The list of ship launches in 1834 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1834.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 January | Menzies & Son | Leith | Camilla | Schooner | For Old Shipping Company. [1] | |
| 11 January | Perkins | Newport | Psyche | Barque | For Messrs. Drews. [2] | |
| 14 January | Steele | Greenock | James Brown | Barque | For private owner. [3] | |
| 17 January | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Margaret Graham | Barque | For private owner. [3] | |
| 25 January | Thomas Royden & Co. | Liverpool | Agnes | Barque | For John Wright Jr. [4] | |
| 30 January | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Kirkman Finlay | Merchantman | For private owner. [5] | |
| 30 January | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | Peri | Schooner | For Richard Lindon and others. [6] | |
| January | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | Black Nymph | Barque | For private owner. [7] [8] | |
| January | Kirkbride & Co | Sunderland | Swallow | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson. [7] [9] | |
| 24 February | G. H. Anderson | Leith | Calypso | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [10] | |
| 24 February | James Leithead | Sunderland | William Metcalf | Full-rigged ship | For H. Metcalf. [7] [11] | |
| 25 February | Smith | Gainsborough | Dauntless | Chinaman | For private owner. [12] | |
| 25 February | Seddon & Laidlaw | Liverpool | Newcastle | Steamship | For private owner. [13] | |
| 26 February | Edward Gibson | Hull | Albatross | Steamship | For private owner. [14] | |
| 27 February | Taylor | Woodbridge | Alarm | Schooner | For private owner. [15] | |
| 27 February | Pembroke Dockyard | Sinbad | Lighter | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 27 February | Fernie & Ord | Limehouse | Unnamed | Steamship | For Royal Neapolitan Navy. [16] | |
| February | James Johnson | Sunderland | George Lockwood | Merchantman | For G. Eastill. [7] | |
| 4 March | Killaloe | Lady Lansdowne | Steamship | For private owner. [17] | ||
| 11 March | John Young | Newport | Commodore | Schooner | For Mesrs. Pope & Co. [18] | |
| 11 March | James Howard | Mistley | Countess Wilton | Schooner | For private owner. [19] | |
| 13 March | McGhie & Hawkes | Rotherhithe | City of Hamburgh | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company. [20] | |
| 20 March | Newcastle upon Tyne | Frolick | Merchantman | For private owner. [21] | ||
| 25 March | Portsmouth Dockyard | Buzzard | Cherokee-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. [22] [23] | ||
| 25 March | Portsmouth Dockyard | Drake | Lighter | For Royal Navy. [24] | ||
| 26 March | Anne Françoise Joseph Besuchet | Cherbourg | Belle Poule | Surveillante-class frigate | For French Navy. [25] | |
| 26 March | Woolwich Dockyard | Spitfire | Firefly-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. [26] | ||
| 27 March | Dikes & Gibson | Hull | Canton | Schooner | For private owner. [27] | |
| 27 March | | Bombay Dockyard | Mahi | Schooner | For British East India Company. | |
| March | T. Rowntree | Sunderland | Messenger | Merchantman | For R. Danson. [7] | |
| March | George Frater & Co | Sunderland | Vigilant | Merchantman | For Hunter & Co. [7] [28] | |
| 2 April | Henry Barrick | Whitby | Hindoo | Barque | For private owner. [29] | |
| 10 April | Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Alexander Baring | East Indiaman | For Baring & Co. [30] | |
| 10 April | Messrs. Wallace | Blackwall | Fame | Steamship | For Old Margate and Gravesend Steam Packet Company. [30] | |
| 10 April | Curling & Young | Limehouse | Star | Steamship | For New Gravesend Steam Packet Company. [30] | |
| 23 April | William Roberts | Milford Haven | Pomona | Schooner | For private owner. [31] | |
| 24 April | Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Malabar | East Indiaman | For Baring Bros. [32] | |
| April | Kirkbride & Partners | Sunderland | Alderman | Brig | For private owner. [7] [9] | |
| April | Emerald | Steamship | For Gravesend and Milton Steam Packet Company. [30] | |||
| April | Mulvey | Chester | The George | Steamship | For private owner. [33] | |
| April | J. Storey | Sunderland | Thomas & Margaret | Merchantman | For private owner. [7] [34] | |
| 3 May | Southampton | Charlotte | Yacht | For Mr. Powell. [35] | ||
