List of ship launches in 1832

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

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
18 January	Pelion	Merchantman	John Burdon	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Caleb Wilson & Sons. [1]
19 January	Imogen	East Indiaman	Messrs. Steels	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Taylor, Potter & Co. [2]
25 January	Eclipse	Schooner	Messrs. Bowes	Whitehaven	United Kingdom	For Belfast, London and Whitehaven Shipping Company. [3]
2 February	Conway	Conway-class corvette		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
4 February	Regina	Brig	R. & N. Campion	Whitby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [4]
11 February	Zillah	West Indiaman	Adamson	Dundee	United Kingdom	For George Clark. [5]
16 February	Ariadne	Full-rigged ship	Parmeter	Fareham	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Burrell. [6]
2 March	Bon Accord	Whaler	Morton	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For private owner. [7]
2 March	Thomas Dougall	Brig	Nicol & Reid	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For private owner. [7]
3 March	Corsair	Barque	Henry Barrick	Whitby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [8]
17 March	Columbus	Full-rigged ship	G. & H. Barrick	Whitby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [9]
17 March	Royal Adelaide	Steamship	Menzies & Son	Leith	United Kingdom	For London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow Shipping Company. [10]
2 April	The Thomas	Barque		Dublin	United Kingdom	For Daniel Hodgens. [11]
5 April	Dee	Paddle steamer	Seppings & Laing	Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [12]
11 April	Reform	Brig	Buckle & Davis	Chepstow	United Kingdom	For private owner. [13]
16 April	Rhadamanthus	Paddle sloop	Roberts	Plymouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [14]
16 April	Victory	Steamship	Wilson & Sons	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Cork & Bristol Line. [15]
19 April	Elizabeth	Merchantman	S. &. P. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [16]
23 April	Earl Grey	Smack		Carmarthen	United Kingdom	For W. Phillips. [17]
April	Emblem	Merchantman	William Potts	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Purdy & Co. [1] [18]
April	Experiment	Schooner		Washington Navy Yard	United States	For United States Navy.
April	Superb	Schooner	William Bailey	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For John Christie & others. [19]
1 May	Vernon	Fourth rate		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [20]
2 May	Castor	Castor-class frigate		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
2 May	Royal Louisa	Model frigate	Oliver Lang	Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For William IV, who gave it to the King of Prussia. [21]
3 May	Snake	Snake-class ship-sloop		Limehouse	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [22]
14 May	Cockatrice	Cockatrice-class schooner		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
14 May	John	Brig	Gutteridge	Selby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [23]
14 May	London	Merchantman	Wigram's	Blackwall	United Kingdom	For Wigram's.
16 May	Fanny	Brig	Charles Connell & Sons	Belfast	United Kingdom	For private owner. [24]
16 May	Bougainville	Gazelle-class brig		Toulon	France	For French Navy. [25]
16 May	Salamander	Paddle sloop	Seaton	Sheerness Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [26] [12]
31 May	Northumbrian	Merchantman	Witherby & Ihler	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For Flinn & Co. [27]
May	Lord Aylmer	Full-rigged ship		Quebec	Upper Canada	For private owner. [28]
May	The Majestic	Merchantman		Dundee	United Kingdom	For private owner. [29]
May	Thornley	Snow	Peter Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William Speeding. [1] [30]
2 June	The Quorra	Steamship		Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Lander. [31]
8 June	Hibernia	Packet ship	Clarke & Sons	Dublin	United Kingdom	For Grand Canal Company. [32]
13 June	Courier	Steamship	Wilson & Sons	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For St George Steam Packet Company. [33]
13 June	Etienne Marchand	Gazelle-class brig		Toulon	France	For French Navy. [34]
15 June	Scout	Scout-class ship-sloop		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Roya Navy. [35]
28 June	Laurier	Gazelle-class brig		Cherbourg	France	For French Navy. [36]
28 June	The Johnstone	West Indiaman	Mottershead, Heyes & Son	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Sandbach, Tinne & Co. [37]
30 June	John Watson	Steamship	Mulvey	Chester	United Kingdom	For private owner. [38]
June	Angelicania	Barque	T. Reay	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William & Thomas Malling. [1] [16]
June	Hippogriff	Merchantman	Kirkbride & Co.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For R. French. [1] [39]
June	Neiri Shevket	Ship of the line		Izmit	Ottoman Empire	For Ottoman Navy. [40]
