The list of ship launches in 1853 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1853.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January | Samuel Sneden | Greenpoint, New York | Daniel Webster | Paddle steamer | For Maine Steam Navigation Co. | |
| 7 January | Lister & Bartram | North Hylton | Abyssinian | Barque | For John Charlton. [1] [2] | |
| 10 January | Jacob Aaron Westervelt | New York | Golden State | Clipper | For Chambers & Heiser. | |
| 10 January | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | Vectis | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [3] [4] | |
| 11 January | Messrs. Coutts & Parkinson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Swarthmore | Merchantman | For private owners. [5] | |
| 12 January | Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld | Newcastle upon Tyne | Guanabara | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [5] | |
| 13 January | Clarke | Saint Helier | Ann Holzberg | Clipper | For Messrs. J. J. Melhuish & Co. [6] | |
| 13 January | Westacott | Barnstaple | Wild Wave | Schooner | For private owner. [7] | |
| 15 January | Messrs. J. & W. Hall | Aberdeen | Cairngorm | Clipper | For Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson & Co. [8] | |
| 15 January | Sheerness Dockyard | Tribune | Tribune-class frigate | For Royal Navy. [9] | ||
| 26 January | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | British Tar | Barque | For John Dryden. [1] [10] | |
| 28 January | El Ferrol | Narvaes | Steamship | For unknown owner. [11] | ||
| 28 January | Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. | Liverpool | Tiger | Tug | For Liverpool Steam-tug Company. [12] | |
| 29 January | John Laird | Birkenhead | Hope | Steamship | For private owner. [13] | |
| January | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | Granite City | Clipper | For private owner. [14] | |
| January | South Shields | Hanover | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Marshall & Edridge. [15] | ||
| January | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Norman | Barque | For Langton & Co. [1] [16] | |
| January | T. Stonerhouse | Sunderland | Rangoon | Barque | For Mr. Buchanan. [1] [17] | |
| January | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | Sarah Huntly | Barque | For Mr. Huntly. [1] [18] | |
| January | | Messrs. W. & R. Wright | Saint Join | Star of the East | Clipper | For private owner. [19] |
| 1 February | New York | Ellen | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | ||
| 4 February | Daniel Westervelt | New York | Jacob A. Westervelt | Pilot boat | For New York Pilots. | |
| 5 February | John Smith | Sunderland | Walter Duncan | Merchantman | For John Martin & Walter Duncan. [1] | |
| 8 February | Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Son | Liverpool | San Guisto | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [20] | |
| 8 February | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Saxon | Schooner | For Langton & Co. [1] [21] | |
| 10 February | Messrs. Denny & Rankin | Dumbarton | Roderick Dhu | Barque | For A. Sword and others. [22] | |
| 12 February | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Havilah | Steamship | For private owner. [23] | |
| 26 February | J. & G. Thomson | Govan | Telegraph | Paddle steamer | For Belfast Steamship Company. | |
| 28 February | Messrs. Brundrit and Whiteway | Runcorn | Anne Cheshyre | Brigantine | For Brundrit & Whiteway. [24] [25] | |
| 28 February | Messrs. Peter Chaloner, Sons, & Co. | Liverpool | Lancashire | For Messrs. James Browne & Co. [26] | ||
| February | Messrs. Turnbull & Co. | Stockton on Tees | Celestial | Barque | For private owner. [27] | |
| 9 March | John Pile | Sunderland | Aspirant | Barque | For S. A. Gibb. [28] | |
| 10 March | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son | whitby | John Lawson | Barque | For John Lawson. [29] | |
| 11 March | Cram | Chester | Amelia | Steamship | For private owner. [30] [31] | |
| 12 March | John Laird | Birkenhead | San Marco | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [32] | |
| 15 March | Messrs. C. & W. Earle | Hull | Minister Thorbecke | Steamship | For Zwolle Shipping Company. [33] | |
| 23 March | Cherbourg | La Bellona | Frigate | For French Navy. [34] | ||
| 23 March | John Smith | Pallion | Prima Donna | Brig | For Mr. Prew. [1] [17] [35] | |
| 23 March | Devonport Dockyard | St Jean d'Acre | James Watt-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 23 March | Messrs Home & Murphy | Waterford | Sylph | Steamship | For private owner. [36] [37] | |
| 24 March | Robert Thompson & Sons | Monkwearmouth | Euphrosyne | Full-rigged ship | For Coxon & Grace. [1] [38] [35] [39] | |
| 24 March | William Pile Jr. | Monkwearmouth | Kangaroo | Full-rigged ship | For P. Tindall. [1] [35] | |
| 24 March | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Nimrod | Full-rigged ship | For John Allan. [1] [16] | |
| 26 March | Messrs. Scott, Russell & Co. | River Thames | Victoria | Paddle steamer | For Australian Screw Steam Shipping Company. [40] | |
| 28 March | South Shields | Stewarts | Barque | For Robert Stewart. [41] | ||
| 28 March | Bank Quay Foundry Co. | Warrington | Perlita | Paddle tender | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. [42] [43] | |
| 31 March | John Laird | Birkenhead | San Carlo | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [44] | |
| March | W. Reed | Sunderland | Olive Branch | Brig | For R. Oliver. [1] [45] | |
| March | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Queen Victoria | Steamship | For Edmund Graham. [1] [46] | |
