List of ship launches in 1884

The list of ship launches in 1884 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1884.

January

29 January

• Imperieuse-class cruiser HMS Warspite launched at Chatham Dockyard.

April

12 April

• Gunboat USS Dolphin launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

May

7 May

• Gor-class gunboat HNoMS Gor launched by Karljohansverns Verft, Horten.

13 May

• Flat-iron gunboat HMQS Gayundah launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.

June

23 June

• Calypso-class corvette HMS Calliope launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.
• Mariner-class gunvessel HMS Mariner launched at Devonport Dockyard.

25 June

• Ocean liner RMS Umbria launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow

July

16 July

• Torpedo boat HMQS Mosquito launched by John I. Thornycroft & Company, Cheswick, Northumberland.

19 July

• Patrol vessel HMQS Otter launched by Ramage and Ferguson, Leith.

August

9 August

• Ruggiero di Lauria-class battleship Ruggiero di Lauria launched by Castellammare Shipyard

September

• Cable layer Mackay-Bennett launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow

October

8 October

• Admiral-class battleship HMS Rodney launched at Chatham Dockyard.

9 October

• Protected cruiser USS Atlanta launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

November

5 November

• Satellite-class sloop HMS Pylades launched at Sheerness Dockyard.

16 November

• Flat-iron gunboat HMAS Protector launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.

December

4 December

• Protected cruiser USS Boston launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

20 December

• Coastal defence ship SMS Oldenburg launched by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin.

Unknown date

• Tug Advance launched at Williamstown, Victoria.
• Gunboat HMVS Albert launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.
• Sloop Afonso de Albuquerque launched at Thames Iron Works, Leamouth.
• Barge USS Addie and Carrie launched at City Island, New York.
• Steamship Chatham launched by the American Shipbuilding Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Sailing ship Dunolly launched by Charles Connell, Glasgow.
• Ferry Bee launched at Newcastle, New South Wales
• Lifeboat Benjamin Bond Cabbell II launched by James Beeching & Brothers, Great Yarmouth.
• Torpedo boat Childers launced by John I. Thornycroft & Company, Cheswick, Northumberland.
• Full-rigged ship County of Yarmouth launched by Hilaire P. Boudreau, Belliveau's Cove, Nova Scotia.
• Torpedo boat HMVS Gordon launched.
• Barquentine HMCS Karluk launched at Benicia, California.
• Steamboat USS Governor R. M. McLane launched by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Train ferry Lansdowne launched by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, Detroit, Michigan.
• Paddle steamer Lucinda launched by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton.
• Whaler Patria launched by Christian Brinch Jørgensen at Svelvik.
• Schooner USS Priscilla launched by David Clark, Kennebunkport, Maine.
• Barque Terra Nova launched by Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltdied Dundee.
• Flat-iron gunboat HMVS Victoria launched by Sir WG Armstrong Mitchell & Company at Elswick.
• Collier USS Zafiro launched by Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen.

See also

Ship events in 1884
Ship launches:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship commissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship decommissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Shipwrecks:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889