# List of ship launches in 1837

The list of ship launches in 1837 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1837.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 4 January | India | | Bombay | Krishna | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| 4 January | United Kingdom | William Bayley | Ipswich | Swallow | Sloop | For Mr. Garrod. |
| 7 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Swift | Brockweir | Tintern | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Green & Wigram | location | Neptune | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | George & Henry Barrick | Whitby | Whitby | Full-rigged ship | For John Chapman & Co. |
| January | India | | Calcutta | Anna Maria | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| January | Spain | | El Ferrol | Reina Maria Cristina | Frigate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Sappho | Racer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hooper's | Ouseburn | Vesta | Steamship | For Newcastle Steam Navigation Company. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | John Young | Newport | Amelia | Barque | For private owner. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Mercury | Cutter | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Butement & Young | North Leith | Pomona | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 23 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. L. Rose & Son | Leith | City of London | Chinaman | For private owner. |
| February | United Kingdom | G. Johnson, or G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | Isabella & Louisa | Snow | For J. Ritson. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | William Jones | Port Madoc | Fair Trader | Smack | For private owner. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Wallis | Blackwall, London | City of Kingston | Steamship | For Jamaica Steam Navigation Company. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | William Jones | Port Madoc | Eagle | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Garland & Horsbrugh | Dundee | Warrior | East Indiaman | For Mr. Blain. |
| 11 March | United States | Jabez & Edward F. Williams | Greenpoint, New York | Independence | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Bally | Shoreham-by-Sea | Margaret | Brig | For private owner. |
| 27 March | United States | L. H. Duncan | Baltimore, Maryland | Woodbury | Revenue cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| March | United Kingdom | William Gales | Sunderland | Lawsons | Merchantman | For Lawson & Co. |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Menzies | Leith | Leith | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | Era | Schooner | For William Beer and others. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Montrose | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Green, Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Seringapatam | Passenger ship | For private owner. |
| 14 April | Russia | S. G. Bebikhov | Astrakhan | Mangishlak | Mangishlak-class brig | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Fletcher & Fearnall | Limehouse | Eagle | Paddle steamer | For Eagle Steam Packet Company. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Fletcher & Fearnall | Blackwall | Falcon | Paddle steamer | For Eagle Steam Packet Company. |
| 20 April | France | | Saint-Malo | L'Embuscade | Ariane-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Read & Pahe | Ipswich | Orwell | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Hazard | Favorite-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Parry | Hirnel | Chester Trader | Smack | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | Kirkbride & Carruthers | Sunderland | Aimwell | Snow | For General Shipping Company. |
| April | United Kingdom | J. Carr | Sunderland | Ann Elliot | Snow | For M. Elliot. |
| April | United Kingdom | | Belfast | Horsford | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | G. Frater & Co | Sunderland | Messenger | Snow | For Mr. Thompson. |
| April | United Kingdom | J. Watson | Sunderland | Olive Branch | Barque | For Mr. Greenwell. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | James Crave | Wakefield | Magnet | Sloop | For Messrs. R. Dunn & Co. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Laird & Co. | Birkenhead | L'Egyptien | Steam yacht | For Pacha of Egypt. |
| 18 May | United States | | Brooklyn Navy Yard | Fulton | Paddle steamer | For United States Navy. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Reed, Denton & Co | Sunderland | Ocean Bride | Snow | For Gales & Co. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | William Gibson | Hull | Helen | Brig | For Messrs. Priest & Lambert. |
| 20 May | France | | Rochefort | Le Touvre | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | W. & T. Wilson | Liverpool | Royal Victoria | Steamship | For Carlisle, Annan and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Curling, Young & Co. | Limehouse | William Wilberforce | Steamship | For Humber Union Steam Company. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Green | Bristol | Clifton | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| May | United Kingdom | W. Potts | Sunderland | Cornelius | Merchantman | For W. Potts. |
| May | United Kingdom | Peter Austin & Sons | Sunderland | Emerald | Merchantman | For Peter Austin & Sons. |
| May | United Kingdom | Dixon | Sunderland | Houghton-le-Spring | Barque | For R. Brown. |
| May | United Kingdom | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | Sarepta | Snow | For Mr. Nicholson. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Bauckham | Gravesend | Hercules | Steamship | For Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. |
| 6 June | Upper Canada | | Quebec | Josepha | Barque | For private owner. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Mandane | Barque | For Mr. Wilkinson. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Medley, or Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | River Humber, or Hull | Victoria | Paddle Steamer | For Hull Steam Packet Company |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Adamson | Dundee | Bonnie Dundee | Steamship | For Leith Steam Packet Company. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | W. J. & R. Tindall | Scarborough | Samuel | Barque | For Samuel Smith. |