| 9 April | Cork Steamship Company | Cork | Cormorant | Steamship | For private owner. [47] | |
| 9 April | | Moulmein | Malacca | Sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
| 9 April | Messrs. Giles & Boucher | Chatham | Queen of the Isles | Steamship | For private owner. [48] | |
| 23 April | John Laird | Birkenhead | Braziliera | Steamship | For South American and General Steam Navigation Company. [49] [50] | |
| 23 April | John Laird | Birkenhead | Charity | Steamship | For African Mail Steamship Company. [51] | |
| 23 April | Pembroke Dock | James Watt | Cressy-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 23 April | Venice | Schwarzenberg | Frigate | For Austrian Navy. [52] [53] | ||
| 23 April | Camper | Gosport | Sappho | Schooner | For G. P. Naylor. [54] | |
| 25 April | Messrs. John Wood & Co | Port Glasgow | Josefina | Steamship | For Messrs. Salomon, Moro & Leon. [55] | |
| 25 April | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Martaban | Clipper | For Mr. Campbell and others. [55] | |
| 25 April | Messrs. John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | Olinda | Steamship | For South American and General Steam Navigation Company. [55] | |
| 25 April | Cherbourg | Phlegethon | Corvette | For French Navy. [56] | ||
| 25 April | Messrs. Jordan & Co. | Liverpool | Woodside | Ferry | For Liverpool Harbour Commissioners. [57] | |
| 26 April | Caird & Company | Greenock | Atrato | Paddle steamer | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. | |
| 26 April | Messrs. Stephen & Sons | Kelvinhaugh | Hurricane | Clipper | For Messrs. Potter, Wilson & Co. [58] | |
| 27 April | Ratsey | Cowes | Caprice | Cutter yacht | For H. Baring. [59] | |
| 27 April | William Bayley | Ipswich | Susan Bayley | Brig | For private owner. [60] | |
| 28 April | Smith & Rodger | Govan | Vesta | Steamship | For Malcolmson Bros. [61] [62] | |
| 30 April | William H. Webb | New York | Young America | Extreme clipper | For George B. Daniels. | |
| April | River Clyde | Flamingo | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [61] | ||
| April | William Henry Pearson | Panns | Martha Miles | Merchantman | For William Henry Pearson. [1] [63] | |
| April | River Clyde | Newa | Steamship | For private owner. [61] | ||
| April | John Pile | Sunderland | Spirit of the North | Clipper | For T. A. Gibb & John Pender. [1] [64] | |
| 9 May | I. S. Dimitriev | Sevastopol | Imperatritsa Maria | Khrabryi-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 9 May | Colchester | Margaret | Cutter yacht | For Mr. Mann. [65] | ||
| 10 May | Webster | Fraserburgh | Ærolite | Clipper | For Messrs. John Wemyss & Co. [66] | |
| 10 May | Bradley Potts & Co | Pallion Flats | Name unknown | Barque | For Berwick & Co. [1] | |
| 11 May | Messrs. Denny & Rankin | Dumbarton | Gauntlet | Yacht | For private owner. [67] | |
| 12 May | Charleston Navy Yard | Bibb | Cutter | For United States Coast Survey. | ||
| 19 May | Cram | Chester | Cobra | Steamboat | For Mr. Walters. [68] | |
| 21 May | John Laird | Birkenhead | Argentine | Paddle steamer | For South American and General Steam Navigation Company. [69] [70] | |
| 23 May | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | Carlo Alberto | Frigate | For Royal Sardinian Navy. [71] | |
| 24 May | Cram | Chester | Golden Queen | Steamship | For New South Wales and Intercolonial Steam Navigation Company. [72] | |
| 24 May | C. J. Mare & Co. | Leamouth | Himalaya | Paddle steamer | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | |
| 24 May | Messrs. Alexander Duthie & Co. | Aberdeen | Rubens | Clipper | For Andrew Anderson. [73] | |
| 25 May | Rochefort | Lucifer | Corvette | For French Navy. [74] | ||
| 25 May | Birkenhead | Water Lily | Yacht | For Messrs. Phillips & Weare. [75] | ||
| 26 May | J. & R. Mills | Southwick | Burlington | Full-rigged ship | For J. Lidgett, [1] or Messrs. Ledgett & Son. [76] | |
| May | | Quebec | Annie Jane | Clipper | For private owner. [77] | |
| May | Ratsey | Cowes | Julia | Schooner | For W. Peareth. [78] | |
| 6 June | J. B. Mansfield | Teignmouth | Lancashire Witch | Schooner | For L. V. Palk. [79] | |
| 7 June | Mrs. M. J. Stokeld | Blyth, Northumberland | Queen of Sheba | Barque | For Messrs. John Patterson. [80] | |
| 7 June | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Vulcan | Steamship | For private owne. [80] | |
| 8 June | Messrs. Bowman & Drummond | Blyth | Crawfords | Barque | For W. R. Crawford. [80] [81] | |
| 8 June | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | Solent | Steamship | For Royal West India Mail Steamship Company. [82] [83] [84] | |
| 11 June | Teas & Birely | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Caledonia | Steamship | For private owner. | |
| 11 June | John Laird | Birkenhead | Manx Fairy | Steamship | For Ramsey (Isle of Man) Steam Packet Company. [85] [86] | |
| 18 June | Vaughn & Lynn | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Keystone State | Paddle steamer | For Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Navigation Company. | |
| 20 June | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Skimmer of the Seas | Barque | For Thomas Thompson. [1] [87] | |
| 21 June | Messrs. C. J. Mare & Sons | Blackwall | Crœsus | Steamship | For General Screw Steam Shipping Company. [88] | |
| 21 June | Alexander Hall and Sons | Aberdeen | Mimosa | Clipper | For Daniel Green, William Killey and Robert Vining. | |
| 21 June | John Watson | Sunderland | Pallion | Barque | For Edward Mounsey. [1] [89] | |
| 21 June | Pembroke Dockyard | Rover | Helena-class sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 21 June | John Scott Russell | Glasgow | Titania | Schooner | For Robert Stephenson. [90] | |
