List of ship launches in 1838

The list of ship launches in 1838 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1838.

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
6 January	Ruby	East Indiaman	George Hilhouse & Co.	Bristol	United Kingdom	For private owner. [1]
12 January	Queen Victoria	Schooner	Messrs. Connell & Soms	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Connell & Sons. [2]
23 January	No. 10	Ship of the line		Alexandria	Egypt	For Egyptian Navy. [3] [4]
January	Carrs	Merchantman	T. Lightfoot	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Carr & Co. [5] [6]
January	England	Snow	George Frater & Co.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Speeding. [5] [7]
1 February	Penelope	Schooner	McLaide	Belfast	United Kingdom	For Edward Lindsay Jr. [8]
4 February	Reindeer	Steamship	Messrs. Wilson	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Langtry & Herdman. [9]
10 February	City of York	Steamship	John Littleton	Selby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [10]
12 February	The Fairy Queen	Schooner	Taylor	Woodbridge	United Kingdom	For Mr. Manby. [11]
12 February	The Queen Victoria	Brig	Messrs. Bayley	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Cucknow & Co. [11]
22 February	George Ramsay	Snow	Reed, Denton & Co.	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Ritson. [5]
26 February	Catherine Jamieon	Barque	Millar	Brucehaven	United Kingdom	For James Jamieson. [12]
26 February	Jane Smith	Brig	Messrs. Buteman & Young	Leith	United Kingdom	For private owner. [13]
26 February	Vest	Snow	Rodham & Todd	North Hylton	United Kingdom	For Young & Co. [5] [14]
February	Allison	Merchantman	Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool Original Shipping Co. [5] [15]
February	James and Elizabeth	Merchantman	T. & N. Davie	Hylton	United Kingdom	For Mr. Harrison. [5] [16]
10 March	Samson	Steamship	Messrs. G. Lunell & Co	Hotwells	United Kingdom	For private owner. [17]
12 March	Bartha	Brigantine schooner	Robert Innes	Leith	United Kingdom	For Messrs. John Dryden & Co. [18]
13 March	Deva	Merchantman	William Gales	Hylton	United Kingdom	For Morris & Co. [5] [7]
14 March	Caledonia	Steamship	Messrs. Carmichael	Montrose	United Kingdom	For private owners. [19]
14 March	Eleanor Russell	Barque	Bally	Shoreham-by-Sea	United Kingdom	For private owner. [20]
17 March	Queen	Steamship	George Lunnell & Co	Hotwells	United Kingdom	For Bristol Steam Navigation Company. [21]
23 March	William Adam	Steamship	Messrs. Menzies & Sons	Leith	United Kingdom	For private owner. [22]
26 March	The City of Boulogne	Steamship		Barking	United Kingdom	For Commercial Steam Packet Company. [23]
26 March	King of the Forest	Schooner	John Young	Newport	United Kingdom	For private owner. [24]
26 March	Mariner	Schooner	John Westacott	Barnstaple	United Kingdom	For private owners. [25]
26 March	Plantagenet	Steamship	Messrs. Smith	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [26]
26 March	Termagant	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Portsmouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [27]
27 March	Skyridd Fawr	Schooner	Messrs. Batchelor & Co	Newport	United Kingdom	For private owner. [24]
March	Druid	Snow	T. Ogden	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ogden & Co. [5] [28]
March	Kelloe	Merchantman	Peter Austin & Son	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Austin & Co. [5] [15]
March	Petrel	Merchantman	J. Crown	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Watson & Co. [5]
March	Sapphiras	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For A. Brown. [5]
2 April	Jane and Mary	Sloop	G. Flint	Mexborough	United Kingdom	For W. Amery. [29]
10 April	Penguin	Alert-class brig		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
16 April	Ardon	Mangishlak-class brig	S. N. Neverov	Astrakhan	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [30]
23 April	Cléopâtre	Artémise-class frigate	Charles Alexandre, Joseph Daviel and Georges Allix	Saint-Servan	France	For French Navy.
