The list of ship launches in 1837 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1837.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | Krishna | Brig | Bombay | | For Bombay Pilot Service. [1] | |
| 4 January | Swallow | Sloop | William Bayley | Ipswich | For Mr. Garrod. [2] | |
| 7 January | Tintern | Merchantman | Messrs. Swift | Brockweir | For private owner. [3] | |
| 19 January | Neptune | Steamship | Green & Wigram | location | For General Steam Navigation Company. [4] | |
| 24 January | Whitby | Full-rigged ship | George & Henry Barrick | Whitby | For John Chapman & Co. [5] | |
| January | Anna Maria | Full-rigged ship | Calcutta | | For private owner. [6] | |
| January | Reina Maria Cristina | Frigate | Ferrol | For Spanish Navy. [7] [8] | ||
| 3 February | Sappho | Racer-class brig-sloop | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 4 February | Vesta | Steamship | Messrs. Hooper's | Ouseburn | For Newcastle Steam Navigation Company. [9] | |
| 7 February | Amelia | Barque | John Young | Newport | For private owner. [10] | |
| 7 February | Mercury | Cutter | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [11] | ||
| 7 February | Pomona | Merchantman | Butement & Young | North Leith | For private owner. [12] | |
| 23 February | City of London | Chinaman | Messrs. L. Rose & Son | Leith | For private owner. [13] | |
| February | Isabella & Louisa | Snow | G. Johnson, or G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | For J. Ritson. [14] | |
| 7 March | Fair Trader | Smack | William Jones | Port Madoc | For private owner. [15] | |
| 8 March | City of Kingston | Steamship | Wallis | Blackwall, London | For Jamaica Steam Navigation Company. [16] | |
| 8 March | Eagle | Schooner | William Jones | Port Madoc | For private owner. [15] | |
| 8 March | Warrior | East Indiaman | Messrs. Garland & Horsbrugh | Dundee | For Mr. Blain. [17] | |
| 11 March | Independence | Schooner | Jabez & Edward F. Williams | Greenpoint, New York | For private owner. | |
| 25 March | Margaret | Brig | Bally | Shoreham-by-Sea | For private owner. [18] | |
| 27 March | Woodbury | Revenue cutter | L. H. Duncan | Baltimore, Maryland | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| March | Lawsons | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | For Lawson & Co. [14] | |
| 6 April | Leith | Steamship | Messrs. Menzies | Leith | For General Steam Navigation Company. [19] | |
| 7 April | Era | Schooner | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | For William Beer and others. [20] [21] | |
| 8 April | Montrose | Steamship | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | For private owner. [22] | |
| 8 April | Seringapatam | Passenger ship | Green, Wigram & Green | Blackwall | For private owner. [23] | |
| 14 April | Mangishlak | Mangishlak-class brig | S. G. Bebikhov | Astrakhan | For Imperial Russian Navy. [24] | |
| 19 April | Eagle | Paddle steamer | Fletcher & Fearnall | Limehouse | For Eagle Steam Packet Company. [25] [26] | |
| 19 April | Falcon | Paddle steamer | Fletcher & Fearnall | Blackwall | For Eagle Steam Packet Company. [25] [27] | |
| 20 April | Embuscade | Ariane-class corvette | Saint-Malo | For Royal Navy. [28] | ||
| 20 April | Orwell | Sloop | Messrs. Read & Pahe | Ipswich | For private owner. [29] | |
| 21 April | Hazard | Favorite-class sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 22 April | Chester Trader | Smack | Parry | Hirnel | For private owner. [30] | |
| April | Aimwell | Snow | Kirkbride & Carruthers | Sunderland | For General Shipping Company. [14] [31] | |
| April | Ann Elliot | Snow | J. Carr | Sunderland | For M. Elliot. [14] | |
| April | Horsford | Brigantine | Belfast | For private owner. [32] | ||
| April | Messenger | Snow | G. Frater & Co | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [14] [33] | |
| April | Olive Branch | Barque | J. Watson | Sunderland | For Mr. Greenwell. [14] [34] | |
| 5 May | Magnet | Sloop | James Crave | Wakefield | For Messrs. R. Dunn & Co. [35] | |
| 6 May | L'Egyptien | Steam yacht | Laird & Co. | Birkenhead | For Pacha of Egypt. [36] | |
| 18 May | Fulton | Paddle steamer | Brooklyn Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| 18 May | Ocean Bride | Snow | Reed, Denton & Co | Sunderland | For Gales & Co. [14] | |
| 20 May | Helen | Brig | William Gibson | Hull | For Messrs. Priest & Lambert. [37] | |
| 20 May | Touvre | Transport ship | Rochefort | For French Navy. [38] | ||
| 22 May | Royal Victoria | Steamship | W. & T. Wilson | Liverpool | For Carlisle, Annan and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company. [39] | |
| 22 May | William Wilberforce | Steamship | Messrs. Curling, Young & Co. | Limehouse | For Humber Union Steam Company. [40] | |
| 30 May | Clifton | Merchantman | Green | Bristol | For private owner. [41] | |