| 3 May | Robert Napier & Co. | Glasgow | Queen of the Isle | Paddle steamer | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. | |
| 13 May | John Fincham | Virginia Water | Royal Adelaide | Royal yacht | For William IV. [36] | |
| 15 May | Christopher | Southwold | Emma | Merchantman | For private owner. [37] | |
| 23 May | Preston | The Enterprise | Paddle steamer | For Preston, Lytham, and Southport Steam Navigation Company. [38] [39] | ||
| 24 May | Wilson & Sons | Liverpool | Euphrates | Chinaman | For Messrs. McCracken, Jamieson & Co. [40] | |
| 24 May | Humphrey & Co. | Hull | Favourite | East Indiaman | For Messrs. Humphrey & Co. [41] | |
| 24 May | James Gordon | Liverpool | John McAdam | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Gibb. [42] | |
| 24 May | William Dickinson & Co. | Liverpool | Liverpool | Pilot boat | For private owner. [40] | |
| 26 May | Adamson | Grangemouth | Antilles | Barque | For Messrs. McCunn. [43] | |
| May | Chatham Dockyard | Blazer | Tartarus-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. [44] | ||
| May | William Gales | Sunderland | Eucles | Barque | For William Gales. [7] | |
| 7 June | Fetcher & Fearnall | Limehouse | Nile | Frigate | For Egyptian Navy. [45] [46] [47] | |
| 13 June | Peterhead | Floreville | Brig | For private owner. [48] | ||
| 6 June | Peterhead | Active | Brig | For private owner. [48] | ||
| 21 June | Woodside | The Ann | Steamship | For private owner. [49] | ||
| 23 June | W. Cornforth | Deptford | Amphritrite | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [7] [50] | |
| 23 June | William Brook | Bideford | Quicksilver | Schooner | For private owner. [51] | |
| 23 June | Pembroke Dockyard | Tartarus | Tartarus-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 24 June | Fishbourne | Mischief | Brigantine | For James Lyon. [52] | ||
| 8 July | Philip Laing | Sunderland | Duchess of Northumberland | Full-rigged ship | For Parking & Co. [7] [53] | |
| 8 July | Mottershead, Heyes & Son | Liverpool | Otterspool | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co. [54] | |
| 9 July | Lisbon | 8th of July | Corvette | For Portuguese Navy. [55] | ||
| 21 July | Ogden & Simey | Sunderland | Mary Ann | Barque | For G. Sparks. [7] | |
| 21 July | Devonport Dockyard | Pique | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 21 July | J. Carr | Sunderland | Saint George | Barque | For Crawford & Co. [7] | |
| 22 July | J. Leithead | Sunderland | Boadicia | Barque | For Faucus & Co. [7] | |
| 24 July | Adamson & Co. | Sunderland | Senator | Barque | For Mr. Adamson. [7] | |
| 29 July | Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Earl Grey | Brig | For private owner. [56] | |
| 29 July | K. Wood & Sons | Maryport | Eliza Heywood | Merchantman | For private owner. [56] | |
| July | location | Ant | Lighter | For Royal Navy. [24] | ||
| July | | Richibucto | Carleton | Barque | For private owner. [57] | |
| July | J. Storey | Sunderland | Governor | Barque | For Storey & Co. [7] | |
| July | Austin | Sunderland | Nautilus | Snow | For G. Prest. [7] | |
| July | John Gales | Sunderland | Socrates | Snow | For J. Gales. [7] | |
| 4 August | George Frater & Co. | Sunderland | George Marsden | Barque | For H. Panton [7] [28] | |
| 5 August | Tindall | Scarborough | Aggripina | East Indiaman | For Messrs. Tindall & Brown. [58] | |
| 6 August | Leithead | Sunderland | Syria | Barque | For Woods & Co. [7] | |
| 7 August | James Johnson | Sunderland | Jane White | Merchantman | For Mr Thompson. [7] [9] | |
| 6 August | William Potts | Sunderland | Curlew | Snow | For William Potts. [7] | |
| 11 August | The Irishman | Steamship | For private owner. [59] | |||
| 16 August | Dover | Shakespeare | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [60] | ||
| 20 August | Whitehaven | John Dugdale | Full-rigged ship | For Little, Dugdale & Crossley. [61] | ||
| August | | Elizabeth Holderness | Barque | For private owner. [62] | ||
| August | White | Cowes | Samuel Enderby | Full-rigged ship | For Samuel Enderby. [63] | |
| August | | Thetis | Brig | For private owner. [64] | ||
| 5 September | William Gales | Sunderland | Canton | Full-rigged ship | For Pirie & Co. [7] | |
| 6 September | Laird & Son | North Birkenhead | Garryowen | City of Dublin Steam Packet Company | For . [65] | |
| 6 September | Edward Gibson | Kingston upon Hull | Lion | Steamship | For private owner. [66] | |
