The list of ship launches in 1843 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1843.
| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January | Dasher | Brig | Oliver Chapman | Chepstow | For private owner. [1] | |
| 11 January | British Hero | East Indiaman | Thomas Royden | Liverpool | For private owner. [2] | |
| 31 January | Indian Queen | Barque | Joseph Wheeler | Cork | For Messrs. Hardy. [3] | |
| January | Magician | Paddle steamer | River Thames | For private owner. [4] | ||
| January | Mercury | Clipper | For private owner. [5] | |||
| 15 February | William Fraser | Brig | Messrs. George Ross & Son | Inverkeithing | For private owner. [6] | |
| 16 February | Mary Holland | Brig | J. Henry Jones | Port Madoc | For Messrs. Menish & Co. [7] | |
| 17 February | Maria | Sloop | Hugh Jones | Beaumaris | For Hugh Jones. [8] | |
| 21 February | Mohawk | Steamship | Kingston | | For private owner. [9] | |
| 9 March | Duke of Cornwall | Chinaman | Messrs. Hilhouse & Hill | Bristol | For private owner. [10] | |
| 9 March | Liverpool | Packet ship | New York | For private owner. [11] | ||
| 10 March | Commodore | Merchantman | Messrs. Denny & Rankine | Dumbarton | For private owner. [12] | |
| 18 March | Hugh Matthie | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. K. Woods & Sons | Maryport | For Joseph Sparks. [13] | |
| 21 March | Duchess of Leinster | Brig | Fagan | Kingstown | For private owner. [14] | |
| 30 March | Agile | Brig | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [15] | ||
| March | Bzyb | Barque | J. Crown | Sunderland | For Imperial Russian Government. [16] [17] | |
| 3 April | Fairy | Schooner yacht | Michael Ratsey | Cowes | For Mr. Perreth. [18] | |
| 4 April | Rossignol | Brig | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [19] | ||
| 12 April | Anjer | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Wilmet & Hall | Newport | For Messr. Wilmet & Hall [20] | |
| 13 April | Rattler | Sloop-of-war | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 13 April | Zephyr | Merchantman | Coulson | Sculcoates | For private owner. [21] | |
| 17 April | Gloriana | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | For private owner. [22] [23] | |
| 25 April | Victoria and Albert | Royal yacht | Pembroke Dockyard | For Queen Victoria. | ||
| April | Ann Mills | Snow | H. Carr | Sunderland | For J. Ritson. [16] | |
| April | James and Emma | Schooner | Messrs. Parkinson, Brown & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [24] | |
| April | Liberty | Brigantine | Fatamagouche | | For private owner. [25] | |
| 16 May | Eurydice | Corvette | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 18 May | Isabella | Snow | W. Byers | Sunderland | For T. Crozier. [16] [26] | |
| 31 May | Infernal | Driver-class sloop | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [27] [28] [29] [30] | ||
| 31 May | Prince of Wales | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Miller & Ravenhill | Blackwall | For Old Margate Steam-boat Company. [31] [32] | |
| 31 May | Rosamond | Steamship | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [33] | ||
| May | Perry | Brig | Norfolk Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| May | Four Sisters | Barque | Ralph Hutchinson | Monkwearmouth | For S. Mease. [16] [34] | |
| May | Saville | Snow | W. Spowers | Sunderland | For McColl & Co. [16] [35] | |
| May | Till | Snow | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | For Pow & Co. [16] [36] | |
| 1 June | Dublin | Merchantman | James Edwards | South Shields | For private owner. [37] | |
| 13 June | Raritan | Raritan-class frigate | Philadelphia Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| 14 June | Argoed | Schooner | John Arthur Prichard | Pwllheli | For private owner. [38] | |
| 24 June | Amazone | Corvette | Carmesins Werft | Grabow | For Prussian Navy. | |
| 29 June | Breadalbane | Barque | Hedderwich & Rowan | Kelvinhaugh | For McNeil & Co. [39] | |
| 29 June | Vanguard | Steamship | Govan | For Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam Packet Company. [39] | ||
| June | Chusan | Barque | Thomas H. Oliver | Quebec | | For private owner. [40] |
| June | Maria | Sloop | Hugh Morris | Pwllheli | For private owner. [38] | |
| 3 July | The Lady Burgoyne | Steamship | Killaloe | For private owner. [41] | ||
| 11 July | Helena | Helena-class brig-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [42] [33] | ||
| 12 July | Chichester | Southampton-class frigate | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [43] | ||
| 13 July | Helen MacGregor | Paddle steamer | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Mr Gee. [44] | |
| 19 July | Great Britain | Passenger ship | William Patterson | Bristol | For Great Western Steamship Company. The first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller. [45] | |
| 27 July | Maria | Schooner | Robert Johnson | Bideford | For Mr. Hinks and others. [46] | |
| 27 July | Sealark | Pandora-class brig-sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [33] | ||