| May | Cornelius | Merchantman | W. Potts | Sunderland | For W. Potts. [14] [42] | |
| May | Emerald | Merchantman | Peter Austin & Sons | Sunderland | For Peter Austin & Sons. [14] [43] | |
| May | Houghton-le-Spring | Barque | Dixon | Sunderland | For R. Brown. [14] [44] | |
| May | Sarepta | Snow | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [14] | |
| 6 June | Hercules | Steamship | Bauckham | Gravesend | For Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. [45] | |
| 6 June | Josepha | Barque | Quebec | | For private owner. [46] | |
| 19 June | Mandane | Barque | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | For Mr. Wilkinson. [14] | |
| 19 June | Victoria | Paddle Steamer | Medley, or Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | River Humber, or Hull | For Hull Steam Packet Company [47] [48] [49] | |
| 20 June | Bonnie Dundee | Steamship | Adamson | Dundee | For Leith Steam Packet Company. [50] | |
| 20 June | Samuel | Barque | W. J. & R. Tindall | Scarborough | For Samuel Smith. [51] | |
| 24 June | England | Full-rigged ship | Tynemouth | | For private owner. [52] | |
| June | Sir Lionel Smith | Steamship | Blackwall | For private owner. [53] | ||
| June | Grove | Merchantman | John M. Gales | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] [33] | |
| 6 July | Queen Victoria | Paddle steamer | Charles Connell and Company | Scotstoun | For Down and Liverpool Company. [54] | |
| 18 July | Pennsylvania | Chippewa-class ship of the line | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | For United States Navy. [55] | ||
| 19 July | Great Western | Paddle steamer | Patterson & Mercer | Bristol | For Great Western Steamship Company. | |
| 19 July | Thalali | Royal barge | London | For Queen Victoria. [56] | ||
| 19 July | Tiger | Paddle steamer | Edward Gibson & Son | Hull | For St George Steam Packet Company. [57] [58] | |
| July | Brown | Merchantman | T. Rowntree | Sunderland | For T. Brown. [14] [59] | |
| July | Hannah | Snow | W. Chilton | Sunderland | For Ranson & Co. [14] [60] | |
| July | John George | Barque | James Leithead | Southwick | For John Abbott & Co. [14] | |
| July | Queen Victoria | Snow | J. Mills, or J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [14] [61] | |
| 5 August | The Hannah | Schooner | Wells-next-the-Sea | For Joseph Fletcher. [62] | ||
| 16 August | Thetis | Brig | Gutteridge | Selby | For Messrs. Standering & Co. [63] | |
| 17 August | Megaera | Hermes-class sloop | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 19 August | Queen Victoria | Steamship | Messrs. Wilson | Liverpool | For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. [64] | |
| 31 August | Gorgon | Paddle sloop | Sir William Symonds | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [65] | |
| August | Judith Milbanke | Merchantman | S. &. P. Mills | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] [61] | |
| August | Luna | Merchantman | R. Reed | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] [42] | |
| 2 September | Aid | Brig | R. & W. Campion | Whitby | For private owner. [66] | |
| 2 September | Fanny | Barque | Messrs. Miller & Co | River Humber | For Messrs. Andres & Co. [67] | |
| 9 September | James Avery | Pilot boat | David Brown & Jacob Bell | New York | For private owners. | |
| 12 September | Widgeon | Paddle steamer | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [11] | ||
| 14 September | The New Ebor | Steamship | Messrs. Smith & Son | Gainsborough | For York Steam Packet Company. [68] | |
| 16 September | Antwerpen | Steamship | Antwerp | For private owner. [69] | ||
| 25 September | Cambria | Merchantman | Pembroke Dockyard | For private owner. [70] | ||
| 26 September | Sirius | Steamship | Messrs. Fairbairne's | Isle of Dogs | For private owner. [71] [72] | |
| 28 September | Electra | Comet-class ship-sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [73] | ||
| 28 September | Lily | Racer-class brig-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 30 September | China | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [74] | |
| 30 September | Mona | Sloop | Edward Ellis | Garth | For private owners. [75] | |
| 30 September | William & Elizabeth | Barque | Colony of Prince Edward Island | For private owner. [76] | ||
| 2 October | Forth | Merchantman | Muris & Clarke | Glasgow | For private owner. [77] | |
| 2 October | Ivanhoe | Brig | R. Atkinson | Goole | For Messrs. William Hudson & Co. [78] [79] | |
| 5 October | Calliope | Andromache-class frigate | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 14 October | Liverpool | Paddle steamer | Humble & Milcrest | Liverpool | For Sir John Tobin. [80] | |
| 14 October | Rainbow | Paddle steamer | John Laird | Birkenhead | For General Steam Navigation Company. [81] [82] | |