| 6 September | Humble & Milcrest | Liverpool | Little Penn | Schooner | For Sir John Tobin. [67] | |
| 6 September | Joshua Helmsley | Sunderland | William Henry Angus | Snow | For Angus & Co. [7] | |
| 6 September | Humble & Milcrest | Liverpool | Young Gipsy | Schooner | For Sir John Tobin. [67] | |
| 9 September | Rowntree | Sunderland | Paragon | Merchantman | For Mr. Hodgson. [7] | |
| 10 September | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | Robert & Anne | Snow | For R. Robson. [7] [68] | |
| 19 September | Saint-Malo | La Martinique | Ariane-class corvette | For French Navy. [69] | ||
| 20 September | Saint-Malo | La Sabine | Ariane-class corvette | For French Navy. [70] | ||
| 23 September | S. Gutteridge | Selby | Vulcan | Steamship | For private owner. [71] | |
| 25 September | Bristol Steam Packet Company | Hotwells | Osprey | Steamship | For private owner. [72] | |
| September | Ayr | Tamerlane | Merchantman | For J. & W. Stewart. [73] | ||
| September | | Halifax | Fidelity | Brig | For private owner. [74] | |
| September | Vivid | Brig | For private owner. [75] | |||
| 3 October | Duncanson | Alloa | The Wallace | Merchantman | For private owner. [76] | |
| 4 October | Smith, Demon & Cornstock | New York | England | Packet ship | For Wood and Trimble and Samuel Hicks & Sons. [77] | |
| 4 October | Robert Russel & Co. | North Birkenhead | Mermaid | Steamship | For private owner. [78] | |
| 6 October | Duthie | Aberdeen | Rapid | Barque | For private owner. [79] | |
| 7 October | Alexander Hall & CO | Aberdeen | Harmony | Brig | For Messrs. John Wemyss & Co. [79] | |
| 16 October | Lorient | Le Berceau | Cornaline-class corvette | For French Navy. [80] | ||
| 29 October | William Gales | Sunderland | Resolution | Brig | For Langley & Co. [7] | |
| October | | Yarmouth | Albion | Barque | For private owner. [81] | |
| 10 November | James Lang | Dumbarton | Pestonjee Bomanjee | Barque | For John Miller Jr. & Co. [82] | |
| 13 November | | Saint John | Caroline | Barque | For Hugh Mackay. [83] | |
| 14 November | Robert Sunman | Sheringham | Augusta | Lifeboat | For Sheringham Lifeboat Society. | |
| 15 November | | Saint John | Jane | Brig | For private owner. [84] | |
| 29 November | Balley | Shoreham-by-Sea | Ellen | full-rigged ship | For private owner. [85] | |
| 29 November | Lorient | La Cornaline | Cornaline-class corvette | For French Navy. [86] | ||
| 2 December | John Young | Newport | Criterion | Schooner | For Messrs. Delaney & Co. [87] | |
| 2 December | Menzies & Son | Leith | Royal Victoria | Paddle steamer | For London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow Shipping Company. [88] [89] [90] | |
| 18 December | John Christopher | Southwold | Charles | Schooner | For private owner. [91] | |
| 31 December | Steele & Co. | Liverpool | Mary Somerville | East Indiaman | For Taylor, Potter & Co. | |
| December | Sunderland | Mars | Barque | For Mr. Battersby. [7] | ||
| Unknown date | | Howrah | Acorn | Barque | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | | Brisbane Water | Adventure | Sloop | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | Hull | Albatross | Steamship | For private owner. [92] | |
| Unknown date | J. Hall | Sunderland | Alfred | Schooner | For Eno & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Agility | Snow | For R. Liddle. [7] | ||
| Unknown date | J. Chipchase | Sunderland | Allendale | Snow | For private owner. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Athelstan | Merchantman | For Brown & Co. [7] | ||
| Unknown date | W. Adamson | Sunderland | Augusta Jessie | Barque | For Mr. Chamberlin. [7] | |
| Unknown date | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | Beau Ideal | Merchantman | For John Ball and others. [93] | |
| Unknown date | Jarrow | Blenheim | Merchantman | For Brown & Co. | ||
| Unknown date | Robert Reay | Sunderland | Busy | Smack | For private owner. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Camperdown | Barque | For private owner. [94] | |||
| Unknown date | W. Adamson | Monkwearmouth | Cartaretta | Snow | For R. Alsop. [7] | |
| Unknown date | | Quebec | Coromandel | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Ridgeway. | |
| Unknown date | South Shields | Crusader | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [95] | ||
| Unknown date | Philip Laing | Sunderland | Cubana | Snow | For P. Laing. [7] | |
