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