List of ship launches in 1887

| {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Jingyuan|1887|2}}

| Cruiser

| For Imperial Chinese Navy.

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! 8 January

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Etolia|1887|2}}

| Cargo ship

| For D. & C. MacIver.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=196 |title=Etolia |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

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! 8 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Thompsonian|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=pw0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA384&hl=en_GB|title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 February 1887 |pages=384–87 }}

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! 10 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Haitan|1887|2}}

| For Douglas Steamship Company, Limited.

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! 11 January

| {{flag|France}}

| Rochefort

| {{Ship|French ship|Durance|1887|2}}

| Transport ship

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval Notes and News |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=15 January 1887 |issue=5508 }}

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! 11 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M'Knight & Co.

| Ayr

| {{Ship|ST|George Brown|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Irvine Harbour Trustees.

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! 11 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

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

| {{SS|Glenshiel|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. M'Gregor, Gow & Co.

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! 11 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons

| {{SS|Rescue|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Turner & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1887 |issue=12173 }}

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! 11 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Nicholson & Marsh

| Glasson Dock

| {{Ship

Ryelands|schooner|2}}

| For private owner.

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! 12 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbbuilding Co.

| {{SS|Ardbeg|1887|2}}

| For R. Gordon & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland126.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1880s |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

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! 12 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Queen Victoria|Stephen, 1887|2}}

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

| For Messrs. Thomas Dunlop & Sons.

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! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kingston upon Hull

| {{SS|Auckland|1887|2}}

| For Humber Conservancy Board.

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! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Unnamed

| Crane pontoon

| For Panama Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=The Clyde Shipbuilding Trade for January |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 January 1887 |issue=26 }}

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! 14 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Russell & Co.

| {{Ship

Drumcliff|barque|2}}

| For Gillison & Chadwick.

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! 21 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Yarrow & Co.

| Poplar

| {{Ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Kotaka

2}}

| Torpedo boat

| For Imperial Japanese Navy.

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! 22 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Company

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Bellaura|1887|2}}

| For Messrs Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.

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! 22 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Monkland Canal

| Jane

| Steam lighter

| For Robert Bain.

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! 22 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. David J. Dunlop & Co.

| {{SS|Pholos|1887|2}}

| Hopper dredger

| For James M'Connochie.

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! 22 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited

| {{SS|Era|1887|2}}

| Tanker

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Petroleum Steamer |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=24 January 1887 |issue=5278 }}{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 January 1887 |issue=11063 }}

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! 23 January

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Arsenal de La Carraca

| San Fernando

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Cristóbal Colón|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

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! 23 January

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Arsenal de la Carraca

| San Fernando

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Don Antonio de Ulloa

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

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! 23 January

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Cartagena

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Don Juan de Austria

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

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! 24 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, Limited

| {{SS|Kinyomaru|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

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! 24 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Rondine

| For Prince Sirignano.

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! 24 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited)

| {{SS|Star of Victoria|1887|2}}

| Messrs. C. S. Swan, and Hunter.

| First steamship built for Messrs. J. P. Corry & Co.

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! 25 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Wallsend-on-Tyne

| {{SS|Carmarthenshire|1887|2}}

| For Messrs Jenkins & Co.{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=pw0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA402&hl=en_GB|title=Launches and Trial Trips |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 March 1887 |pages=402–06 }}

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! 25 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| {{SS|Hondo|1887|2}}

| For Honduras and Central American Steamship Company.

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! 25 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| Pointhouse

| {{SS|Thames|1887|2}}

| For Carron Company.

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! 25 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| MacIlwaine, Lewis & Co.

| {{SS|Thesis

2}}

| Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 January 1887 |issue=22335 }}

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! 26 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Earnmoor

2}}

| For Earn-Line Steamship Co. Ltd.

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! 26 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Plymouth|1887|2}}

| For Plymouth, Channel Islands, & Brittany Steamship Co. Ltd., or Jersey, Guernsey and St. Brieuc Steamship Company.

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! 26 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co.

| Chepstow

| {{Ship|ST|The Earl|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Sir William Thomas Lewis.

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! 31 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ross & Duncan

| El Mounsem

| For Egyptian Government.{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Egyptian Yacht at Govan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 February 1887 |issue=27 }}

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! 1 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. (Limited)

| {{SS|Harold|1887|2}}

| Globe Iron Works Company

| For Messrs. Colvils, Lowden & Co.

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! 1 February

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Cleveland, Ohio

| {{SS|Lakeland

2}}

| Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company

| For Tri-State Steamship Company.

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! 5 February

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

| Hong Kong

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Filipinas|1887|2}}

| Ironclad

| For Spanish Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a Spanish Ironclad |date=14 March 1887 |page=11 |issue=32019 |column=E }}

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! 5 February

| {{flag|France}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{Ship|Spanish battleship|Pelayo

2}}

| Battleship

| For Spanish Navy.

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! 8 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Doris

| For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.

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! 8 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Pallion

| Transpacific

| For Canadian Pacific Railway.

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! 8 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Deptford

| {{SS|Montauk|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

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! 8 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Vulcan|1887|2}}

| For Thomas Robinson.

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. F. Waddington & Co.

| Seacombe

| {{SS|Gloria|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Bickersteth, Baker & Co.

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Worcester|1887|2}}

| For Great Western Steamship Company, Limited.

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! 12 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|J. Y. Short|1887|2}}

| For James Westoll Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland079.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 29 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

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! 15 February

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Kaiserliche Werft

| Kiel

| {{SMS|Eber|1887|2}}

| Gunboat

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

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! 17 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co. (Limited)

| Jubilee

| Steam trawler

| For Great Northern Steam Fishing and Carrying Company. Ran aground on being launched.{{Cite news |title=Commercial Intelligence |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 February 1887 |issue=9982 }}

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Royal Jubilee|1887|2}}

| For Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland087.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 33 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| S. P. Austin & Son

| {{SS|Verulam|1887|2}}

| Built on speculation, sold in March to J. H. Andresen.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland042.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 3 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}{{Cite news |title=Launches at Sunderland |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 February 1887 |issue=11067 }}{{Cite news |title=Sale of a Sunderland Steamship |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 March 1887 |issue=11071 }}

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! 24 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Readhead

| South Shields

| {{SS|Lockwith|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Shields |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=25 February 1887 |issue= }}

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! 24 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & G. Thomson

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Reina Regente|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Reina Regente|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephen & Co.

| Peterhead

| Daisy

| Fishing boat

| For James Ritchie.{{Cite news |title=North News |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=1 March 1887 |issue=9991 }}

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Archibald McMillan & Son

| {{SS|Yarmouth

2}}

| For Yarmouth Steamship Company.