| 16 October | Guave | West Indiaman | Messrs. Menzies & Sons | Leith | For private owner. [83] | |
| 16 October | The Lady Bulkeley | Sloop | Beaumaris | For private owner. [84] | ||
| 17 October | Queen Victoria | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [85] | |
| 19 October | Hercules | Dredger | Adams | Grangemouth | For private owner. [86] | |
| 23 October | Vola | Imperatritsa Aleksandra-class ship of the line | New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | For Imperial Russian Navy. | ||
| 31 October | Modeste | Modeste-class corvette | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [87] | ||
| October | Medway | Steamship | For private owner. [88] | |||
| October | Miriam | Snow | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | For Penman & Co. [14] [44] | |
| October | Newburn | Brig | North Biddick | For private owner. [89] | ||
| October | Ocean | Merhantman | J. Crown | Sunderland | For Mr. Richardson. [14] | |
| 1 November | Chieftain | Barque | Messrs. A. McFarlane & Co. | Dumbarton | For D M'Larty. [90] | |
| 11 November | William Skinner | Merchantman | William Hey Mellanby | Newcastle upon Tyne | For General Shipping Company. [91] | |
| 22 November | Harlequin | Full-rigged ship | Isaac Preston | Southtown | For private owner. [92] | |
| 1 December | Falcon | Barque | John Wood | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [93] | |
| 2 December | Cyane | Cyane-class sloop | Boston Navy Yard | For United States Navy. [94] | ||
| 12 December | Gloire | Frigate | Rochefort | For French Navy. | ||
| 14 December | Voador | Steamship | John Laird & Sons | North Birkenhead | For private owner. [95] | |
| 16 December | Konstantin | Ferzhampenuaz-class ship of the line | Saint Petersburg | For Imperial Russian Navy. | ||
| 28 December | Levant | Cyane-class sloop | New York Navy Yard | For United States Navy. [96] | ||
| 30 December | Jamaica | Full-rigged ship | Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | For Joseph Brookes Yates. [97] | |
| December | Albatross | Snow | G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| December | Betsey & Ann | Schooner | Ipswich | For private owner. [98] | ||
| December | Cleopatra | Barque | Southwick | For Colling & Co. [14] [99] | ||
| December | Dasher | Paddle steamer | location | For Royal Navy. [11] | ||
| December | Wrestler | Schooner | Ipswich | For private owner. [98] | ||
| December | Water Witch | Schooner | Ipswich | For W. May. [98] | ||
| Unknown date | Addison Brown | Snow | Sunderland | For Addison Brown. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Adrastrus | Merchantman | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Agitator | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [100] | |
| Unknown date | Air | Merchantman | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | For P. Laing. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Alderman Thompson | Brig | P. Wood | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Alnwick Packet | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For Mr. Hodgson. [101] | |
| Unknown date | Anthony Wayne | Paddle steamer | Samuel L. Hubbell | Perrysburg, Ohio | For Perrysburgh & Miami Steam Boat Company. | |
| Unknown date | Arab | Snow | T. Lanchester | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Atkin | Snow | G. Thompson | Sunderland | For J. Atkin. [14] [102] | |
| Unknown date | Bedlington | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For Burlison Heron, Edward Heron, James Heron and Michael Longridge. [103] | |
| Unknown date | Bengalee | Barque | Archibald P. MacFarlane Jr. & Co | Dumbarton | For Hamlin & Co. | |
| Unknown date | Braganza | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | For Gray & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Dorothy | Snow | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Dryad | Brig | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | For Thomas & John Brocklebank. [104] | |
| Unknown date | Duchess of Kent | Schooner | River Wear | For John Barry. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Elizabeth & Catherine | Snow | J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | For Potts & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Emma | Snow | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | For Dunford & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Flora | Schooner | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | For P. Welch. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Friendship | Snow | T. S. Dixon | Sunderland | For Lamb & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Gem | Merchantman | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| Unknown date | George Welsford | Barque | J. Rodgerson | Sunderland | For Mr. Welsford. [14] [59] | |