23 April	Petrel	Merchantman	Messrs. John Spence & Sons	Stockton-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For Commercial Shipping Company. [31]
23 April	The Water Nymph	Schooner	Messrs. Read & Page	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For Mr. Jenkins & others. [32]
24 April	Dandy	Yawl	Michael Ratsey	location	United Kingdom	For Colonel Madden. [33]
24 April	Grecian	Acorn-class brig-sloop		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
25 April	Salem	Schooner	William Jones	Alltvawr	United Kingdom	For private owner. [34]
26 April	John Cree	Barque	L. Rose & Son	Leith	United Kingdom	For John Cree & partners. [35]
30 April	Courier	Brig	William Bayley	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For private owner. [32]
April	Chase	Merchantman	Calman	Dundee	United Kingdom	For private owner. [36]
April	George Smith	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For G. Smith. [5] [37]
April	Harp	Merchantman	W. & A. Adamson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Shotton & Co. [5] [38]
April	Lady Anne	Merchantman	James Leithead	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. McDonald. [5] [6]
April	Lark	Merchantman	John M. Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Baker & Co. [5] [7]
April	Pacific	Merchantman	J. G. Holmes	Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	For William Fairbridge. [31]
April	Rainbow	Merchantman	George Frater & Co	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Thomas Speeding. [5] [7]
April	Robert Bowery	Brig	T. Rowntree	Sunderland, County Durham	United Kingdom	For private owner. [31]
April	Skiron	Brig	William Byers	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [31]
April	Xanthus	Brig	Robert Thompson	North Biddick	United Kingdom	For George, Cuthbert and Elizabeth Richardson. [5] [31]
8 May	Eudora	Cutter yacht	Michael Ratsey	Cowes	United Kingdom	For R. W. Cooper. [39]
9 May	Neker	Steamship	Messrs. Fairbairn & Co	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner. [40]
10 May	Harpy	Cutter	T. White	Cowes	United Kingdom	For Board of Customs. [39]
10 May	Mary Coxon	Snow	Carr	Hylton	United Kingdom	For Coxon & Co. [5] [41]
10 May	Sarah	Schooner		Portaferry	United Kingdom	For William McLear Jr. [42]
10 May	Wheatsheaf	Schooner	Parker	Wells-next-the-Sea	United Kingdom	For L. Corbet. [43]
12 May	Greyhound	East Indiaman	Messrs. Hopper	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [44]
12 May	Tramp	Schooner	Robert Bartlett	Hotwells	United Kingdom	For private owner. [45]
17 May	John Brotherick	Schooner	Thompson Smith	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [41]
23 May	Mary Brack	Merchantman	J. Watson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Cooper. [5]
23 May	Peterel	Alert-class brig		Pembroke	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [46]
24 May	British Queen	Paddle steamer	Curling, Young & Co.	Limehouse	United Kingdom	For British and American Steam Navigation Company. [47]
24 May	Glowworm	Steam yacht	John Laird	North Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For Thomas Assheton Smith. [48]
24 May	Menai Packet	Smack	Henry Moses	Port Madoc	United Kingdom	For private owner. [49]
25 May	The Eliza	Barque	Messrs. William & John Campion	Whitby	United Kingdom	For John Campion. [50]
26 May	Earl of Hardwicke	East Indiaman	Green & Co.	Blackwall	United Kingdom	For Richard Green. [51]
31 May	Charlotte Atkinson	Smack	Macdonald	Londonderry	United Kingdom	For Lessees of the Honourable Irish Society's Fisheries. [52]
May	Andrew White	Merchantman	T. Cairncross, or Bell & Cairncross	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Thompson. [5] [53]
May	Lively	Lighter		Portsmouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [54]
May	Mary	Victualling Hoy		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [54]
May	Pilgrim	Schooner	Simpson	Glasson Dock	United Kingdom	For private owner. [55]
