List of ship launches in 1872

The list of ship launches in 1872 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1872.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
7 February  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Swinger Ariel-class gunboat For Royal Navy
10 February New Zealand Sparrow and Thomas Dunedin Jane Williams Passenger and cargo ship
24 February Netherlands Fijenoord Rotterdam Batavier II Steam paddle ship For NSBM line to London[1]
12 March  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Rupert Battleship For Royal Navy
24 April  France Le Havre Belgrano Sail and steam liner For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis[2]
7 May  France Brest La Galissonnière Ironclad For French Navy
12 June  United Kingdom Wigham Richardson Newcastle upon Tyne Sud America Ocean liner For Lavarello Fratelli Fu G.B.
18 June  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Celtic Paddle Steamer For White Star Line
25 June  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Thunderer Devastation-class battleship For Royal Navy
15 August  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Passenger ship For American Line
27 August  Russia Admiralty Yard Saint Petersburg Petr Veliky Ironclad For Imperial Russian Navy
21 September  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Gaelic Passenger and cargo ship For White Star Line
13 October  Austria-Hungary Újpesti Shipyard Budapest Leitha Monitor For Austro-Hungarian Navy
30 October  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ohio Passenger ship For American Line
5 December New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Sandfly Schooner For Royal Navy
12 December  Denmark Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Odin Ironclad For Royal Danish Navy
18 December  United Kingdom Caird & Company Greenock Bokhara Passenger ship For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
26 December  France Arsenal de Cherbourg Cherbourg Suffren Océan-class ironclad For French Navy
December New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Beagle Beagle-class schooner for Royal Navy
Unknown date  Germany Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Hansa Ironclad For Kaiserliche Marine
Unknown date  Norway Jørgensen & Knudsen Drammen Hekla Barque For S S Svendsen
Unknown date New South Wales Thomas Davis Terrigal Advance Schooner For Cairncross & Rooke
Unknown date New South Wales John Cuthbert Millers Point Ethel Yacht
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Antenor Cargo ship For Ocean Steam Ship Company
Unknown date  United Kingdom Dumbarton Georgette Collier
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cowes Harrier Schooner
Unknown date  United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Iron Mountain Stern-wheeler For Mound City Ice Company
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Elder & Company Glasgow Koning der Nederlanden Passenger ship For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland
Unknown date  Germany Caird & Company Greenock Mosel Mail steamer [3]
Unknown date  United States Trenton, Michigan Noquebay Schooner For T H Madden
Unknown date  United Kingdom R & J Evans & Co Liverpool Rímac Cargo ship For Compagñía Sudamericana de Vapores
Unknown date  Norway Horten Navy Yard Horten Thor Thor-class monitor For Royal Norwegian Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Traffic Tender For White Star Line
Unknown date  Germany Bremerhaven Vega Barque
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. "Gemengd Nieus". Het nieuws van den dag. 27 February 1872.
  2. Bref historique de la Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis
  3. "A Steamer Grounded Off The Lizard". The Cornishman (213). 10 August 1882. p. 5.
Ship events in 1872
Ship launches: 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
Ship commissionings: 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
Ship decommissionings: 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
Shipwrecks: 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
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