List of ship launches in 1865

The list of ship launches in 1865 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1865.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
31 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Peer Sailing ship For British Shipping Company.
January  Confederate States of America Richmond, Virginia Texas Tennessee-class ironclad For Confederate States Navy
14 March  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Pallas Battery ship For Royal Navy
27 March  United Kingdom Birkenhead Agincourt Minotaur-class battleship For Royal Navy
27 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Lord Warden Lord Clyde-class battleship For Royal Navy
March  United Kingdom Readhead & Softley. South Shields Unus Collier brig For Hodge & Williamson.[1]
20 April  United States S. T. Hambleton & Co Cincinnati, Ohio Klamath Casco-class monitor For United States Navy
26 April  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Bellerophon Battery ship For Royal Navy
4 May  United States A. & W. Denmead & Son Baltimore, Maryland Waxsaw Casco-class monitor For United States Navy
14 May  United Kingdom Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow Hydrabad Iron cargo/passenger sailing ship For Bombay Iron Ship Company
18 May  United States Wilcox & Whiting Camden, New Jersey Koka Casco-class monitor For United States Navy
23 May  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Swatara Screw sloop For United States Navy
27 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sesostris Cargo ship For James Moss & Co.[2]
24 June  United Kingdom New Admiralty Shipyard Glasgow Java Ocean liner For Cunard Line
27 June  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow Fusi Yama composite barque For Killick Martin & Company
14 July  United States Charles W. McCordat St. Louis, Missouri Shiloh Casco-class monitor For United States Navy
22 July  United States Donald McKay East Boston, Massachusetts Ashuelot Side-wheel gunboat For United States Navy
25 July  United States George W. Lawrence & Co Portland, Maine Wassuc Casco-class monitor For United States Navy
15 August  Russian Empire New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg Petropavlovsk Armored frigate or broadside ironclad For Imperial Russian Navy
21 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pilot Schooner For Gustav Wilhelm Wolff.[3]
7 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fairy Queen Paddle steamer For Rock Ferry Co.[4]
8 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Gypsy Queen Paddle steamer For Rock Ferry Co.[5]
9 September  United States Boston Navy Yard Charlestown, Massachusetts Guerriere Sloop For United States Navy
19 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Boyne Barque For W. H. Tindall.[6]
3 November  Netherlands Kaiyō Maru Wooden battleship For Imperial Japanese Navy
9 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duddon Paddle tug For Hodbarrow Mining Co.[7]
15 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Guarani Cargo ship For J. Dalglish.[8]
November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Annie Sharp Sailing ship For R. G. Sharp.[9]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Blackwall Charkieh Steamship For Azizieh Steam Navigation Company
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Kinloch Paddle steamer For North British Railway.[10]
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Waverley Paddle steamer For North British Railway.[10]

References
  1. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102.
  2. "Seostris". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. "Pilot". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. "Fairy Queen". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. "Gypsy Queen". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. "Boyne". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. "Duddon". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. "Guarani". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. "Annie Sharp". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  10. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 282.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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