List of ship launches in 1832

The list of ship launches in 1832 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1832.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
18 January	United Kingdom	John Burdon	Sunderland	Pelion	Merchantman	For Caleb Wilson & Sons. [1]
19 January	United Kingdom	Messrs. Steels	Liverpool	Imogen	East Indiaman	For Taylor, Potter & Co. [2]
25 January	United Kingdom	Messrs. Bowes	Whitehaven	Eclipse	Schooner	For Belfast, London and Whitehaven Shipping Company. [3]
2 February	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Conway	Conway-class corvette	For Royal Navy.
4 February	United Kingdom	R. & N. Campion	Whitby	Regina	Brig	For private owner. [4]
11 February	United Kingdom	Adamson	Dundee	Zillah	West Indiaman	For George Clark. [5]
16 February	United Kingdom	Parmeter	Fareham	Ariadne	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Burrell. [6]
2 March	United Kingdom	Morton	Aberdeen	Bon Accord	Whaler	For private owner. [7]
2 March	United Kingdom	Nicol & Reid	Aberdeen	Thomas Dougall	Brig	For private owner. [7]
3 March	United Kingdom	Henry Barrick	Whitby	Corsair	Barque	For private owner. [8]
17 March	United Kingdom	G. & H. Barrick	Whitby	Columbus	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [9]
17 March	United Kingdom	Menzies & Son	Leith	Royal Adelaide	Steamship	For London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow Shipping Company. [10]
2 April	United Kingdom		Dublin	The Thomas	Barque	For Daniel Hodgens. [11]
5 April	United Kingdom	Seppings & Laing	Woolwich Dockyard	Dee	Paddle steamer	For Royal Navy. [12]
11 April	United Kingdom	Buckle & Davis	Chepstow	Reform	Brig	For private owner. [13]
16 April	United Kingdom	Roberts	Plymouth Dockyard	Rhadamanthus	Paddle sloop	For Royal Navy. [14]
16 April	United Kingdom	Wilson & Sons	Liverpool	Victory	Steamship	For Cork & Bristol Line. [15]
19 April	United Kingdom	S. &. P. Mills	Sunderland	Elizabeth	Merchantman	For private owner. [16]
23 April	United Kingdom		Carmarthen	Earl Grey	Smack	For W. Phillips. [17]
April	United Kingdom	William Potts	Sunderland	Emblem	Merchantman	For Purdy & Co. [1] [18]
April	United States		Washington Navy Yard	Experiment	Schooner	For United States Navy.
April	United Kingdom	William Bailey	Ipswich	Superb	Schooner	For John Christie & others. [19]
1 May	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Vernon	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy. [20]
2 May	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Castor	Castor-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 May	United Kingdom	Oliver Lang	Woolwich Dockyard	Royal Louisa	Model frigate	For William IV, who gave it to the King of Prussia. [21]
