The list of ship launches in 1856 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1856.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Moyola | Barque | Messrs. Alexander M'Laine & Sons | Belfast | For Mr. Porter. [1] | |
| 1 January | Widgeon | Schooner | James R. & George Steers | Williamsburg, New York | For Daniel Edgar. | |
| 4 January | Lloyd Jones | Merchantman | Maesygarnedd | For Lloyd Portmadoc. [2] | ||
| 5 January | John Temperley | Full-rigged ship | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | For Messrs. Hall & Temperley. [3] [4] | |
| 5 January | Sunshine | Clipper | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | For Messrs. Harrison & Co. [5] | |
| 8 January | Express | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Govan | For private owner. [6] | |
| 8 January | Royal Mail | Steamship | Baillie Stangor | Stromness | For private owner. [7] | |
| 9 January | Georgiana | Schooner | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [8] | |
| 9 January | Mary Ann Wilson | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Peile, Scott & Co. | Carlisle | For John Sparks. [9] | |
| 11 January | Mohawk | Vigilant-class gunvessel | Young, Magnay & Co | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. | |
| 16 January | Cambrian Bell | Brig | John Evans | Aberystwyth | For Richard Delahoyde. [10] | |
| 19 January | Pioneer | Intrepid-class gunvessel | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 22 January | Audacieuse | Ardente-class frigate | Brest | For French Navy. | ||
| 24 January | Severn | Fourth rate | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [11] | ||
| 25 January | Victor Emmanuel | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co. [12] | |
| 26 January | Lapwing | Vigilant-class gunvessel | Messrs. J. & R. White | West Cowes | For Royal Navy. [13] | |
| 29 January | Magnet | Albacore-class gunboat | W. Briggs & James Briggs | Low Southwick | For Royal Navy. [3] | |
| 29 January | Manly | Albacore-class gunboat | Sunderland | For Royal Navy. [14] | ||
| 1 February | Violet | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Green's | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [15] | |
| 2 February | North American | Steamship | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | For Montreal Ocean Company. [16] | |
| 4 February | Demetrius | Steamship | John Pile Jr. | West Hartlepool | For Messrs. Spartelli & Co. [17] | |
| 6 February | Istamboul | Steamship | John Pile | West Hartlepool | For Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company. [18] [19] | |
| 8 February | Minniehaha | Yacht | George Tovill | The Hythe | For John Mann. [20] | |
| 9 February | Aladdin | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Ritson & Co. | Maryport | For John Aikin. [21] | |
| 9 February | Kleimjee Oodhowjee | Full-rigged ship | J. Jones | Liverpool | For Edward Bates. [22] | |
| 9 February | Nettle | Cheerful-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [23] | ||
| 9 February | Pet | Cheerful-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [23] | ||
| 9 February | Sparrowhawk | Vigilant-class gunvessel | Young, Magnay & Co. | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. | |
| 9 February | Star of Peace | Barque | Westcott | Barnstaple | For private owner. [24] | |
| 9 February | Two Brothers | Barque | Ballment | Barnstaple | For private owner. [24] | |
| 11 February | Beacon | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [25] | |
| 11 February | Brave | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [25] | |
| 13 February | Edgar Atheling | Merchantman | Messrs. T. Young & Sons | South Shields | For private owner. [26] | |
| 13 February | Sepoy | Albacore-class gunboat | T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. | |
| 16 February | Fervent | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [27] | |
| 16 February | Forester | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [27] | |
| 20 February | Eleanor | Brigantine | Messrs. Row | Topsham | For William Sheppard. [28] | |
| 21 February | Salacia | Snow | Edward Potts | Seaham | For Dent& Lawson. [3] [29] | |
| 22 February | Ringdove | Vigilant-class gunvessel | J. & R. White | Cowes | For Royal Navy. | |
| 22 February | Siegmund Robinow | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | For Messrs. H. Seligmann & William Connal. [30] | |
| 23 February | Brazen | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Liverpool | For Royal Navy. [31] | |
| 23 February | Blazer | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Liverpool | For Royal Navy. [31] | |
| 25 February | Bullfinch | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [32] | |
| 23 February | Eupatoria | Collier | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | For General Screw Collier Company. [33] | |
| 23 February | Paris | Passenger ship | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | For private owner. [33] | |
| 23 February | Unnamed | Steam yacht | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | For George Bidder. [33] [34] | |
| 28 February | Opossom | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Wigram & Son | Northam | For Royal Navy. [35] | |
| 28 February | Tasmanian Maid | Paddle steamer | Richardson, Duck and Company | Stockton-on-Tees | For F. A Ducroz. | |
| February | Crocodile | Brig | Kelly | Sandhurst | For private owner. [36] | |
| February | Lively | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. [37] | |
| February | Spider | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. [37] | |
| 1 March | Hardy | Albacore-class gunboat | Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | For Royal Navy. | |
| 4 March | Waldensian | Steamship | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | For Rennie Line. [38] | |
| 6 March | Catherine Maria | Schooner | Rhuddlan | For Edward Roberts. [39] | ||
| 6 March | Inca | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | For Pacific Steam Navigation Co. [40] | |
| 6 March | Opossum | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Wigram & Sons | Southampton | For Royal Navy. [41] | |
| 6 March | Surprise | Vigilant-class gunvessel | Money Wigram & Sons | Blackwall Yard | For Royal Navy. | |
| 7 March | City of Quebec | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Duthie & Cochar | Montrose | For Messrs. Donaldson, Rose & Co. [42] | |