| 21 June | John Smith | Pallion | Uncle Tom | Barque | For private owner. [1] [17] [91] | |
| 22 June | J. & J. Robinson | Sunderland | Berdinkha | Snow | For Messrs. Marwood. [1] [45] [92] [91] | |
| 23 June | Portsmouth Dockyard | Princess Royal | Second rate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 23 June | Messrs. Gaddy & Lamb | Newcastle upon Tyne | Unnamed | Merchantman | For Messrs. Woods, Spence & Co. [91] | |
| 25 June | Messrs. Tod & Macgregor | Partick | Douro | Steamship | For private owner. [93] | |
| 25 June | M. Ratsey & Sons | West Cowes | Lady of the Test | Yacht | For J. Woods. [94] | |
| 25 June | Northfleet | Northfleet | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Dent. [95] [96] | ||
| 25 June | Messrs. Pattersons | Wapping | The Batanza | Steamship | For private owner. [97] | |
| 25 June | J. White | East Cowes | Zara | Schooner | For Earl of Wilton. [94] | |
| 30 June | Messrs Denny Brothers | Dumbarton | Elk | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [98] | |
| June | Samuel Hale | Boston, Massachusetts | Amphitrite | Clipper | For private owner. [99] | |
| June | Peter Gibson | Sunderland | Elizabeth & Emily | Barque | For Briggs & Co. [1] [91] | |
| June | J. Watson | Sunderland | Irene | Barque | For private owner. [91] | |
| June | W. Naisby | Sunderland | Queen Margaret | Barque | For "Mesn'rd". [1] [91] | |
| June | John Duncan | Speymouth | Soho | Schooner | For Peter Murray. [100] | |
| June | Hartlepool | Wave | Barque | For private owner. [101] | ||
| June | Havelock & Robson | Sunderland | Unnamed | Barque | For Mr. Nicholson. [91] | |
| June | Sykes | Sunderland | Unnamed | Barque | For Messrs. Douglas. [91] | |
| 6 July | Messrs. Thomas Young & Sons | South Shields | William the Conqueror | Barque | For Messrs. T. Young & Co. [102] | |
| 7 July | Messrs. Calman & Martin | Dundee | Lady Agnes Duff | Barque | For private owners. [103] | |
| 7 July | Thomas & Robert White | Cowes | Tartar | Paddle steamer | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. | |
| 9 July | New York | Calhoun | Steamship | For private owner. [104] [105] | ||
| 9 July | Robert Napier and Sons | Glasgow | Colombo | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [106] | |
| 11 July | J. M. Hood | Somerset, Massachusetts | Robert McClelland | Cushing-class schooner | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| 13 July | J. M. Hood | Somerset, Massachusetts | James C. Dobbin | Cushing-class schooner | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| 18 July | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Solway | Steamship | For private owner. [107] | |
| 20 July | Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | Hull | Eagle | Steamship | For private owner. [108] | |
| 20 July | Kangaroo | Steamship | For Australasian Pacific Steam Navigation Company, [109] or Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company. [110] | |||
| 20 July | Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld | Low Walker | Raven | Yacht | For private owner. [111] | |
| 21 July | Pembroke Dockyard | Caesar | Caesar-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. [112] | ||
| 21 July | Messrs. Red, Chatfield & Creuze | Chatham Dockyard | Cressy | Cressy-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. [113] | |
| 22 July | Glasgow | Tonning | Paddle steamer | For North of Europe Steam Navigation Company. [114] | ||
| 23 July | John Laird | Birkenhead | Emilie | Steamship | For J. Eaton. [115] | |
| 23 July | T. D. Marshall | South Shields | Preston | Steamship | For W. Threlfall. [116] | |
| 25 July | Messrs. George & Henry Wildsmith | Worsborough | George and Lucy | Barque | For Robert Earl. [117] | |
| 30 July | Samuel Mason | Runcorn | Anne Walker | Schooner | For John Davies. [118] | |
| July | Dumbarton | Chanticleer | Steamship | For John Ormston. [102] | ||
| July | Newcastle upon Tye | Hurkaru | Clipper | For private owner. [119] | ||
| 3 August | George Short | Sunderland | Anne | Barque | For Mr. Eltringham. [1] | |
| 4 August | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | Beberebe | Steamship | For Imperial Brazilian Navy. [120] | |
| 5 August | Rijkswerf Vlissingen | Vlissingen | De Ruyter | Frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. | |
| 6 August | Messrs. Mare | Blackwall | Jason | Steamship | For General Screw Steam Shipping Company. [121] | |
| 6 August | George Robinson | Blyth | Lord Collingwood | Barque | For Peter Dale. [122] | |
| 6 August | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | Marion | Barque | For Messrs. Shand. [123] | |
| 6 August | Messrs. William Joyce & Co. | Greenwich | Peninsula | Steamship | For Spanish and Portuguese Screw Steam Shipping Company. [124] | |
| 8 August | Messrs. Denny & Rankin | Dumbarton | Mary | Schooner | For private owner. [125] | |
| 9 August | John Laird | Birkenhead | Lusitania | Steamship | For South American and General Steam Navigation Company. [126] [127] | |
| 15 August | Toulon | Florus | Steamship | For French Navy. [128] | ||
| 15 August | William Cramp & Sons | Kensington, Philadelphia | Morning Light | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
| 17 August | Cherbourg | Aigle | Corvette | For French Navy. [129] [130] | ||
| 17 August | James Hardie | Southwick | Rose Ellis | Barque | For Henry Ellis. [1] [131] | |
| 18 August | | William H. Troop | Linn City | Belle of Oregon City | Paddle steamer | For William B. Wells and Richard Williams. |
| 18 August | Charles Mallory | Mystic, Connecticut | Pampero | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. | |
