The list of ship launches in 1857 is a chronological list of ships launched in 1857.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Blencatura | Barque | C. Lamport | Workington | For Messrs. Lamport & Holt. [1] | |
| 1 January | Jane Spiers | Barque | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | For Messrs. Spiers & Co. [2] | |
| 1 January | Mary Hamilton | Schooner | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | For Messrs. Lauchlan & Brown. [2] | |
| 10 January | Charlemagne | Clipper | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Kelvinhaugh | For Messrs. Robert Catto & Son. [3] | |
| 10 January | Nile | Paddle steamer | Josiah Jones Jr. | Liverpool | For Messrs. G. Forester & Co. [4] | |
| 10 January | Sphinx | Paddle steamer | Josiah Jones Jr. | Liverpool | For Messrs. G. Forester & Co. [4] | |
| 12 January | Adelaide | Full-rigged ship | Henry Harvey Jr. | Emsworth | For Messrs. Kay. [5] | |
| 12 January | Mary | Schooner | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [6] | |
| 27 January | Kamehameha IV | Full-rigged ship | Harrington and Workington Shipbuilding and Ropemaking Co. | Workington | For Messrs. Bushby & Co. [7] | |
| 14 January | Polar Star | Barque | Messrs. Stephen & Forbes | Peterhead | For William Mitchell and others. [8] | |
| 19 January | Star of the North | Clipper | William Pile Jr. | Monkwearmouth | For George Leslie. [9] [10] | |
| 27 January | Mallard | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. L. Kennedy & Co. | Whitehaven | For Joseph Mondel. [11] | |
| 28 January | Morning Star | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Willmett | Bristol | For Messrs. Knapp & Besley. [12] | |
| 28 January | Yarborough | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For private owner. [13] | |
| 29 January | Caledonia | Steamship | Messrs. Laurence Hill & Co. | Port Glasgow | For private owner. [14] | |
| 29 January | Ely | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | For Bristol General Steam Navigation Company. [14] | |
| January | Carl | Clipper | For private owner. [15] | |||
| January | Gondola | Clipper | Thomas Bilbe & Co. | Rotherhithe | For private owner. [16] | |
| 4 February | Bristol Packet | Merchantman | Messrs. Cook | River Usk | For Messrs. Burton. [17] | |
| 4 February | Crimea | Steamship | Messrs. Napier | River Clyde | For Messrs. Lewis, Potter, & Co. [18] | |
| 5 February | Pelorus | Pearl-class corvette | Devonport Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 9 February | Damascus | Clipper | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | For Messrs. George Thompson Jr. & Co. [19] | |
| 10 February | Friar Tuck | Clipper | Messrs. Hall & Sons | Footdee | For James Beasley. [19] | |
| 10 February | Harbinger | Tug | Messrs. Westwood, Bailie, Campbell & Co. | Poplar | For Thames Steam Tug and Lighterage Company. [20] | |
| 11 February | Caroline | Schooner | Messrs. Parkinson | Hull | For private owner. [21] | |
| 11 February | Emma Colley | Schooner | Messrs. Spencer & Gardam | Hull | For Jacob Colley. [21] | |
| 11 February | Kingston | Barque | Messrs. Hallett | Hull | For Messrs. Hallett. [21] | |
| 12 February | The Tees | Steamship | Messrs. Pearse, Lockwood & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | For Stockton Steam Ship Company. [22] | |
| 13 February | Duke of Rothesay | Steamship | Messrs. William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company. [23] | |
| 14 February | Clifton | Steamship | Messrs. Stothert & Co. | Hotwells | For Messrs. J. Edwards & Co. [24] | |
| 17 February | Caduceus | Barque | John Davison | Sunderland | For Edmund H. Hogg. [9] [25] | |
| 23 February | Algernon Percy | Barque | J. Davison | Sheepfolds | For George Shotton. [9] [26] | |
| 24 February | Berenguela | Petronila-class screw frigate | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | Ferrol | For Spanish Navy. [27] [28] [29] [30] | |
| 24 February | Orissa | Barque | Messrs. Wood, Spence & Co | Deptford | For Messrs. J. Rodham & Co. [9] [26] | |
| 24 February | The Maid of Anglesey | Schooner | Gallows Point | For private owner. [31] | ||
| 25 February | Cuba Packet | Steamship | Alexander Denny | Dumbarton | For Messrs. Frederick Smelt & Son. [32] | |
| 25 February | John Scott | Full-rigged ship | Shevill | Southwick | For Messrs. Bradley & Potts. [9] [26] | |
| 25 February | Livingstone | Full-rigged ship | Peter Austin | Panns | For Messrs. Pow & Faucas. [9] [26] [33] | |
| 25 February | The Spirit of the Age | Barque | John Westacott | Barnstaple | For Mr. Crisp. [34] | |
| 26 February | Bolivia | Clipper | Messrs. Kennedy & Co. | Whitehaven | For Messrs. Nicholson & McGill. [35] | |
| 26 February | Princess Royal | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Partick | For private owner. [36] | |
| 26 February | Suffolk | Full-rigged ship | Money Wigram | Northam | For private owner. [37] | |
| 27 February | Petronila | Screw frigate | Arsenal de Cartagena | Cartagena | For Spanish Navy. [38] | |
| 28 February | Matanzas | Barque | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | For John Kerr. [39] | |
| February | Red Deer | Schooner | James Mayn | Falmouth | For Messrs. E. Pope & Co. [40] | |
| 7 March | Jaseur | Algerine-class gunboat | R. & H. Green | Blackwall | For Royal Navy | |
| 12 March | St. Petersburg | Steamship | Messrs. Denny & Rankin | Dumbarton | For Messrs. M'Nab & Clark. [41] | |
| 12 March | Windsor Castle | Full-rigged ship | William Pile | Sunderland | For Greens Blackwall Line. [9] [42] | |
