# List of ship launches in 1843

The list of ship launches in 1843 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1843.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 10 January | United Kingdom | Oliver Chapman | Chepstow | Dasher | Brig | For private owner. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | Thomas Royden | Liverpool | British Hero | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Joseph Wheeler | Cork | Indian Queen | Barque | For Messrs. Hardy. |
| January | United Kingdom | | River Thames | Magician | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | | | Mercury | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. George Ross & Son | Inverkeithing | William Fraser | Brig | For private owner. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | J. Henry Jones | Port Madoc | Mary Holland | Brig | For Messrs. Menish & Co. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Hugh Jones | Beaumaris | Maria | Sloop | For Hugh Jones. |
| 21 February | Province of Canada | | Kingston | Mohawk | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hilhouse & Hill | Bristol | Duke of Cornwall | Chinaman | For private owner. |
| 9 March | United States | | New York | Liverpool | Packet ship | For private owner. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Denny & Rankine | Dumbarton | Commodore | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. K. Woods & Sons | Maryport | Hugh Matthie | Full-rigged ship | For Joseph Sparks. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Fagan | Kingstown | Duchess of Leinster | Brig | For private owner. |
| 30 March | France | | Cherbourg | L'Agile | Brig | For French Navy. |
| March | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Bzyb | Barque | For Imperial Russian Government. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Michael Ratsey | Cowes | Fairy | Schooner yacht | For Mr. Perreth. |
| 4 April | France | | Cherbourg | Le Rossignol | Brig | For French Navy. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wilmet & Hall | Newport | Anjer | Full-rigged ship | For Messr. Wilmet & Hall |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Rattler | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Coulson | Sculcoates | Zephyr | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | Gloriana | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 25 April | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Victoria and Albert | Royal yacht | For Queen Victoria. |
| April | United Kingdom | H. Carr | Sunderland | Ann Mills | Snow | For J. Ritson. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Parkinson, Brown & Co. | Hull | James and Emma | Schooner | For private owner. |
| April | Colony of Nova Scotia | | Fatamagouche | Liberty | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Eurydice | Corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | W. Byers | Sunderland | Isabella | Snow | For T. Crozier. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Infernal | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Miller & Ravenhill | Blackwall | Prince of Wales | Paddle steamer | For Old Margate Steam-boat Company. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Rosamond | Steamship | For Royal Navy. |
| May | United States | | Norfolk Navy Yard | Perry | Brig | For United States Navy. |
| May | United Kingdom | Ralph Hutchinson | Monkwearmouth | Four Sisters | Barque | For S. Mease. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Spowers | Sunderland | Saville | Snow | For McColl & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | Till | Snow | For Pow & Co. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | James Edwards | South Shields | Dublin | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 13 June | United States | | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Raritan | Raritan-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | John Arthur Prichard | Pwllheli | Argoed | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 24 June | Prussia | Carmesins Werft | Grabow | Amazone | Corvette | For Prussian Navy. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Hedderwich & Rowan | Kelvinhaugh | Breadalbane | Barque | For McNeil & Co. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | | Govan | Vanguard | Steamship | For Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam Packet Company. |
| June | Province of Canada | Thomas H. Oliver | Quebec | Chusan | Barque | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | Hugh Morris | Pwllheli | Maria | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | | Killaloe | The Lady Burgoyne | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Helena | Helena-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Chichester | Southampton-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Helen MacGregor | Paddle steamer | For Mr Gee. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | William Patterson | Bristol | Great Britain | Passenger ship | For Great Western Steamship Company. The first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Robert Johnson | Bideford | Maria | Schooner | For Mr. Hinks and others. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Sealark | Pandora-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | Martha Jaggers | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| July | Colony of Nova Scotia | | River John | Indus | Brig | For private owner. |
| 1 August | United States | Langley B. Culley | Baltimore, Maryland | Lawrence | Brig | For United States Navy. |
| 5 August | United States | | New York | Queen of the West | Packet ship | For Messrs. Woodhill and Minturn. |
| 10 August | France | | | Oronque | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Henry Jones | Port Madoc | Miss Maddocks | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 28 August | United Kingdom | Messrs Mulvey | Chester | Templeman | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Prowse & Co. |
| August | United Kingdom | | | Kate | Schooner | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Spence & Son | River Tees | Red Rose | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| August | Colony of Nova Scotia | | River John, Nova Scotia | Ross-shire | Brig | For private owner. |
| 3 September | France | | Cherbourg | Darien | Steamship | For French Government. |
| 5 September | United States | | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Princeton | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| 9 September | France | | Toulon | L'Hirondelle | Iris-class schooner | For French Navy. |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Tod and MacGregor | Glasgow | Princess Alice | Paddle steamer | For North Lancashire Steam Navigatio Co. |
| 11 September | United Kingdom | Taylor | Woodbridge | Princess Royal | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 12 September | India | | Bombay | Pluto | Steamship | For P&O. |
| 17 September | Russia | I. S. Dimitriev | Nicholaieff | Iagudiil | Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Vulture | Cyclops-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 September | France | | Cherbourg | La Chevrette | Tactique-class gun-brig | For French Navy. |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Fearnon & Co | Liverpool | Nimrod | Paddle steamer | For Cork Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick | Liverpool | Fire Queen | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | Nimrod | Steamship | For City of Cork Steamship Company. |