| 7 March | The Fleetwood | Schooner | Messrs. S. Hope & Co. | Fleetwood | For private owner. [43] | |
| 7 March | Ziska | Schooner | John Roberts | Holyhead | For Mr. Glynne. [44] | |
| 8 March | Angler | Cheerful-class gunboat | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [45] | ||
| 8 March | Beyrout | Steamship | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For private owner. [46] | |
| 8 March | Drake | Clown-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [47] | ||
| 8 March | Eliza Bond | Schooner | William Bishton | Chester | For Messrs. Roper & Co. [48] | |
| 8 March | Emigrant | Barque | Charles Birnie | Montrose | For Charles Birnie. [49] | |
| 8 March | Fury | Tug | Liverpool | For Steam Tug Company. [50] | ||
| 8 March | Janus | Clown-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [47] | ||
| 8 March | Neville | Full-rigged ship | William Stephen | Arbroath | For Messrs. Woods, Spence & Co. [51] | |
| 11 March | Redbreast | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [52] | |
| 12 March | Prince Eugene of Savoy | Steamship | Venice | For Austrian Navy. [53] | ||
| 14 March | Cormorant | Gunboat | Messrs. Fletcher's | Woolwich | For Royal Navy. [54] | |
| 15 March | Drake | Clown-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [55] [56] | ||
| 15 March | Janus | Clown-class gunboat | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [55] [56] | ||
| 18 March | Surly | Albacore-class gunboat | T. & W. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Royal Navy. | |
| 20 March | Alacrity | Despatch vessel | Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [57] | |
| 20 March | Havock | Albarcore-class gunboat | Messrs. Hill & Sons | Bristol | For Royal Navy. [58] | |
| 20 March | Vigilance | Despatch vessel | Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [57] | |
| 21 March | City of Delhi | Clipper | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | For Messrs. Georges Smith & Sons. [59] | |
| 22 March | Ant | Cheerful-class gunboat | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [45] [60] | ||
| 22 March | Austral | Clipper | Messrs. A. Duthie & Co. | Aberdeen | For private owners. [61] | |
| 22 March | Elizabeth | Paddle Steamer | Redhead | Birkenhead | For J. Demantino. [62] | |
| 22 March | Roebuck | Intrepid-class gunboat | Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co. | Millwall | For Royal Navy. [63] | |
| 22 March | Spanker | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. [64] | |||
| 22 March | Thrasher | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. [64] | |||
| 24 March | Napoleon | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For French-Anglo Steam Navigation Company. [65] | |
| 25 March | Procris | Gunboat | Pitcher | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [66] | |
| 27 March | Charity | Brigantine | M. Pearson | River Ouse | For private owner. [67] | |
| 29 March | Earnest | Albacore-class gunboat | William Patterson | Bristol | For Royal Navy. [68] | |
| 29 March | Edward Whitley | Mersey flat | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | For William Griffith. [69] | |
| 29 March | Grappler | Albacore-class gunboat | Money Wigram & Sons | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. | |
| March | Annie | Brigantine | Owen | Teignmouth | For private owner. [70] | |
| March | Delight | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Ingram's | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [71] | |
| March | Sydney Jones | Schooner | William Griffiths | Port Madoc | For private owner. [72] | |
| 3 April | Albacore | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | For Royal Navy. [73] | |
| 3 April | Astræa | Schooner | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Messrs. Joseph Heap & Sons. [74] | |
| 3 April | Min | Steamship | Messr. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | For private owner. [75] | |
| 3 April | Onyx | Cheerful-class gunboat | Messrs. Young, Son & Magnay | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. [76] | |
| 3 April | Pert | Cheerful-class gunboat | Messrs. Young, Son, & Magnay | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. [76] | |
| 5 April | Aetna | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [77] | ||
| 5 April | Auchneagh | Merchantman | Greenock | For private owner [78] | ||
| 5 April | Genova | Passenger ship | Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | For Genoese Transatlantic Steam Packet Company. [79] | |
| 5 April | Havre | Paddle steamer | Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | For London and South Western Railway. [79] [80] | |
| 5 April | Marion | Schooner | John Roberts | Hirael | For private owner. [81] | |
| 5 April | Kittywake | Clipper | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | For Marquis of Ailsa. [82] | |
| 5 April | The Peveril of the Peak | Merchantman | Messrs. P. C. Chaloner, Sons, & Co. | Liverpool | For Messrs. Barnes, Brookes & Co. [83] | |
| 7 April | Adriatic | Steamship | George Steers | New York | For Collins Line. [84] [85] [86] | |
| 7 April | Corriemulzie | Clipper | Messrs. Calman & Martin | Dundee | For Isaac Cruickshank. [87] | |
| 7 April | Fidget | Cheerful-class gunboat | Victoria Foundry Company | Greenwich | For Royal Navy. [88] | |
| 7 April | London | Steamship | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | For Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company. [89] | |
| 7 April | Red Rover | Yacht | Spalding | For H. Bugg [90] | ||
| 7 April | Spey | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [91] | |
| 7 April | Tilbury | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [91] | |
| 7 April | Victor Emmanuel | Steamship | Victoria Foundry Company | Greewich | For private owner. [88] | |
| 19 April | Erebus | Erebus-class ironclad floating battery | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | For Royal Navy. [92] | |
| 21 April | Blossom | Cheerful-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [93] | |
| 21 April | Gadfly | Cheerful-class gunboat | John Laird | Birkenhead | For Royal Navy. [93] | |
| 21 April | Nimrod | Despatch vessel | Scott Russell & Co | Millwall | For Royal Navy. [94] [95] | |
| 21 April | Rocket | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Liverpool | For Royal Navy. [93] | |
