# List of ship launches in 1855

The list of ship launches in 1855 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1855.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 3 January | United States | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | McKay | Clipper | For Black Ball Line. |
| 4 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons | South Shields | Mary Russell Mitford | Barque | For Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons. |
| 4 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigram's | Poplar | Southern Cross | Missionary ship | For George Selwyn. |
| 10 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | Naparina | West Indiaman | For Messrs. Scrutton, Son, & Co. |
| 15 January | United States | Thomas Stack | Williamsburg, New York | Ellwood Walter | Schooner | For John B. Sandy. |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Victoria and Albert | Royal yacht | For Queen Victoria. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Cork Steamship Company | Cork | Dodo | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Richard Wilkinson | Pallion | Agamemnon | Full-rigged ship | For Potts Bros. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | James & R. Mills | Southwick | Bosworth | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Wood, Spence & Blair. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Sir James | Full-rigged ship | For Tyler & Co. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Sykes & Garbutt | Hylton | Snaresbrook | Barque | For John Briggs. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Wearmouth | Collier | For Bell & Co. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier | Govan | Fiery Cross | Steamship | For Matheson & Co. |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Tod & McGregor | Glasgow | City of Baltimore | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 27 January | United States | Jacob Aaron Westervelt | New York City | Arago | Paddle steamer | For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dewdney | Brixham | Dauntless | Brig | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | James Hardie | Sunderland | Alma | Barque | For Messrs. Haddock & Co. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mills Brothers | Southwick | Bosworth | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs Woods, Spence and Blair. |
| January | Province of Canada | | Quebec City | Chance | Barque | For private owner. |
| January | United States | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | Donald McKay | Extreme clipper | For Black Ball Line. |
| January | United States | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | Great Republic | Extreme clipper | Relaunched, having caught fire December 27, 1853, shortly after first launch. |
| January | United Kingdom | W. Petrie | Sunderland | Henrietta Brewis | Barque | For Robert Brewis. |
| January | United Kingdom | | River Clyde | Napoleon III | Clipper | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | T. D. Marshall | South Shields | Propeller | Steamship | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | | Fleetwood | Wyre | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Jackal | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 3 February | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Sabine | Brandywine-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 5 February | France | | Cherbourg | Rodeur | Aviso | For French Navy. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Albert White | Waterford | Avoca | Barque | For private owner. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Cunningham | Newcastle upon Tyne | Kensington | Barque | For private owner. |
| 16 February | United States | | Portsmouth Navy Yard | Santee | Frigate | For United States Navy |
| 17 February | France | | Brest Arsenal | Bretagne | Ship of the Line | For French Navy. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Parry | Hirael | Maid of Glan Ogwen | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Scott | Inverkeithing | Precursor | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | John Laird | Liverpool | Resolute | Troopship | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | George Worthy | Pallion | William Leckie | Barque | For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr. |
| 23 February | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Niagara | Steam frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Victor Emmanuel | Agamemnon-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| February | Portugal | | Caminha | Dipomata | Schooner | For private owner. |
| February | United Kingdom | R. Barclay & Curle | Stobcross | White Eagle | Steamship | For private owner. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Kelvinside | White Eagle | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Bank Quay Foundry Company | Warrington | Startled Fawn | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Duthie & Co. | Aberdeen | Heather Bell | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Watt | Dysart | Saint Clair | Barque | For Fraser, Murdoch & Boyd. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Craggs | Stockton-on-Tees | Euxine | Brig | For Mr. Hutton. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | J. & R. White | West Cowes | Grinder | Dapper-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richard Williamson & Sons | Harrington | Herald of Fame | Barque | For private owner. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Caledonia | Steamship | For Messrs. Miller & Sons. |
| 17 March | France | | Brest | Tonnante | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery | For French Navy. |
| 18 March | France | | Cherbourg | Étincelle | Étincelle-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Watson & Allsup | Preston | SS Lady Lindsay1855 (2) | Steamship | For Messrs. Pearce, Rawcliffe & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Harvey & Co. | Hayle | Nicholas Harvey | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | | Lorient | Volta | Corvette | For French Navy. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, & Co. | Liverpool | West Derby | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Brown & Co. |
| 20 March | France | Toulon Naval Yard | Toulon | Arcole | Algésiras-class ship of the line | For French Navy. Also reported as built at Cherbourg. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. | Liverpool | Conquest | Barque | For private owner. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | David Griffiths | Cardigan | Elizabeth Anne | Brig | For private owner. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & Robert White | Cowes | Heroes of Alma | Barque | For James Shepherd. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Lord Cardigan | Steamship | For Messrs. Gee & Co. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Lord Worsley | Paddle Steamer | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