| 18 August | L. B. Bushel | South Shields | Queen of the South | Brig | For Mr. Hunter. [132] | |
| 20 August | Samuda Brothers | Blackwall | Estrella | Paddle steamer | For Magdalena Steam Navigation Company. | |
| 20 August | Messrs. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | London | Paddle steamer | For private owner. [133] | |
| 22 August | Emeu | Steamship | For Australasian Pacific Steam Packet Company. [134] | |||
| 23 August | John Smith | Pallion | New E. D. | Snow | For J. Oldrey, [1] [17] or Messrs. Oldrey & Co. [135] | |
| August | Rawson, Watson & Co. | Southwick | Belisarna | Barque | For John Norman. [1] [135] | |
| August | Dieppe | Eugénie | Brig | For private owner. [136] | ||
| August | William Petrie | Sunderland | Jessamine | Merchantman | For Lumsdon & Co, [1] [63] or Messrs. E. Lumsden & Sons. [135] | |
| August | | Portland | Mazeppa | Barque | For private owner. [137] | |
| August | James Young | South Shields | Northern Lights | Barque | For James Young. [135] [138] | |
| August | Messrs. Coutts & Parkinson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sorrento | Steamship | For Metropolitan and Sicilian Steam Company. [132] | |
| August | John Barr | Glasgow | Vesta | Paddle steamer | For Glasgow, Largs & Millport Union Steam Boat Co. [139] | |
| 3 September | Bartram & Lister and John & Robert Candlish | Southwick | Evangeline | Barque | For J. Douglas. [1] | |
| 16 September | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | Unnamed | Merchantman | For Messrs. Hardy, Moore & Co. [140] | |
| 17 September | Cherbourg | Aigle | Steamship | For French Navy. [141] | ||
| 17 September | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Donna Maria Segunda | Steamship | For Portuguese and Brazilian Steam Navigation Company. [142] | |
| 17 September | Messrs. William Simon & Co. | Partick | Tornado | Merchantman | For Messrs. Neilson & M'Intosh. [143] | |
| 20 September | W. Naizby | North Hylton | Blenheim | Barque | For A. Strong. [1] | |
| 20 September | Cram | Chester | Mino | Steamship | For private owner. [144] | |
| 22 September | William Collyer | Greenpoint, New York | Nashville | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | |
| September | Potts | Newcastle upon Tyne | Iron King | Steamship | For John Murphy & Co. [145] | |
| September | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Rey Don Francisco de Assis | Man-of-war | For Spanish Navy. [146] [147] | |
| September | Thalestris | Clipper | For St. George Line of Packets. [148] | |||
| 1 October | Messrs. Samuda Bros. | Blackwall | Anita | Steamship | For Magdalena Steam Navigation Company. [149] | |
| 3 October | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Crest of the Wave | Full-rigged ship | For Brice, Friend & Co. [1] [87] [150] | |
| 4 October | Donald McKay | Boston, Massachusetts | Great Republic | Extreme clipper | For Donald McKay. Largest wooden clipper ship ever built. | |
| 4 October | Robinson | Gosport | Hesperus | Cutter yacht | For Nathaniel Montefiore. [151] | |
| 4 October | John Watson | Pallion | Lady Hodgkinson | Full-rigged ship | For George E. Hodgkinson. [1] [89] | |
| 4 October | F. C. Clark | Saint Helier | Matilda Wattenbach | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. J. & J. Melhuish. [152] Ran aground on launching, later refloated. [153] [154] | |
| 4 October | Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld | Walker | Menuara | Steamship | For Australasian and Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company. [155] | |
| 4 October | George Worth | Southwick | Sultan | Barque | For Mr. Lawson. [1] [89] | |
| 4 October | Bank Quay Foundry Company | Warrington | Tayleur | Full-rigged ship | For Charles Moore & Company. [156] | |
| 5 October | Chatham Dockyard | Euryalus | Frigate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 5 October | John Smith | Pallion | Lady Elizabeth | Barque | For J. Tyler. [1] | |
| 6 October | S. Earle | Hull | Express | Steamship | For W. Priest. [157] | |
| 6 October | George Booth | Sunderland | Guiding Star | Barque | For private owner. [1] | |
| 7 October | Lawson Gales | South Hylton | Glengariff | Barque | For Dealy & Co. [1] [158] | |
| 8 October | Isaac C. Smith & Son | Hoboken, New Jersey | Gravina | Clipper | For Loring Brothers. | |
| 10 October | Chase & Davis | Warren, Rhode Island | Lookout | Clipper | For E. Buckley & Sons. | |
| 10 October | | John Meahan | Bathurst | Tyrone | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [159] |
| 22 October | Constantinople | Peiki Zafer | Ship of the line | For Ottoman Navy. [160] | ||
| 31 October | Brest | Tourville | Tourville-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | ||
| October | T. & B. Tiffin | Sunderland | Henry Reed | Barque | For Walker & Co. [1] [161] | |
| October | Miss Mag | Clipper | For private owner. [162] | |||
| October | Lyme Regis | Salacia | Merchantman | For Mr. Mansfield. [163] | ||
| October | Messrs. Holmes & Sons | Middlesbrough | Velocity | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [161] | |
| 2 November | Brest | Dunkerque | Steamship | For French Navy. [164] | ||
| 2 November | George Thomas, | Rockland, Maine | Red Jacket | Extreme clipper | For Seacomb & Taylor. | |
| 3 November | John Laird | Birkenhead | Ottawa | Steamship | For Canada Steam Navigation Company. [165] | |
| 5 November | Messrs Smith & Rodger | Govan | City of Sydney | Steamship | For Australasian Steam Navigation Company. [166] | |
| 16 November | | Bombay | Falkland | Frigate | For British East India Company. [167] | |
| 17 November | Messrs. Mare. | Blackwall | Golden Fleece | Steamship | For General Screw Steam Shipping Company. [168] | |