13 July	Caroline	Merchantman	Metcalf & Son	South Shields	United Kingdom	For private owner. [41]
17 July	Rover	Sloop		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
18 July	Uranie	Fourth rate	Louis Charles Antoine Barraillier	Toulon	France	For French Navy.
21 July	Serpent	Snake-class brig-sloop		Limehouse	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [42]
28 July	Lord William Bentinck	Steamship	Maudsley & Co	Westminster	United Kingdom	For British East India Company. [43]
28 July	Scorpion	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Plymouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [44]
30 July	Laperouse	Cygne-class brig		Lorient	France	For French Navy. [45]
July	Elizabeth	Brig		Saint John	Colony of New Brunswick	For private owner. [46]
July	Stamford	Merchantman		Hull	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Holden, Simpson & Moats. [47]
27 August	Andromache	Andromache-class frigate		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
27 August	Mary Hudson	Merchantman	John M. Gales	South Hylton	United Kingdom	For Matthew Hudson. [1]
28 August	Forester	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
28 August	Thomas Leech	Brig	J. Steel & Co	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co. [48]
August	Manico	Snow	George Frater & Co	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For H. Punton. [1] [49]
August	Van Speyk	Merchantman		Amsterdam	Netherlands	For private owner. [50]
10 September	Cassard	Cygne-class brig		Lorient	France	For French Navy. [51]
11 September	Griffon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [52]
11 September	Traveller	Merchantman	Ogden and Simey	Pallion	United Kingdom	For private owner. [53]
12 September	Brilliant	Lightship	Brady	Dublin	United Kingdom	For Trinity House. [54]
12 September	Cobrera	Merchantman	Philip Laing	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Philip Laing. [1] [53]
13 September	Pallada	Frigate	Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy.
25 September	Phoenix	Paddle sloop	Seppings	Plymouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [12]
25 September	St. Patrick	Steamship	Humble, Hurry & Milcrest	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Sir John Tobin. [55]
26 September	Borda	Gazelle-class brig		Bayonne	France	For French Navy. [56]
27 September	Neptune	Caldeonia-class ship of the line		Portsmouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [57]
29 September	Firefly	Firefly-class gunboat		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [57]
29 September	Mariner	Mersey flat	James Gibson	Northwich	United Kingdom	For private owner. [58]
September	Catherine	Snow	J. Brunton	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
8 October	Monarch	Canopus-class ship of the line		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [57]
11 October	Rhijn	Frigate		Vlissingen	Netherlands	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [59]
22 October	Aaron Manby	Steamship		"Port-au-Bie"	France	For private owner. [60]
22 October	Wansbeck	Brig		Seaham	United Kingdom	For private owner [61]
10 November	Water-witch	Steamship	Seddon and Laidley	North Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For private owner. [62]
November	Elizabeth	Merchantman	T. Reed	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [16]
22 December	Frederick Hooth	Brig	Thomas Roydon & Co.	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner. [63]
Summer	Warrior	Steamboat	Joseph Throckmorton	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	United States	For Joseph Throckmorton and William Hempstead.
Autumn	Everina	Brig		St. Martin's	Colony of New Brunswick	For private owner. [64]
Unknown date	Active	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Adelaide	Cutter		Illawarra	New South Wales	For private owner.