| 29 July | Martha Jaggers | East Indiaman | Messrs. Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | For private owner. [47] | |
| July | Indus | Brig | River John | | For private owner. [48] | |
| 1 August | Lawrence | Brig | Langley B. Culley | Baltimore, Maryland | For United States Navy. | |
| 5 August | Queen of the West | Packet ship | New York | For Messrs. Woodhill and Minturn. [49] | ||
| 10 August | Orénoque | Steam frigate | For French Navy. [50] | |||
| 26 August | Miss Maddocks | Sloop | Henry Jones | Port Madoc | For private owner. [51] | |
| 28 August | Templeman | Full-rigged ship | Messrs Mulvey | Chester | For Messrs. Prowse & Co. [52] | |
| August | Kate | Schooner | For private owner. [53] | |||
| August | Red Rose | East Indiaman | Messrs. Spence & Son | River Tees | For private owner. [54] | |
| August | Ross-shire | Brig | River John, Nova Scotia | | For private owner. [48] | |
| 3 September | Darien | Steamship | Cherbourg | For French Government. [55] | ||
| 5 September | Princeton | Sloop-of-war | Philadelphia Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| 9 September | Hirondelle | Iris-class schooner | Toulon | For French Navy. [56] | ||
| 9 September | Princess Alice | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Tod and MacGregor | Glasgow | For North Lancashire Steam Navigatio Co. [57] [58] | |
| 11 September | Princess Royal | Schooner | Taylor | Woodbridge | For private owner. [59] | |
| 12 September | Pluto | Steamship | Bombay | | For P&O. [60] | |
| 17 September | Iagudiil | Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line | I. S. Dimitriev | Nicholaieff | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 21 September | Vulture | Cyclops-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 23 September | Chevrette | Tactique-class gun-brig | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [61] | ||
| 25 September | Nimrod | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Thomas Fearnon & Co | Liverpool | For Cork Steamship Co. Ltd. [62] | |
| 26 September | Fire Queen | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick | Liverpool | For private owner. [63] [62] | |
| 26 September | Nimrod | Steamship | Messrs. Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | For City of Cork Steamship Company. [63] | |
| 27 September | Gefion | Frigate | For Royal Danish Navy. | |||
| 29 September | Magnet | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Coates & Young | Belfast | For private owner. [64] | |
| 7 October | Harriett | Schooner | Thomas Cliff | Knottingley | For John Burnitt. [65] | |
| 7 October | Opyt | Schooner | Arsenal de la Carracca | Cádiz | For Imperial Russian Navy. [66] | |
| 10 October | Laffak | Merchantman | Messrs. John & Thomas Johnson | Runcorn | For private owner. [67] | |
| 10 October | Worcester | Southampton-class frigate | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 22 October | Dom Fernando II e Glória | Frigate | Daman | | For Portuguese Navy. [68] | |
| 23 October | Belle | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Robinson & Hall | Stockton-on-Tees | For private owner. [69] | |
| 23 October | Portsmouth | Sloop-of-war | Portsmouth Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| 24 October | Dart | Brig | For private owner. [70] | |||
| 25 October | Yorkshire | Ocean liner | New York | For private owner. [71] | ||
| October | Panama | Steam frigate | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | For French Navy. [72] | ||
| 6 November | Iris | Corvette | Lisbon | For Portuguese Navy. [73] | ||
| 11 November | The Dove | Steamship | John Laird | North Birkenhead | For Baptist Missionary Society. [74] [75] | |
| 22 November | Harriett | Merchantman | Messrs. Brundritt and Whiteway | Runcorn | For Joseph Coyne. [76] | |
| 22 November | Pandour | Brig | Lorient | For French Navy. [77] | ||
| 5 December | Michigan | Paddle steamer | Stackhouse and Tomlinson | Erie, Michigan | For United States Navy. | |
| 23 December | Glenelg | full-rigged ship | Messrs. Evans & Cox | Bideford | For Messrs. Evan, Baillie, Sons & Co. [78] | |
| 29 December | Iron Duke | Steamship | Thomas Wilson | Liverpool | For City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company. [79] | |
| December | Dundalk | Steamship | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | For private owner. [80] | |
| Unknown date | Active | Cutter | Sackets Harbor, New York | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | ||
| Unknown date | Alert | Snow | Sunderland | For Stevens & Co. [16] [81] | ||
| Unknown date | Ancud | Schooner | San Carlos de Ancud | For Chilean Navy. | ||
| Unknown date | Anenome | Snow | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | For Mr. Cropton. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Arthur | Schooner | Ralph Hutchinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Aurora | Barque | Sunderland | For Mr. Ryan. [16] | ||
| Unknown date | Barleycorn | Merchantman | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For private owner. [82] | |
| Unknown date | Charles | Sloop | For private owner. [83] | |||