| 19 November | Messrs. John Scott & Son | Greenock | Henry Moore | Clipper | For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co. [169] [170] | |
| 23 November | Messrs. Rennie, Johson & Rankin | Liverpool | Margaret Deane | Merchantman | For private owner. [171] | |
| 30 November | James Laing | Sunderland | Dunbar | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Dunbar. | |
| November | Messrs. Ruthven | River Clyde | Enterprise | Steamship | For Deep Sea Fishing Association of Scotland. [172] | |
| November | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Faerie Queen | Barque | For J. R. Kelso. [1] [87] [173] | |
| November | Cox | Bideford | Jane Leech | Clipper | For private owner. [174] | |
| November | | Lady Raglan | Barque | For private owner. [175] | ||
| November | Hardie | Southwick | Liddesdale | Barque | For Messrs. Montgomery & Black. [176] | |
| November | Messrs. Archibald McMillan & Son | Dumbarton | Margaret Mitchell | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Mitchell. [177] | |
| November | Sinope | Oltenitza | Ship of the line | For Ottoman Navy. [178] | ||
| November | Donald McKay | Boston, Massachusetts | Romance of the Sea | Clipper | For private owner. [179] | |
| November | J. T. Alcock | Sunderland | Spirit of the Deep | Merchantman | For private owner. [176] | |
| November | John Westacott | Barnstaple | Springbok | Barque | For Messrs. Steward & Co. [180] | |
| 1 December | Chatham Dockyard | Majestic | Second rate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 1 December | E. Young | South Shields | Rolling Wave | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [181] | |
| 2 December | Lorient | Annibal | Steamship | For French Navy. [182] | ||
| 2 December | Cherbourg | Beaumanoir | Brig | For French Navy. [182] | ||
| 2 December | Brest | Duquesne | Tourville-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | ||
| 2 December | Toulon | Fleurus | Hercule-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | ||
| 2 December | Prince Jérôme | Hercule-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |||
| 3 December | | Bombay | Augusta | Schooner | For British East India Company. [167] | |
| 3 December | Messrs. T. Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | Enniskillen | Paddle Steamer | For North West of Ireland Union Steam Packet Company. [183] | |
| 3 December | Mark Pearson | Goole | Mark That | Schooner | For Messrs. E. Laverack & Co. [184] | |
| 3 December | Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. | Liverpool | Talavera | Clipper | For Messrs. Miller, Houghton & Co. [183] | |
| 14 December | Messrs. Hodgson & Gardener | North Hylton | Deptford | Barque | For Messrs. J. & T. Robinson. [185] | |
| 17 December | Ipswich | Criterion | Pilot boat | For Liverpool Pilots. [186] | ||
| 19 December | Robert E. Jackson | East Boston, Massachusetts | Challenger | Extreme clipper | For W. & F.H. Whittemore. | |
| 22 December | George Barker | Sunderland | Huron | Full-rigged ship | For E. Lumsdon & Sons. [185] | |
| 22 December | Messrs. J. & J. Robinson | Deptford | Wallachia | Brig | For T. & J. Marwood. [185] | |
| 22 December | John Barkes | Sunderland | Express | Barque | For Mr. Smurthwaite. [1] [185] | |
| 23 December | Joseph Wheeler | Cork | Mary Hardy | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [187] | |
| 31 December | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Chilena | Coaster | For Royden & James Tyrer. [188] | |
| 31 December | Boston, Massachusetts | Lightning | Clipper | For Black Ball Line. [189] | ||
| 31 December | Messrs. Hall & Sons | Aberdeen | Undaunted | Merchantman | For John Brown. [190] | |
| 31 December | Messrs. Hall & Sons | Aberdeen | Vision | Full-rigged ship | For James Beazley. [190] | |
| December | Hayden & Cudworth, | Medford, Massachusetts | Herald of the Morning | Medium clipper | For Thatcher Magoun & Co. | |
| December | Havelock & Hobson | Monkwearmouth | John Sugars | Barque | For Sugars & Co. [1] [191] | |
| Spring | | Russell | Quebec | Sapphire | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [192] |
| Summer | Alma | Mersey flat | For private owner. [193] | |||
| Autumn | | David G. Fleming | Full-rigged ship | For Read & Co. [194] | ||
| Unknown date | Dundee | Abana | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Newcastle | Abbey | Brigantine | For Muir & Co. | ||
| Unknown date | | David Roberts | Sydney | Absalom | Ketch | For J. Hubbard. |
| Unknown date | John Smith | Pallion | African | Full-rigged ship | For James C. Gregg. [1] | |
| Unknown date | | James Bevan | Sydney Harbour | Agnes | Cutter | For Henry Hardy. |
| Unknown date | Ralph Hutchinson | Sunderland | Albatross | Barque | For A. Strong. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William Bonker | Salcombe | Alice | Schooner | For Richard H. Sladen, Robert Hurrell and others. [196] | |
| Unknown date | H. Carr | Sunderland | Ann | Schooner | For George Dowell. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Blyth | Anne | Brig | For private owner. [197] | ||
| Unknown date | Annie C. Maguire | Barque | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Antipodes | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Riddell. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Brownsville, Pennsylvania | Arabia | Paddle steamer | For William Terrill and William Boyd. | ||
| Unknown date | John Laird | Birkenhead | Argentina | Paddle steamer | For South American and General Steam Navigation Company. [198] | |
| Unknown date | C. J. Mare and Company | Leamouth | Argo | Steamship | For General Screw Steam Shipping Company. | |