May	Premier	Barque		Quebec	Upper Canada	For private owner. [56]
May	Venture	Merchantman	F. Oliver	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. Oliver. [5]
9 June	Pilot	Acorn-class brig-sloop		Plymouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [57]
13 June	Hydra	Hydra-class sloop		Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
16 June	Aurora	Cutter yacht	Michael Ratsey	Cowes	United Kingdom	For Colonel Beach. [58]
19 June	Crusader	Schooner	T. Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Union Shipping Co. [5] [7]
22 June	Coquette	Corvette		Saint-Malo	France	For French Navy. [59]
28 June	Darlington	Schooner	John & Luke Crown	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Stockton & London Shipping Company. [5] [16]
June	Defiance	Merchantman	Kirkbride & Carruthers	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Ord & Co. [5] [7]
June	England's Queen	Snow	Tate & Taylor	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Port of Newcastle General Shipping Company. [5]
June	Friends	Snow	James Leithead	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Middleton. [5]
June	Grace	Merchantman	T. S. Dixon	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. S. Dixon. [5] [16]
June	Isabella	East Indiaman	Edward Gibson	Hull	United Kingdom	For private owner. [60]
June	Matthew	Snow	Peter Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Matthew. [5] [15]
7 July	Delhi	Barque	Balley	Shoreham-by-Sea	United Kingdom	For private owner. [61] [62]
7 July	Robert F. Stockton	Tow-boat	John Laird	North Birkenhead	United Kingdom	For Delaware and Rariton Canal. [63]
9 July	Dawson	Merchantman	Messrs. William Henzell & Son	Seaham	United Kingdom	For Thomas Nicholson & Robert Scurfield. [64]
9 July	Phillyra	Schooner	Messrs. Harris & Challacombe	Ilfracombe	United Kingdom	For private owner. [65]
10 July	Iris	Packet ship		Hull	United Kingdom	For private owner. [66]
10 July	Nautilus	Cutter yacht	Hunt	Aldeburgh	United Kingdom	For Town Committee of Aldeburgh. [67]
11 July	St. Regulus	Merchantman	Messrs. Menzies	Leith	United Kingdom	For St. Andrew's & Leith Shipping Company. [68]
23 July	Allerton Packet	Merchantman	Thomas Brown	Stockton-on-Tees	United Kingdom	For Merchant's Shipping Company. [69]
23 July	Monarch	Schooner	William Bayley	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For A. Gallaway. [70]
July	Atlas	Merchantman	Rodham & Todd	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. & R. Brown. [5] [14]
July	Barnard Castle	Schooner	Robert Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Stockton and London Shipping Company. [5] [71]
July	Dalston	Merchantman	W. Wilkinson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. Reed. [5] [72]
July	Flower of Ugie	Barque	Luke Crown	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Bruce & Company. [5] [16]
July	Henry Cotes	Merchantman	John Rodgerson	South Hylton	United Kingdom	For John Coates, Thomas Solsby & George Murray. [5] [14]
July	John	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr Pattison. [5] [37]
July	Keepier	Schooner	Edward Brown	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John Ray. [5]
6 August	Daphne	Daphne-class corvette		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [73]
8 August	James Audus	Brigantine	Samuel Gutteridge	Selby	United Kingdom	For private owner. [74]
9 August	Persia	East Indiaman	Messrs. W. J. & R. Tindall	Scarborough	United Kingdom	For private owner. [75]
17 August	Loudovikos	Corvette		Poros	Greece	For Royal Hellenic Navy. [76]
23 August	Acheron	Hermes-class sloop		Sheerness Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
25 August	The Science	Merchantman	Messrs. Youngs	South Shields	United Kingdom	For private owner. [77]
28 August	Trekh Ierarkhov	Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line	S. I. Chernyavskiy	Nicholaieff	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy.
