List of ship launches in 1827

The list of ship launches in 1827 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1827.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
2 January	United Kingdom	Nichol, Reid & Co.	Aberdeen	Dauntless	Schooner	For private owner. [1]
9 January	United Kingdom		Deptford Dockyard	Carron	Alban-class paddle steamer	For Royal Navy. [2]
27 January	United Kingdom	George Stringer & Co.	Northwich	Thorn	Mersey flat	For private owner. [3]
30 January	United Kingdom	Graham	Harwich	Crusader	Steamship	For Post Office Packet Service. [4]
30 January	United Kingdom	Nicol, Reid & Co.	Aberdeen	Duke of Gordon	Packet ship	For private owner. [5]
30 January	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Sapphire	Sapphire-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [6]
January	United Kingdom	G. Gowland	Sunderland	Stansfield	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
11 February	France		Lorient	L'Actéon	Cygne-class Brig	For French Navy. [8]
12 February	France		Toulon	L'Adonis	Cygne-class brig	For French Navy. [9]
12 February	France		Toulon	L'Aventure	Gazelle-class schooner	For French Navy. [10]
24 February	United Kingdom	Wake & Sissons	Hull	Unnamed	Diving support vessel	For Hull Dock Company. [11]
27 February	United Kingdom	Anderson	Leith	Gledstanes	West Indiaman	For private owner. [12]
28 February	United Kingdom	Menzies & Sons	Leith	Margaret	Schooner	For private owner. [13]
February	United Kingdom	W. Sanderson	Sunderland	Abdiel	Brig	For J. Riden. [7]
February	United Kingdom		Bideford	Echo	Merchantman	For private owner. [14]
February	United Kingdom	J. Storey	Sunderland	John & Mary	Merchantman	For J. Storey. [7] [15]
February	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Vesta	Merchantman	For George Thompson. [7] [16]
February	United Kingdom			Wye	Sloop	For private owner. [17]
4 March	France		Lyons	Chalonaise	Steamboat	For Gaillard et Cie. [18]
4 March	United Kingdom		Lyons	Lyonnaise	Steamboat	For Gaillard et Cie. [18]
8 March	United States		Norfolk Naval Shipyard	Natchez	Lexington-class sloop	For United States Navy. [19]
14 March	United Kingdom	S. S. Walton	Hull	Rhine	Brig	For Depledge, Fressick & Co. [20]
15 March	United Kingdom	Lomax and Wilson	Tranmer	Ripleys	Brig	For Thomas and Henry Ripley. [21]
27 March	United Kingdom	Anderson	Leith	Albion	Sloop	For private owner. [22]
28 March	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Confiance	Alban-class paddle steamer	For Royal Navy. [23]
30 March	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Cerberus	Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [24]
March	Netherlands	Smit	Alblasserdam	Agrippina	Paddle steamer	For Preußisch-Rheinische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft.
March	United Kingdom		Hull	Jane	Schooner	For private owner. [25]
9 April	United Kingdom	Rose & Son	Leith	Mermaid	Sloop	For private owner. [26]
11 April	United Kingdom	MacNelland and Mustard	Alloa	William and Ann	Brig	For private owner. [27]
12 April	United Kingdom	Duffus & Co.	Aberdeen	Queen of Scotland	Paddle steamer	For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company.
13 April	United Kingdom	Rose & Son	Leith	John and Margaret	Schooner	For William Ross. [28]
13 April	United Kingdom	Sime	Leith	Minx	Brig	For private owner. [28]
16 April	Russia	S. O. Burachek	Astrakhan	Erivan	Erivan-class brig	For Imperial Russian Navy. [29]
April	Colony of New Brunswick		Saint John	Henry	Brig	For private owner. [30]