| Unknown date | J. Wood | Hull | Dundee | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [96] | |
| Unknown date | J. Barkes | Sunderland | Eamont | Merchantman | For Abbott & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Earl of Lonsdale | Paddle steamer | For Whitehaven Navigation Company. [97] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Enterprise | Schooner | For Mr. Fenwick. [7] | ||
| Unknown date | G. Frater | Sunderland | Ethelbert | Merchantman | For T. & R. Brown. [7] | |
| Unknown date | W. Byers | Sunderland | Eurus | Merchantman | For W. Byers. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Adamson | Dundee | Forfarshire | Paddle steamer | For Dundee and Hull Steam Packet Company. | |
| Unknown date | Liverpool | Georgina | Barque | For private owner. [98] | ||
| Unknown date | G. & J. T. Alcock | Sunderland | Gosforth | Merchantman | For private owner. [7] | |
| Unknown date | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Greenwell | Barque | For Mr Greenwell. [7] | |
| Unknown date | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Haddo House | Snow | For Dunn & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Halls | Sunderland | Hampshire | Barque | For Beatie & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | W. Cornforth | Sunderland | Henry Tanner | Barque | For George Fawcus & Robert Pow [7] [99] | |
| Unknown date | W. Corntorth | Sunderland | Incertus | Schooner | For Mr Thackary. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Josephine | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. [100] | |||
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Jubilee | Merchantman | For Thomas Speeding. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Newman | Dartmouth | Lady of St Kilda | Schooner | For Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. | |
| Unknown date | Kirkbride & Partners | Sunderland | Lapwing | Full-rigged ship | For Douglas & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | William Bonker | Salcombe | Lily | Sloop | For William Beer and others. [101] | |
| Unknown date | T. Ogden | Sunderland | Maria & Elizabeth | Merchantman | For Mr. Greenwell. [7] | |
| Unknown date | T. Reed | Sunderland | Mary & Dorothy | Brig | For T. Ridley. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Philip Laing | Sunderland | Mary Laing | Barque | For P. Laing. [7] | |
| Unknown date | William Fairbairn & Sons | Manchester | Minerva | Paddle steamer | For Franz Carl Caspar & Johan Jacob Lämmlin. | |
| Unknown date | Najaden | Corvette | For Royal Swedish Navy. [100] | |||
| Unknown date | James Johnson | Sunderland | Olga | Barque | For T. Hunter. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Frederick Preston | Great Yarmouth | Omnibus | Schooner | For private owner. [102] | |
| Unknown date | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | Ophelia & Anne | Snow | For A. White & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | Ophelia White | Snow | For A. White & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Orus | Snow | For Richard Greenwell. [7] | |
| Unknown date | W. Byers | Sunderland | Ovis | Snow | For J. Graydon. [7] | |
| Unknown date | | Quebec | Perfect | East Indiaman | For private owner. [73] | |
| Unknown date | L. Crown | Sunderland | Persian | Snow | For Hunter & Co. [7] | |
| Unknown date | J. Wood | Hull | Perth | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [96] | |
| Unknown date | William Bonker | Salcombe | Pink | Sloop | For Samuel Beer & William Beer. [103] | |
| Unknown date | | George Plummer | Rosevears | Rebecca | Sloop | For Robert Scott. |
| Unknown date | Cowes | Royalist | Schooner | For T. L. Lane. | ||
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Sarah | Snow | For Mr. Stephens. [7] | |
| Unknown date | | Bombay | Taje | Schooner | For Imaum of Muscat. [104] | |
| Unknown date | | Tesrifiye | Second rate | For Ottoman Navy. [105] | ||
| Unknown date | Thomas | Brig | For private owner. [106] | |||
| Unknown date | John M. Gales | Sunderland | Thomas Harrison | Barque | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Nicholaieff | Warsaw | Ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. [107] | ||
| Unknown date | William Gales | Sunderland | William | Schooner | For Will Hetherington. [7] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | W. S. Hamilton | Barque | For Carson & Co. [7] |