| Unknown date | William H. Webb | New York | Augusta | Paddle steamer | For New York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company. | |
| Unknown date | Forrest & Co. | Sunderland | Aurifera | Barque | For Mr. Schlessinger. [1] | |
| Unknown date | George Worthy | Southwick | Auxilar | Barque | For Mr. Hansell. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Avalanche | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | River Clyde, Glasgow | Balbec | Steamship | For Cunard Line. [199] | ||
| Unknown date | Dundee | Baltic | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | William Spowers | Hylton | Banshee | Barque | For Potts & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dennis Douglas | Southwick | Barbara Ann | Snow | For Potts & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Ratcliffe, Spence & Co. | Sunderland | Beecher Stowe | Barque | For George Avery. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Reay | North Hylton | Bella Donna | Barque | For J. How. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Buchanan & Gibson | Sunderland | Buchanan | Barque | For Mr. Buchanan. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Booth & Blacklock | Sunderland | Burmah | Full-rigged ship | For Blair & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William Wilkinson | Deptford | Bury St. Edmunds | Full-rigged ship | For Blyths & Green. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Ratcliffe, Spence & Co | Sunderland | Byzantium | Barque | For Clough & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Lightfoot | Hylton Dene | Cairo | Barque | For Glaholm & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Arrow Leithead | Pallion | Calabar | Full-rigged ship | For John Hay. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Caldera | Full-rigged ship | For John Hay. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Honfleur | Callao | Clipper | For private owner. [200] | ||
| Unknown date | John Smith | Pallion | Catherine Pemberton | Barque | For Mr. Pemberton. [1] | |
| Unknown date | J. Haswell | Sunderland | Clara | Full-rigged ship | For John Henry Luscombe. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Domingo Marcucci | San Francisco, California | Clinton | Ferry | For Conta Costa Steam Navigation Company. | |
| Unknown date | | Hillyard | Portland | Closs Merden | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. J. D. W. Spurr & Co. [201] |
| Unknown date | Coeur de Lion | Paddle steamer | For unknown owner. | |||
| Unknown date | John Laird & Son & Co. | Birkenhead | Collaroy | Paddle steamer | For Hunter's River Steam Navigation Co. | |
| Unknown date | Hodgson & Gardner | Hylton | Conciliator | Barque | For Mr. Atkinson. [1] [202] | |
| Unknown date | T. & B. Tiffin | Sunderland | Countess of Bective | Barque | For Nicholson & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Criterion | Barque | For John Longton. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dennison J. Lawlor | East Boston, Massachusetts | Dancing Feather | Pilot boat | For San Francisco Pilots. | |
| Unknown date | Diana | Frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |||
| Unknown date | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | Dumfries | Barque | For Mr. Thompson. [1] | |
| Unknown date | R. H. Potts & Brothers | Sunderland | Eaglet | Snow | For Potts & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Booth & Blacklock | Sunderland | Earl of Shaftesbury | Full-rigged ship | For P. Tindall. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | E. D. T. | Barque | For Mr. Thompson. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William Wilkinson | Deptford | Eena | Barque | For J. Towse. [1] | |
| Unknown date | John Haswell | Sunderland | Egmont | Full-rigged ship | For Willis & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Elizabeth Wright | Schooner | For Wright & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Edward F. Williams | New York | Ellwood Walter | Pilot boat | For Joseph Henderson, Charles W. Hawthorne, Augustus H. Murphy, William J. Murphy and Thomass Orr. | |
| Unknown date | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | Epsom | Full-rigged ship | For Temperley & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Hodgson & Gardiner | North Hylton | Eva | Barque | For Hick & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Eva | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Messrs. Jordan & Getty | Evangeline | Passenger ship | For private owner. [203] | ||
| Unknown date | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Expedient | Snow | For D. Morice. [1] [16] | |
| Unknown date | Edward Bailey | Pallion | Express | Snow | For J. Crisp. [1] | |
| Unknown date | San Francisco, California | Fairy | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | Fingal | Barque | For James Crosby. [1] | |
| Unknown date | S. Hodgson | Sunderland | Flag of Truce | Barque | For D. Cowan. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Fleda | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | John Pile | Sunderland | Flying Dragon | Barque | For Robert Smith. [1] [87] | |
| Unknown date | Fred Clark | Jersey | Geffrard | Brig | For private owner. [204] | |
| Unknown date | George Barker | Sunderland | Gem | Merchantman | For private owner. [1] | |
| Unknown date | George Short | Sunderland | George Avery | Barque | For George Avery. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | George Danthwaite | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Washington, Virginia | George Page | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Dundee | Gipsy | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Hume & Easson | Sunderland | Helen | Snow | For Mr. Greenwell. [1] | |