| 21 April | Rose | Albacore-class gunboat | John Laird | Liverpool | For Royal Navy. [93] | |
| 22 April | Lady Londesborough | Merchantman | Parkinson | Hull | For William Standering. [96] | |
| 22 April | Margaret Porter | Schooner | M. Simpson | Lancaster | For private owner. [97] | |
| 22 April | Thunderbolt | Floating battery | Messrs. Samuda Bros. | Millwall | For Royal Navy. [98] | |
| 22 April | Trent | Steamship | Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [96] | |
| 23 April | Lord Rollo | Schooner | Messrs. Fenton & Smeaton | Perth | For private owner. [99] | |
| 23 April | Reynard | Vigilant-class gunvessel | Messrs. Mare's | Blackwall, London | For Royal Navy. [100] | |
| 24 April | Terror | Floating battery | Messrs. Palmer Brothers | Jarrow | For Royal Navy. [101] | |
| 26 April | Neva | Steamship | Messr. Earle's | Hull | For private owner. [102] [103] [104] | |
| 26 April | William France | Steamship | Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | For William France. [105] | |
| 29 April | Highlander | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Hill & Sons | Bristol | For Royal Navy. [106] | |
| April | Anglo Saxon | Steamship | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | For Montreal Ocean Steamship Company. [75] | |
| April | Haberdine | Schooner | Mansfield | Teignmouth | For private owner. [107] | |
| April | Minniehaha | Full-rigged ship | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | For private owner. [108] | |
| April | Peacock | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [109] | |
| April | Xiphias | Barque | Saint John | | For private owner. [110] | |
| 3 May | Camel | Albacore-class gunboat | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [111] | ||
| 3 May | Druid | Steamship | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Partick | For Cambria Company. [112] | |
| 3 May | Jane Lacy | Barque | Stonehouse | Sunderland | For Mr. Lacy. [3] [113] | |
| 5 May | Anne Cropton | Barque | John Robinson | Deptford | For Thomas Cropton. [3] [113] | |
| 5 May | Sea Breeze | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Briggs & Sons | Pallion | For Miles & Kingston. [3] [113] | |
| 6 May | Alnwick Castle | Full-rigged ship | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For R. Green. [3] [113] | |
| 6 May | Canute | Schooner | John Vernon | Low Walker | For Messrs. Hunter & Erichsen. [114] | |
| 6 May | Henry and Ellen | Schooner | Thomas Smith | Marsh End | For James Ashcroft. [115] | |
| 6 May | Liffey | Liffey-class frigate | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 6 May | Lochiel | Clipper | Messrs. George Milne & Co. | Aberdeen | For private owner. [116] | |
| 6 May | Robert Adamson | Brig | Messrs. Green, Robinson & Co | Hylton | For Mr. Adamson. [3] [113] | |
| 6 May | Wave of Life | Clipper | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | For Aberdeen Clipper Line. [116] | |
| 6 May | Unnamed | Barque | Thompson | Southwick | For private owner. [113] | |
| 7 May | Charlotte | Schooner | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [8] | |
| 7 May | Lord Clarendon | Brig | Messrs. Sykes & Co. | North Hylton | For R. L. Barnett. [3] [113] | |
| 8 May | Midge | Cheerful-class gunboat | Messrs. Curling & Young | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. [117] | |
| 8 May | Tiny | Cheerful-class gunboat | Messrs. Curling & Young | Limehouse | For Royal Navy. [117] | |
| 12 May | Kyle Spangler | Schooner | William Jones | Black River, Ohio | For B. L Spangler Company. | |
| 15 May | Eylau | Hercule-class ship of the line | Arsenal de Toulon | Toulon | For French Navy | |
| 19 May | Amelia | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowess | For Royal Navy. [118] | |
| 19 May | Dundrenna | Barque | Willimett | River Usk | For J. N. Knapp. [119] | |
| 20 May | Alert | Cruizer-class sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy | ||
| 20 May | Cadmus | Pearl-class corvette | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 20 May | Lancastria | Barque | Richard Wilkinson | Pallion | For John Longton. [3] [120] | |
| 21 May | Delta | Passenger ship | Day, Summers and Company | Northam | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [121] | |
| 21 May | Frolic | Steam yacht | Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For Martin Samuelson. [122] | |
| 21 May | Sephora | Steamship | Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [122] | |
| 22 May | Aurora | Steamship | Messrs. Robinson & Co. | Cork | For private owner. [123] | |
| 22 May | Union | Brigantine | James Mucklejohn | | For James Mucklejohn. [124] | |
| 22 May | Vivandiere | Steamship | Messrs. William Simons & Co' | Whiteinch | For private owners. [125] | |
| 24 May | Pheasant | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [126] | |
| 24 May | Primrose | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [126] | |
| 26 May | Clown | Clown-class gunboat | William Cowley Miller | Toxteth | For Royal Navy. [127] | |
| 26 May | Escort | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Patterson & Son | Bristol | For Royal Navy. [128] | |
| 26 May | Kestrel | Clown-class gunboat | William Cowley Miller | Toxteth | For Royal Navy. | |
| 31 May | Pickle | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [129] | |
| May | Strathmore | Merchantman | For Alex Fotheringham and Richard Young. [130] | |||
| 2 June | Quail | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Wigram's | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [129] | |
| 2 June | Ripple | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. Wigram's | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [129] | |
| 3 June | Sir John Moore | Full-rigged ship | J. Rodgerson | Sunderland | For Neil Mathieson. [3] [131] | |
| 3 June | Three Swans | Cutter yacht | George Marshall | Dublin | For private owner. [132] | |
| 4 June | Agnes | Brig | Messrs. Duthie | Footdee | For Mr. Forbes and others. [133] | |
| 4 June | Isabella & Mary | Brig | Messrs. Sanderson & Leighton | Amble | For Messrs. Heatley & Gibb. [134] | |
| 4 June | Lucien | Steamship | Messrs. M. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For Anglo-French Steam Ship Company. [135] | |
| 4 June | Sovereign | Steamship | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons | Liverpool | For Liverpool and Bristol Channel Steamship Company. [136] | |