Unknown date	Ajax	Sixth rate		Rotterdam	Netherlands	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [65]
Unknown date	Alburka	Steamship	Andrew Morrison	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner. [66]
Unknown date	Anne	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For W. Englisn. [1] [67]
Unknown date	Anne	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Straker. [1]
Unknown date	Argo	Sixth rate			Netherlands	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [68]
Unknown date	Bowes	Merchantman	J. Burdon	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Broad Oak	Barque		Deptford	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Buchanan	Merchantman	William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hunter & Elliott. [1]
Unknown date	Cæsar	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Colling. [1]
Unknown date	Dorothy Forster	Merchantman	Philip Laing	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Forster & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Earl of Clare	Full-rigged ship		Bombay	India	For private owner. [69]
Unknown date	Egeria	Brig	William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Elvira	Snow	W. Adamson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Chicken & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Experiment	Horse-powered paddle boat			New South Wales	For Mr. Singleton.
Unknown date	Falk	Schooner			Sweden	For Royal Swedish Navy. [70]
Unknown date	Fortitude	Brig		Monkwearmouth	United Kingdom	For J. Wilson. [1]
Unknown date	Gowlands	Merchantman	J. Bell	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Gowlands. [1]
Unknown date	Gustaf den Store	Man of war			Sweden	For Royal Swedish Navy. [70]
Unknown date	Haidee	Schooner	John Ball Jr.	Salcombe	United Kingdom	For William Beer, John Jordan and others. [71]
Unknown date	Ingham	Morris-Taney-class cutter	Webb and Allen	New York	United States	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	Isabella	Brig		Belfast	United Kingdom	For private owner. [72]
Unknown date	Jackson	Morris-Taney-class cutter		Washington Navy Yard	United States	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	Jane Ayre	Snow	Halls	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ayre & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Jane and Margaret	Merchantman	W. Cornforth	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Jane & Mary	Merchantman	Peter Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	John & Amelia	Merchantman	J. Storey	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Patterson. [1]
Unknown date	John Thompson	Merchantman	Halls	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	Laurel	Brig	John M. Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Lilburn	Snow	J. Bell	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Gray & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Ludlow	Barque		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Graham. [1]
Unknown date	Maria	Snow	William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	Mayflower	Merchantman	H. Dobinson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Myrtle	Schooner	William Bonker	Salcombe	United Kingdom	For Weymouth & Co. [73]
date	Noli me Tempere	Ship of the line		Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [74]
Unknown date	Ocean	Merchantman	Tiffin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Dodds. [1]
Unknown date	Prins Wilhelm Frederik Hendrik	Full-rigged ship		Middelburg	Netherlands	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [75]
Unknown date	Raby Castle	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Dixon & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Reward	Brig	J. Hall	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Parker & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Royal William	Paddle steamer		Pictou	Upper Canada	For private owner. [76]
Unknown date	Shannon	Schooner		Bombay	India	For British East India Company. [69]
Unknown date	Shannon	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Sun	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For White & Co.
Unknown date	Sunderland	Merchantman	William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Andrew White. [1]
Unknown date	Suphenius	Snow	William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William Gales. [1]
Unknown date	Themis	Merchantman	Tiffin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For I. Tiffin. [1]
Unknown date	Thomas Kennison	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
Unknown date	Tyneside	Snow	Philip Laing	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. Blackett, or Blackett, Forster & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Tyrer	Full-rigged ship		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Tyrer & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Useful	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Thompson. [1]
Unknown date	Urania	Full-rigged ship		Dunkerque	France	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [77]
Unknown date	Van Speyk	Sixth rate		Dunkerque	France	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [78]
Unknown date	Vesper	Snow	William Potts	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For H. Hutton & Co. [1]
Unknown date	Viatic	Snow			United Kingdom	For private owner. [79]
Unknown date	Washington	Morris-Taney-class cutter	Webb and Allen	New York	United States	For United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Unknown date	Water Witch	Steamboat		Otter Creek, Vermont	United States	For private owner.
Unknown date	Wave	Schooner	Brown and Bell	New York	United Kingdom	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	Westmoreland	Merchantman		King's Lynn	United Kingdom	For private owner.
Unknown date	Woodlark	Barque			Burma	For private owner.

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