List of ship launches in 1880

The list of ship launches in 1880 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1880.

13 January

 * Tregenna ( undefined): launched by John Readhead & Sons, South Shields for the Hain Line of St Ives, Cornwall.

26 January

 * HMS Rambler (1880) ( undefined): Algerine-class gunvessel launched by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for the Royal Navy.

24 February

 * SS Columbia (1880) (🇺🇸 united states): coastal passenger liner launched by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. She was the first commercial usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb.

9 March

 * HMS Doterel (1880) ( undefined): Doterel-class sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard.

10 March

 * HMS Ajax (1880) ( undefined): Ajax-class battleship launched at Pembroke Dockyard.

19 March

 * Name unreported ( undefined): P & O 3,000 ton steel, screw-steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers and launched at Dumbarton.

27 March

 * FRENCH BATTLESHIP Bayard (🇫🇷 France) Bayard-class battleship launched for the Marine Nationale.

9 June

 * HMS Constance (1880) ( undefined): Comus-class corvette launched at Chatham Dockyard for the Royal Navy.

25 June

 * RUSSIAN YACHT Livadia ( undefined): Imperial yacht launched by John Elder & Co, Govan for the Imperial Russian Navy.

3 August

 * HMS Espiegle (1880) ( undefined): Doterel-class sloop launched at Devonport for the Royal Navy.

25 August

 * HNOMS Ellida (🇳🇴 Norway): 1-class gunboat launched at Karljohansvern for the Kongelig Norske Marine.

28 August

 * SS Henry Chisholm (🇺🇸 United States): Steamship launched by Thomas Quayle & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Alva Bradley.

29 September

 * ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Italia (🇮🇹 Italy): Italia-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched at Castellammare Naval Shipyard for the Regia Marina.

30 September

 * DANISH IRONCLAD Tordenskjold (🇩🇰 Denmark): Barbette ironclad launched at the Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen for the Kongelige Danske Marine.

5 October

 * HMS Wasp (1880) ( undefined): Banterer-class gunboat launched by Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Royal Navy.

8 November

 * JAPANESE GUNBOAT Tsukushi ( undefined): Gunboat launched by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

4 December

 * HMS Lark (1880) ( undefined): Schooner launched by Westacott's, Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.

Exact date unknown

 *  Annie (🇺🇸 United States): Sandbagger sloop launched by David O. Richmond, Mystic, Connecticut.
 * ARA Almirante Brown ( undefined): Central-battery ironclad launched by Samuda Brothers, London for the Armada de la República Argentina.
 * Confidence (🇺🇸 United States): Paddle steamer launched by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 * Hope Haynes (🇺🇸 United States): Schooner launched at Wiscasset, Maine.
 * PS Lily ( undefined): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.
 * HMS Meda (1880) ( undefined): Schooner launched by William Westacott Ship Building Co at Barnstaple for the Royal Navy.
 * USS Montauk (SP-392) (🇺🇸 United States): Trawler launched at Kennebunk, Maine.
 * SS Newnham ( undefined): Steamship launched by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle upon Tyne for J Temperley & Co.
 * Toro Submarino (🇵🇪 Peru): Submarine for Marina de Guerra del Perú.
 * PS Violet ( undefined): Paddle steamer launched by Cammell Laird for the London and North Western Railway.