| 4 June | Watchful | Clown-class gunboat | Messrs. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. [137] | |
| 6 June | Woodcock | Clown-class gunboat | Messrs. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. [137] | |
| 7 June | Flirt | Cheerful-class gunboat | Messrs. Joyce | Greenwich | For Royal Navy. [138] | |
| 7 June | Fernando el Catolico | Steamship | Messrs. Joyce | Greenwich | For private owner. [138] | |
| 18 June | Golden Fleece | Clipper | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | For private owner. [139] | |
| 18 June | Oithona | Cutter yacht | Messrs. Fyfe's | Fairlie | For J. M. Rowan. [140] | |
| 18 June | Rhone | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | For private owner. [141] | |
| 19 June | Colorado | Frigate | Norfolk Navy Yard | For United States Navy. | ||
| 19 June | George Canning | Clipper | Thomas Wright | Aberdeebn | For private owner. [139] | |
| 19 June | Scylla | Pearl-class corvette | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 21 June | Margarets | Schooner | Scorgie | Aberdeen | For private owners. [139] | |
| 25 June | Brisbane | Paddle steamer | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Govan | For Australasian Steam Navigation Company. [142] | |
| 27 June | Malacho | Steamship | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | For private owner. [143] | |
| June | Archibald Glen | Barque | New Glasgow | | For private owner. [144] | |
| June | Fruiter | Schooner | Kelly | Dartmouth | For private owner. [145] | |
| 2 July | Earl of Clarendon | Schooner | John Duncan | Speymouth | For private owner. [146] | |
| 3 July | Cordelia | Racer-class sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 3 July | Emma | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hul | For private owner. [147] | |
| 3 July | Margaret Edward | Barque | John Duncan | Speymouth | For private owner. [146] | |
| 3 July | Margaret Taylor | Barque | James Geddie | Kingston-upon-Spey | For private owners. [148] | |
| 3 July | The Rapid | Steamship | Messrs. S. & H. Morton | Leith | For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company. [149] | |
| 4 July | Merrie England | Full-rigged ship | Albert White | Waterford | For James Beazley. [150] | |
| 15 July | Taurus | Steamship | Messrs. William Simmons & Co. | Whiteinch | For private owner. [151] | |
| 17 July | Governor Higginson | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Govan | For private owner. [152] | |
| 17 July | Gyrn Castle | Full-rigged ship | Belfast Shipbuilding Company | Belfast | For E. Bates. [153] | |
| 18 July | Circassian | Steamship | Messrs. Robert Hickson & Co. | Belfast | For private owner. [154] [155] | |
| 18 July | Emerald | Frigate | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [156] | ||
| 19 July | Enterprise | Paddle steamer | Messrs. T. and W. Smith | North Shields | For Dundalk and Midland Steam Packet Company. [157] | |
| 24 July | Heimdal | Corvette | Nyholm | For Royal Danish Navy. [158] [159] | ||
| 25 July | Persia | Ocean liner | Robert Napier and Sons | Glasgow | For Cunard Line. | |
| 31 July | Jona | Steamship | T. D. Marshall | South Shields | For private owner. [160] | |
| 31 July | Sea Horse | Steamship | Kingston upon Hull | For private owner. [161] | ||
| July | Arabell | Brigantine | Digby | | For private owner. [162] | |
| July | Hebe | Schooner | Digby | | For private owner. [163] | |
| July | Isabella | Tug | North Shields | For Mr. Murray. [164] | ||
| July | Undine | Steam yacht | Messrs. Scott, Russell & Co | Millwall | For Duke of Sutherland. [165] | |
| July | Vigilante | Schooner | Isigny-sur-Mer | For use as a floating church. [166] | ||
| 2 August | Balaklava | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer Bros. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For British Government. [167] | |
| 2 August | Dorothy | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | For Messrs. Charles Horsfall & Sons. [168] | |
| 2 August | Emmeline | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For Messrs. Z. C. Pearson, Coleman, & Co. [169] | |
| 2 August | Grange | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Govan | For Carron Company. [170] | |
| 2 August | Maid of the Tyne | Barque | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For John Dryden. [171] | |
| 2 August | San Dionisio | Steamship | Victoria Foundry Company | Greenwich | For private owner. [172] | |
| 4 August | Alexander II | Steamship | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Gartvale | For private owner. [173] | |
| 4 August | British Lion | Merchantman | Messrs. Cunningham | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Mr. Avery. [160] | |
| 4 August | Ravensworth | Merchantman | Messrs. Gaddy & Lamb | Newcastle upon Tyne | For R. W. Hodgson. [160] | |
| 4 August | Teutonia | Steamship | Caird & Company | Greenock | For Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft. | |
| 15 August | Impératrice Eugénie | Frigate | Toulon | For French Navy. [174] | ||
| 15 August | Impétueuse | Frigate | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [174] | ||
| 16 August | Dalhousie | Merchantman | Methil | For private owner. [175] | ||
| 18 August | General Williams | Steamship | Messrs. Lesley | Hebburn | For private owner. [176] | |
| 18 August | Gosforth | Merchantman | Messrs. Smith | North Shields | For private owner. [177] | |
| 18 August | Selma | Barque | Messrs. A. & R. Hopper | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Mark Thompson. [177] | |
| 19 August | Moscow | Steamship | Messrs. Palmer Bros. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Messrs. De Jersey & Co. [177] | |
| 19 August | Nauphante | Barque | W. C. Miller | Toxteth | For Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, & Lyne. [178] | |
| 19 August | Spitfire | Barque | Messrs. George Robinson & Co. | Cork | For private owner. [179] | |
| 19 August | Thomas Daniel | Barque | J. Westacott | Barnstaple | For private owner. [180] | |
| 28 August | Cheviot | Steamship | Messrs. Earle | Hull | For private owners. [181] | |
| 28 August | Courrier du Maroc | Steamship | Scott & Co. | Greenock | For Bazin, Leon, Gay & Co. [182] | |
| 30 August | St. Elmo | Steamship | Messrs. Wingate | Whiteinch | For private owner. [183] | |
| August | Agricola | Brigantine | Saint John | | For private owner. [184] | |