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. Webster & Co.

| Fraserburgh

| Unnamed

| Fishing boat

| For George Morrice.{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh - Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 February 1887 |issue=9982 }}

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! 9 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

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

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Bellena|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 March 1887 |issue=59 }}

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! 9 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co., Limited

| {{SS|Corsican|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch from the Belfast Shipyard |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=10 March 1887 |issue=22372 }}

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! 9 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Mab Queen

| For Mr. Fairlie.

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! 9 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| Unnamed

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=10 March 1887 |issue=5317 }}

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! 10 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Napier and Sons

| {{HMS|Galatea|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Orlando|cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 10 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Lake Ontario|1887|2}}

| Canada Shipping Co. Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland061.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launches on the Wear |date=11 March 1887 |page=10 |issue=32017 |column=F }}

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! 10 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Merganser

| Steam trawler

| For Hugh Leybourne Popham.{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=12 March 1887 |issue=5516 }}

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! 10 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Boolds, Sharer & Co

| {{SS|Pius IX|1887|2}}

| For Pinillos, Saenz & Compañia.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland060.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 18 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

10 March

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Serpent|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Archer|torpedo cruiser}}

| For the Royal Navy{{cite news |title=A New torpedo cruiser |work=The Cornishman |issue=453 |date=17 March 1887 |page=5}}

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! 12 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Read & Co.

| Kenilworth

| For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 March 1887 |issue=12223 }}

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! 12 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Wave|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=14 March 1887 |issue=5320 }}

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! 12 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Williamson & Sons

| Workington

| Unnamed

| Full-rigged ship

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=19 March 1887 |issue=1549 }}

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! 14 March

| {{flag|France}}

| Loire Shipyards

| Nantes

| {{Ship|French ship|Ouragan|1887|2}}

| Transport ship

| For French Navy.

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! 16 March

| {{flag|Norway|1844}}

| Karljohansvern

| Horten

| {{HNoMS|Tyr|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Gor|gunboat}}

| For Royal Norwegian Navy.

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! 17 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Thomas & Sons

| Amlwch

| Gelert

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Amlwch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=19 March 1887 |issue=3094 }}

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! 23 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Lancashire Witch|1887|2}}

| Ferry

| For New Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company.

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! 23 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Unnamed

| For Suez Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=Gleanings |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=25 March 1887 |issue=8967 }}

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! 24 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Armadale

| For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.{{Cite news |title=Launches on the Clyde |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 March 1887 |issue=10024 }}

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! 24 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Clan Buchanan

| Hall, Russell & Company

| For Messrs. James Dunlop & Sons.

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! 24 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|St. Sunniva

2}}

| Cruise ship

| For North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company.

25 March

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Stettiner Vulcan AG

| {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Laiyuan||2}}

| Protected cruiser

| For the Beiyang Fleet

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! 26 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cochran & Co.

| Birkenhead

| {{Ship|ST|Anna|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Hutton & Co.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 March 1887 |issue=12237 }}

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! 26 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited)

| Chepstow

| {{SS|Mourne|1887|2}}

| For Commissioners of Carlingford Lough.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Chepstow |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=28 March 1887 |issue=5574 }}

26 March

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow

| {{ship||Nordenfelt II|submarine|2}}

| {{Sclass|Nordenfelt|submarine}}

| For Thorsten Nordenfelt.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=12&ref=207909&vessel=NORDENFELT+II |title=Nordenfelt II |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=27 September 2024 }}

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! 28 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Cabo Penas|1887|2}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| For J. M. de Ybarra Y {{abbr|Cia.|Compagnia}}{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 April 1887 |issue=11072 }}

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! 28 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & J. Hay

| Kirkintilloch

| Scotia

| Coaster

| For Messrs. J. & J. Hay.{{Cite news |title=Kirkintilloch - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 March 1887 |issue=75 }}

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! 29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Queen Victoria|1887|2}}

| Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter

| For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company.

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! 29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Unnamed

| Ramage & Ferguson & Company

| For Messrs. E. Haslehurst & Co.

31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Fatshan

| Passenger ferry

| For Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company{{cite book |last=William |year=1890 |title=Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gwAAAAAMAAJ |location=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |isbn=1231212276 |volume=11}}

----

! 31 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis

| Pointhouse

| {{PS|Moulmein|1887|2}}

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! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Southampton

| {{SS|Bonito|1887|2}}

| For Linea de Vapour Serra Bilbao.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 April 1887 |issue=78 }}

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! March

| {{flag|France}}

| Saint-Nazaire

| {{Ship|French ship|Drôme|1887|2}}

| Transport ship

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval Notes & News |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=19 March 1887 |issue=5517 }}

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! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.

| Southampton

| Toxteth

| Full-rigged ship

| For Messrs. R. W. Leyland & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches and Trial Trips |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 March 1887 |issue=67 }}

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! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Dobson & Co.

| Walker

| {{SS|Calder|1887|2}}

| For Goole Steam Shipping Company.

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! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. James & George Thompson

| Clydebank

| {{SS|Meteor|1887|2}}

| For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company.{{Cite news |title=Launches and Trial Trips |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 April 1887 |issue=84 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Rochecliff|1887|2}}

| For George Horsley.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steel Steamer at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=9 April 1887 |issue=5342 }}

7 April

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

|Thomas Quayle's & Sons

| Samuel Mather

| Wooden freighter

| For R. John W. Moore, et al.

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! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Turnbull & Co.

| Whitby

| {{SS|Zarate|1887|2}}

| Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino

| For Messrs. Brightman & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launche of a Steamer at Whitby |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=8 April 1887 |issue=15288 }}

----

! 9 April

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Sevastopol

| {{Ship|Russian ship|Kubanetz|1887|2}}

| Gunboat

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a Russian Gunboat |date=11 April 1887 |page=3 |issue=32043 |column=F }}

9 April

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Armstrong Whitworth Elswick yard

| Elswick

| {{HMS|Victoria|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Victoria|battleship|2}}

| For the Royal Navy

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary}}

| Trieste

| {{SMS|Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie

2}}

| Ironclad

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! 9 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Archibald McMillan & Son

| {{SS|Thrace|1887|2}}

| Armstrong, Mitchell & Co.

| For Panhellenic Steamship Co.