3 May	United Kingdom		Limehouse	Snake	Snake-class ship-sloop	For Royal Navy. [22]
14 May	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Cockatrice	Cockatrice-class schooner	For Royal Navy.
14 May	United Kingdom	Gutteridge	Selby	John	Brig	For private owner. [23]
14 May	United Kingdom	Wigram's	Blackwall	London	Merchantman	For Wigram's.
16 May	United Kingdom	Charles Connell & Sons	Belfast	Fanny	Brig	For private owner. [24]
16 May	France		Toulon	Le Bougainville	Gazelle-class brig	For French Navy. [25]
16 May	United Kingdom	Seaton	Sheerness Dockyard	Salamander	Paddle sloop	For Royal Navy. [26] [12]
31 May	United Kingdom	Witherby & Ihler	Newcastle upon Tyne	Northumbrian	Merchantman	For Flinn & Co. [27]
May	Upper Canada		Quebec	Lord Aylmer	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [28]
May	United Kingdom		Dundee	The Majestic	Merchantman	For private owner. [29]
May	United Kingdom	Peter Austin	Sunderland	Thornley	Snow	For William Speeding. [1] [30]
2 June	United Kingdom		Liverpool	The Quorra	Steamship	For Messrs. Lander. [31]
8 June	United Kingdom	Clarke & Sons	Dublin	Hibernia	Packet ship	For Grand Canal Company. [32]
13 June	United Kingdom	Wilson & Sons	Liverpool	Courier	Steamship	For St George Steam Packet Company. [33]
13 June	France		Toulon	L'Etienne Marchand	Gazelle-class brig	For French Navy. [34]
15 June	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Scout	Scout-class ship-sloop	For Roya Navy. [35]
28 June	France		Cherbourg	Le Laurier	Gazelle-class brig	For French Navy. [36]
28 June	United Kingdom	Mottershead, Heyes & Son	Liverpool	The Johnstone	West Indiaman	For Sandbach, Tinne & Co. [37]
30 June	United Kingdom	Mulvey	Chester	John Watson	Steamship	For private owner. [38]
June	United Kingdom	T. Reay	Sunderland	Angelicania	Barque	For William & Thomas Malling. [1] [16]
June	United Kingdom	Kirkbride & Co.	Sunderland	Hippogriff	Merchantman	For R. French. [1] [39]
June	Ottoman Empire		Izmit	Neiri Shevket	Ship of the line	For Ottoman Navy. [40]
13 July	United Kingdom	Metcalf & Son	South Shields	Caroline	Merchantman	For private owner. [41]
17 July	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Rover	Sloop	For Royal Navy.
21 July	United Kingdom		Limehouse	Serpent	Snake-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [42]
28 July	United Kingdom	Maudsley & Co	Westminster	Lord William Bentinck	Steamship	For British East India Company. [43]
28 July	United Kingdom		Plymouth Dockyard	Scorpion	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [44]
30 July	France		Lorient	Le Laperouse	Cygne-class brig	For French Navy. [45]
July	Colony of New Brunswick		Saint John	Elizabeth	Brig	For private owner. [46]
July	United Kingdom		Hull	Stamford	Merchantman	For Messrs. Holden, Simpson & Moats. [47]
27 August	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Andromache	Andromache-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
27 August	United Kingdom	John M. Gales	South Hylton	Mary Hudson	Merchantman	For Matthew Hudson. [1]
28 August	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Forester	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
28 August	United Kingdom	J. Steel & Co	Liverpool	Thomas Leech	Brig	For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co. [48]
August	United Kingdom	George Frater & Co	Sunderland	Manico	Snow	For H. Punton. [1] [49]
August	Netherlands		Amsterdam	Van Speyk	Merchantman	For private owner. [50]
10 September	France		Lorient	Le Cassard	Cygne-class brig	For French Navy. [51]
11 September	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Griffon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [52]
11 September	United Kingdom	Ogden and Simey	Pallion	Traveller	Merchantman	For private owner. [53]
12 September	United Kingdom	Brady	Dublin	Brilliant	Lightship	For Trinity House. [54]
12 September	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Cobrera	Merchantman	For Philip Laing. [1] [53]
13 September	Russia	Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Pallada	Frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.
25 September	United Kingdom	Seppings	Plymouth Dockyard	Phoenix	Paddle sloop	For Royal Navy. [12]
25 September	United Kingdom	Humble, Hurry & Milcrest	Liverpool	St. Patrick	Steamship	For Sir John Tobin. [55]
26 September	France		Bayonne	Le Borda	Gazelle-class brig	For French Navy. [56]
27 September	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Neptune	Caldeonia-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [57]
29 September	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Firefly	Firefly-class gunboat	For Royal Navy. [57]
29 September	United Kingdom	James Gibson	Northwich	Mariner	Mersey flat	For private owner. [58]
September	United Kingdom	J. Brunton	Sunderland	Catherine	Snow	For private owner. [1]
8 October	United Kingdom		Chatham Dockyard	Monarch	Canopus-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [57]
11 October	Netherlands		Vlissingen	Rhijn	Frigate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [59]
22 October	France		"Port-au-Bie"	Aaron Manby	Steamship	For private owner. [60]
22 October	United Kingdom		Seaham	Wansbeck	Brig	For private owner [61]
10 November	United Kingdom	Seddon and Laidley	North Birkenhead	Water-witch	Steamship	For private owner. [62]
November	United Kingdom	T. Reed	Sunderland	Elizabeth	Merchantman	For private owner. [16]
22 December	United Kingdom	Thomas Roydon & Co.	Liverpool	Frederick Hooth	Brig	For private owner. [63]
Summer	United States	Joseph Throckmorton	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Warrior	Steamboat	For Joseph Throckmorton and William Hempstead.