| August | Ellen Morrison | Barque | J. Barkes | Sunderland | For Mr Morrison. [3] [185] | |
| August | Forth | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [186] | |
| August | Gleaner | Merchantman | Bristol | For private owner. [187] | ||
| 1 September | Chili | Steamship | Langley | Rotherhithe | For Messrs. Seymour, Peacock and Co. [188] | |
| 1 September | Sangeen | Barque | Saint Charles River | | Ran aground on being launched. [189] | |
| 5 September | Blidah | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | For MM. Marc Fressinet Père et Fils. [190] | |
| 5 September | Panther | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | For Messrs. G. & J. Burns & Co. [190] | |
| 6 September | George W. Blunt | Schooner | Daniel Westervelt | New York | For Joseph Henderson & James Callahan. | |
| 6 September | Wassenaar | Frigate | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | For Royal Netherlands Navy. | |
| 11 September | Ann and Charlotte | Sloop | Messrs. E. & R. Teale | Harewood | For John Kirk and Mr. Eastwood. [191] | |
| 15 September | Impérial | Algésiras-class ship of the line | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | For French Navy. | |
| 15 September | Ocean Monarch | Full-rigged ship | William H. Webb | New York | For W. T. Frost. [192] | |
| 16 September | Dennis Brundrit | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | For Brundrit & Whiteway. [193] [194] | |
| 16 September | Elizabeth Jackson | Paddle steamer | Canada Works | Birkenhead | For private owner. [195] | |
| 16 September | Lumley | Snow | Edward Potts | Seaham | For Mr. Lumley. [3] | |
| 16 September | Stag | Barque | Messrs. Anderson | Granton | For private owner. [196] | |
| 17 September | Ahti | Tug | Hull | For private owner. [197] | ||
| 17 September | Eastern Monarch | Merchantman | Messrs. Stephen & Sons | Dundee | For Messrs. Somes Bros. [198] [199] | |
| 27 September | Admiral | Schooner | Webster | Fraserburgh | For John Webster Jr. [200] | |
| 28 September | François I | Steamship | Nantes | For private owner. [201] | ||
| 30 September | Fawn | Cruizer-class sloop | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 30 September | Plynlymmon | Steamship | Liverpool | For private owner. [202] | ||
| September | Alipede | Brig | For private owner. [203] | |||
| September | Auguste | Barque | For private owner. [204] [205] | |||
| September | Empress | Brigantine | Pwllheli | For private owner. [206] | ||
| September | Magna Bona | Merchantman | Follett | Exmouth | For Messrs. Thomas & Richard Redway. [207] | |
| September | Pomona | Clipper | George & Thomas Boole | East Boston, Massachusetts | For Howland & Frothington. | |
| 1 October | Confidence | Schooner | Messrs. Hugh Bannister & Co. | Lytham | For private owner. [208] | |
| 14 October | Diadem | Diadem-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [209] | ||
| 14 October | Eclipse | Barque | Mr. Vivian | Salcombe | For private owner. [210] | |
| 14 October | Lebanon | Snow | Denton & Hewson | Sunderland | For Eggleston & Co. [3] [211] | |
| 15 October | Lalla Rookh | Tea clipper | Josiah Jones Jr. | Liverpool | For William Prowse & Co. [212] | |
| 15 October | Mexicana | Brig | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | For private owners. [213] | |
| 16 October | Mantura | Barque | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For Reid, Hodgson & Crawford. [214] | |
| 28 October | Tilsit | Steamship | Messrs. Wiliam Simons & Co. | Whiteinch | For private owner. [215] | |
| 29 October | Londesborough | Brig | William Doxford | Coxgreen | For Messrs. Liversidge & Banks. [216] | |
| 29 October | Robin Hood | Tea clipper | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Sons | Aberdeen | For James Beazley. [217] | |
| 30 October | Barnsley | Steamship | Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For Anglo-French Company. [218] | |
| October | Shields | Brig | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For William Blenkinsop and Enoch Halder. [219] | |
| 1 November | Tiger | Steamship | Messrs. Brownlow & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [220] | |
| 2 November | Petropolis | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Glasgow | For Hamburg and Brazil Navigation Company. [221] | |
| 13 November | William Fairbairne | Full-rigged ship | John Laird | Liverpool | For Potter, Brothers & Co. [222] | |
| 15 November | Kirkham | Full-rigged ship | John Laird | Birkenhead | For W. T. Jacob. [222] | |
| 21 November | Verbano | Steamship | Trieste | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [223] | ||
| 29 November | Stockholm | Ship of the line | Karlskrona Naval Shipyard | Karlskrona | For Royal Swedish Navy. | |
| November | Osnabrück | Full-rigged ship | Glasgow | For private owner. [224] [225] | ||
| November | Santa Teresa | Steamship | Ferrol | For private owner. [226] | ||
| 2 December | Foudre | Frigate | Toulon | For French Navy. [227] | ||
| 10 December | Little Dorrit | Merchantman | Messrs. Richardson & Duck | Stockton-on-Tees | For private owner. [228] | |
| 13 December | Dove | Merchantman | Thomas B. Seath | Rutherglen | For James Steel & Sons. [229] | |
| 14 December | Fethiyé | Ship of the line | Constantinople | For Ottoman Navy. [230] | ||
| 14 December | Prerogative | Barque | Dover | | For private owner. [231] | |
| 20 December | Etna | Paddle steamer | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Govan | For Messrs. Fiorio. [232] | |
| 29 December | Black Hawk | Medium clipper | William H. Webb | New York City | For Bucklin & Crane, New York. Generally listed as launched in 1857. [233] [234] | |
| 30 December | Scout | Pearl-class corvette | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| December | Abeona | Steamship | Messrs. Malcomson | Waterford | For private owner. [235] | |
| December | Charlemagne | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Kelvinside | For private owner. [236] | |
| Spring | Lyonnais | Steamship | John Laird | Liverpool | For Messrs. Gauthier, Frères et Cie. [237] | |
| Spring | Snowdrop | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Robert McCord & Son | Quebec | | For private owner. [238] |
| Spring | Vortigern | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [239] | |
| Autumn | Loiret | Transport ship | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [240] | ||
