The list of ship launches in 1841 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1841.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January | Samuel Hartt | New York Navy Yard | Missouri | Paddle frigate | For United States Navy. | |
| 8 January | Messrs J. & W. Campion | Whitby | Palatine | Full-rigged ship | For private owners. [1] | |
| 18 January | Speakman | Preston | Rapid | Schooner | For Messrs. Humber. [2] | |
| 19 January | Francis Williams | Canons Marsh | Miss Chiff | Schooner | For private owner. [3] | |
| 23 January | Messrs. Parkinson & Brown | Hull | Constantia | Brig | For private owner. [4] | |
| 23 January | James Stothard & Co | Monkwearmouth | Tasmania | Barque | For F. Heisch & Co. [5] | |
| 26 January | John & Charles Alcock | Sunderland | Lucy | Brig | For Matthew Aisbitt. [5] | |
| 26 January | Sheerness Dockyard | Styx | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. [6] [7] [8] | ||
| January | Reed, Denton & Co. | Sunderland | Asiatic | Barque | For Munro & Co. [5] | |
| January | W. Robinson | Sunderland | Barbara | Merchantman | For M. Robson. [5] | |
| 2 February | Womack | Agbrigg | John | Merchantman | For Messrs. Ibbotson & Lister. [9] | |
| 4 February | Pembroke Dockyard | Vixen | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. [10] | ||
| 6 February | Lorient | Sémillante | Surveillante-class frigate | For French Navy. | ||
| 9 February | Humphrey | Hull | Sultan | East Indiaman | For Messrs John Beadle & Co. [11] | |
| 12 February | Chatham Dockyard | Ardent | Alecto-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 12 February | Galway | Lord Fitzgerald and Vesei | Schooner | For private owner. [12] | ||
| 13 February | Henry Jones | Port Madoc | Economy | Schooner | For private owner. [13] | |
| 16 February | Thomas Evans | Bideford | William Cannyngs | Brig | For Messrs. Lucas, Goyer, and Lucas. [14] | |
| 22 February | W. Thompson & Pearson | Sunderland | Gertrude | Barque | For Mr. Gibson. [5] [15] | |
| 24 February | Duncanson | Alloa | Gartsherrie | Barque | For private owner. [16] | |
| 25 February | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Glasgow | Clyde | Steamship | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company. [17] | |
| February | Peter Austin & Son | Sunderland | Bride of Abydos | Merchantman | For Crozier & Co. [5] [18] | |
| February | T. Elliot | Sunderland | Elizabeth | Merchantman | For P. Watson. [5] | |
| February | Bell & Cairncross | Sunderland | Ewart | Schooner | For J. Ewart. [5] | |
| February | Sunderland | Friends | Merchantman | For Mr. Brown. [5] | ||
| February | Sunderland | Grindlay | Barque | For Walter Grindlay. [5] | ||
| February | Bordeaux | Louis XIV | Merchantman | For private owner. [19] | ||
| February | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | Palestine | Merchantman | For Mr. Penman. [5] [20] | |
| 6 March | James Chapman | Southtown | The Saucy Jack | Schooner | For Messrs. W. H. Draper & Co. [21] | |
| 8 March | Lorient | Andromaque | Surveillante-class frigate | For French Navy. [22] [23] | ||
| 8 March | John Byerley & Sons | Portsea | Duff | Brig | For John Byerley & Sons. [24] | |
| 8 March | Messrs Bush and Beddoe | Bristol | Shamrock | Steamship | For private owner. [25] | |
| 9 March | Messrs Humphrey & Co. | Hull | The Bentley | Brig | For Norrison Levett. [26] | |
| 10 March | Edward Gibson | Hull | Herculaneum | Barque | For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co. [26] | |
| 23 March | Rubie | Southampton | Seagull | Barque | For private owner. [27] | |
| 24 March | Sheerness Dockyard | Spy | Brigantine | For Royal Navy. [28] | ||
| 30 March | Messrs. Barricks | Whitby | Pickering | Schooner | For Whitby, Pickering and London Shipping Company. [29] | |
| March | James Barkes | Sunderland | Ann Eliza | Schooner | For J. Hay. [5] | |
| March | James Stothard | Sunderland | Harriet | Merchantman | For James Stothard. [5] | |
| March | Sunderland | Sarah Crisp | Barque | For T. Crisp. [5] [30] | ||
| Unknown date | John Brook | Bideford | John Brook | Schooner | For private owner. [31] | |
| 6 April | Pembroke Dockyard | Geyser | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 12 April | Messrs. Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Princess Royal | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company. [32] | |
