List of ship launches in 1879

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The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
23 January	United Kingdom	Samuda Brothers	Poplar, London	*Orion*	Belleisle-class ironclad
10 March	United Kingdom	John Elder and Co	Govan, Scotland	*Arizona*	Passenger ship	Blue Riband holder 1879-1882
4 September	Germany	Schichauwerft	Danzig	*Gneisenau*	Three masted full rigged ship
17 September	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	*Agamemnon*	Ajax-class ironclad
16 December	United Kingdom	Sheerness Dockyard	Sheerness	*Kingfisher*	Sloop

See also[]

Ship events in 1879
Ship launches:	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884
Ship commissionings:	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884
Ship decommissionings:	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884
Shipwrecks:	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884

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