| 14 March | Neptune | Steamship | Young, Son & Magnay | Limehouse | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [43] | |
| 14 March | Winchester | Dredger | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [6] | |
| 18 March | Jasper | Algerine-class gunboat | R. & N. Green | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. | |
| 18 March | Slaney | Algerine-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. [44] | |||
| 24 March | Lady Canning | Sloop of war | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [6] | |
| 25 March | Daylight | Barque | James Laing | Sunderland | For Hastie & Co. [9] [45] | |
| 25 March | Doris | Diadem-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [46] | ||
| 27 March | Alexandre | Suffren-class ship of the line | Rochefort | For French Navy. | ||
| 27 March | Lauriston | Barque | Woods, Spence & Co. | Sunderland | For Andrew Anderson. [9] [47] | |
| 27 March | Margaret Jane | Schooner | James Owen | Nefyn | For private owner. [48] | |
| 28 March | Grimsby | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For private owner. [49] | |
| 28 March | Renown | Renown-class ship of the line | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [50] | ||
| March | Planter | Clipper | Green | Grimsby | For private owner. [51] | |
| 2 April | Oak | Schooner | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | For R. Johnston. [47] | |
| 7 April | Anna Paulowna | Steamship | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | For Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij. | |
| 9 April | Armenian | Steamship | Messrs. Richardson Bros. | Hartlepool | Drove ashore on launch and was damaged. [52] [53] [54] | |
| 9 April | Groningen | Groningen-class corvette | Fop Smit | Kinderdijk | For Royal Netherlands Navy. | |
| 9 April | William and Sarah Ann | Schooner | Richard Cliffe | Castleford | For private owner. [55] | |
| 10 April | Orient | Steamship | Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | For Messrs. H. W. Lange & Co. [56] | |
| 16 April | Leeds | Schooner | James Wake | Goole | For Messrs. William France, Silva & Co. [57] | |
| 23 April | Amble | Brig | Messrs. Sanderson & Leighton | Amble | For private owners. [58] | |
| 25 April | Anne | Steam yacht | Messrs. Andrew Ogle & Co. | Preston | For Jonathan Grindrod. [59] [60] [61] | |
| 25 April | Ann Staniland | Brig | Waley | Thorne | For William Staniland. [62] | |
| 25 April | Bogota | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Andrew Ogle & Co. | Preston | For Messrs. Blythe & Troughton. [59] [60] | |
| 25 April | Coyne | Steamship | Messrs. Brassey, Peto & Co. | Birkenhead | For John Hastie. [63] | |
| 25 April | Idwal | Schooner | Edward Ellis | Garth | For private owner. [64] | |
| 25 April | Latona | Barque | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For W., R. & T Smith. [65] | |
| 25 April | Racoon | Pearl-class corvette | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 25 April | Royal Sovereign | First rate ship of the line | Portsmouth Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 25 April | Sylphide | Yacht | Daniel Robinson Jr. | Gosport | For Mr. Peters. [66] | |
| 25 April | W. W. Smith | Clipper | F. C. Clarke | Jersey | For Messrs. J. J. Melhuish & Co. [67] | |
| 26 April | Quirinal | Steamship | Toulon | For Imperial Russian Navy. [68] | ||
| 27 April | Akyab | Clipper | Nantes | For J. T. Barbey et Cie. [69] | ||
| 27 April | Day Spring | Steamship | John Laird | Birkenhead | For British Government. [70] | |
| 27 April | George Washington | Full-rigged ship | Wright | Aberdeen | For private owner. [71] | |
| 27 April | Lord Ashley | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | For Messrs. Z. C. Pearson, Coleman & Co. [72] | |
| 27 April | Rio Grande | Clipper | Nantes | For J. T. Barbey et Cie. [69] | ||
| 29 April | William Carvill | Full-rigged ship | Thomas M'Williams | Straight Shore | | For private owner. [73] |
| 30 April | Henry Bell | Steamship | T. B. Seath | Rutherglen | For Messrs. James Steel & Sons. [74] | |
| April | Morning News | Barque | Messrs. Pots & Sons | Saint John | | For private owner. [75] |
| April | Phoebus | Barque | William Reed | Sunderland | For Mr. Smallman. [9] [76] | |
| April | Queen of the Pacific | Paddle steamer | Westervelt & Co. | New York | For Morgan & Garrison. | |
| 7 May | May Queen | Steam yacht | Charles Slight | New Holland | For William Hart. [77] | |
| 9 May | Atlantic | Steamship | Messrs. Earle | Hull | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. [78] [79] | |
| 11 May | Firefly | Steam yacht | Messrs. J. & R. White | Cowes | For Henry Oglander. [80] | |
| 12 May | Neva | Steamship | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Whiteinch | For private owner. [81] | |
| 13 May | Petronila | Screw frigate | Cartagena | For Spanish Navy. [82] | ||
| 14 May | Her Majesty | Brig | Henry Harvey | Littlehampton | For private owner. [83] | |
| 18 May | Duncan Dunbar | Clipper | James Laing | Sunderland | For Gellatly, Hankey & Sewell. | |
| 21 May | Stour | Sailing barge | Harwich Dockyard | For private owner. [84] | ||
| 23 May | Edyth Byrne | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Brassey, Peto & Co. | Birkenhead | For Messrs. A. and E. Byrne. [85] | |
| 23 May | Mayflower | Yacht | Messrs. Brassey, Peto & Co. | Birkenhead | For George Harrison. [85] | |
| 23 May | Transatlantic | Clipper | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | For George Thompson Jr. & Co. [86] | |
| 23 May | William Corey | Collier | Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Sons | Low Walker | For William Corey, John Nixon & Hugh Taylor. [87] [88] [89] | |