| 12 April | Green | Blackwall | Queen Victoria | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. [33] | |
| 13 April | Carmarthen | Princess Royal | full-rigged ship | For private owner. [34] | ||
| 19 April | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Ohio | Merchantman | For General Shipping Company. [5] [35] | |
| 22 April | Fraserburgh Shipbuilding Company | Fraserburgh | Anna Mary | Brig | For private owner. [36] | |
| 23 April | Edward Ellis | Garth | Benjamin Williams | Merchantman | For private owner. [37] | |
| 23 April | Innes | Leith | Jessie Anderson | Barque | For Messrs. Anderson, Wigham Munro & Co. [38] | |
| 23 April | Woolwich Dockyard | Siren | Helena-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. [39] | ||
| 23 April | | British East India Company | Moulmein | Tenasserim | Steamship | For British East India Company. [40] [41] |
| 24 April | William Bayley | Ipswich | Doctor | Schooner | For Mr. Stone. [42] | |
| 26 April | Bowman, Verdon & Co. | Aberdeen | The William Hogarth | Schooner | For private owner. [36] | |
| April | B. Stafford | Sunderland | Advance | Snow | For J. Parkin. [5] | |
| April | J. Evans | Aberystwyth | Messenger | Schooner | For private owner. [43] | |
| April | W. Sutherland | Sunderland | Mornington | Merchantman | For J. R. Tuer. [5] [44] | |
| April | J. Evans | Aberystwyth | Ocean Queen | Schooner | For private owner. [43] | |
| 1 May | Messrs. Thompson & Spiers | Greenock | Tweed | Steamship | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company. [17] [45] | |
| 3 May | Henry Teall | Leeds | Brilliant | Schooner | For private owner. [46] | |
| 5 May | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Mississippi | Paddle frigate | For United States Navy. [47] [48] | ||
| 6 May | Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons & Co. | Liverpool | Panope | Schooner | For Liverpool and London Shipping Company. [49] | |
| 12 May | David King | Ipswich | Highlander | Brigantine | For Messrs. J. G. Plummer and John Nolloth. [50] | |
| 18 May | Messrs. Wigram | Blackwall | Southampton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. [51] | |
| 20 May | Nidaros | Corvette | For Royal Norwegian Navy. | |||
| 22 May | Messrs. Green & Wigram | Blackwall | Agincourt | Merchantman | For R. Green. [52] | |
| 22 May | Messrs. Robert Menzies & Sons | Leith | Forth | Steamship | For West India Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. [53] [54] | |
| 22 May | Messrs. Bannister & Co. | Liverpool | Grimaldi | Schooner | For W. S. Dixon & Co. [55] | |
| 22 May | Ellis Evans | Penmaenpool | The Cambrian Maid | Schooner | For private owner. [56] | |
| 23 May | John Dawson & Co. | Liverpool | Sampson | Brigantine | For G. H. Thompson. [55] | |
| 25 May | James McMillan | Crawfordyke | Solway | Steamship | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. [57] | |
| 29 May | Messrs. Hillhouse's | Bristol | Timbuctoo | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & W. King. [58] | |
| May | E. T. Thompson & J Teasdale | Sunderland | Alexander | Snow | For A. Scott. [5] [59] | |
| May | William Tardrew | Bideford | George Vickery | Brig | For private owner. [60] | |
| May | George Frater | Sunderland | Majestic | Barque | For J. & J. Wait. [5] [61] | |
| 19 June | Messrs. J. B. Maxton & Co. | Leith | Victoria of Dundalk | Dredger | For Dundalk Harbour Commissioners. [62] | |
| 21 June | Messrs. Sothern & Day | Runcorn | Doris | Schooner | For private owner. [63] | |
| 21 June | Woolwich Dockyard | Trafalgar | Caledonia-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | ||
| June | Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | Hull | Jupiter | Merchantman | For private owner. [64] | |
| June | | Bay of Fundy | Mary Ann | Brig | For private owner. [65] | |
| June | J. M. Gales | Hylton Ferry | Tynemouth Castle | Snow | For Mr. Coppock. [5] [66] | |
| 3 July | Woolwich Dockyard | Devastation | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 5 July | Alexander Christie | Pembroke Dock | Cambrian | Frigate | For Royal Navy. [67] [68] | |
| 5 July | Chambers | Rotherham | John and William | Merchantman | For Messrs. Henry and Edward Canham. | |
| 6 July | Messrs. Thomas and John White | Cowes | Medina | Paddle steamer | For Mail Steam Packet Company. [69] | |