| 24 June | Colony of New Brunswick | | Tynemouth | England | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | | Blackwall | Sir Lionel Smith | Steamship | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | John M. Gales | Sunderland | Grove | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 6 July | United Kingdom | Charles Connell and Company | Scotstoun | Queen Victoria | Paddle steamer | For Down and Liverpool Company. |
| 18 July | United States | | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Pennsylvania | Chippewa-class ship of the line | For United States Navy. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Patterson & Mercer | Bristol | Great Western | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Steamship Company. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | | London | Thalali | Royal barge | For Queen Victoria. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Edward Gibson & Son | Hull | Tiger | Paddle steamer | For St George Steam Packet Company. |
| July | United Kingdom | T. Rowntree | Sunderland | Brown | Merchantman | For T. Brown. |
| July | United Kingdom | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Hannah | Snow | For Ranson & Co. |
| July | United Kingdom | James Leithead | Southwick | John George | Barque | For John Abbott & Co. |
| July | United Kingdom | J. Mills, or J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | Queen Victoria | Snow | For Mr. Thompson. |
| 5 August | United Kingdom | | Wells-next-the-Sea | The Hannah | Schooner | For Joseph Fletcher. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Gutteridge | Selby | Thetis | Brig | For Messrs. Standering & Co. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Megaera | Hermes-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wilson | Liverpool | Queen Victoria | Steamship | For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Sir William Symonds | Pembroke Dockyard | Gorgon | Paddle sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| August | United Kingdom | S. &. P. Mills | Sunderland | Judith Milbanke | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | R. Reed | Sunderland | Luna | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | R. & W. Campion | Whitby | Aid | Brig | For private owner. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Miller & Co | River Humber | Fanny | Barque | For Messrs. Andres & Co. |
| 9 September | United States | David Brown & Jacob Bell | New York | James Avery | Pilot boat | For private owners. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Widgeon | Paddle steamer | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith & Son | Gainsborough | The New Ebor | Steamship | For York Steam Packet Company. |
| 16 September | Belgium | | Antwerp | Antwerpen | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Cambria | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fairbairne's | Isle of Dogs | Sirius | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Electra | Comet-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Lily | Racer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | China | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Edward Ellis | Garth | Mona | Sloop | For private owners. |
| 30 September | Colony of Prince Edward Island | | | William & Elizabeth | Barque | For private owner. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Muris & Clarke | Glasgow | Forth | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | R. Atkinson | Goole | Ivanhoe | Brig | For Messrs. William Hudson & Co. |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Calliope | Andromache-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Humble & Milcrest | Liverpool | Liverpool | Paddle steamer | For Sir John Tobin. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Rainbow | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Menzies & Sons | Leith | Guave | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | | Beaumaris | The Lady Bulkeley | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | Queen Victoria | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 19 October | United Kingdom | Adams | Grangemouth | Hercules | Dredger | For private owner. |
| 23 October | Russia | | New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | Vola | Imperatritsa Aleksandra-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Modeste | Modeste-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| October | United Kingdom | | | Medway | Steamship | For private owner. |
| October | United Kingdom | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | Miriam | Snow | For Penman & Co. |
| October | United Kingdom | | North Biddick | Newburn | Brig | For private owner. |
| October | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Ocean | Merhantman | For Mr. Richardson. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. McFarlane & Co. | Dumbarton | Chieftain | Barque | For D M'Larty. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | William Hey Mellanby | Newcastle upon Tyne | William Skinner | Merchantman | For General Shipping Company. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Isaac Preston | Southtown | Harlequin | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 1 December | United Kingdom | John Wood | Port Glasgow | Falcon | Barque | For private owner. |
| 2 December | United States | | Boston Navy Yard | Cyane | Cyane-class sloop | For United States Navy. |
| 12 December | France | | Rochefort | Gloire | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | John Laird & Sons | North Birkenhead | Voador | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 December | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Konstantin | Ferzhampenuaz-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 28 December | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Levant | Cyane-class sloop | For United States Navy. |
| 30 December | United Kingdom | Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | Jamaica | Full-rigged ship | For Joseph Brookes Yates. |
| December | United Kingdom | G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | Albatross | Snow | For private owner. |
| December | United Kingdom | | Ipswich | Betsey & Ann | Schooner | For private owner. |
| December | United Kingdom | | Southwick | Cleopatra | Barque | For Colling & Co. |
| December | United Kingdom | | location | Dasher | Paddle steamer | For Royal Navy. |
| December | United Kingdom | | Ipswich | Wrestler | Schooner | For private owner. |