| Unknown date | Gilbert Henderson | Merchantman | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | For Mr. Henderson. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Glencoe | Snow | Peter Austin | Sunderland | For John Campbell. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Paddle Tug | George Banckham | Gravesend | For Lanelly Railway & Dock Co. [105] | |
| Unknown date | Houghton-le-Skerne | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Indus | Snow | Monkwearmouth | For Walker & Co. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Jane and Ann | Snow | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | For Mr. Hodgson. [14] | |
| Unknown date | John Botcherby | Merchantman | Sunderland | For Mr. Botcherby. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | John White | Snow | Sunderland | For R. White. [14] [106] | ||
| Unknown date | Lord Mulgrave | Merchantman | Rowntree | Sunderland | For Foster & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Loyal Packet | Snow | R. & T. Andrews | Sunderland | For M. Reed. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Madagascar | Blackwall frigate | Wigram & Green | Blackwall | For George & Henry Green. | |
| Unknown date | Margarets | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Mary | Brig | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For John Common, David Miller and Isaac Richardson. [107] | |
| Unknown date | May | Snow | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | For Mr. Middleton. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Neptune | Steamship | South Shields | For Newcastle and Hull Steam Packet Company. [108] [109] | ||
| Unknown date | Maximilianos | Steamship | Poros | For Royal Hellenic Navy. | ||
| Unknown date | Nantucket | Whaler | Nantucket, Massachusetts | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | New York | Paddle steamer | For New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. | |||
| Unknown date | Patelina | Schooner | William Bonker | Salcombe | For Henry Grant and others. [110] | |
| Unknown date | Powhattan | Full-rigged ship | Baltimore, Maryland | For W. Graham. | ||
| Unknown date | Prospect | Snow | J.& G. Mills | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Queen | Snow | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Rajastan | Full-rigged ship | Bombay | | For private owner. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Ralph Wylam | Snow | Sunderland | For Wylam & Co. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Rhoda | Merchantman | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | For John Matthews, Nicholas Smith and others. [111] | |
| Unknown date | Sarah | Schooner | T. & W. Dixon | Sunderland | For Graham & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Sarah | Schooner | James Leithead | Sunderland | For Walford & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Sirius | Paddle steamer | Robert Menzies & Sons | Leith | For St George Steam Packet Company. | |
| Unknown date | Sir John St. Aubyn | Steamship | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Standard | Sloop | William Brokenshaw | Fowey | For George B. Brokenshaw. [112] | |
| Unknown date | Star | Schooner | George Worthy | Sunderland | For Ord & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Sylph | full-rigged ship | Rotterdam | For Royal Netherlands Navy. [113] | ||
| Unknown date | Syren | Snow | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Tar | Schooner | J. Storey | Sunderland | For J. Storey. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Tophill | Sloop | For private owner. [114] | |||
| Unknown date | Town of Wexford | Paddle steamer | Archer & Leared | Wexford | For John Edward Redmond. [115] | |
| Unknown date | Tradesman | Merchantman | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | For private owner. [116] | |
| Unknown date | Traveller | Merchantman | J. Naisby | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [14] [61] | |
| Unknown date | Triumph | Brigantine | William Bayley | Ipswich | For private owner. [117] | |
| Unknown date | Union | Smack | Peterhead | For private owner. [118] | ||
| Unknown date | Warwick | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | William & Jane | Merchantman | George Thompson | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [14] [102] | |
| Unknown date | Washington | Revenue cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |||
| Unknown date | William Gales | Barque | William Gales | Sunderland | For Gales & Co. [14] | |
| Unknown date | William Thompson | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | For Hartlepool Ship Company. [14] | |
| Unknown date | Wilsons | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] | ||
| Unknown date | Young Queen | Snow | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | For private owner. [14] |