1 May	United Kingdom	G. Hilhouse & Co.	Bristol	City of Bristol	Steamship	For private owner. [31]
3 May	France		Toulon	Iphigénie	Frigate	For French Navy.
10 May	United Kingdom	William Bayley	Ipswich	Flora	Schooner	For John Roberts. [32]
10 May	Austrian Empire		Venice	Rashid	Fourth rate	For Egyptian Navy. [33]
12 May	United Kingdom	Bland and Chaloner	Liverpool	Nandi	Full-rigged ship	For W. F. Potter. [34]
15 May	United Kingdom	G. W. Porritt	Scarborough	Pomona	Merchantman	For Charles Reed and Mark Whitwell. [35]
19 May	Colony of New Brunswick	John Richard Portelos	Lincoln	Protector	Barque	For private owner.
26 May	United Kingdom	Joseph White	Cowes	Therese	Yacht	For private owner. [36]
27 May	Russia	S. O. Burachek	Astrakhan	Sardar Abad	Erivan-class brig	For Imperial Russian Navy. [37]
27 May	Russia	S. O. Burachek	Astrakhan	Tavriz	Erivan-class brig	For Imperial Russian Navy. [38]
28 May	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Echo	Alban-class paddle steamer	For Royal Navy. [39]
11 June	United Kingdom	John Thomas	Llanelly	John and Mary	Brig	For private owner. [40]
14 June	United Kingdom	William Bayley	Ipswich	Emily	Schooner	For private owner. [41]
25 June	France		Rochefort	Le Hussard	Cygne-class brig	For French Navy. [42]
26 June	United Kingdom	Gleadow	Hull	Dapper	Brig	For private owner. [43]
June	Netherlands		Boom	Hercules	Paddle tug	For Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij.
12 July	United Kingdom		Northam	Edith	Schooner	For Mr. Oake. [44]
18 July	United Kingdom	William Bayley	Ipswich	Charlotte	Smack	For private owner. [45]
19 July	Portugal		Lisbon	Don Pedro	Brig of war	For Portuguese Navy. [46]
25 July	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Clarence	Canopus-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
25 July	United Kingdom	Duthie	Aberdeen	Earl of Erroll	Brig	For private owner. [47]
25 July	United Kingdom	Thornton	Aberdeen	Garland	Schooner	For private owner. [47]
July	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Aquila	Schooner	For Craig & Co. [7] [16]
July	United Kingdom	Wilkinson	Sunderland	Canning	Brig	For private owner. [7] [48]
July	United Kingdom			Melby	Brig	For Mr. Scott. [49]
9 August	United Kingdom	Longburn & Co.	Whitby	Admiral Moorsom	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [50]
9 August	United Kingdom	Roberts	Milford Haven	Pomona	Schooner	For private owner. [51]
10 August	United Kingdom	William Blair	Arbroath	Williams	Schooner	For private owner. [52]
16 August	Russia	S. O. Burachek	Astrakhan	Abbas Abad	Erivan-class brig	For Imperial Russian Navy. [53]
20 August	United Kingdom		Cowes	Stag	Cutter	For Board of Customs. [54]
23 August	United Kingdom		Northam	Champion	Schooner	For private owner. [54]
23 August	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Childers	Snake-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [55]
25 August	United Kingdom	Bolton & Humphrey	Hull	Gypsy	Brig	For private owner. [56]
August	United Kingdom			Charles	Ballast lighter	For private owner. [57]
August	Netherlands	L. Smit en Zoon	Nieuw-Lekkerland	De Batavier	Paddle steamer	For Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij.
August	Austrian Empire		Venice	Medea	Fifth Rate	For Austrian Navy. [58] [59]
August	Netherlands	Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij	Ijsselmonde	Stadt Frankfurt	Paddle steamer	For Dampfschiffarts-Gesellschaft von Rhein und Main.
21 September	United Kingdom	McClellan	Kelton	William and Mary	Sloop	For William Turner. [60]
22 September	United Kingdom		Plymouth Dockyard	Circe	Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [61]
22 September	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Royal George	Caledonia-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
24 September	United Kingdom	Gibson	Hull	Thetis	East Indiaman	For private owner. [62]
September	United Kingdom			Four Brothers	Steamship	For private owner. [63]
5 October	France		Bayonne	La Badine	Gazelle-class schooner	For French Navy. [64]
5 October	United Kingdom	L. Rose & Son	Leith	Thistle	Smack	For private owner. [65]
6 October	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Pigeon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
6 OCtober	United Kingdom	William Roberts	Hubberston Pill	Resina	Schooner	For private owner. [66]
6 October	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Spey	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
6 October	United Kingdom	William Roberts	Hubberston Pill	United Friends	Smack	For private owner. [66]
6 October	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Variable	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [67]
15 October	United Kingdom	Benson	Doncaster	George and John	Merchantman	For George Hastings. [68]
22 October	United Kingdom	J. and R. Fisher	Liverpool	Lady Rowena	Passenger ship	For Mr. Lodge. [69] [70]
27 October	United Kingdom		Rochefort	Le Voltigeur	Cygne-class brig	For French Navy. [71]
October	United Kingdom			George Canning	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [72]
October	Unknown			James	Brig	For private owner. [73]