| December | United Kingdom | | Ipswich | Water Witch | Schooner | For W. May. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Addison Brown | Snow | For Addison Brown. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | Adrastrus | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Upper Canada | | Quebec | Agitator | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Air | Merchantman | For P. Laing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | P. Wood | Sunderland | Alderman Thompson | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Alnwick Packet | Schooner | For Mr. Hodgson. |
| Unknown date | United States | Samuel L. Hubbell | Perrysburg, Ohio | Anthony Wayne | Paddle steamer | For Perrysburgh & Miami Steam Boat Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Lanchester | Sunderland | Arab | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Thompson | Sunderland | Atkin | Snow | For J. Atkin. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Bedlington | Schooner | For Burlison Heron, Edward Heron, James Heron and Michael Longridge. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Archibald P. MacFarlane Jr. & Co | Dumbarton | Bengalee | Barque | For Hamlin & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Braganza | Merchantman | For Gray & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | Dorothy | Snow | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Dryad | Brig | For Thomas & John Brocklebank. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | River Wear | Duchess of Kent | Schooner | For John Barry. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | Elizabeth & Catherine | Snow | For Potts & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | Emma | Snow | For Dunford & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | Flora | Schooner | For P. Welch. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. S. Dixon | Sunderland | Friendship | Snow | For Lamb & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | Gem | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Rodgerson | Sunderland | George Welsford | Barque | For Mr. Welsford. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Gilbert Henderson | Merchantman | For Mr. Henderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Glencoe | Snow | For John Campbell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Banckham | Gravesend | Hercules | Paddle Tug | For Lanelly Railway & Dock Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Houghton-le-Skerne | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Monkwearmouth | Indus | Snow | For Walker & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | Jane and Ann | Snow | For Mr. Hodgson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | John Botcherby | Merchantman | For Mr. Botcherby. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | John White | Snow | For R. White. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rowntree | Sunderland | Lord Mulgrave | Merchantman | For Foster & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. & T. Andrews | Sunderland | Loyal Packet | Snow | For M. Reed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Madagascar | Blackwall frigate | For George & Henry Green. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Margarets | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Mary | Brig | For John Common, David Miller and Isaac Richardson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | May | Snow | For Mr. Middleton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | South Shields | Neptune | Steamship | For Newcastle and Hull Steam Packet Company. |
| Unknown date | Greece | | Poros | Maximilianos | Steamship | For Royal Hellenic Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Nantucket, Massachusetts | Nantucket | Whaler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | New York | Paddle steamer | For New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bonker | Salcombe | Patelina | Schooner | For Henry Grant and others. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Powhattan | Full-rigged ship | For W. Graham. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J.& G. Mills | Sunderland | Prospect | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Queen | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Rajastan | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Ralph Wylam | Snow | For Wylam & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | Rhoda | Merchantman | For John Matthews, Nicholas Smith and others. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. & W. Dixon | Sunderland | Sarah | Schooner | For Graham & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Leithead | Sunderland | Sarah | Schooner | For Walford & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Menzies & Sons | Leith | Sirius | Paddle steamer | For St George Steam Packet Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Sir John St. Aubyn | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Brokenshaw | Fowey | Standard | Sloop | For George B. Brokenshaw. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Worthy | Sunderland | Star | Schooner | For Ord & Co. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | | Rotterdam | Sylph | full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Syren | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Storey | Sunderland | Tar | Schooner | For J. Storey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Tophill | Sloop | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Archer & Leared | Wexford | Town of Wexford | Paddle steamer | For John Edward Redmond. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Tradesman | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Naisby | Sunderland | Traveller | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley | Ipswich | Triumph | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Peterhead | Union | Smack | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Warwick | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Thompson | Sunderland | William & Jane | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Washington | Revenue cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Gales | Sunderland | William Gales | Barque | For Gales & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | William Thompson | Snow | For Hartlepool Ship Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Wilsons | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | Young Queen | Snow | For private owner. |