----

! 9 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Elswick

| {{HMS|Victoria|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Victoria|battleship}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 13 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited

| Hull

| {{SS|Emden|1887|2}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=A New Steamer for Goole |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=14 April 1887 |issue=15293 }}

----

! 14 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Prince of Wales|1887|2}}

| For Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Steamship Company.

----

! 18 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Bouries

| For Suez Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Renfrew |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 April 1887 |issue=93 }}

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! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George W. Brown & Sons

| Hull

| Emmie May

| Humber Keel

| For P. Simpson.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10632&ref=233378&vessel=EMMIE+MAY |title=Emmie May |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=6 October 2024 }}

----

! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| {{Ship|Chinese cruiser|Fee Cheu|1887|2}}

| Cruiser and cable ship

| For Imperial Chinese Navy / Governor of Formosa.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland052.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 11 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

----

! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Herongate|1887|2}}

| For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.{{cite journal |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images22/herongate1.jpg |title=Herongate |journal=Iron |location=London |date=29 April 1887 |access-date=30 December 2024 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sunderlandships.com/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=103435&vessel=HERONGATE |title=Herongate |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

----

! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Oxford|1887|2}}

| For Great Western Steamship Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=25 April 1887 |issue=5355 }}

----

! 25 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Southwick

| Arete

| For T. Benyon & Co., or Messrs Thomas Rayner & Co.{{cite news |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images12/arete1.jpg |title=Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

----

! 25 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Crescent|1887|2}}

| For John H. Barry & Co.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 April 1887 |issue=11076 }}

----

! 25 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| St. Kilda

| For Albert Wood.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow Herald |date=26 April 1887 |issue=99 }}

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. & W. Henderson

| {{Ship

Thistle|yacht|2}}

| For James Bell, J. Hillard Bell, William Bell, John Clark, William Clark, Andrew Coates, James Coates, George Coates, and William Coates.

----

! 27 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Samuda Brothers

| Poplar

| {{SS|Achille Adam|1887|2}}

| For South Eastern Railway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Achille Adam |date=28 April 1887 |page=11 |issue=32058 |column=B }}

----

! 27 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Bracadale

| For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 April 1887 |issue=101 }}

---

! 27 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George W. Brown & Sons

| Hull

| {{Ship|ST|May Flower|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Frederick Palmer.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10632&ref=217226&vessel=MAY+FLOWER |title=May Flower |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=6 October 2024 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Caire

| For Suez Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trade in April |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1887 |issue=103 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Albert Dock Shipwright Co. Ltd.

| Hull

| Catherine

| Fishing vessel

| For Henry Toozes.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10872&ref=217197&vessel=CATHERINE |title=Catherine |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=23 September 2024 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fyfe & Son

| Fairlie

| Dinorah

| For J. E. Atkinson.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Electra|1887|2}}

| For Clarence and Richmond Steam Navigation Company.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Monkland Canal

| Isabella

| Steam lighter

| For William Corbett.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

| Troon

| Lady Victoria

| For Master of Blantyre.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Queen Victoria

| For Messrs. John Black & Co.

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Vaillant|1887|2}}

| Tug

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Vignureux|1887|2}}

| Tug

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson

| Will o' the Wisp

| For W. A. Coats.

----

! 2 May

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Ferrol

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Reina Cristina

2}}

| {{sclass|Alfonso XII|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 2 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. David Rowan & Son

| {{SS|Vigilante|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Wilson, Sons & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 May 1887 |issue=105 }}

----

! 3 May

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Venice

| {{Ship|Italian ship|Galileo|1887|2}}

| Man-of-war

| For Regia Marina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Festivities at Venice |date=4 May 1887 |page=7 |issue=32063 |column=D }}

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Racoon|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Archer|torpedo cruiser}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 7 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Lydie|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Burdick & Cook.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=9 May 1887 |issue=5367 }}

----

! 7 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Arsenal de Brest

| Brest

| {{Ship|French ironclad|Neptune

2}}

| {{sclass|Marceau|ironclad}}

| For French Navy.

9 May

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blackwall Yard

| Blackwall

| {{HMS|Sans Pareil|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Victoria|battleship|2}}

| For Royal Navy{{cite news |title=HM New Twin-screw battle-ship |work=The Cornishman |issue=461 |date=12 May 1887 |page=7}}

----

! 9 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Victoria|Caird, 1887|2}}

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a P. & O. Steamer at Greenock |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=10 May 1887 |issue=10053 }} Ran aground on being launched.{{Cite news |title=Accident at a Launch |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=10 May 1887 |issue=9006 }} Refloated 11 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wrecks and Casualties |date=12 May 1887 |page=4 |issue=32070 |column=F }}

----

! 10 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Buzzard|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Nymphe|sloop|1}}

| For Royal Navy.

10 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Chantiers de la Seine

| Argenteuil

| {{Ship|2=L'Almée|3=ship|4=2}}

| For Henri Menier

----

! 18 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Elliot & Jeffrey

| Cardiff

| {{SS|Sir W. T. Lewis|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=20 May 1887 |issue=5619 }}

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson

| Hirondelle

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Paisley - Launch of a Yacht |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 May 1887 |issue=120 }}

----

! 20 May

| {{flagicon|Portugal|1830}} Portuguese East Africa

| Zambezi

| {{SS|James Stevenson|1887|2}}

| Messrs. R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.

| For private owner.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Portuguese in East Africa |date=4 April 1888 |page=3 |issue=32351 |column=E-F }}

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hebbern

| Unnamed

| For "Russian Steam Navigation and Tranding Company".{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=27 May 1887 |issue=11080 }}

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs Gourlay Bros.

| Unnamed

| For Messrs. George Armitstead & Co.{{Cite news |title=Dundee - Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=23 May 1887 |issue=10064 }}

----

! 23 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Penarth Shipbuilding Company

| Penarth

| {{SS|Albatross|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer at Penarth |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=24 May 1887 |issue=5622 }}

----

! 24 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Fastnet|1887|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Messrs. Farrar, Groves & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship-launch at Stockton |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=26 May 1887 |issue=15329 }}

----

! 24 May

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| {{Ship|French ironclad|Marceau

2}}

| {{sclass|Marceau|ironclad}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 24 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

| {{SS|Pukai|1887|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Zealand Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 May 1887 |issue=10066 }}

----

! 25 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| Atalantis

| Yawl

| For Lawrence Ames.