| 25 May | Celia | Schooner | Messrs. Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | For Messrs. Williams & Co. [90] | |
| 25 May | Earl of Ellesmere | Tug | Messrs. A. Ogle & Co. | Preston | For Trustees of the Duke of Bridgwater. [91] | |
| 25 May | Lady Brisbane | Schooner | Messrs. J. Brisbane Jr. & Co. | Birkenhead | For private owner. [92] | |
| 25 May | Ardente | Frigate | Brest | For French Navy. [93] | ||
| 25 May | Philanthropist | Schooner | J. Roberts | Holyhead | For private owner. [94] | |
| 26 May | Adriatic | Barque | Hillsborough | | For private owner. [95] | |
| 26 May | Ems | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For private owner. [96] | |
| 26 May | Wave | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For private owner. [97] | |
| 30 May | Dione | Barque | Henry Claughton | Bristol | For Messrs. Gordon Bros. [98] | |
| May | Chowan | Steamship | John K. Kirkham | Murfreesboro, North Carolina | For North Carolina and New York Steamship Co. | |
| May | Grace Vernon | Merchantman | Quebec City | | Capsized on launch. Righted and found to be severely hogged. [99] | |
| May | Milton Lockhart | Clipper | Quebec | | For private owner. [100] | |
| May | Sisters | Schooner | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For James Hall. [9] [101] | |
| May | Gisela | Steamship | Danube | For private owner. [102] | ||
| May | Sophie | Steamship | Danube | For private owner. [102] | ||
| 6 June | Oyapoque | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | For Brazilian Steampacket Company. [103] | |
| 8 June | Lord Worsley | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For Messrs. Pearson, Coleman & Co. [104] | |
| 9 June | Not named | Brig | Messrs. G. Milne & Co. | Aberdeen | For private owner. [105] | |
| 10 June | Australasian | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Clydebank | For European and Australasian Company. [106] | |
| 18 June | Minerva | Merchantman | Hazzlehurst | Hull | For John Crosskill. [107] | |
| 20 June | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeeboy | Barque | Belfast Iron-Ship-Building Company | Belfast | For private owner. [108] | |
| 22 June | Abbey Craig | Full-rigged ship | Richibucto | | For private owner. [109] | |
| 23 June | Austria | Steamship | Caird & Company | Greenock | For Hamburg America Line. | |
| 23 June | Fylde | Schooner | Fleetwood | For private owner. [110] | ||
| 23 June | Nancy Riley | Steamship | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For private owner. [111] | |
| 23 June | Robert Burns | Steamship | T. B. Seath | Rutherglen | For private owner. [112] | |
| 23 June | Secret | Fishing smack | Messrs. Gibson & Butcher | Fleetwood | For Messrs. William and Richard Leadbetter. [110] | |
| 24 June | Norseman | Steam yacht | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Greenock | For Arthur Anderson. [113] | |
| 25 June | Baltic | Schooner | Robert Jones | Voryd | For private owner. [114] | |
| June | Anne | Snow | Sykes & Co. | Sunderland | For Robert Harrowing. [9] [115] | |
| June | Briseis | Barque | Thomas Lightfoot | Sunderland | For R. H. Bamfield & Co. [9] [116] | |
| June | Florence Nightingale | Barque | Hopewell | | For private owner. [117] | |
| June | Governor | Barque | Richard Wilkinson | Pallion | For George Thomson. [9] [118] | |
| June | Ilia-Morometz | Frigate | Arkhangelsk | For Imperial Russian Navy. [119] | ||
| June | Iris | Brig | Tignish | | For private owner. [120] | |
| June | Sevre | Transport ship | Nantes | For French Navy. [121] | ||
| June | Maid of the Mist | Clipper | Quebec | | For private owner. [122] | |
| June | Mary Ann | Brigantine | Saint John | | For private owner. [123] | |
| 4 July | C. J. Kershaw | Barque | Cleveland, Ohio | For private owner. [124] | ||
| 4 July | Mayflower | 4 July | John T. Alcock | Sunderland | For Mr. Matthews. [9] | |
| 7 July | Unnamed | Steamship | Athlone | For Midland Great Western Railway. [125] | ||
| 9 July | Tyburnia | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Kelvinhaugh | For Messrs. Somes Bros. [126] | |
| 15 July | Profit and Loss | Schooner | Robert Thomas | Nefyn | For private owner. [127] | |
| 22 July | Eagle | Steamship | Messrs. Alexander Denny & Sons | Dumbarton | For M'Connell & Laird. [128] | |
| 22 July | Resolute | Tug | Messrs. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | For Liverpool New Steam-Tug Company (limited). [129] [130] | |
| 23 July | Delhi | Steamship | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Partick | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [131] | |
| 23 July | George & Emily | Barque | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For R. Soulsby & Co. [132] | |
| 23 July | Kinaldie | Clipper | Messrs. Milne & Co. | Aberdeen | For George Milne. [133] | |
| 23 July | Vigilant | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson | Hull | For private owner. [134] | |
| 24 July | Royal Burgh | Steamboat | Seath | Rutherglen | For private owner. [135] | |
| 25 July | Agenoria | Steamship | Messrs. Brassey, Peto & Co. | Birkenhead | For J. Jones. [136] | |
| 25 July | Elizabeth Aaron | Schooner | Pearson | Goole | For private owner. [137] | |
| 25 July | Grenada | Steamship | Messrs. Summers & Co. | Northam | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. [138] | |
| 30 July | Ida | Brig | Digby | | For private owner. [139] | |
| July | J. P. Taylor | Schooner | "Moneton" | | For private owner. [140] | |
| July | L'Empereur | Steamship | Cork | For private owner. [141] | ||