| Unknown date | Commerce | Mersey flat | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | For private owner. [84] | |
| Unknown date | Countess of Bective | Barque | J. Crown | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Cresswell Packet | Schooner | J. Bell | Sunderland | For J. Bell. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Cressy | Full-rigged ship | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | For Duncan Dunbar & Co. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Crown | Snow | J. Crown | Sunderland | For J. Crown. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Dido | Brig | Sunderland | For Mr. Burrell. [16] | ||
| Unknown date | Duchess of Buccleuch | East Indiaman | James Edwards | South Shields | For J. Edwards. | |
| Unknown date | Duncan Ritchie | Barque | Aberdeen | For private owner. [85] | ||
| Unknown date | Desirée | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. [86] | |||
| Unknown date | Ebenezer | Merchantman | J. Todd | Sunderland | For R. Oliver. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth | Brig | W. Chilton | Sunderland | For Wood & Co. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Empire | Paddle steamer | For Troy Line. | |||
| Unknown date | Ferret | Schooner | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | For P. Laing. [16] | |
| Unknown date | George & Richard | Snow | J. Brown | Sunderland | For J. Hay. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Gertrude | Brig | | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Golconda | Barque | Southwick | For Mr. Richardson. [16] | ||
| Unknown date | Guide | Pilot vessel | Liverpool | For Iron Company. [87] | ||
| Unknown date | Henderson | Snow | Stafford & Forster | Sunderland | For Milne & Co. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Henry & Ann | Snow | H. Dixon | Sunderland | For Mr. Longstaff. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | For Ocean Towing Co. | ||
| Unknown date | Home | Schooner | Black River, Ohio | For W. D. Winslow, Robert White and Thomas Jones. | ||
| Unknown date | Independence | Steamboat | James M. Averill | Chicago, Illinois | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Isabella | Sloop | George Barker | Sunderland | For private owner. [16] | |
| Unknown date | James M. Waterbury | Pilot boat | Williamsburgh, New York | For Ornen & Roberts. | ||
| Unknown date | Jane Alice | Snow | W. Potts | Sunderland | For J. Potts. [16] | |
| Unknown date | John & Ann | Schooner | Hylton Carr | Hylton Ferry | For S. Fletcher. [16] [26] | |
| Unknown date | Lady Kingsale | Sloop | William Bonker | Salcombe | For Samuel Pearce. [88] | |
| Unknown date | Lady Ridley | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For Mr. Marfitt. [89] | |
| Unknown date | Lansier | Full-rigged ship | Dunkerque | For Royal Netherlands Navy. [90] | ||
| Unknown date | Leda | Snow | James Robinson | Sunderland | For Mr. Errington. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Lord Ashburton | Barque | Joshua Briggs | St. Andrews | | For Nehemiah Marks. |
| Unknown date | Lucy Walker | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Mary Jane | Schooner | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | For private owner. [91] | |
| Unknown date | Mary Queen of Scots | Barque | Sunderland | For Mr. Fairfield. [16] | ||
| Unknown date | Newbottle | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Pallas | Barque | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | For Mr. Henley. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Patriot Queen | Full-rigged ship | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | For T. & J. Brocklebank. [92] | |
| Unknown date | Paul Jones | Clipper | Waterman & Ewell | Medford, Massachusetts | For Daniel C. Bacon, Robert Bennet Forbes, John Murray Forbes and Russell & Co. | |
| Unknown date | Primus | Barque | Suomenlinna | | For private owner. [93] | |
| Unknown date | Queen of the Tyne | Merchantman | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | For R. Wright. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Seneca | Steamship | New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Sprite | Snow | John M. Gales | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Swallow | Snow | G. Thompson | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Thorndale | Snow | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | For W. Burnett. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Uncas | Steamship | location | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Van Speyk | Sixth rate | Dunkerque | For Royal Navy. [94] | ||
| Unknown date | Vertumnus | Barque | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | For S. Mills. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Vulcano | Paddle steamer | Venice | For Austrian Navy. | ||
| Unknown date | William Thompson | Schooner | William Thompson | Dumfries | For William Thompson. [95] | |
| Unknown date | Zephyr | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | For Mr. Lumsdon. [16] | |
| Unknown date | Zior | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | For Mr. Blackett. [16] |