| Autumn | Somme | Transport ship | Cherbourg | For French Navy. [240] | ||
| Unknown date | Adria | Frigate | For Austrian Navy. [241] | |||
| Unknown date | Alacrity | Barque | W. Johnson | Sunderland | For T. Todd. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Alice | Barque | James Hardie | Sunderland | For J. Ritson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Ampthill | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | For Wilson Bros. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Anne Lee | Barque | P. Gibson | Sunderland | For private owner. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Anniversary | Snow | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For John Snowdon. [3] [242] | |
| Unknown date | Ardville | Barque | William Naizby | Sunderland | For J. Lemon. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Areta | Full-rigged ship | W. Chilton | Sunderland | For J. Clay. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Ark | Snow | Jopling & Willoughby | Sunderland | For Mr. Jopling. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Ashley Down | Brig | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For Pickersgill & Co. [3] | |
| Unknownndate | Assaye | steam frigate | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [243] | |
| Unknown date | Aurora Australis | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For Mr. McPherson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Bacchante | Full-rigged ship | James Laing | Sunderland | For Mr. Beazeley. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Banryū | Paddle steamer | R. & H. Green | Blackwall | For Tokugawa Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Birch Grove | Barque | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | For S. & J. Pegg. [3] [244] | |
| Unknown date | Bloomer | Sternwheeler | New Albany, Indiana | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Bohio | Brig | Williamsburg, New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Braziliera | Barque | J. J. Abrahams | Baltimore, Maryland | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Broughton Hall | Barque | Saint John | | For private owner. [245] | |
| Unknown date | Cactus | Snow | George Barker | Sunderland | For William Tose. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Cæsar | Steamship | Pola | For Austrian Navy. [246] | ||
| Unknown date | Canterbury | Merchantman | George Bartram & Sons | Sunderland | For H. Cross. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Carausius | Barque | William Harkess | Sunderland | For E. Oliver. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Castor | Sloop | Sunderland | For private owner. [3] | ||
| Unknown date | Celandine | Snow | Jobling & Hodgson | Sunderland | For Evans & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Ceres | Paddle steamer | Keyport, New Jersey | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Charlotte | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [3] | ||
| Unknown date | Chili | Barque | G. Worthy | Sunderland | For Moon & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Choctaw | Paddle steamer | New Albany, Indiana | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Creole | Clipper | For private owner. [247] | |||
| Unknown date | Chryseis | Barque | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | For Clay & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Cincinattus | Full-rigged ship | J. Haswell | Sunderland | For J. Hay. [3] | |
| Unknown date | City of Lyons | Steamship | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | City of Nantes | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For E. T. Gourley et al. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Clarendon | Full-rigged ship | Sunderland | For Lonie & Co. [3] | ||
| Unknown date | Cleadon | Full-rigged ship | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | For J. Y. Gourley & Son. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Coquetdale | Barque | Green, Robinson & Co., or Green & Co. | Sunderland | For Mr. Dobinson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Cospatrick | Full-rigged ship | Moulmein | | For Duncan Dunbar. | |
| Unknown date | Cumberland | Full-rigged ship | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For E. Graham. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Curlew | Paddle steamer | Harlan & Hollingsworth | Wilmington, Delaware | For Thomas D. Warren. | |
| Unknown date | Curlew | Steamboat | Samuel Sneden | Greenpoint, New York | For Commercial Steamboat Company | |
| Unknown date | Daniel Jefferies | Snow | John Robinson | Sunderland | For D. Jefferies. [3] | |
| Unknown date | De Cater | Steamship | Messrs. Earle's | Hull | For private owner. [249] | |
| Unknown date | Donau | Frigate | For Austrian Navy. [241] | |||
| Unknown date | Dorothy | Snow | Hodgson & Gardner | Sunderland | For J. Walker. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Eastfield | Barque | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | For Currie & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth | Brig | M. Byers & Co | Sunderland | For Mr. Legender. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth Ann | Full-rigged ship | G. Shevill | Sunderland | For William Sanderson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Eliza Sharp | Merchantman | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Nicholson & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | England | Steamship | Messrs. Laurence, Hill, & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Enterprize | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | For Laing & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Erne | Albacore-class gunboat | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For Royal Navy. [46] | |
| Unknown date | Erromanga | Barque | Lawson Gales | Sunderland | For Fenwick & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Essays | Snow | V. & J. Pratt | Sunderland | For Cook & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Everglade | Steamship | New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Excelsior | Merchantman | Sunderland | For private owner. [3] | ||
| Unknown date | Excelsior | Barque | George Barker | Sunderland | For T. White. [3] [244] | |