| July | Oshawa | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [142] | |
| July | Sparta | Brigantine | | For private owner. [143] | ||
| July | William | Barque | Thomas Stonehouse | Low Southwick | For Thomas Crozier. [9] | |
| 4 August | Cupid | Cutter | Harvey | Littlehampton | For North Sea Fisheries Co. [144] | |
| 6 August | North Star | Yacht | Messrs. Brassey & Peto | Birkenhead | For Mr. Harrison. [145] | |
| 8 August | Chiloe | Clipper | Josiah Jones Jr. | Liverpool | For Messrs. Gardner, Broomhall & Co. [146] | |
| 8 August | Emmeline | BRigantine | Messrs. R. & J. Evans | Liverpool | For P. H. Dean. [147] | |
| 8 August | Melpomene | Emerald-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [148] | ||
| 8 August | Woodbine | Barque | Watson | Banff | For private owner. [149] | |
| 10 August | Jem | Schooner | Alex Connell | Belfast | For private owner. [150] | |
| 19 August | Medina | Clipper | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | For James Shephard. [151] | |
| 19 August | Zoe Treffry | Schooner | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Monkwearmouth | For Mr. Treffry. [9] | |
| 20 August | Osborne | Barque | Messrs. Hopper | Newcastle upon Tyne | For F. Dale. [152] | |
| 21 August | Moy | Tug | Messrs. M'Laine & Sons | Belfast | For private owner. [153] | |
| 21 August | Saxonia | Steamship | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | For Hamburg and American Steam Packet Company. [154] [155] | |
| 22 August | Agricola | Brig | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | For Northern Agricultural Co. [156] | |
| 29 August | Rosetta | Barque | Belfast Ship-Building Company | Belfast | For private owner. [157] | |
| August | Art-Union | Full-rigged ship | Bradley & Briggs | Sunderland | For Mr. Shepherd. [9] [158] | |
| August | Ellen Morrison | Barque | Sunderland | For Robert Morrison Jr. [158] | ||
| August | Emerald Isle | Barque | | For private owner. [159] | ||
| August | Explorer | Sternwheeler | Reaney, Neafie & Co. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For Joseph Christmas Ives. | |
| August | Segeta | Snow | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | For Wilson & Co. [160] | |
| August | Weardale | Merchantman | John Robinson | Sunderland | For Mr. Smurthwaite. [9] [76] | |
| August | Zeno | Barque | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | For Thomas Humble. [9] [161] | |
| 5 September | Canadian | Merchantman | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | For William Orr. [162] | |
| 5 September | Crinoline | Schooner | Scott | Inverkeithing | For Messrs. Wylde & Co. [163] | |
| 5 September | Leopard | Paddle steamer | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | For Messrs. G. & J. Burns. [164] | |
| 5 September | Robert Henderson | Clipper | William Duthie Jr. | Aberdeen | For Patrick Henderson & Co. [165] | |
| 8 September | Elk | Sternwheeler | C. E. Sweitzer | Canemah, Oregon | For Pease, Matthieu and others. | |
| 8 September | Malta | Full-rigged ship | Saint John | | For private owner. [166] | |
| 9 September | Grille | Aviso | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand | Havre de Grâce | For Prussian Navy. | |
| 10 September | March Hare | Schooner | Truro | For private owner. [167] | ||
| 17 September | Admella | Steamship | Messrs. Lawrence Hill & Co. | Port Glasgow | For Melbourne & Adelaide Steam-ship Company. [168] | |
| 18 September | Lightning | Schooner | Messrs. Stephen & Forbes | Peterhead | For private owner. [169] | |
| 19 September | Agia Sophia | Steamship | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | For Messrs. Papayanni & Mussabini. [170] | |
| 19 September | Artisan | clipper | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | For Messrs. A. Hall & Co. [171] | |
| 21 September | City of Bangor | Schooner | John Roberts | Hirael | For Meshach Roberts and others. [172] | |
| 23 September | Falk | Steamship | Messrs. C. & W. Earle | Hull | For private owner. [173] | |
| September | Nanette | Barque | For private owner. [174] | |||
| 1 October | Contest | Steamship | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Whiteinch | For private owner. [175] | |
| 3 October | Brother Jonathan | tug | Messrs. Andrew Ogle & Co. | Preston | For United Steam-tug Company. [176] [177] [178] | |
| 3 October | No. 2 | Dredger | Bombay | | For British East India Company. [6] | |
| 5 October | Jane and Ellen | Schooner | McMurdy | Lytham | For John Bond & John Ward. [179] | |
| 5 October | Rescue | Paddle tug | Liverpool Steam-tug Company | Liverpool | For Liverpool Steam-tug Company. [180] | |
| 5 October | Roseneath | Full-rigged ship | Messrs Barclay & Curle | Broomielaw | For Messrs. William Kidston & Sons. [181] | |
| 6 October | Charles Green | Schooner | H. Follett | Shaldon | For Messrs. Green & Co. [182] | |
| 20 October | Duchess of Argyle | Steamship | Messrs Napier, Glasgow | Athlone | Built at Glasgow, dismantled and re-erected for launch. For Midland Great Western Railway. [183] | |
| 20 October | Retreiver | Tug | Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | For Liverpool New Steam Tug Company. [184] | |
| 21 October | Condor | Steamship | Messrs. Earle | Hull | For private owner. [185] | |
| 21 October | Elizabeth | Schooner | Lowestoft | For private owner. [186] | ||
| 29 October | Tsesarevich | First rate ship of the line | Nikolaev Admiralty shipyard | Nikolaieff | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| October | Orion | Barque | Messrs. Mathias & Richards | Mostyn | For private owner. [187] | |
