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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.
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.
The exploits of Miranda gave rise to further orders of similar vessels, including Gitana, built in 1876 and capable of 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph), which was an astonishing speed at the time. Besides the yacht sales, Thornycroft found an even more lucrative business building torpedo boats .
The 1888 shipping season opened on October 29, when Occident came up to Salem from Portland in just 12 hours, including time waiting to transit the locks at Oregon City for two other boats to pass. [ 5 ]
In 1888, a serious accident occurred while Herreshoff was supervising speed trials of a 138-foot (42 m), 875-horsepower (652 kW) steamboat named Say When. After a safety valve opened to release over-pressure, Herreshoff closed it so the boat could achieve its anticipated maximum speed. But a boiler exploded, fatally injuring a member of the crew.
In January 1893 J.C. Bindon, of Te Horeke, won a £300 per annum Government mail-carrying contract for a steam launch (Te Aroha) on Hokianga harbour. [645] She was sold to Devonport Steam Ferry Company Limited in 1896 and to T.E. Hallett, Auckland in 1907. [643] On 1 April 1907 she leaked and sank off Peach Cove, Bream Head on her way to ...