3 November	United States		Boston Navy Yard	Falmouth	Sloop of war	For United States Navy.
3 November	United Kingdom	Thames Shipbuilding Co.	Deptford	Reliance	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [74]
November	United Kingdom	John M. Gales	Sunderland	Ada Bella or Adahbella	Snow	For private owner. [7] [16]
November	France		Marseille	Al-Buhayra	Fourth rate	For Egyptian Navy. [75]
November	Upper Canada		Gaspé	Annabella	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [76]
19 December	United Kingdom	Syme & Rankin	Leith	Delta	Brig	For Syme & Rankin. [77]
20 December	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Africaine	Seringapatam-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [78]
Autumn	Unknown			Jane	Brigantine	For private owner. [79]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James Leithead	Sunderland	Acorn	Snow	For Wilkinson & Co. [7] [80]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Adahlina or Adahline	Snow	For William Gales. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Adams	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Amelia	Schooner	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	United States		Maine	Brunswick	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	India		Nursapore	Caroline	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James Leithead	Sunderland	Catherine & Hannah	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Cheviot	Merchantman	For Philip Laing. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Content	Merchantman	For John M. & William Gales. [7] [16]
Unknown date	India		Bombay Dockyard	Coote	Sloop-of-war	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. & J. Brocklebank	Whitehaven	Countess of Lonsdale	Paddle steamer	For T. & J. Brocklebank. [81]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Courier	Schooner	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Crown	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	India	C. C. Poney Guizelar	Cochin	Cumberland	Merchantman	For Steele, Lambden & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Curlew	Merchantman	For private owner [7]
Unknown date	India	John Gilmore & Co.	Sulkea	Cygnet	Barque	For private owner.
Unknown date	Netherlands		Rotterdam	Echo	Full-rigged ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [82]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Eclipse	Schooner	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Gemlik	Fethiye	Second rate	For Ottoman Navy. [83]
Unknown date	United States		Massachusetts	Governor Fenner	Merchantman	For private owner. [84]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. Ogden	Sunderland	Hawthorn	Snow	For T. Ogden. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Henry	Merchantman	For Laing & Christie. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. Barrick	Whitby	Isabella	Barque	For Nelson & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Dryden	Sunderland	John & Ann	Merchantman	For Mr. Collingwood. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Kirkbride & Co.	Sunderland	Justinian	Snow	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Latona	Merchantman	For William Gales. [7]
Unknown date	Netherlands			Leije	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [85]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. and William Gales	Sunderland	Liddell	Merchantman	For R. Scurfield. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Lord Farnham	Merchantman	For John White. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Mary Hall	Schooner	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Matilda	Snow	For private owner. [7]
Unknown date	Netherlands			Medusa	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [86]
Unknown date	Cook Islands	John Williams	Rarotonga	Messenger of Peace	Schooner	For London Missionary Society.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Ball Jr.	Salcombe	Nadir	Schooner	For John Ball. [87]
Unknown date	Netherlands		Vlissingen	Nehalennia	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [88]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James Leithead	Sunderland	Oak	Merchantman	For Dawson & Co. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Oculus	Snow	For John M. & William Gales. [7]
Unknown date	Netherlands	"Netherlands Steam-packet Company"		Orestes	Steamship	For Dutch Government. [89]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Frederick Baddeley	Brixham	Philemon	Schooner	For Frederick & John Baddeley. [90]
Unknown date	Netherlands	"Netherlands Steam-packet Company"		Pylades	Steamship	For Dutch Government. [89]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Wilkinson	Sunderland	Rainbow	Brig	For P. Austin. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Fletcher	Limehouse	Thames	Steamship	For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	William	Merchantman	For Mr. Rann. [7]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	William & Isabella	Snow	For private owner. [7]

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