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Dunboyne launched by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, Whitehaven (February)
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USS Yorktown, patrol gunboat built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia for US Navy.
(28 April) (April)
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HMS Nymphe, a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop built at Portsmouth Dockyard.
(1 May) (May)
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USS Charleston – protected cruiser built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco for US Navy.
(19 July) (July)
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Takao - Unprotected cruiser built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for Imperial Japanese Navy.
(15 October) (October)
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HMS Nile, a Trafalgar-class ironclad battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.
(27 March) (March)
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In 1888, the development of the world shipbuilding industry reached a new height, countries have mastered new shipbuilding technology, many countries in Europe and the United States to imitate the ship design and craft, have copied the use of iron ships in military and war. In the same year, countries around the world launched 14 new types of ships, detailed list of record in this generator, easy to find.
In 1888, notices were issued for the latest military ships almost every month. With the random tool, we can find the ship’s launch date, detailed launch location, publisher, and full details of the launch company. The ships that passed the test were soon put to war. They had been damaged and damaged many times in the wars that followed, but they soon came to be resold or repaired again.
Click the "Display All Items" button and you will get a list of ship launches in 1888.
