List of ship launches in 1870
Country Builder Location Ship Class / type
3 January Royal Navy Laird , Son & Co Birkenhead HMS Vanguard Audacious -class battleship
18 January Hellenic Navy Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino Trieste Vasilissa Olga Battleship
1 February United Kingdom Maudslay , Sons & Field Greenwich Blackadder Clipper
19 February Royal Navy Dudgeon Poplar , London HMS Abyssinia Breastwork monitor
1 March Royal Navy Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke HMS Iron Duke Audacious -class battleship
2 March Royal Navy Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company River Thames HMS Magdala Cerberus -class monitor
3 March United Kingdom J & G Thomson Govan SS Abyssinia ocean liner
19 March Royal Navy Napier Govan HMS Hotspur Ironclad ram
31 May Royal Navy Chatham Dockyard Chatham HMS Sultan Central battery ironclad
15 June Royal Navy Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow HMS Swiftsure Swiftsure -class battleship
July United Kingdom Charles Mitchell and Co Newcastle upon Tyne SS Cheviot Cargo ship
27 August United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast RMS Oceanic ocean liner
10 September United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton SS Parthia ocean liner
27 September Royal Navy Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow HMS Triumph Swiftsure -class battleship
1 December United Kingdom Thomas Royden & Sons Liverpool SS Asiatic Cargo ship
19 December Royal Navy Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke HMY Osborne Royal yacht
Date unspecified Imperial Japanese Navy A . Hall & Co Aberdeen Unyo Gunboat
The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870 .
The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870.