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Steam launch. Apparently a sister to Cygnet. The Royal Museums at Greenwich have the plans, but not much else is available online. [9] 1870 Cygnet #9 1.5 Small steam launch, preserved and displayed by The Tamesis Trust. [10] 1871 Miranda #10 3.7 A fast steam yacht with lines that set the precedent for torpedo boats in the following years. [11 ...
The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888. Date Country Builder Location ... Steam launch: For Mr. Hale. [101]
A steam tanker for the Norwegian A/S Laboremus in Oslo. The original steam turbines were replaced with a Norwegian-built steam engine in 1927. Sold in 1933 to the Peruvian Navy and named Parinas. Scrapped in 1961. [50] 1921 Liscard: 1004 734 Two luggage boats for the Borough of Wallasey at Liverpool.
Pages in category "1888 ships" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. ... SS City of Paris (1888) City of Seattle (steam ferry) French cruiser ...
John Thornycroft entered a new field of business in 1896, when he built a steam-powered lorry for his local Chiswick Urban District, and formed the Thornycroft Steam Carriage and Wagon Company. More followed, and in 1901 he made a breakthrough by winning the War Office's competition for heavy lorries for military use. [13]
1888 Wallowa Lake, Oregon: Alton: 106808 stern launch 1891 Chicago, Illinois: 35 10.7 14 9 1894 O Altona: 106729 stern psgr 1890 Portland, Oregon 120 36.6 201 190 1899 R Altona: 107453 stern psgr 1899 Portland, Oregon 123 37.5 329 242 1907 T-AK Altoona: 200570 prop psgr 1904 Astoria, Oregon 45 13.7 13 9 1907 O Alvina: 200923 prop psgr 1904
An Escher Wyss launch of 1888 Alfred Nobel's aluminium-hulled sloop Mignon. A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design, brought into being by a local law that made it impractical to use a steam launch for private use.
The following is a list of ships that were built by Harland & Wolff, a heavy industrial company which specialises in shipbuilding and offshore construction, and is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as well as having had yards at Govan (1914–1963) and Greenock (1920–1928) in Scotland.