| 6 July | Bridlington | The Queen | Schooner | For private owner. [70] | ||
| 10 July | New York | Hendrick Hudson | Packet ship | For private owner. [71] | ||
| 13 July | Pritchard | Northfleet | Medway | Steamship | For East India Steam Packet Company. [72] | |
| 15 July | S. I. Chernyavskiy | Nicholaieff | Dvienadsat Apostolov | Dvienadsat Apostolov-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 19 July | Rochefort | Gomer | Gomer-class frigate | For French Navy. | ||
| 19 July | Tucker | Teignmouth | Llewellyn | East Indiaman | For private owner. [73] | |
| 20 July | Messrs. Hunt & Son | Ipswich | Earl of Stradbroke | Schooner | For private owner. [74] | |
| 20 July | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | Good Intent | Schooner | For J. R. Thompson. [75] | |
| 20 July | Chatham Dockyard | Growler | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 21 July | Westcott | Bideford | Glengariff | Brig | For private owner. [76] | |
| 21 July | Preston | The Gleaner | Schooner | For Messrs. J. & A. Caunce. [77] | ||
| 23 July | | Salisbury | Coverdale | Barque | For private owner. [78] | |
| July | | T. H. Havelock | Brig | For private owner. [79] | ||
| July | | Quebec | Tom Moore | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [80] | |
| 2 August | Plymouth Dockyard | Hindostan | Second rate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 5 August | W. Coulson | Wincolmlee | Diligent | Sloop | For Messrs. John Payne & Co. [81] | |
| 5 August | Messrs. Parkinson & Brown | Hull | Romp | Brig | For Robert Bilton. [81] | |
| 11 August | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Liverpool | Argaum | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Ross, Corbett & Co. [82] | |
| 16 August | Portsmouth Navy Yard | Congress | Frigate | For United States Navy. | ||
| 16 August | Woolwich Dockyard | Heroine | Brig | For Royal Navy. [83] | ||
| 16 August | Plymouth Dockyard | Spartan | Spartan-class frigate | For Royal Navy. [84] [85] | ||
| 16 August | Victory | Humber Keel | For private owner. [86] | |||
| 17 August | Pembroke Dockyard | Collingwood | Vanguard-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 17 August | Rochefort | Le Messager | Gazelle-class aviso | For French Navy. [87] | ||
| 17 August | Garland | Newburgh | Splendid | Merchantman | For private owner. [88] | |
| 18 August | H. Smith & Son. | Gainsborough | Mary Thompson | Merchantman | For private owner. [89] | |
| 18 August | Alexander | Govan | Peruvian | Barque | For Messrs. Urie & Co. [90] | |
| 20 August | Adamson | Broughty Ferry | Jean Baxter | Schooner | For private owner. [88] | |
| 21 August | Newburgh | Splendid | Merchantman | For private owner. [88] | ||
| August | Joseph Doxford | Sunderland | Amelia Mary | Snow | For Mr. Culliford. [5] | |
| August | W. S. Mellanby | Stockton-on-Tees | Bowes of Streatlam | Barque | For Henry French. [91] | |
| August | | Orestes | Schooner | For private owner. [92] | ||
| August | Stephenson & Stuart | Sunderland | Pattison | Merchantman | For Mr. Stephenson. [5] [93] | |
| August | J. Ratcliffe | Sunderland | Shepherdess | Merchantman | For Todd & Co. [5] [94] | |
| 2 September | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Le Papillon | Gazelle-class aviso | For French Navy. [95] | ||
| 2 September | Messrs. Sparrow | Wexford | The Emerald Isle | Schooner | For Richard Walsh. [96] | |
| 2 September | Lisbon | Vasco da Gama | Ship of the line | For Portuguese Navy. [97] | ||
| 4 September | Coppin | Londonderry | The Maiden City | Paddle steamer | For Steam Packet Company. [98] | |
| 7 September | Frederick Prestom | Great Yarmouth | Oriental | Schooner | For private owner. [99] | |
| 7 September | Messrs. Green, Wigrams, and Green | Blackwall | Trident | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. [100] | |
| 13 September | | Montreal | Sydenham | Steamship | For Government of Province of Canada. [101] | |
| 14 September | Bridge Foundry Co. | Warrington | John Wilson Patten | Brig | For private owner. [102] | |
| 16 September | | Ancona | Gregory XVI | Merchantman | For private owner. [103] | |
| 17 September | Messrs. Chaloner, Son & Co | Liverpool | Jupiter | Steamship | For private owner. [104] | |
| 30 September | Messrs. Menzies | Leith | Duncan | Barque | For private owner. [105] | |
