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