28 August	Tri Svyatitelya	First rate	Vorobyov	Nicholaieff	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [78]
August	Auckland	Schooner	J. Barkes	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Stockton and London Shipping Company. [5] [79]
August	Mary Ann	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Forster & Co. [5]
4 September	Eleanor	Barque	James Smith	Saint John	Colony of New Brunswick	For private owner. [80]
6 September	Eleven	Snow	J. & G. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For London & Newcastle Shipping Co. [5] [81]
12 September	John and Mary	Schooner	W. Harrison	Hull	United Kingdom	For Mr. Pearson. [82]
18 September	Merlin	Merlin-class packet boat		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
19 September	Briton's Pride	Schooner	Messrs. Bayley & Co.	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For Mr. Scott and others. [83]
20 September	Florist	Merchantman	Perkins	Newport	United Kingdom	For private owner. [84]
29 September	Joseph Wallace	Schooner	Barker	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For private owner. [85]
September	England's Queen	Snow	T. Lanchester	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Alcock & Co. [5]
September	Friends	Merchantman	F. Oliver	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Oliver. [5]
September	Robert Henderson	Barque		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Henderson. [5]
September	Skipton	Snow	J. Crown, or Walker & Crone	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Newcastle Shipping Company. [5]
September	Tweed	Merchantman	G. Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Longstaff. [5] [86]
2 October	Dew Drop	Schooner	Messrs John & William Campion	Whitby	United Kingdom	For Messrs. J. Storm and Coggan. [87]
3 October	Elizabeth	Merchantman	George Metcalf	South Shields	United Kingdom	For private owner. [88]
4 October	Chili	Frigate	Courreau & Arman	Bordeaux	France	For Chilean Navy. [89] [90]
4 October	The Patchett	Schooner	Atkinson	Goole	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Ibbotson, Lister & Co. [91]
5 October	William and Sarah	Schooner	Messrs. Kirwan & McCune	Belfast	United Kingdom	For William Massey. [92]
8 October	Aurora	Paddle steamer	Charles Connell & Sons	Belfast	United Kingdom	For private owner [93] [94]
18 October	Archimedes	Steamship	Henry Wimshurst	London	United Kingdom	For Ship Propeller Company.
18 October	Ironsides	Full-rigged ship	Messrs. Jackson, Gordon & Co	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner. [95]
18 October	Rosalie	Brig	J. W. Green	Dartmouth	United Kingdom	For R. Alsop. [96]
20 October	Miranda	Schooner	Thomas White	West Cowes	United Kingdom	For private owner. [97]
26 October	Sarah Maria Ann	Schooner	Messrs William & Richard Roberts	Newport	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Thomas Wall & Co. [98]
31 October	Medusa	Merlin-class packet boat		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
October	Bewley	Merchantman	H. Penman	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Penman & Co. [5] [28]
October	Martindale	Snow	T. & N. Davie	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool & Durham Com. Sh. Co. [5] [16]
October	Robert Henry Allen	Merchantman	George Frater	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartford & Durham Commercial Shipping Company. [5] [7]
1 November	Benjamin Greene	Barque	Laing & Simey	Southwick	United Kingdom	For Greene & Co. [5]
3 November	Pazo de Ragoe	Merchantman	John Vaux	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [99]
7 November	Scotland	East Indiaman	John Scott & Sons	Greenock	United Kingdom	For William Morrison & other. [100]
10 November	Daldia	Steamship		River Thames	United Kingdom	For Newcastle and Shields Steam Packet Company. [101]
15 November	Acorn	Acorn-class brig-sloop		Devonport Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [54]
20 November	Grace Darling	Brig		Perth	United Kingdom	For private owner. [102]
30 November	Aid	Lighter		location	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [54]
November	Governor	Merchantman	Thomas Ogden	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Spaight. [5] [28]
November	Lady Bute	Barque		Greenock	United Kingdom	For private owner [103]
November	Sheraton Grange	Merchantman	James Carr	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Robert Liddell. [5] [53]
8 December	Countess of Caledon	Steamship	Coates & Young	Belfast	United Kingdom	For private owner. [104]
14 December	No. 12	Ship of the line		Alexandria	Egypt	For Egyptian Navy. [105]
18 December	Monro	Brig	Messrs. Butiment & Young	Leith	United Kingdom	For private owner. [106]
19 December	Royal Sovereign	Steamship	Messrs. Hedderwick & Rankin	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For private owner. [107]
December	Pomona	Brig		Aberdeen	United Kingdom	For private owner. [108]