| September | Cherbourg | La Forte | Frigate | For French Navy. [106] | ||
| 2 October | Messrs. Acramans, Morgan & Co. | Bristol | Little Western | Paddle steamer | For Gravesend Railway Company. [107] [108] [109] | |
| 2 October | John Laird | Birkenhead | Proto | Schooner | For Liverpool and London Shipping Company. [110] | |
| 2 October | Owen | Teignmouth | Sarah | Fishing trawler | For private owner. [111] | |
| 11 October | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co | Greenock | Teviot | Paddle steamer | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company. [112] | |
| 15 October | Alexander McLaine | Belfat | Martha | Brig | For private owner. [113] | |
| 20 October | Messrs. Hedderwick & Rancine | Kelvinhaugh | Precursor | Paddle steam | For Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [114] [115] | |
| 30 October | Hobkirk | Whitby | Dowlah | Barque | For private owner. [116] | |
| 30 October | Messrs. Jenkinson & McEwen | Kirkcudbright | Rory O'More | Merchantman | For Messrs. Moore, Christian & Co. [117] | |
| October | Walter Hood | Aberdeen | Agnes Blaikie | Barque | For George Thompson Jr. | |
| October | Wilson, Spence & Todd | Sunderland | Empress | Merchantman | For Cragg & Co. [5] [118] | |
| October | Thompson & Pearson | Sunderland | Portly | Barque | For Mr. Reed. [5] [15] | |
| 24 November | Amsterdam | Doggerbank | Frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. [119] | ||
| 30 November | William Jones | Pwllheli | Henry Winch | Brig | For Peek Brothers & Winch. [120] | |
| November | J. J. Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | Aden | Barque | For R. Brooks. [5] [20] | |
| 1 December | Messrs. Humphrey & Co | Hull | Equestrian | Merchantman | For private owner. [121] | |
| 29 December | Bedminster | Arch Duke Frederick | Steamship | For Austrian Government. [122] | ||
| Unknown date | Alice | Sloop | For private owner. [123] | |||
| Unknown date | Frederick Baddeley | Brixham | Amelia | Fishing trawler | For Frederick Hoare and John Laing. [124] | |
| Unknown date | Webb & Allen | New York | Argo | Full-rigged ship | For William Whitlock Jr. | |
| Unknown date | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Bebside | Schooner | For Mr. Coppin. [125] | |
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Belle Creole | Merchantman | For Palmer & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | H. Carr | Sunderland | Bosphorus | Barque | For A. Parker & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | T. Gales | Sunderland | Brunette | Barque | For Gales & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Catharine | Schooner | For private owner. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Chance | Schooner | For R. Hutchinson & Thompson. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Benjamin Hodgson & Co. | Sunderland | Charlotte | Snow | For A. Grey. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Cornelius | Brig | For Mr. Thompson. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | Hull & Sikes | Sunderland | Croxdale | Merchantman | For H. Dixon. [5] | |
| Unknown date | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | Dahlia | Schooner | For private owner. [5] | |
| Unknown date | William Bonker | Salcombe | Dolores | Schooner | For Robert Hurrell and others. [126] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Emily | Barque | For Dall & Co. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Fifeshire | Merchantman | For Pirie & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Foam | Chinaman | For private owner. [127] | |||
| Unknown date | W. Doxford | Southwick | Gateshead Park | Barque | For Abbott & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Byers | Sunderland | Gazelle | Snow | For Mr. Robinson. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Edward T. Thompson & John Teasdale | Monkwearmouth | Good Intent | Sloop | For private owner. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Good Intent | Schooner | For R. Glaves. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | G. Thompson | Sunderland | Hamsterly Hall | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Hants | Merchantman | For Mr. Burrell. [5] | |
| Unknown date | William H. Webb | New York | Helena | Packet ship | For N. L. and G. Griswold. | |
| Unknown date | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | Integrity | Snow | For Mr. Helmsley. [5] | |