| Unknown date | R. H. Potts & Bros. | Sunderland | Highlander | Barque | For Potts Bros. [1] | |
| Unknown date | H.N. Gambrill | Schooner | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | John Laird | Birkenhead | Hope | Steamship | For African Mail Steamship Company. [51] | |
| Unknown date | Todd & Brown | North Hylton | Idalia | Barque | For Mr. Thompson. [1] | |
| Unknown date | John Watson | Pallion | Indemnity | Full-rigged ship | For T. Chodwick. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Robson | Claxheugh | Integrity | Barque | For Storey & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Iserbrook | Brig | For Johan César VI Godeffroy. | |
| Unknown date | Forest & Co | Sunderland | Isle of France | Barque | For Binney & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | John & James Robinson | Deptford | Istamboul | Snow | For Mr. Marwood. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Cincinnati, Ohio | Jacob Strader | Steamboat | For U.S. Mail Line. | ||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Jarrow | Sloop | For private owner. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | William H. Webb | New York | Jamestown | Paddle steamer | For New York and Old Dominion Line. | |
| Unknown date | J. M. Hood | Bristol, Rhode Island | Jefferson Davis | Cushing-class schooner | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Jessica | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Jessie | Snow | For D. Mackie. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William R. Abby | Sunderland | John Banks | Full-rigged ship | For J. Banks. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William R. Abbay | Sunderland | John Nussey | Schooner | For J. Banks. [1] | |
| Unknown date | | Joseph Tarratt | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. and R. Reed & Messrs. W. and R. Wright. [205] | ||
| Unknown date | Josiah A. Bell | Steamship | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | Tersâne-i Âmire | Constantinople | Kervan-i Bahri | Frigate | For Ottoman Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Massachusetts | Kingfisher | Clipper | For William Lincoln. | |
| Unknown date | Jacob A. Westervelt | New York | Kathay | Clipper | For private owner. [206] | |
| Unknown date | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Kingston | Full-rigged ship | For J. Lidgett. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Ratcliff & Spence | Sunderland | Lady Aberdour | Snow | For Hall & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | James Briggs & Co | Pallion | Launceston | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Beckwith. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Aberdeen | Leichardt | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | John Barkes | Sunderland | Lemuella | Barque | For Reynolds & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William Wilkinson | Sunderland | Leonidas | Full-rigged ship | For Towse & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | James Hardie | Sunderland | Libertas | Barque | For Edward J. Gourley. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | Lizzie Aisbitt | Barque | For Aisbitt & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Wilson Chilton | Sunderland | Lord Burleigh | Barque | For Blair & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Havelock & Robson | Sunderland | Lord Hardinge | Barque | For T. Rutherford. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Charles Scott & Co. | Greenock | Lord of the Isles | Clipper | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Aberdeen | Maid of Judah | Clipper | For private owner. [207] | ||
| Unknown date | Bordeaux | Maréchal de Turenne | Clipper | For private owner. [200] | ||
| Unknown date | William Crown | Southwick | Margaretta | Snow | For J. Brooks. [1] | |
| Unknown date | John & James Robinson | Deptford | Marioupoul | Snow | For Mrwood & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Hume & Easson | Pallion | Martha and Jane | Barque | For Mr. Robinson. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Todd & Brown | North Hylton | Martha Kay | Barque | For T. Kay. [1] | |
| Unknown date | George Worthy | Southwick | Mary | Snow | For Mackie & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Todd & Brown | North Hylton | Mary Ann & James | Barque | For Ogilsby & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | | Matoaka | Full-rigged ship | For Willis, Gunn & Co. | ||
| Unknown date | Edward Bailey | Pallion | Melanie | Snow | For E. Hickey. [1] | |
| Unknown date | George Booth | Sunderland | Melpomene | Barque | For C. Palmer. [1] | |
| Unknown date | William Byers | Sunderland | Merse | Full-rigged ship | For John Willis. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Fulton, Ohio | Monarch | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Mount Savage | Steamship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Hylton Carr | North Hylton | Myrtle | Full-rigged ship | For E. Chapman. [1] | |
| Unknown date | S. Hodgson | Sunderland | Nelsons | Snow | For H. Nelson. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Joshua C. Morton | Thomaston, Maine | Ocean Chief | Clipper | For Black Ball Line. | |
| Unknown date | John & James Robinson | Deptford | Odessa Packet | Merchantman | For J. Smith. [1] [45] | |
| Unknown date | J. & J. Robinson, or James Robinson | Sunderland | Oithona | Full-rigged ship | For J. Michael. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Orädd | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. [208] | |||