----

! 25 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow-in-Furness

| {{SS|Bazalgette|1887|2}}

| Sludge carrier

| For Metropolitan Board of Works.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=12&ref=201512&vessel=BAZALGETTE |title=Bazalgette |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 25 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| Barrow-in-Furness

| {{SS|Grangense|1887|2}}

| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia

| For R. Singlehurst & Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=12&ref=201522&vessel=GRANGENSE |title=Grangense |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 30 May

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Castellammare di Stabia

| {{Ship|Italian cruiser|Saetta

2}}

| {{sclass|Folgore|cruiser}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons

| {{SS|Albania|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trade |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 May 1887 |issue=129 }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Parkhead

| Barbara

| Lighter

| For John Watt.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Chaloupe No. 23

| For Panama Canal Company.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Chaloupe No. 4

| For Panama Canal Company.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Choubrah

| Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Whiteinch

| County of Linlithgow

| For Messrs. R. & J. Craig.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Dagniette

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|Gruben|1887|2}}

| Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

| For John Neilson.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Troon

| Herald of Mercy

| Ketch

| For Henry Cook.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kingston

| Londonhill

| For Messrs. J. R. Jackson & Co.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son

| {{SS|Moselle|1887|2}}

| For N. Paquet & {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. B. Seathh & Co.

| Rutherglen

| {{SS|Queen|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. MacGill & Co.

| Irvine

| {{SS|Sotileza|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murdoch & Murray

| Vigilante

| For private owner.

----

! 1 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| ROPiT Shipyard

| Sevastopol

| {{Ship|Russian battleship|Sinop

2}}

| {{sclass|Ekaterina II|battleship}}

----

! 3 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Nicolaieff

| {{Ship|Russian gunboat|Danetz|1887|2}}

| Gunboat

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Russian Gunboat |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=4 June 1887 |issue=15337 }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Companyb (Limited)

| Fairfield

| {{PS|Empress|1887|2}}

| For London, Chatham and Dover Railway.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 June 1887 |issue=134 }}

----

! 5 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

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

| Meadowside

| {{SS|Bellenden|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Bell Brothers & M'Lelland.

----

! 5 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blohm & Voss

| Hamburg

| Unnamed

| For Wörman West Afrika Linie.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Germany |date=6 June 1887 |pages=4-5 |issue=32091 |column=F, A }}

----

! 7 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Amphitrite

| For Major Macgregor.{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=11 June 1887 |issue=5529 }}

7 June

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| Chatham

| {{HMS|Immortalité|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Orlando|cruiser|2}}

| For the Royal Navy{{cite news |title=The new, twin-screw, belted cruiser ... |work=The Cornishman |issue=465 |date=9 June 1887 |page=8}}

----

! 7 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Allsup & Sons

| {{Ship|ST|Queen|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. William Allsup & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Tugboat on the Ribble |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=11 June 1887 |issue=3881 }}

----

! 8 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hannah, Donald & Wilson

| {{Ship|ST|Argus|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! 8 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fleming & Ferguson

| Grace Darling

| For Messrs. John Inglis & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 June 1887 |issue=137 }}

----

! 8 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Gulf of Aden|1887|2}}

| For Greenock Steamship Co. (Limited).{{Cite news |title=New Steamship Launched at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=9 June 1887 |issue=5394 }}

----

! 8 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Gray & Company

| {{SS|Swansea|1887|2}}

| For Atlantic Transport Line.

----

! 9 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Altmore

| For Messts. Thom & Cameron.

----

! 9 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson

| Clydebank

| {{SS|Maranhão|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 June 1887 |issue=138 }}

----

! 16 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| Footdee

| Unnamed

| For Alexander Rennie and others.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Steam Yacht at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 June 1887 |issue=10086 }}

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

| Yokosuka Naval Arsenal

| Yokosuka

| {{Ship|Japanese gunboat|Atago

2}}

| {{sclass|Maya|gunboat}}

| For Imperial Japanese Navy.

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited

| Bateau-Citerne No. 2

| Water carrier

| For Panama Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 June 1887 |issue=11084 }}

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited

| {{SS|Starling|1887|2}}

| For General Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 21 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| Alca

| Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino

| For Colonel Malcolm.{{Cite news |title=Greenock - Launch of a Yacht |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 June 1887 |issue=148 }}

----

! 26 June

| {{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary}}

| Trieste

| {{SMS|Tiger|1887|2}}

| Torpedo cruiser

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! 30 June

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Wilmington, Delaware

| {{ship

Volunteer|yacht|2}}

| For Charles Jackson Paine.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=29 June 1887 |page=5 |issue=32111 |column=A }}

----

! 5 July

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Michigan|1887|2}}

| Passenger ship

| For White Diamond Steamship Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=200 |title=Michigan |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 6 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craig, Taylow & Co.

| South Stockton

| {{SS|Bangor|1887|2}}

| For Joseph Hoult.{{Cite news |title=Launch at a Stockton Shipyard |newspaper=Northen Echo |location=Darlington |date=8 July 1887 |issue=5419 }}{{Cite news |title=Teesside Trade |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=19 August 1887 |issue=5455 }}

----

! 6 July

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Joseph Bigger

| {{SS|Foyle|Bigger, 1887|2}}

| Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia

| For W. Johnston & Co.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10140&ref=201521&vessel=FOYLE |title=Foyle |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 September 2024 }}

----

! 6 July

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}

| Castellammare di Stabia

| {{Ship|Italian cruiser|Goito

2}}

| {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser}}

| For Regia Marina.

----

! 6 July

| {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}

| Pola Navy Yard

| Pola

| {{SMS|Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf

2}}

| Ironclad

| For Austro-Hungarian Navy.

----

! 6 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co.

| Metropolis

| For Messrs. William Thomas & Co.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 July 1887 |issue=12322 }}

----

! 6 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Picton|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Ropner & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Hartlepool |date=7 July 1887 |issue=5418 }}

----

! 6 July

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Joseph Bigger

| {{SS|Victoria|Bigger, 1887|2}}

| For Londonderry Bridge Commissioners.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10140&ref=206218&vessel=VICTORIA |title=Victoria |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 September 2024 }}

----

! 7 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Hampstead|1887|2}}

| Globe Iron Works Company

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=8 July 1887 |issue=5419 }}

----

! 7 July

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Cleveland, Ohio

| {{SS|Ira H. Owen

2}}

| Alexander Stephen & Sons

| For Owen Line.