| Unknown date | T. Ogden | Sunderland | Isabella Wood | Snow | For Hartlepool United Shipping Company. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Jane Frances | Barque | For Mr. Fenwick. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | Jarramas | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. [128] | |||
| Unknown date | John Wickliffe | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Juliet | Schooner | For Ord & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | W. Naisby | Sunderland | Lady Gray | Snow | For Mr. Wingrave. [5] | |
| Unknown date | R. Kater | Sunderland | Lady Margaret | Snow | For R. Naters. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Lady Mary | Merchantman | For Mr. Greenwell. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | Margaret | Schooner | For Blair & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Hull & Sykes | Hylton | Marsden | Brig | For T. Gibson. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Fletcher, Son & Fearnall | Limehouse | Memnon | Paddle frigate | For Indian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | W. Sutherland | Sunderland | Nestor | Snow | For R. Metcalf. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | New Zealand | Barque | For P. Laing & Co. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Nordstjernen | Corvette | For Royal Norwegian Navy. [129] | |||
| Unknown date | Jacob Westerveldt | New York | Oneida | Full-rigged ship | For John J. Boyd and Edward Hincken. | |
| Unknown date | Noble | Sunderland | Orator | Barque | For J. Hay. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Frederick Baddeley | Brixham | Orderly | Fishing trawler | For Samuel S. Drew & Samuel Vittery. [130] | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Orion | Steam yacht | For Royal Northern Yacht Club. [131] | |
| Unknown date | | Quebec | Palestine | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Astley Brothers. [132] | |
| Unknown date | Daniel Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Patna | Barque | For private owner. [133] | |
| Unknown date | Baltimore, Maryland | Phoenix | Schooner | For United States Navy. | ||
| Unknown date | Dunkerque | Pijl | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. [134] | ||
| Unknown date | Greenwell & Sacker | Monkwearmouth | Pilot | Snow | For James Parkin. [5] | |
| Unknown date | John Anderton | Runcorn | Princess Royal | Schooner | For John Crippin. [135] | |
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Priscilla | Barque | For John Campbell. [5] | |
| Unknown date | John M. Gales | Sunderland | Risk | Snow | For private owner. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Henry Barrick | Whitby | Rosebud | Schooner | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Templar | Snow | For Wilson & Co. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | | Thomas Arbuthnot | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Thor | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. [128] | |||
| Unknown date | William Brokenshaw | Fowey | Touch Me Not | Schooner | For private owner. [136] | |
| Unknown date | William Pitcher | Northfleet | Trent | Paddle steamer | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | Troubador | Steamship | For private owner. [137] | |
| Unknown date | H. Carr | Hylton Ferry | Two Sisters | Snow | For Mr. Davison. [5] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Tyne | Merchantman | For Bilton & Co. | ||
| Unknown date | Van Buren | Full-rigged ship | For United States Navy. [138] | |||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Vicar of Bray | Merchantman | For private owner. [5] | ||
| Unknown date | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Vicar of Bray | Barque | For private owner. [139] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | William and Mary | Merchantman | For Mr. Granger. [5] [30] | ||
| Unknown date | John & James Friend | New York | William J. Romer | Pilot boat | For James J. Wilkie, James Conner, Robert W. Johnson, and George H. Sisco. | |
| Unknown date | Rotterdam | Zephyr | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. [140] | ||
| Unknown date | Acramans, Morgan & Co. | Bristol | No. 2 | Chain ferry | For Port of Portsmouth Floating Bridge Co. [141] |