| Unknown date | Thomas Bilbe | Rotherhithe | Orient | Full-rigged ship | For James Thompson & Co. [209] | |
| Unknown date | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Palmyra | Full-rigged ship | For J. Allan. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Planter | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Dundee | Polmaine | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Whitehaven | Pudsey Dawson | Clipper | For H. R. Hoskins. [210] | ||
| Unknown date | Hillman and Streaker | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Parker Vein | Steamship | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | P. C. E. | Barque | For H. Ellis. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | John Reed | Coxgreen | Pelican | Barque | For Curry & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | Philo | Barque | For Mills & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | J. Candlish | Sunderland | Pilgrim | Snow | For Joseph Culliford. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Hylton Carr | North Hylton | Portia | Barque | For H. Ellis. [1] | |
| Unknown date | George Barker | Sunderland | Primula | Barque | For J. Alcock. [1] | |
| Unknown date | | William Olive | Carleton | Queen of the East | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [201] |
| Unknown date | Nantes | Quito | Clipper | For private owner. [200] | ||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Regina | Full-rigged ship | For Brass & Co. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | Resolution | Barque | For Clark & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | W. Johnson | Sunderland | Reward | Snow | For Mr. Sutherland. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Robert Morrison | Merchantman | For Mr. Morrison. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | John Crown | Southwick | Rose | Barque | For Crown & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Royal Lily | Barque | For Mr. Briggs. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | John Crown | Sunderland | Salamanca | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Dunbar. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Sea Gull | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Dundee | Sea King | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Shields | Merchantman | For Mr. Atkinson. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | Sakurajima | Kagoshima | Shōhei Maru | Frigate | For Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
| Unknown date | John & James Robinson | Deptford | Silistria | Snow | For Mr. Marwood. [1] | |
| Unknown date | John Smith | Pallion | Sir William Gomm | Full-rigged ship | For Blyths & Greene. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Hamburg | Sitka | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [211] | ||
| Unknown date | Aberdeen | Snowflake | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Solstice | Barque | For T. Walker. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | Messrs. Cooper & Abraham | Baltimore, Maryland | Spirit of the Times | Clipper | For private owner. [212] | |
| Unknown date | Donald McKay | Boston, Massachusetts | Star of Empire | Packet ship | For Messrs. Train & Co. [213] | |
| Unknown date | Littlehampton | St. Kilda | Schooner | For private owner. [214] | ||
| Unknown date | Sumter | Paddle steamer | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Sunderland | Merchantman | For J. Barry. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | W. Briggs | Sunderland | Swanley | Barque | For J. Shepherd. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Danel and Aaron Westervelt | New York | Sweepstakes | Clipper | For Chambers & Heiser. | |
| Unknown date | William Harkass | Sunderland | Talavera | Full-rigged ship | For Duff & Co. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Dundee | Tamora | Merchantman | For private owner. [195] | ||
| Unknown date | | Saint John | Telegraph | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. [215] | |
| Unknown date | John A. Robb | Baltimore, Maryland | Tennessee | Paddle steamer | For James Hooper. | |
| Unknown date | Thalestris | Clipper | For private owner. [216] | |||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Truro | Barque | For J. Laing. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin | First rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. [217] | |||
| Unknown date | Hernoux et Compagnie | Nantes | Vesta | Fishing vessel | For Société Terreneuvienne. | |
| Unknown date | Victoria | Paddle tug | For William Watkins Ltd. [218] | |||
| Unknown date | Sunderland | Violet | Merchantman | For J. Alcock. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | | John T. Thomas | Canemah | Wallamet | Paddle steamer | For John McCrosky and associates. |
| Unknown date | Hoboken, New Jersey | Wamsutta | Steamship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Western Port | Steamship | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Mass. | White Swallow | Extreme clipper | For William Lincoln and Co. | |
| Unknown date | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | William & Jane | Merchantman | For T. Hunter. [1] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland | William Hammond | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Hammond. [1] | ||
| Unknown date | | Charles Jobin | Quebec | William Miles | Merchantman | For Miles & Co. |
| Unknown date | William H. Webb | New York | Young America | Clipper | For George B. Daniels. | |
| Unknown date | | Young Australian | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |