List of ship launches in 1878
Columns: Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type
United States | John Roach and Son | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Rio de Janeiro | Passenger ship | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Bayern | Sachsen-class ironclad | United Kingdom | Royal Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Pegasus | Doterel-class sloop | United Kingdom | Royal Dockyard | Sheerness | Gannet | Doterel-class sloop | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Nor | Vale-class gunboat | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Brage | Vale-class gunboat | Germany | A. G. Vulcan | Stettin | Württemberg | Sachsen-class ironclad