Unknown date	Abbotsford	Merchantman	J. & G. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Chambers. [5]
25 December	Charlotte	Schooner	Robert Symons	Penzance	United Kingdom	For Robert Symons. [109]
Unknown date	Advena	Snow	William Potts	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For W. Potts. [5]
Unknown date	Agenoria	Schooner	John Ball Jr.	Salcombe	United Kingdom	For Hugh Narramore and others. [110]
Unknown date	Alabama	Paddle steamer		Baltimore, Maryland	United States	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	Ann	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [5]
Unknown date	Anne Laing	Merchantman	Laing & Simey	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For P. Laing & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Ann Emma	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool Union Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Arcturus	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Given & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Arrietta	Merchantman	Laing & Simey	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For P. Laing & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Augusta	Schooner	Frederick Baddeley	Brixham	United Kingdom	For Frederick Baddeley. [111]
Unknown date	Beacon	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Nicholson. [5]
Unknown date	Belford	Merchantman	George Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Thompson. [5] [86]
Unknown date	Brandon	Merchantman	George Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Alderson. [5] [86]
Unknown date	Britannia	Merchantman	T. B. Simey	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Milbro & Lon Co. [5]
Unknown date	British Oak	Merchantman	R. Bell	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Bell. [5]
Unknown date	Caledonia	Snow	H. Dobbinson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mid. & Lon. Sh. Co. [5]
Unknown date	Caroline	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. Rowell. [5]
Unknown date	Cauvery	Brig		Bombay	India	For Bombay Pilot Service. [112]
Unknown date	City of Adelaide	Barque			Jersey	For private owner.
Unknown date	City of Rochester	Merchantman	Bartram & Lister	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hayman & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Chieftain	Merchantman	George Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Ness. [5]
Unknown date	Clio	Barque		Granville	Colony of Nova Scotia	For private owner.
Unknown date	Colleron	Brig		Bombay	India	For Bombay Pilot Service. [112]
Unknown date	Crown	Merchantman	Bartram & Lister	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William Thompson. [5]
Unknown date	Constance	Schooner	Gervase Coachman	Bombay	India	For Royal Navy. [112] [113]
Unknown date	Daylight	Paddle steamer	Ditchburn & Mare	Blackwall	United Kingdom	For private owner. [114]
Unknown date	Dorset	Brig	William Field Porter	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner.
Unknown date	Eagle	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Walker & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Elizabeth Adnett	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For T. Farrell. [5]
Unknown date	Elizabeth Holmes	Snow	Robert Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William Holmes. [5]
Unknown date	Elizabeth Thompson	Snow	John M. Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Turner Thompson & associates. [5]
Unknown date	Ellen	Barque		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Buchanan. [5]
Unknown date	Equitable	Barque		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Graham & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Fanny	Snow	Rowntree	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For R. Robson. [5]
Unknown date	Ford Mill	Merchantman	J. Rodgerson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Vint. [5]
Unknown date	Hart	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool Union Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Hercules	Paddle steamer		Liverpool	United Kingdom	For St George Steam Packet Company.
Unknown date	Indus	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For H. Moon. [5]
Unknown date	Iowa	Paddle steamer			Territory of Iowa	For private owner.
Unknown date	Iris	Paddle steamer	Brownlow, Pearson & Co.	Hull	United Kingdom	For W. B. Brownlow. [115]
Unknown date	Isaac Allerton	Merchantman		Portsmouth, New Hampshire	United States	For private owner.
Unknown date	John Rickinson	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Rickinson. [5]
Unknown date	Lively	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [5]
Unknown date	Lord Willoughby	Schooner			United Kingdom	For private owner. [116]
Unknown date	Mabel	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Grey & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Madagascar	paddle Steamer	Blyth & Sons	London	United Kingdom	For private owner.