----

! 7 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Wardha

2}}

----

! 7 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Defence Vessel Construction Company (Limited)

| Erith

| Buonaventura

| Torpedo gunboat

| For unknown owner.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=8 July 1887 |page=10 |issue=32119 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=The New Torpedo Boat |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 March 1888 |issue=13078 }}

----

! 8 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Tartar|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=9 July 1887 |issue=5420 }}

----

! 9 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson

| Gosport

| Albion

| For P. Thelluson.{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=9 July 1887 |issue=5533 }}{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=16 July 1887 |issue=5534 }}

----

! 11 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Elettrico|1887|2}}

| For Navigazione Generale Italiana.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 July 1887 |issue=165 }}

----

! 13 July

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| New Admiralty Yard

| Saint Petersburg

| {{Ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Aleksandr II

2}}

| {{sclass|Imperator Aleksandr II|battleship}}

----

! 21 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Dunston

| Thorne

| Eagle

| Sloop

| For Messrs. Wood Bros.{{Cite news |title=Yorkshire Items |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=23 July 1887 |issue=15379 }}

----

! 21 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Reubens|1887|2}}

| For Bolton & Kenneth.

----

! 23 July

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| AG Vulcan

| {{SMS|Irene

2}}

| {{sclass|Irene|cruiser}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 23 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| Unnamed

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=26 July 1887 |issue=5434 }}

----

! 25 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Hull

| {{SS|Colorado|1887|2}}

| For Wilson Line.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Wilson Line Steamer at Hull |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=26 July 1887 |issue=15381 }}

----

! 26 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Gizeh

----

! 26 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Murray Bros.

| Thetis

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

| For Mr. Donaldson.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 July 1887 |issue=178 }}{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding Trad in July |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1887 |issue=181 }}

----

! 28 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Fifeshire|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1887 |issue=181 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. C. Cummings

| {{Ship|ST|Araucana|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Russell & Co.

| {{Ship

Elbe|1887 ship|2}}

| For Nourse Line.

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Engineer|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Fatham, Bromham & Co.{{Cite news |title=A New Steel Steamer |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=28 July 1887 |issue=5678 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mordey, Carney & Co.

| Newport

| Evelyn

| Pilot cutter

| For J. Pugsley.{{Cite news |title=Newport |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=26 July 1887 |issue=5676 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Massourah

----

! 2 August

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Minnesota|1887|2}}

| Cargo ship

| For Torrey & Field Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=197 |title=Minnesota |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 3 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Cammell Laird

| Birkenhead

| {{TSS|Olga|1887|2}}

| For London and North Western Railway.

----

! 4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. Readhead & Co.

| South Shields

| {{SS|Ethelburga|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Dillon, Harrowing & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Whitby Steamer |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=5 August 1887 |issue=5443 }}

----

! 4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| Kingston

| Sokoto

| Full-rigged ship

| For Ship Sokoto Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 August 1887 |issue=186 }}{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 August 1887 |issue=12350 }}

----

! 5 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Roddam|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=6 August 1887 |issue=5444 }}

----

! 5 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Thistle

| Lighter

| For private owner.

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Cordoba|1887|2}}

| For Compagnie Chargeurs Réunis.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=8 August 1887 |issue=5445 }}

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cronk & Sons

| Eclipse

| Steam launch

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=6 August 1887 |issue=3889 }}

----

! 6 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co.

| Newcastle upon Tyne

| {{SS|Elingamite

2}}

| For Huddart Parker.

----

! 6 August

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Wolf and Davidson

| Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| {{SS|William Wolf|1887|2}}

| A building, with over one hundred people on the roof, collapsed when it was hit by a wave caused by the launch. Nine people were killed and nine seriously injured.{{cite news |title=Nine Persons Killed At A Launch |work=The Cornishman |issue=477 |date=25 August 1887 |page=8}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fatal Accident at a Launching |date=8 August 1887 |page=10 |issue=32145 |column=B }}

----

! 8 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| {{SS|Baron Belhaven|1887|2}}

| Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. (Limited)

| For Hugh Hogarth.

----

! 8 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Whiteinch

| Duchalburn

| For Messrs. Robert Shankland & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 August 1887 |issue=189 }}

----

! 16 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kaiserliche Werft

| Wilhelmshaven

| {{SMS|Schwalbe|1887|2}}

| {{Sclass|Schwalbe|cruiser}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Germany |date=23 August 1887 |page=3 |issue=32158 |column=B }}

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Ariosto|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Robert M'Andrew & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 August 1887 |issue=198 }}

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Caird and Company

| {{SS|Britannia|1887|2}}

| Alexander Stephen & Sons

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Warora

2}}

----

! 20 August

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ishikawajima-Hirano Shipyards

| Anglesey

| Ferry

| For London & North Western Railway.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=203 |title=Anglesey |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 20 August

| {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

| Tokyo

| {{Ship|Japanese gunboat|Chōkai

2}}

| {{sclass|Maya|gunboat}}

| For Imperial Japanese Navy.

----

! 20 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Gulf of Trinidad|1887|2}}

| For Greenock Steamship Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=22 August 1887 |issue=5457 }}

----

! 20 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. McIlwaine & Lewis

| Pioneer

| For James M'Donell.{{Cite news |title=Launches in Belfast |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 August 1887 |issue=22512 }}

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Jones & Sons

| {{SS|Bencroy|1887|2}}

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

| For Joseph Hoult.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 August 1887 |issue=12362 }}

----

! 22 August

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Harvey and Co

| Hayle

| Carnsew

| Iron-screw steamer

| {{cite news |title=Launch at Hayle |work=The Cornishman |issue=477 |date=25 August 1887}}

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Jelunga|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 August 1887 |issue=201 }}

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Caledon Shipbuilding

| King Arthur

| For Messrs. Walker & Clo.

----

! 22 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| Santanna

| For {{abbr|Mons.|Monsieur}} Louis Pratt.