| Unknown date | Excelsior | Barque | R. Y. Watson | Sunderland | For Rodham & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Faerie Queen | Barque | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For J. Kelso. [3] [250] | |
| Unknown date | Flora | Barque | L. & T. C. Gales | Sunderland | For Watson & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Florida | Coaster | Mobile, Alabama | For Mobile Mail Line. | ||
| Unknown date | Frederick Retzlaff | Barque | Stettin | For private owner. [251] | ||
| Unknown date | F. T. Barney | Schooner | William Cheney | Vermillion, Ohio | For Lewis Wells. | |
| Unknown date | General Windham | Full-rigged ship | T. Seymour | Sunderland | For B. Moir. [3] | |
| Unknown date | George | Snow | Jobung & Co | Sunderland | For Charles Cairns. [3] [252] | |
| Unknown date | George Potts | Snow | J. Lister | Sunderland | For R. Wright. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Gosforth | East Indiaman | T. & W. Smith | North Shields | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Grace & Jane | Barque | P. Gibson | Sunderland | For Elwin & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Grampus | Sternwheeler | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Hadassah | Full-rigged ship | M. Byers & Co. | Sunderland | For Mr. Leadbitter. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Handy | Clown-class gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [253] | |
| Unknown date | Hannah Park | Full-rigged ship | C. W. Crown | Sunderland | For Duncan McBrayne Park. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Hartlepool | Snow | James Hardie | Sunderland | For Mr. Porteous. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Hearty | Gunboat | Messrs. Pitcher's | Northfleet | For Royal Navy. [253] | |
| Unknown date | Heather Bell | Barque | J. Davison | Sunderland | For R. Hick. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Helena | Barque | W. Naizby | Sunderland | For H. Smith. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Helvellyn | Full-rigged ship | Robert Thomson & Sons | Sunderland | For E. Graham. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Hermione | Barque | A. Leithead | Sunderland | For Mr. Richardson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Hong Kong | Paddle steamer | | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Hope-on | Brig | J. Barkes | Sunderland | For J. Hunter. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Hunter | Barque | Taylor & Scouler | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | James Lemon | Barque | George Booth | Sunderland | For J. Lemon. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Jane Almond | Barque | Thomas Stonehouse | Sunderland | For J. Almond. [3] | |
| Unknown date | John Purdie | Schooner | George Booth | Sunderland | For W. Crowell. [3] | |
| Unknown date | John Robinson | Barque | Hodgson & Gardner | Sunderland | For J. Robinson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Jolly's | Merchantman | R. Sanderson | Sunderland | For R. Jolly. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Julia Augusta | Barque | R. Y. Watson | Sunderland | For W. Hopper. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Jupiter | Steamship | Messrs. Young, Son & Magnay | Limehouse | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [254] | |
| Unknown date | Kennington | Full-rigged ship | Edward Bailey | Sunderland | For Douglas & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Kindrochat | Barque | G. Gardner & Co. | Sunderland | For G. Miller. [3] | |
| Unknown date | King Philip | Medium clipper | D. Weymouth | Alna, Maine | For Glidden & William. | |
| Unknown date | Lammermuir | Extreme clipper | William Pile | Sunderland | For John Willis & Son. | |
| Unknown date | Lansdowne | Barque | William Richard Abbay | Sunderland | For Mr. Vickermann. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Laurent Millaudon | Steamboat | Cincinnati, Ohio | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Legatus | Barque | J. Rodgerson | Sunderland | For Lonie & Co. [3] [131] | |
| Unknown date | Livingstone | Snow | William Chilton | Sunderland | For Mr. Redhead. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Lord of the Isles | Clipper | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd. | Greenock | For private owner. [255] | |
| Unknown date | Lowick | Barque | R. Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | For W. Allen. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Lusitania | Paddle steamer | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasbow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Mahratta | Full-rigged ship | George Booth | Sunderland | For Mr. McDonald. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Margaret Knight | Merchantman | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For T. Knight. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Marina | Barque | G. Gardner & Co. | Sunderland | For John Wheatley. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Mars | Full-rigged ship | J. & R. Mills | Southwick | For J. Allen. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Martha Clay | Barque | N. Stothard | Sunderland | For H. Nelson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Mary Jane | Barque | Forest & Co. | Sunderland | For Mr. Denniston. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Mary & Kate | Snow | James Hardie | Sunderland | For Campbell & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Morning Light | Sailing ship | William and Richard Wright | Wilmot | | For William and Richard Wright. |
| Unknown date | M. W. Chapin | Tug | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Mystery | Steamship | Messrs. Ryde & Co. | Bristol | For private owner. [256] | |
| Unknown date | New Era | Ferry | New Albany, Indiana | For private owner | ||
| Unknown date | Newton | Barque | John Watson | Sunderland | For Newton & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Nina | Steamship | Messrs. Laurence, Hill, & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Norfolk | Barque | T. Lightfoot | North Hylton | For Scott & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Ocean | Snow | William R. Abbay | Sunderland | For Catt & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Olive Branch | Barque | M. Clarke | Sunderland | For T. Hick. [3] [257] | |