Autumn	Colony of New Brunswick		St. Martin's	Everina	Brig	For private owner. [64]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Active	Merchantman	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	New South Wales		Illawarra	Adelaide	Cutter	For private owner.
Unknown date	Netherlands		Rotterdam	Ajax	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [65]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Andrew Morrison	Liverpool	Alburka	Steamship	For private owner. [66]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Anne	Snow	For W. Englisn. [1] [67]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Anne	Snow	For J. Straker. [1]
Unknown date	Netherlands			Argo	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [68]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Burdon	Sunderland	Bowes	Merchantman	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Deptford	Broad Oak	Barque	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Buchanan	Merchantman	For Hunter & Elliott. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Cæsar	Merchantman	For J. Colling. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Dorothy Forster	Merchantman	For Forster & Co. [1]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Earl of Clare	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [69]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Egeria	Brig	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W. Adamson	Sunderland	Elvira	Snow	For Chicken & Co. [1]
Unknown date	New South Wales			Experiment	Horse-powered paddle boat	For Mr. Singleton.
Unknown date	Sweden			Falk	Schooner	For Royal Swedish Navy. [70]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Monkwearmouth	Fortitude	Brig	For J. Wilson. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bell	Sunderland	Gowlands	Merchantman	For Mr. Gowlands. [1]
Unknown date	Sweden			Gustaf den Store	Man of war	For Royal Swedish Navy. [70]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Ball Jr.	Salcombe	Haidee	Schooner	For William Beer, John Jordan and others. [71]
Unknown date	United States	Webb and Allen	New York	Ingham	Morris-Taney-class cutter	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Belfast	Isabella	Brig	For private owner. [72]
Unknown date	United States		Washington Navy Yard	Jackson	Morris-Taney-class cutter	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Halls	Sunderland	Jane Ayre	Snow	For Ayre & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	W. Cornforth	Sunderland	Jane and Margaret	Merchantman	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Peter Austin	Sunderland	Jane & Mary	Merchantman	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Storey	Sunderland	John & Amelia	Merchantman	For Mr. Patterson. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Halls	Sunderland	John Thompson	Merchantman	For John Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. Gales	Sunderland	Laurel	Brig	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bell	Sunderland	Lilburn	Snow	For Gray & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Ludlow	Barque	For J. Graham. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Maria	Snow	For Mr Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	H. Dobinson	Sunderland	Mayflower	Merchantman	For private owner. [1]
date	Russia		Saint Petersburg	Noli me Tempere	Ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [73]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Tiffin	Sunderland	Ocean	Merchantman	For J. Dodds. [1]
Unknown date	Netherlands		Middelburg	Prins Wilhelm Frederik Hendrik	Full-rigged ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [74]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Raby Castle	Snow	For Dixon & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Hall	Sunderland	Reward	Brig	For Parker & Co. [1]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Shannon	Schooner	For British East India Company. [69]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Shannon	Snow	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Sun	Snow	For White & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Sunderland	Merchantman	For Andrew White. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Gales	Sunderland	Suphenius	Snow	For William Gales. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Tiffin	Sunderland	Themis	Merchantman	For I. Tiffin. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Thomas Kennison	Snow	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Tyneside	Snow	For T. Blackett, or Blackett, Forster & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Tyrer	Full-rigged ship	For Tyrer & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Useful	Brig	For Mr. Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	France		Dunkerque	Urania	Full-rigged ship	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [75]
Unknown date	France		Dunkerque	Van Speyk	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [76]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Potts	Sunderland	Vesper	Snow	For H. Hutton & Co. [1]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Viatic	Snow	For private owner. [77]
Unknown date	United States	Webb and Allen	New York	Washington	Morris-Taney-class cutter	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	United States		Otter Creek, Vermont	Water Witch	Steamboat	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Brown and Bell	New York	Wave	Schooner	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		King's Lynn	Westmoreland	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Burma			Woodlark	Barque	For private owner.

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