List of ship launches in 1885

The list of ship launches in 1885 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1885.

26 February

 * SS Sirius (1885) 🇳🇴 Norway: Passenger/cargo ship launched by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany for Bergen Steamship Company

18 March

 * Naniwa 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

31 March

 * Katsuragi 🇯🇵 Japan: Corvette launched at Yokohama Naval Arsenal.

Exact date unknown

 * RMS Etruria 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow.
 * HMS Mersey (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Protected cruiser launched at Chatham Dockyard.

16 April

 * Formidable 🇫🇷 France: Amiral Baudin-class battleship launched at Lorient.

28 April

 * HMS Howe (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

1 May

 * Yamato 🇯🇵 Japan: Corvette launched at Onohama Naval Arsenal.

16 May

 * Takachiho 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Naniwa-class cruiser launched by W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

26 May

 * Puritan 🇺🇸 United States: Yacht launched by George Lawley & Son, Boston, Massachusetts.

Exact date unknown

 * Galatea 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Yacht launched by John Beavor-Webb.
 * Moy 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

13 June

 * Panther 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

15 June

 * HMS Benbow (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Admiral-class battleship launched by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Leamouth, Essex.

26 June

 * Infanta Isabel 🇪🇸 Spain: Launched at Cadiz.

10 September

 * Leopard 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Launched at W G Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

21 October

 * Admiral Nakhimov Russian Empire: Armoured cruiser launched at Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg.

27 October

 * HMS Hero (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Chatham Dockyard.

24 November

 * HMS Camperdown (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Battleship launched at Portsmouth Dockyard.

3 December

 * HMS Thames (1885) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

5 December

 * USS Chicago (1885) 🇺🇸 United States: Launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania.

10 December

 * Rhine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Sailing ship launched by Russel & Co, Port Glasgow.

Exact date unknown

 * Polly Woodside 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Barque launched by Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast, Ireland.

Exact date unknown

 * Bristol 🇺🇸 United States: Launched by Sam Paegnall, Charleston, South Carolina.
 * Elcano 🇪🇸 Spain: Launched at Manila for the Armada Española.
 * Multnomah 🇺🇸 United States: Paddle steamer launched at East Portland, Oregon.
 * Pioneer 🇺🇸 United States: Sloop launched at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
 * Port Victor 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Launched at Newcastle upon Tyne.
 * Rheinland 🇩🇪 Germany: Launched by H Hespe, Brake, Lower Saxony.
 * USS Stiletto (1885) 🇺🇸 United States: Launched by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island.