| Unknown date | Osprey | Barque | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | For Ingo & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Pacific | Barque | Richard Wilkinson | Sunderland | For J. Longton. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Pamlico | Paddle steamer | New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Paul | Barque | J. Lister | Sunderland | For W. Clough. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Pax | Brig | R. Sanderson | Sunderland | For Gideon Smales. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Peace | Barque | Ratcliff & Spence | Sunderland | For Mears & Sons. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Potosi | Merchantman | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Princess Royal | Snow | T. Seymour | Sunderland | For Jobling & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Queen of Freedom | Barque | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | For M. Aisbett. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Raby Castle | Full-rigged ship | George Short | Sunderland | For Mr. Greenwell. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Reays | Barque | Ratcliff & Spencer | Sunderland | For Mr. Reay. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Regina | Full-rigged ship | River Wear | For private owner. [258] | ||
| Unknown date | Robin Hood | Clipper | Alexander Hall and Sons | Aberdeen | J. Wade. | |
| Unknown date | Rocket | Brig | W. R. Abbay & Co. | Sunderland | For W. & T. Adamson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Roebuck | Barque | Thomas Collyer | New York | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Royal Saxon | Barque | William Taylor | Sunderland | For Mr. Rickinson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Russell Ellice | Barque | C. W. Crown | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | San Fernando | Merchantman | J. Watson | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Santiago | Barque | Henry Balfour | Methil | For Balfour Williamson. | |
| Unknown date | Sarah Jane | Snow | J. & R. Mills | Sunderland | For Mr. Humble. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sarah Scott | Barque | N. Stothard | Sunderland | For Scott & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sarepta | Barque | Haswell | Sunderland | For Haswell & Co. [3] [259] | |
| Unknown date | Seaflower | Barque | Wallace | | For private owner. [260] | |
| Unknown date | Sea Venture | Merchantman | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For J. Robinson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sedgemoor | Full-rigged ship | Woods, Spence & Co | Sunderland | For Woods & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Silloth | Steamship | Messrs. Laurence, Hill & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Sirocco | Barque | Forrest & Co. | Sunderland | For James Hay. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Skibladner | Paddle steamer | Motala Verkstad | Motala | For private owner | |
| Unknown date | Spartan | Full-rigged ship | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For J. R. Kelso. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sultan | Barque | Syles & Co | Sunderland | For R. Barnett. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sunderland Packet | Brigantine | Green, Robinson & Co | Sunderland | For French & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Sylph | Merchantman | James Laing | Sunderland | For J. & C. Robertson. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Tamahao | Barque | W. H. Baldwin | Quebec | | For private owner. [261] |
| Unknown date | Thames | Full-rigged ship | D. A. Douglass | Southwick | For Bonus & Sons. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Thames City | Full-rigged ship | D. A. Douglass | Southwick | For H. Rounthwaite. [3] | |
| Unknown date | The Bride | Barque | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | For Mr. Douglas. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Thoughtful | snow | George Bartram & Sons | Sunderland | For Riches & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Trio | Schooner | William Harkness | Sunderland | For Flett & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Two Sisters | Schooner | Baltimore, Maryland | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Una | Snow | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | For G. Smales. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Urania | Brig | J. Hardie | Sunderland | For W. Bird. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Valparaiso | Paddle steamer | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [248] | |
| Unknown date | Verbena | Barque | T. Alcock | Sunderland | For Henry Alcock. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Virgilia | Barque | H. Carr | Sunderland | For M. Twedell. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Vittorio Emmannuele | Frigate | Genpa | | For Royal Sardinian Navy. [262] | |
| Unknown date | Warrior Queen | Full-rigged ship | James Briggs & Co. | Sunderland | For Bradley & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Washington | Barque | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | For M. Tweddell, E. Tweddell, J. Todd & C. Brown. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Waterlily | Barque | W. R. Abbay & Co. | Sunderland | For Farrow & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Waterlily | Barque | Edward Bailey | Sunderland | For Laing & Co. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Waterloo | Merchantman | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | For W. Davison. [3] | |
| Unknown date | Western World | Steamship | Brooklyn, New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Wild Dayrell | Merchantman | J. & R. Bailey | Shoreham-by-Sea | For private owner. [263] | |
| Unknown date | William H. Webb | Paddle steamer | William Henry Webb | New York | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Wolfe | Gunboat | Messrs. Wigram | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. [253] | |
| Unknown date | Yedo | Corvette | C. Gips & Zonen | Dordrecht | For Tokugawa Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Zoophite | Snow | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | For private owner. [3] [250] |
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