| 27 September | Denmark | | | Gefion | Frigate | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Coates & Young | Belfast | Magnet | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 7 October | United Kingdom | Thomas Cliff | Knottingley | Harriett | Schooner | For John Burnitt. |
| 7 October | Spain | Arsenal de la Carracca | Cádiz | Opyt | Schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & Thomas Johnson | Runcorn | Laffak | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | | Deptford Dockyard | Worcester | Southampton-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 October | Portuguese India | | Daman | Dom Fernando II e Glória | Frigate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 23 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robinson & Hall | Stockton-on-Tees | Belle | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 23 October | United States | | Portsmouth Navy Yard | Portsmouth | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | | | Dart | Brig | For private owner. |
| 25 October | United States | | New York | Yorkshire | Ocean liner | For private owner. |
| October | France | | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Panama | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 6 November | Portugal | | Lisbon | Iris | Corvette | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | John Laird | North Birkenhead | The Dove | Steamship | For Baptist Missionary Society. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Brundritt and Whiteway | Runcorn | Harriett | Merchantman | For Joseph Coyne. |
| 22 November | France | | Lorient | Le Pandour | Brig | For French Navy. |
| 5 December | United States | Stackhouse and Tomlinson | Erie, Michigan | Michigan | Paddle steamer | For United States Navy. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Evans & Cox | Bideford | Glenelg | full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Evan, Baillie, Sons & Co. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Thomas Wilson | Liverpool | Iron Duke | Steamship | For City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company. |
| December | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Dundalk | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Sackets Harbor, New York | Active | Cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Alert | Snow | For Stevens & Co. |
| Unknown date | Chile | | San Carlos de Ancud | Ancud | Schooner | For Chilean Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | Anenome | Snow | For Mr. Cropton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ralph Hutchinson | Sunderland | Arthur | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Aurora | Barque | For Mr. Ryan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Barleycorn | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Charles | Sloop | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | Commerce | Mersey flat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Countess of Bective | Barque | For Mr. Nicholson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Bell | Sunderland | Cresswell Packet | Schooner | For J. Bell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Cressy | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Dunbar & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Crown | Snow | For J. Crown. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Dido | Brig | For Mr. Burrell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Edwards | South Shields | Duchess of Buccleuch | East Indiaman | For J. Edwards. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Aberdeen | Duncan Ritchie | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Desirée | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Todd | Sunderland | Ebenezer | Merchantman | For R. Oliver. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Elizabeth | Brig | For Wood & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Empire | Paddle steamer | For Troy Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Ferret | Schooner | For P. Laing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Brown | Sunderland | George & Richard | Snow | For J. Hay. |
| Unknown date | Colony of Newfoundland | | | Gertrude | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Southwick | Golconda | Barque | For Mr. Richardson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Guide | Pilot vessel | For Iron Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Stafford & Forster | Sunderland | Henderson | Snow | For Milne & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Dixon | Sunderland | Henry & Ann | Snow | For Mr. Longstaff. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Cincinnati, Ohio | Hercules | Paddle steamer | For Ocean Towing Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Black River, Ohio | Home | Schooner | For W. D. Winslow, Robert White and Thomas Jones. |
| Unknown date | United States | James M. Averill | Chicago, Illinois | Independence | Steamboat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Barker | Sunderland | Isabella | Sloop | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Williamsburgh, New York | James M. Waterbury | Pilot boat | For Ornen & Roberts. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Potts | Sunderland | Jane Alice | Snow | For J. Potts. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hylton Carr | Hylton Ferry | John & Ann | Schooner | For S. Fletcher. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bonker | Salcombe | Lady Kingsale | Sloop | For Samuel Pearce. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Lady Ridley | Schooner | For Mr. Marfitt. |
| Unknown date | France | | Dunkerque | Lansier | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Robinson | Sunderland | Leda | Snow | For Mr. Errington. |
| Unknown date | Colony of New Brunswick | Joshua Briggs | St. Andrews | Lord Ashburton | Barque | For Nehemiah Marks. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Cincinnati, Ohio | Lucy Walker | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | Mary Jane | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Mary Queen of Scots | Barque | For Mr. Fairfield. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | Newbottle | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Pallas | Barque | For Mr. Henley. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Patriot Queen | Full-rigged ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| Unknown date | United States | Waterman & Ewell | Medford, Massachusetts | Paul Jones | Clipper | For Daniel C. Bacon, Robert Bennet Forbes, John Murray Forbes and Russell & Co. |
| Unknown date | Grand Duchy of Finland | | Suomenlinna | Primus | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | Queen of the Tyne | Merchantman | For R. Wright. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New York | Seneca | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. Gales | Sunderland | Sprite | Snow | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Thompson | Sunderland | Swallow | Snow | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Thorndale | Snow | For W. Burnett. |
| Unknown date | United States | | location | Uncas | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | Dunkerque | Van Speyk | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | Vertumnus | Barque | For S. Mills. |
| Unknown date | Austrian Empire | | Venice | Vulcano | Paddle steamer | For Austrian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Thompson | Dumfries | William Thompson | Schooner | For William Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | Zephyr | Snow | For Mr. Lumsdon. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Zior | Merchantman | For Mr. Blackett. |