| October | Princess Joinville | Steamship | Caird and Company | Greenock | For Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft. [188] | |
| October | Rover | Tug | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Paisley | For New Steam Tug Company (limited). [189] | |
| 2 November | Esk | Steamship | Jackson | South Shields | For Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay Steam Packet Company. [190] | |
| 2 November | Victor | Intrepid-class gunvessel | Money Wigram & Son | Blackwall | For Royal Navy. | |
| 3 November | Ceylon | Full-rigged ship | Thomas Smith & J. Rutherford | Preston | For Ribble Navigation Company. [191] [192] | |
| 4 November | Racer | Racer-class sloop | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [193] | ||
| 11 November | Emily | Merchantman | Messrs. Row Bros. | Topsham | For private owner. [194] | |
| 15 November | Unnamed | Corvette | William H. Webb | New York | For Imperial Russian Navy. [195] | |
| 17 November | Princesa de Asturias | Screw frigate | Arsenal de La Carraca | San Fernando | For Spanish Navy. [196] [197] | |
| 19 November | Blanche | Steamship | Messrs. Samuelson's | Hull | For private owner. [198] | |
| 20 November | Five Brothers | Steamship | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | For Messrs. Eng, Wat, Goh, Guan & Bros. [199] | |
| 28 November | Leith | Steamship | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Maryhill | For London, Leith & Granton Shipping Co. [200] | |
| November | Concordia | Corvette | Arsenal de la Carraca | San Fernando | For Spanish Navy. [197] | |
| November | Gem | Brigantine | Tatmagouche | | For private owner. [201] | |
| November | Narvaez | Corvette | Ferrol | For Spanish Navy. [202] | ||
| November | Rachael | Clipper | Peverall & Davison | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] [203] | |
| November | Star of Temperance | Humber Keel | For private owner. [204] | |||
| 1 December | The Twin Sister | Schooner | Wexford | For private owner. [205] | ||
| 2 December | Gannet | Racer-class sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [206] | ||
| 3 December | Haliç | Steamboat | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | For Ottoman Navy. [207] | |
| 3 December | Tatlı Sular | Steamboat | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | For Ottoman Navy. [207] | |
| 10 December | Huntsville | Steamship | Jacob Aaron Westervelt | New York | For H. B. Cromwell & Co. | |
| 15 December | Oudaloy | Steamship | Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | For Russian Steam Navigation Company. [208] | |
| 17 December | Fantaisie | Royal Yacht | Thames Iron Works | Blackwall | For Franz Joseph I of Austria. [209] | |
| 17 December | Pausilippe | Steamship | La Ciotat | For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales. [210] | ||
| 30 December | Duchess | Steamship | Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | For Lancaster and Liverpool Steam Company. [211] | |
| December | Adria Dorica | Full-rigged ship | Ancona | | For private owner. [212] | |
| December | Charles Adams | Brigantine | Maitland | | For private owner. [213] | |
| Spring | Jura | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [214] | |
| Summer | Iona | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [215] | |
| Autumn | Pladda | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | | For private owner. [216] | |
| Unknown date | Aaron V. Brown | Schooner | Merry and Grey | Milan, Ohio | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | A. Child | Paddle steamer | Jeffersonville, Indiana | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Ada | Snow | Sunderland | For C. Allcock. [9] | ||
| Unknown date | Adelicia | Barque | C. W. Crown | Sunderland | For H. & B. Craven. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Adrien | Barque | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | For James Lancaster, Stephen W. Rackley, Thomas J. Reay and John Smurthwaite. [9] [217] | |
| Unknown date | Affiance | Barque | James Robinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Alciope | Barque | J. T. Alcock | Sunderland | For Potts & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Alcyone | Barque | Brown & Johnson | Sunderland | For T. Todd. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Alice | Barque | Peverall & Davison | Sunderland | For Brodie & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Alice Hawthorn | Barque | For private owner. [218] | |||
| Unknown date | Annie Lawson | Merchantman | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | A. O. Tyler | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Arethusa | Full-rigged ship | John M. Reed | Sunderland | For J. Allan. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Aspasio | Snow | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | For Burdess & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Athene | Barque | R. H. Potts & Bros. | Sunderland | For R. H. Potts & Bros. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Atlantic | Clipper | For private owner. [219] | |||
| Unknown date | Avle | Barque | For private owner. [220] | |||
| Unknown date | Bahia | Barque | James Hardie | Sunderland | For F. P. Wilson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Bebec | Snow | Joplin & Willoughby | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Berengaria | Barque | George Barker | Sunderland | For L. Harker. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | Snow | Peverall & Davidson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Black | Schooner | Merry & Grey | Milan, Ohio | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | Brazil | Barque | Richibucto | | For private owner. [221] | |