Unknown date	Musica	Merchantman	Peter Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Austin & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Neptune	Merchantman	Alcock	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Fenwick. [5]
Unknown date	New Tredger	Sloop		Newport	United Kingdom	For private owner. [117]
Unknown date	North Briton	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hay & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Oberon	Snow	Tiffin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Garbutt & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Old England	Full-rigged ship		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Rowlinson. [5]
Unknown date	Ophelia & Mary	Merchantman	T. & N. Davie	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For White & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Orion	Snow	W. Wilkinson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Peacock. [5]
Unknown date	Orphan's Friend	Snow	H. & W. Carr	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Sharp. [5]
Unknown date	Othon	Paddle steamer		Poros	Greece	For Royal Hellenic Navy.
Unknown date	Paragon	Snow	Cuthbert Potts	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Union Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Patriot	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Patterson. [5]
Unknown date	Percival Foster	Merchantman	S. & P. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool & Durham Commercial Shipping Co. [5]
Unknown date	Premium	Merchantman	James Leithead	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Newcastle Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Prosperous	Sloop	William Bonker	Salcombe	United Kingdom	For Nicholas Prettyjohn and others. [118]
Unknown date	Queen	Merchantman	H. Dobbinson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Penman & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Queen	Schooner	William Bayley	Ipswich	United Kingdom	For private owner. [119]
Unknown date	Queen Victoria	Paddle steamer	Wilson	Glasgow	United Kingdom	For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.
Unknown date	Reward	Snow	Allcock	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Scurfield. [5]
Unknown date	Romance	Merchantman	John M. Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John M. Gales. [5]
Unknown date	Sarah	Barque			Colony of Nova Scotia	For private owner. [120]
Unknown date	Schiedam	Snow	W. Petrie	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hartlepool Original Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Seven	Merchantman		Hylton	United Kingdom	For London & Newcastle Shipping Co. [5] [37]
Unknown date	Shepherd	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Wilkinson. [5]
Unknown date	Shincliffe	Snow	Rowntree	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Hodgson. [5]
Unknown date	Sirius	Paddle steamer			United Kingdom	For St. George Steam-packet Co. [121]
Unknown date	Six	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For London, Newcastle & South Shields Shipping Co. [5]
Unknown date	Snake	Steamship		Bombay	India	For British East India Company. [112]
Unknown date	Sovereign	Snow	S. & P. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Linskill & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Spring	Snow	J. & G. Mills	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Thompson. [5]
Unknown date	Stephen Thompson	Snow	W. Chilton	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Watson & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Sylph	Paddle steamer	Maudslay, Sons and Field	Lambeth	United Kingdom	For Woolwich Packet Co. [122]
Unknown date	Tasso	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr Cropper. [5]
Unknown date	Thirteen	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For London & Newcastle Shipping Co. [5]
Unknown date	Thomas Oliver	Brig	J. Stobart	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For R. Oliver. [5]
Unknown date	Triton	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Commercial Shipping Company. [5]
Unknown date	Undaunted	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Hillyard. [5]
Unknown date	Venus	full-rigged ship		Rotterdam	Netherlands	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [123]
Unknown date	Victory	Schooner	William Bonker	Salcombe	United Kingdom	For Robert Hurrell and others. [124]
Unknown date	Viscount Lambton	Snow		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Forster & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Vulcan	Brig	Bowman and Drummond	Blyth	United Kingdom	For Mr. Longridge. [125]
Unknown date	Wave	Brig		Victoria	Bermuda	For private owner.
Unknown date	Wear	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For White & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Welcome	Merchantman	Joshua Helmsley	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For White & Co. [5]
Unknown date	Welcome	Merchantman	George Thompson	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Thompson. [5] [86]
Unknown date	William Pitt	Merchantman	Peter Austin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Palmer & Co. [5]

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