885|2}}

| Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik

| For Cork Steamship Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Siloia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Södermanland|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons

| {{SS|Spencer Walpole|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company

| Willington Quay

| {{SS|Spring Hill|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Sprite

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Miller, Tuff & Rouse

| Squid

| Sailboat

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans

| Star

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Christiania

| Stark

| Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flag|United States|1877}}

| Bristol, Rhode Island

| {{USS|Stiletto|1885|2}}

| Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik

| For United States Navy

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Stockholm|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Strandt Stralsund|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Sultan

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|Suriname|1885|2}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Surprise|1885|2}}

| For Enterprise Serrure.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| "Elsinore Iron Shipbuilding & Engineering Co."

| Svanen

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Sviet|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Samuel White

| Cowes

| Swift

| For J. Samuel White.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Union Co-operative Shipbuilding Society, Limitged

| Blyth

| Swift

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cochran & Co.

| Swiftsure

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Tamar

| For William Arrol & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hawthorns & Co.

| Tantallon

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co. (Limited)

| Tantalus

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Rotterdam

| {{SS|Tava|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Rostocker Actiengesellschaft für Schiff & Maschinenbau

| Rostock

| T. C. Julius

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Telegraph

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. Allan & Co.

| Tertia

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Newall & Co.

| {{SS|The Fay|1885|2}}

| Streamship

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Waite & Son

| Thrasher

| Barrow Shipbuilding Company

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Thumbia|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Tomah|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Burmeister & Wain

| Copenhagen

| {{SS|Tomsk|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Topaz

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Mekaniska Verkstads AB

| {{SS|Trafik|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Treneglos|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Tunstall|1885|2}}

| For J. S. Barwick.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Turquoise

| For private owner.

---

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George W. Brown & Sons

| Hull

| Unique

| For William J. Robins.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10632&ref=217229&vessel=UNIQUE |title=Unique |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Hermann Friedrich Ulrichs

| Bremen

| {{Ship|SV|Ursula

2}}

| For D. H. Wätjen & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| P. Smit Jr.

| {{SS|U. V. W.|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ross & Duncan

| Valetta

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son

| Ventura

| For Scotia Shipping Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| Viceroy

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hepple & Co.

| {{SS|Victor Hugo|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edwards & Symes

| Victory

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Belgium}}

| {{Ship|Belgian ship|Ville d'Anvers|1885|2}}

| Aviso

| For Belgian Navy.{{cite web |url=https://myownonpmirror.com/ships/belgium/be_es_ville_danvers.html |title=VILLE D`ANVERS fishery protection vessel (1886) |publisher=Ivan Gogin |accessdate=27 November 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| 'Vrainerun'

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Vrönig Chrissian|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Vruifer Wilhelm|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cochran & Co.

| Waddington

| Cigar boat

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{ship|ST|Warrior|1885|2}}

| Tug

| For Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&a1Page=2&ref=206128&vessel=WARRIOR |title=Warrior |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| southampton

| {{Ship

Wavertree|ship|2}}

| For R. W. Leyland & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| {{SS|Wega|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kiel

| Westerland

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. & J. Evans

| Westgate

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| {{SS|Wetka|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Winifred|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Sons

| {{SS|Woodcock|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

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

| Slave River

| {{Ship|HBC|Wrigley

2}}

| For Hudson's Bay Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Yomah|1885|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Bell

| Grimsby

| Young Lizzie

| For Charles Cook.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12292&ref=233088&vessel=YOUNG+LIZZIE |title=Young Lizzie |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=28 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hill & Sons

| No. 2

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| For Trinity House.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|No. 3|1885|2}}

| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hill & Sons

| No. 3

| For Trinity House.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 19

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| No. 19

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 20

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| No. 20

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 21

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| No. 21

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 22

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| {{SS|No. 23|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| {{SS|No. 24|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 25

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 26

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 27

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 28

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 29

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 30

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| {{SS|No. 31|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| {{SS|No. 32|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. S. Edwards & Son.

| No. 33

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| McArthur & Co.

| No. 33

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| McArthur & Co.

| No. 34

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| McArthur & Co.

| No. 35

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| McArthur & Co.

| No. 38

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Waite & Son

| No. 86

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| {{SS|No. 93|1885|2}}

| For William Lean.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| {{SS|No. 121|1885|2}}

| For Auckland Harbour Board.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|No. 482|1885|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company

| Willington Quay

| Not named

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Dickenson

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Newall & Co.

| Unnamed