| Unknown date | British Merchant | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. A. Duthie & Co. | Aberdeen | For Messrs A. Duthie & Co. [222] | |
| Unknown date | British Monarch | Barque | R. Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | For E. Graham Jr. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Cambridge | Barque | George Booth | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Ceres | Snow | Taylor & Scouler | Sunderland | For Mr. Robinson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Chanticleer | Barque | Briggs & Son | Sunderland | For J. Shepherd. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Charente | Snow | John Barkes | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Chilian Packet | Barque | L & T. C. Gales | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Comet | Steamboat | Peak and Masters | Cleveland, Ohio | For New York Central Railroad. | |
| Unknown date | Coquimbo | Barque | W. R. Abbay & Co. | Sunderland | For Moon & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Cornubia | Steamship | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | For Martin & Co. [9] [223] [224] | |
| Unknown date | Cowslip | Barque | J. Davison | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Croquette | Brig | Baltimore, Maryland | For J. Crosby. | ||
| Unknown date | Curlew | Merchantman | R. H. Potts & Bros. | Sunderland | For Potts Bros. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Danube | Barque | Green, Robinson & Co | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Dauntless | Barque | George Bartram | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Dawn | Steamship | Samuel Sneden | New York | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Dee | Merchantman | Arrow Leithead | Sunderland | For G. Leslie. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Delaware | Barque | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | For A. Hewson. [9] [42] | |
| Unknown date | Delhi | Merchantman | Ratcliffe & Spence | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Dependent | Merchantman | Jopling & Hobson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Derwent | Snow | W. R. Abbay & Co. | Sunderland | For Gayner & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Dewdrop | Snow | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | For Rawson & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Diana | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | For H. B. Prior. [225] | |
| Unknown date | Dick Fulton | Sternwheeler | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Doctor Kane | Barque | Quebec | | For private owner. [226] | |
| Unknown date | Dorothy | Snow | J. Lister | Sunderland | For J. Crisp. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Druses | Barque | James Briggs | Sunderland | For Walford & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Dunorian | Merchantman | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For Walker & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Durham Packet | Merchantman | John Gill | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Earl of Mar and Kellie | Merchantman | Alloa | For private owner. [227] | ||
| Unknown date | Edith | Lugger | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | ||
| Unknown date | Eglantine | Barque | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | For Mr. Donkin. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth | Merchantman | T. H. Woods | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth and Ann | Barque | George Short | Sunderland | For J. Carr. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Ellen | Schooner | William Bonker | Salcombe | For P. O. Hingstone, Samuel Beer and others. [228] | |
| Unknown date | Emblem | Merchantman | Hodgson & Gardiner | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Emeralde | Merchantman | J. Barkes | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Empress | Merchantman | William Petrie | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Englishman | Barque | J. Barkes | Sunderland | For Thomas Gibson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Eunomia | Merchantman | W. Johnson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Express | Barque | Taylor & Scouler | Sunderland | For Jane Gray. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Flatworth | Merchantman | William Harkess | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Frances Bamfield | Merchantman | Peter Gibson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Gananoque | Clipper | George T Davie & Sons | Lauzon | | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | General Rusk | Paddle steamer | Wilmington, Delaware | For Southern Steamship Co. | ||
| Unknown date | General Abbatrucci | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | For MM Vallery, Fils et Cie. [229] | |
| Unknown date | Georgiana Grenfell | Barque | R. Thompson & Co. | Sunderland | For Mr. Nicholson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Glasgow | Clyde puffer | David Swan | Glasgow | For private owner. [230] | |
| Unknown date | Goward | Brig | W. R. Abbay & Co | Sunderland | For J. Goward. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Great Western | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Griffin | Barque | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | For John Dale. [9] [217] | |
