List of ship launches in 1870

The list of ship launches in 1870 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1870.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
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
27 August	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast	RMS Oceanic	ocean liner
27 September	Royal Navy	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company	Jarrow	HMS Triumph	Swiftsure-class battleship
19 December	Royal Navy	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	HMY Osborne	Royal yacht
Date unspecified	Imperial Japanese Navy	A. Hall & Co.	Aberdeen	Unyo	Gunboat

See also

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