----

! 23 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laird Bros.

| Birkenhead

| {{SS|Esperanca|1887|2}}

| For Amazon Steam Navigation Company, Limited.{{Cite news |title=New Steamer for the Amazon Trade |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 August 1887 |issue=12363 }}

----

! 27 August

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| AG Weser

| Bremen

| {{SMS|Wacht

2}}

| {{sclass|Wacht|aviso}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 30 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Grasshopper|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Grasshopper|torpedo gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=30 August 1887 |page=5 |issue=32164 |column=E }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Swan & Hunter

| {{SS|Courier|1887|2}}

| Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd.

| For Messrs. Huddart, Parker & Co.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of an Australian Steamer |date=5 September 1887 |page=5 |issue=32169 |column=F }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Barrow-in-Furness

| Hainaut

| Barque / Tanker

| For American Petroleum Company.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10081&a1Page=13&ref=207911&vessel=HAINAUT |title=Hainaut |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=27 September 2024 }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Henley|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=5 September 1887 |issue=5469 }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| Kuchus

| Steam hopper dredger

| For Bombay Port Trust.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Powerful Hopper Dredger for Bombay |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 September 1887 |issue=212 }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pearce Bros.

| {{SS|Pollux|1887|2}}

| Tanker

| For W. S. Crondan.{{Cite news |title=A New Industry for Dundee |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=5 September 1887 }}

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| {{Ship|HM Torpedo boat|No. 169|1887|2}}

| Torpedo boat

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 3 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Readhead & Co.

| South Shields

| Unnamed

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 September 1887 |issue=11095 }}

----

! 5 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Abercorn Shipbuilding Company

| Unnamed

| Tug

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 September 1887 |issue=214 }}

----

! 6 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| Fairfield

| {{SS|Lahn|1887|2}}

| For Norddeutsche Lloyd.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a North German Lloyd Steamer |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 September 1887 |issue=214 }}

----

! 6 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnits & Co.

| Matamah

| For private owner.

----

! 7 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel

| Whiteinch

| {{SS|Mogul|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 September 1887 |issue=215 }}

----

! 7 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.

| Oceana

| For R. R. Paterson.

----

! 8 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Elliott & Garrod

| Beccles

| Unité

| Steam launch

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Beccles |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=9 September 1887 |issue=8832 }}

----

! 9 September

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Cartagena

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Reina Mercedes

2}}

| {{sclass|Alfonso XII|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 13 September

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Samuel H. Pine

| Greenpoint, New York

| {{Ship

Caldwell H. Colt|pilot boat|2}}

| For New York Pilots.

----

! 14 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Millar, Spence & Charles

| Grangemouth

| Tabasqueno

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Mr. Andrew Carnegie and Grangemouth |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 September 1887 |issue=10162 }}

----

! 15 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Penarth Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Company (Limited)

| Penarth

| {{Ship|ST|Hawk|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. Watking and Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Penarth |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=16 September 1887 |issue=5721 }}

----

! 15 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. D. & W. Henderson

| {{SS|Rosarian|1887|2}}

| For Allen Line.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 September 1887 |issue=10163 }}

----

! 17 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pallion

| {{SS|Eastern Prince|1887|2}}

| For Prince Steamship Co.

----

! 17 September

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Oceania

| Passenger ship

| For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

----

! 19 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Heathfield|1887|2}}

| For F. Wood.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=20 September 1887 |issue=5482 }}

----

! 20 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. M'Knight & Co.

| Ayr

| {{SS|Norfolk|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Clarke & Reeves.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer at Ayr |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 September 1887 |issue=226 }}

----

! 20 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Portsmouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Trafalgar|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Trafalgar|battleship}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 21 September

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| Ferrol

| {{Ship|Spanish cruiser|Alfonso XII

2}}

| {{sclass|Alfonso XII|cruiser}}

| For Spanish Navy.

----

! 21 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Oithona|1887|2}}

| For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the s.s. Oithona |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=22 September 1887 |issue=10168 }}

22 September

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Stettiner Vulcan AG

| {{SMS|Irene||2}}

| {{sclass|Irene|cruiser|2}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine

----

! 22 September

| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}

| Germaniawerft

| Kiel

| {{SMS|Prinzess Wilhelm

2}}

| {{sclass|Irene|cruiser}}

| For Kaiserliche Marine.

----

! 30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Plymouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Spider|1887|2}}

| Torpedo gunboat

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Lords Of The Admiralty At Plymouth |date=22 September 1887 |page=10 |issue=32184 |column=A-B }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| Malikah

| For H. J. Barrett.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=New Steam Yacht |date=28 September 1887 |page=3 |issue=32189 |column=C }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co.

| {{SS|Prospero|1887|2}}

| For South Wales and Liverpool Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Vessel |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=8 September 1887 |issue=5714 }}

----

! 1 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Dobson & Co.

| Walker

| {{SS|Peter|1887|2}}

| For "Russian Company for Sea, River, and Land Insurance and Conveyance of Goods".{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 October 1887 |issue=11099 }}

----

! 4 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Flambro|1887|2}}

| For C. M. Webster.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=5 October 1887 |issue=5495 }}

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. MacIlwain & Lewis

| {{SS|Lough Fisher|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=10 October 1887 |issue=22547 }}

----

! 8 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Robinson

| Unnamed

| Lighter

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Lighter |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=10 October 1887 |issue=22547 }}

----

! 12 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. H. Fellowes & Son

| Great Yarmouth

| Sophia Wheatley

| Smack

| For Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Sophia Wheatley |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=14 October 1887 |issue=15450 }}

----

! 17 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co.

| {{SS|Engalia|1887|2}}

| Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Middlesbrough |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=18 October 1887 |issue=5506 }}

----

! 17 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Plymouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Sandfly|1887|2}}

| Torpedo gunboat

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 18 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Blyth

| {{Ship

Exeter City|1887|2}}

| For Charles Hill & Sons.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10039&a1Page=2&ref=201520&vessel=EXETER+CITY |title=Exeter City |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=1 October 2024 }}

----

! 19 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Paul Rodgers

| Carrickfergus

| Patrician

| For P. Tiernan.{{Cite news |title=Ulster Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 October 1887 |issue=22560 }}

----

! 20 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

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

| {{SS|Monte Videan|1887|2}}

| For Allan Line.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding Contract for a Partick firm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 October 1887 |issue=251 }}

28 October

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pembroke Dockyard

| Pembroke Dock

| {{HMS|Aurora|1887|2}}

| {{sclass|Orlando|cruiser|2}}

| For the Royal Navy

----

! 28 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| A. & J. Inglis

| Pointhouse

| {{SS|Karagola|1887|2}}

----

! 31 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{SS|Damascus|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. George Thompson & Co.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=1 November 1887 |issue=10202 }}

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Thomas

| Neath

| Earl of Uxbridge

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Schooner at Amlwch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=8 October 1887 |issue=3123 }}

----

! 2 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Edward Withy & Co.

| {{SS|Amphitrite|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Rickinson, Son & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=3 November 1887 |issue=5520 }}