| Unknown date | Gromsboi | Frigate | Helsinki | | For Imperial Russian Navy. [231] | |
| Unknown date | Guayacan | Barque | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For Madge & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Hannah Andrew | Merchantman | James Robinson | Sunderland | For R. Adamson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Barque | Edward Bailey | Sunderland | For William Nicholson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Steamship | James Laing | Sunderland | For Edward T. Gourley, William Stobart & Chrisopher M. Webster. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Heroine | Barque | R. Reay | Sunderland | For George Watson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Herrington | Merchantman | John Robinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Hersilia | Full-rigged ship | R. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For H. Ellis. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Il Trovatore | Merchantman | Hodgson & Gardiner | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Indus | Full-rigged ship | D. A. Douglas & Co.. | Sunderland | For Fenwick & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Isabel | Merchantman | Hodgson & Gardner | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Isabella Robinson | Merchantman | Hume & Easson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Island Queen | Merchantman | N. Stothard | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Itia-Murometz | Frigate | Arkhangelsk | For Imperial Russian Navy. [232] | ||
| Unknown date | Jane Pardew | Merchantman | George Booth | Sunderland | For Smith & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Jane Selkirk | Merchantman | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Japan | Bali-class sloop | Fop Smit | Kinderdijk | For Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Jessie | Merchantman | N. Stothard | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Jessie Annandale | Brigantine | Brown & Johnson | Sunderland | For B. Balkwill. [9] [233] | |
| Unknown date | Jessie Drysdale | Merchantman | James Hardie | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | John Downie | Merchantman | George Bartram & Sons | Sunderland | For Downie & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | John Paxton | Merchantman | W. R. Abbay & Co | Sunderland | For Mr. Matherson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | John Stephenson | Merchantman | Peter Gibson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Latona | Merchantman | John M. Reed | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Laughing Water | Clipper | For private owner. [234] | |||
| Unknownndate | Levant | Paddle steamer | River Clyde | For private owner. [235] | ||
| Unknown date | Lizzie Scott | Merchantman | L. & T. C. Gales | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Lizzie Tindall | Merchantman | J. Haswell | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Llanfair | Sloop | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | For Brundrit & Whiteway. [236] | |
| Unknown date | Lyra | Swallow-class sloop | Deptford Dockyard | For Royal Navy. [237] | ||
| Unknown date | Magic | Yacht | T. Byerly & Son | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For Richard Fanning Loper. | |
| Unknown date | Margaret Smith | Clipper | Greenock | For private owner. [238] | ||
| Unknown date | Marshmallow | Merchantman | John Robinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Mary | Barque | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | For J. Tully. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Matilda Atheling | Full-rigged ship | James Briggs & Co. | Sunderland | For L. Harker. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Maynards | Merchantman | Jobling & Hobson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Metaris | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | For Mr. Buckley. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Midlothian | Merchantman | J. Haswell | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Minnehaha | Barque | For Richard Hughes & Co. | |||
| Unknown date | Minniehaha | Full-riggedship | Saint John | | For Liverpool Line. [239] | |
| Unknown date | Moldavian | Barque | Austin & Mils | Sunderland | For Gilbert Ward. [9] [161] | |
| Unknown date | Monica | Merchantman | George Worthy | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | National Guard | Steamship | George D. Morgan | Portland, Connecticut | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Neda | Barque | Arrow Leithead | Sunderland | For John Thompson. [9] [116] | |
| Unknown date | Nemesis | Merchantman | R. Watson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Newcastle | Clipper | W. Pile Jr. | Sunderland | For Green Blackwall Line. | |
| Unknown date | Oliver M. Pettit | Steamship | Williamsburg, New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Oracle | Steamship | Deptford | For private owner. [9] | ||
| Unknown date | Palestine | Merchantman | George Booth | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Palestine | Merchantman | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Pallion | Merchantman | R. Wilkinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Pearl | Merchantman | William Richardson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Pelican | Barque | John M. Reed Jr. | Pallion | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Peosta | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Peter Kay | Clipper | For private owner. [240] | |||
