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