----

! 2 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. B. Thompson & Co.

| {{SS|Glanmire|1887|2}}

| For City of Cork Steam Ship Company.{{Cite news |title=Dundee - Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=3 November 1887 |issue=10204 }}

----

! 5 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lycia|1887|2}}

| ship

| For D. & C. MacIver.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=198 |title=Lycia |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 14 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.

| Cruiser

| For Dee and Don Fishery Board.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Aberdeen Fishery Board Yacht |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 November 1887 |issue=10214 }}

----

! 14 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simons & Co.

| {{SS|St. George|1887|2}}

| Hopper dredger

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Dredger at Renfrew |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 November 1887 |issue=273 }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. S. Cumming

| Aqua-Æerial

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=A New Development in Marine Architechture |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 November 1887 |issue=276 }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.

| {{SS|Devawongse|1887|2}}

| For Scottish Oriental Steamship Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=Launch of a China Coasting Steamer at Govan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 November 1887 |issue=274 }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Turnbull & Sons

| Whitby

| {{SS|Dora|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whitby |newspaper= |location= |date= November 1887 |issue= }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co.

| {{SS|Fremona|1887|2}}

| East Boston, Massachusetts

| For Messrs. William Thompson & Co.{{Cite news |title=Dundee - Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 November 1887 |issue=10215 }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Dennison J. Lawlor

| {{Ship

Friend|pilot boat|2}}

| Pilot boat

| For James Lawrence Fowler.

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wood, Skinner & Co

| Newcastle upon Tyne

| Unnamed

| For Russian Company for Transport and Insurance.{{Cite news |title=North Country Shipbuildinbg |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 November 1887 |issue=11105 }}

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Pearse & Co.

| {{SS|Asama|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Vessels at Stockton |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=17 November 1887 |issue=15479 }}

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Orvis & Fuller

| Ipswich

| Cliff

| Sailing barge

| For Messrs. Wilkes & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ipswich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=18 November 1887 |issue=8898 }}

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.

| {{Ship|ST|Mary|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Messrs. C. Whittal & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steam Tug at Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 November 1887 |issue=77296 }}

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pearce Bros.

| {{SS|Mount Park|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. J. & J. Denholm.{{Cite news |title=Dundee - Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 November 1887 |issue=10216 }}

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Craig Taylor & Co.

| {{SS|Torre del Oro|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Segovia & Cuadra.

----

! 16 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer & Co

| Newcastle upon Tyne

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 19 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. W. Gray & Co.

| {{SS|Elton|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=21 November 1887 |issue=5535 }}

----

! 19 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Joseph Bigger

| Maiden City

| For William McCredie Dickie.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10140&ref=206221&vessel=MAIDEN+CITY |title=Maiden City |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 September 2024 }}

----

! 19 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Oswald & Mordaunt

| Southampton

| {{SS|Saxon|1887|2}}

| For Union Steamship Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Saxon |date=21 November 1887 |page=6 |issue=32235 |column=D }}

----

! 19 November

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship

Sindia|1887 barque|2}}

| For T. & J. Brocklebank.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=204 |title=Sindia |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 29 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Bayley & Sons

| Ipswich

| Byculla

| Sailing barge

| For E. Garnham.{{Cite news |title=Ipswich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=2 December 1887 |issue=8911 }}

----

! 30 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Strand Slipway Co.

| {{SS|Industry|1887|2}}

| Detroit Dry Dock Company

| For W. H. Cockerline & Co.

----

! November

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Detroit, Michigan

| {{SS|Hudson|1887|2}}

| For Western Transit Company.

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

| Messrs. Boyd & Co.

| Pootung

| {{SS|Kuling|1887|2}}

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

| For Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=The Steamship "Kuling" |newspaper=Graphic |location=London |date=28 April 1888 |issue=961 }}

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Manwyne|1887|2}}

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Comopany.{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding in November |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 November 1887 |issue=286 }}

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Memphis

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| Necos

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{PS|Pago|1887|2}}

| Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

| For Irrawaddy Flotilla Comopany.

----

! November

| {{flag|France}}

| La Seyne-sur-Mer

| Unnamed

| Electric Launch

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=The Trade of the World |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 November 1887 |issue=22588 }}

----

! 1 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| {{SS|Caloric|1887|2}}

| For Ebenezer Kemp.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Linthouse |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 December 1887 |issue=288 }}

----

! 1 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co

| Hylton

| {{SS|Gisalde|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Sunderland Trade |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=5 December 1887 |issue=5547 }}

----

! 3 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson

| {{SS|Chamroin|1887|2}}

| For Scottish Oriental Steamship Company (Limited).{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 December 1887 |issue=12449 }}

----

! 14 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{PS|Douglas|1887|2}}

| For Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Preston.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&a1Page=2&ref=206192&vessel=DOUGLAS |title=Douglas |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=23 September 2024 }}

----

! 14 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co.

| {{SS|Somerhill|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=16 December 1887 |issue=5557 }}

----

! 15 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| E. Wiothy & Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Age|1887|2}}

| For W. Howard Smit & Sons Ltd.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in January |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 February 1888 |issue=43 }}

----

! 17 December

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Arcadia

| Passenger ship

| For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=202 |title=Arcadia |publisher=The Yard |access-date=19 February 2017}}

----

! 17 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Bewley, Webb & Co.

| Dublin

| Flower of Avondale

| Fishing trawler

| For Edward Clarke.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=20 December 1887 }}

----

! 29 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Armstrong

| Elswick

| {{Ship|NMS|Elisaeta

2}}

| Cruiser

| For Romanian Navy.