| Unknown date | Phantom | Merchantman | William Briggs | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Phineas Sprague | Steamship | Birely & Lynn | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Planet | Merchantman | Thomas Seymour | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Pomona | Merchantman | George Gardner | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Prince Frederick William | Merchantman | G. Gardner & Co. | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Queen of Commerce | Merchantman | Nicholas Stothard | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Red Riding Hood | Full-rigged ship | Thomas Bilbe & Co. | Rotherhithe | For Thomas Bilbe & Co. [241] [242] | |
| Unknown date | Richard and Alice | Merchantman | Green, Robinson & Co | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Roebuck | Merchantman | William Naizby | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Rose | Merchantman | Woods, Spence & Co. | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Saint George | Barque | William Naisby | Sunderland | For Smith & Co. [9] [243] | |
| Unknown date | Sarah | Brig | R. Sanderson | Hylton | For Good & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Sarah Love | Barque | Sykes & Co | Cox Green | For Wright & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Saxon Queen | Merchantman | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Seamew | Merchantman | John Robinson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Shubrick | Lighthouse tender | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | For United States Lighthouse Board. | |
| Unknown date | Sisters | Snow | James Hardie | Sunderland | For J. Robinson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Solway | Full-rigged ship | R. Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | For E. Graham. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Southfield | Ferry | John English | Brooklyn, New York | For New York Ferry Company. | |
| Unknown date | Southport | Barque | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | For Henry Harrison & William Hope. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Spring Flower | Merchantman | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | For Potts & Co. [9] [161] | |
| Unknown date | Squall | Sloop | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | For Brundrit & Whiteway. [244] | |
| Unknown date | Star Beam | Barque | E. Bailey | Sunderland | For Elmsie & Co. [9] [161] | |
| Unknown date | Star of the West | Merchantman | James Briggs & Co. | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Strive | Schooner | Hearn & Arther | Sunderland | For Hearn & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Sunflower | Merchantman | J. Lister | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Sunium | Snow | William Petrie | Sunderland | For A. Tindall. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Swan | Sternwheeler | Silas E. Smith & George Anson Pease | Tualatin River | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Swansea | Merchantman | Thomas Lightfoot | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Syra | Corvette | Deptford Dockytard | For Royal Navy. [245] | ||
| Unknown date | Talbot | Merchantman | G. W. & W. J. Hall | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Thankful | Merchantman | R. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | For Carr & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | The Coquette | Snow | Jobling & Willoughby | Sunderland | For Smith & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Three Brothers | Lighter | Sykes & Co | Sunderland | For Sykes & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Tiber | Merchantman | J. Briggs & Co. | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Tiger | Steamship | Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | Hull | For Brownlow, Pearson & Co. [246] | |
| Unknown date | Trebizonde | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. [247] | |||
| Unknown date | Troas | Full-rigged ship | William R. Abbay | Sunderland | For T. Parker. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Undaunted | Full-rigged ship | Thomas Henderson | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | United Service | Steamship | builder | Sunderland | For London & Canada Steamship Line. [9] [248] | |
| Unknown date | Useful | Snow | Sunderland | For Mr. Caithness. [9] | ||
| Unknown date | Vanderbilt | Passenger ship | Jeremiah Simonson | Greenpoint, New York | For North Atlantic Mail Steamship Line. | |
| Unknown date | Vere | Barque | William Watson | Sunderland | For Mr. Thompson. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Vicksburg | Paddle steamer | New Albany, Indiana | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Vigilant | Barque | Thomas Tiffin | Sunderland | For Tiffin & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Wanderer | Schooner | Joseph Rowland | Setauket, New York | For John Johnson. | |
| Unknown date | Waterlily | Snow | Arrow Leithead | Sunderland | For Russell & Co. [9] | |
| Unknown date | William | Barque | Robert Candlish | Sunderland | For R. Allen. [9] | |
| Unknown date | William G. Putnam | Paddle tug | Brooklyn, New York | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Wings of the Morning | Merchantman | Ratcliff & Spence | Sunderland | For private owner. [9] | |
| Unknown date | Zula | Steamship | Messrs. Charles Scott & Son | Greenock | For private owner. [249] | |
| Unknown date | Unnamed | Steamship | Pallion | For Messrs. R. J. Brown & Co. [26] |