----

! 29 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Francis Phillips

| Cardiff

| Iolanthe

| Pilot cutter

| For John Russell.{{Cite news |title=A New Pilot Cutter for Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=30 December 1887 |issue=5811 }}

----

! 31 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Gray & Co

| {{SS|Twickenham|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steel "Well-Decker" at West Hartlepool |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=2 January 1888 |issue=15518 }}

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Paul Rodgers

| Carrickfergus

| Partition

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=A Disabled Vessel |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=6 January 1888 |issue=22624 }}

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| {{Ship|Russian gunboat|Terets|1887|2}}

| {{Sclass|Korietz|gunboat}}

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Sevastopol

| {{Ship|Russian gunboat|Uralets|1887|2}}

| {{Sclass|Korietz|gunboat}}

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{Cite news |title=The Russian Black Sea Fleet |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=6 December 1887 |issue=22597 |edition=Second }}{{Cite news |title=Russia's New Fleet in the Black Sea |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=27 December 1887 |issue=15512 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| Saint-Nazaire

| {{Ship|Russian cruiser|Admiral Kornilov

2}}

| Protected cruiser

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co

| {{SS|Auricula|1887|2}}

| For J. Blumer & Co.{{cite news |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images9/auricula1.jpg |title=Trial Trip |newspaper=Sunderland Daily Echo |date=21 November 1887 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Russell & Co.

| {{SS|Ayrshire|1887|2}}

| For Messrs. Thomas Law & Co.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 August 1887 |issue=200 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Belle of Dunkerque

| For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Kinloch

| Garmouth

| Blue Whyte

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Year's Trade in the North |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=22 December 1887 |issue=10216 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| Bradley

| William Denny and Brothers

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{Ship|Spanish transport|Buenos Aires|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Cabo Quejo|1887|2}}

| For J. M. de Ybarra Y {{abbr|Cia.|Compagnia}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Cabo San Antonio|1887|2}}

| For J. M. de Ybarra Y {{abbr|Cia.|Compagnia}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Cheniston

| For Harris & Dixon.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mare Island Navy Yard

| Vallejo, California

| {{Ship|USC&GS|Cosmos

2}}

| Survey launch

| For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Cragside

| For William Kish.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lobnitz & Co.

| {{SS|Dérocheuse|1887|2}}

| Dredger

| For Suez Canal Company.{{Cite news |title=New Patent Rockbreaking Dredger |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1887 |issue=305 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Laing

| Durban

| For Union Steamship Company.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=83}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| {{Ship|Nicaraguan ship|El Rayo|1887|2}}

| Warship

| For Nicaraguan Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Elvaston|1887|2}}

| For Harris & Dixon.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| William Woodall

| Baltimore, Maryland

| Emma Giles

| For Tolchester Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| {{SS|Exe|1887|2}}

| For Mercantile Steamship Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

| Galatea

| For C. F. Leach.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ross & Duncan

| {{Ship|ST|Galgo|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{SS|Gertrude|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&ref=206239&vessel=GERTRUDE |title=Gertrude |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Osbourne, Graham & Co

| {{SS|Giralda|1887|2}}

| For Bilton, Williams & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Grangemouth Dockyard Company

| Grangemouth

| {{SS|Grand Rivieri|1887|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Grangemouth - Trial Trip |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 June 1887 |issue=133 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sons

| Haverstoe

| For Bennetts & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Iapagia|1887|2}}

| For Società Anonyme di Navigation a Vapeur Puglia.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|J. W. Taylor|1887|2}}

| For Taylor Sanderson.{{Cite news |title=Sunderland Trade |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=26 November 1887 |issue=5540 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Simon Langell

| St. Clair, Michigan

| {{SS|Kaliyuga

2}}

| For St. Clair Steamship Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Tasmania}}

| William Bayes

| Hobart

| {{Ship

Koonya|1887|2}}

| For Moruya Steam Navigation Company.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| {{SS|Kydonia|1887|2}}

| For C. & A. Georgalas.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

| Kyuyo Maru

| For .

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Joseph Bigger

| {{SS|Lara|1877|2}}

| For private owners.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10140&ref=206219&vessel=LARA |title=Lara |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Les Bormettes

| For J. A. Hankey.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Marine City, Michigan

| {{SS|Louisiana

2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Henry D. Root

| Cleveland, Ohio

| {{SS|Margaret Olwill

2}}

| Bulk carrier

| For L. P. Smith & J. A. Smith.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Mary Roberts

| Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

| For T. Hogan and Son.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Harry Johnson

| {{Ship

Mayflower|scow-schooner|2}}

| Scow

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Samuel White

| Cowes

| {{HMQS|Midge

2}}

| Torpedo boat

| For Queensland Maritime Defence Force.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Queensland|1876}}

| Evans Anderson & Phelon

| Brisbane

| {{HMQS|Miner

2}}

| For Queensland Army.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pickersgill & Sons

| Montauk

| For T. Hogan and Son.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Moyune

| For China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Murrumbidgee

| For Wilhelm Lund.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| Pusey & Jones

| Wilmington, Delaware

| {{SS|Naugatuck|1887|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| {{SS|Olinda|1887|2}}

| For Linha de Navegacão de J. H. Andresen.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland048.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 8 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bartram, Haswell & Co.

| {{SS|Olive Branch|1887|2}}

| For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland045.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 6 |publisher=Searle |access-date=30 December 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Ooryia

| For G. Dickson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Orono|1887|2}}

| For The Plate Steamship Co. Ltd.

---

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Brundrit

| Runcorn

| Percy

| Mersey flat

| For John Brundrit.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10414&ref=204298&vessel=PERCY |title=Percy |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=6 October 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Schlesinger, Davis & Co.

| {{Ship

Puffin|lightvessel|2}}

| Lightship

| For Commissioners of Irish Lights.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Allsup & Sons Ltd.

| {{ship|ST|Queen|1887|2}}

| Tug

| For Daniel W. Allsup.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10548&a1Page=2&ref=206225&vessel=QUEEN |title=Queen |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=23 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Blumer & Co.

| Quiam

| Steam barge

| For River Wear Commissioners.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Roman Prince

| For James Knott.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Bell

| Grimsby

| Rosebud

| Fishing trawler

| For Tom C. Gray.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12292&a1Page=2&ref=233095&vessel=ROSEBUD |title=Rosebud |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=28 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| John F. Mumm

| Brooklyn, New York

| {{USS|Satellite|SP-1012|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hawthorne & Co.

| {{USS|Shearwater|1887|2}}

| For H. R. Wolcott.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Gothenburg

| {{Ship

Sigyn|ship|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Joseph L. Thompson & Sons

| Thomsonian

| For R. Harrowing.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1877}}

| John H. Dialogue & Son

| Camden, New Jersey

| {{Ship|New York Central|Tugboat 13

2}}

| Tug

| For New York Central Railroad.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford & Sonss

| Viceroy

| For W. Kish.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Ville de Metz

| For Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navegation á Vapeur.

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Joseph Bigger

| {{SS|Wirral|1887|2}}

| For Charles & Edward Singleton.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10140&ref=206220&vessel=WIRRAL |title=Wirral |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 September 2024 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|UKGBI}}

| Harlan & Hollingsworth

| Wilmington, Delaware

| {{Ship

Yampa|yacht|2}}