| 27 March | United States | Jacob A. Westervelt, Sons, & Co. | New HYork | Edwin Forrest | Schooner | For New York Pilots. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Neptune Iron Works | Waterford | Norah | Steamship | For Waterford Steamship Company. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Money, Wigram & Son | Blackwall Yard | Surly | Bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| March | France | | Arsenal de Toulon | Algésiras | Algésiras-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| March | United States | Irons & Grinell | Mystic, Connecticut | Andrew Jackson | Clipper | For John H. Brower & Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | | River Tyne | Camoens | Paddle steamer | For Tagus Steam Navigation Company. |
| March | France | | | Flamme | Étincelle-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| March | United Kingdom | Watson & Allsop | Liverpool | Lady Lindsay | Steamship | For Rawcliffe, Pease, Whitehead and Moore & Sons. |
| March | United Kingdom | Michael Byers | Sunderland | Northumbrian | Full-rigged ship | For Scott & Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Oneida | Steamship | For Canada Ocean Steamship Company. |
| March | United Kingdom | | Jarrow | Rosedal | Steamship | For private owner. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | Transit | Troopship | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | C. J. Mare | Blackwall | Urgent | Troopship | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Leighton & Co. | Blyth | Providence | Brig | For private owner. |
| 3 April | New South Wales | Cuthberts Shipyard | Port Jackson | Spitfire | Gunboat | For Colony of New South Wales. |
| 3 April | France | | | Tempête | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 3 April | France | | Lorient | Tocsin | Bombe-class mortar vessel | For French Navy. |
| 3 April | France | | | Tourmente | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Not named | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Sebastian | Barque | For Joyce & Co. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Schomberg | Clipper | For Black Ball Line. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | John Laird | Liverpool | Assistance | Steamship | For British Government. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | Enchantress | Barque | For J. A. Marks. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Scott & Co. | Greenock | Madagascar | Steamship | For J. Rennie & Co. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Schomberg | Clipper | For Black Ball Line. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Carbon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith & Rodgers | Govan | Armenian | Steamship | For Messrs. Lewis Potter & Co. |
| 16 April | France | | Brest | Marne | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Haswell | Newcastle upon Tyne | Caribbean | Full-rigged ship | For John Hay. |
| 17 April | France | | Cherbourg | Dévastation | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery | For French Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mare & Co. | Blackwall | Meteor | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | | Derwenlas | Miss Evans | Schooner | For R. Evans. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Sutlej | Constance-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. J. Mars & Sons | Blackwall | Thunder | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Aln | Barque | For G. Bowman & T. Drummond. |
| 18 April | France | | Cherbourg | Eclair | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Glatton | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Mr. Thomas | Conway | Penelope | Schooner | For Cropper & Bell. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Trusty | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 April | France | | Lorient | Bombe | Bombe-class mortar vessel | For French Navy. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer Bros. | Jarrow | Elba | Steamship | For Messrs. R. S. Newall & Co. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | | Alloa | George Kydd | Merchantman | For Bailie Kydd. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons | Liverpool | Harvest Home | Clipper | For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. George Milne & Co. | Aberdeen | Nightingale | Brig | For private owner. |
| 24 April | France | | Lorient | Fournaise | Bombe-class mortar vessel | For French Navy. |
| 25 April | France | | Brest | St. Louis | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 25 April | United States | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Massachusetts | Thatcher Magoun | Extreme clipper | For Thatcher Magoun. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Edward Potts | Seaham | Wynyard | Snow | For M. Moore. |
| 30 April | France | | Nantes | Poudre | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 30 April | France | | Nantes | Sainte Barbe | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin | Liverpool | Empress Eugenie | Steamship | For North and West of France Steam Navigation Company. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | European | Steamship | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin | Liverpool | Fusileer | Merchantman | For Messrs. Colesworth, Wynne & Lyne. |
| April | Colony of Nova Scotia | | | Glenalmond | Barque | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Jourdain | Steamship | For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales. |
| April | United Kingdom | T. D. Marshall | South Shields | Powerful | Steamship | For North of Europe Steam Navigation Company. |
| April | United Kingdom | Tayleur & Co | Warrington | Retreiver | Steamship | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | T. D. Marshall | South Shields | Urina | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 1 May | France | | Nantes | Lance | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 1 May | France | | Nantes | Redoute | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 1 May | France | | Lorient | Torche | Bombe-class mortar vessel | For French Navy. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Conqueror | Conqueror-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | | Whitehaven | John O'Gaunt | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 3 May | France | | Toulon | Alarme | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Tod & McGregor | Glasgow | Ava | Passenger ship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Arrow Leithead | Sunderland | Coringa | Full-rigged ship | For John Hay. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Ernestine | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co. | Millwall | Etna | Aetna-class ironclad floating battery | For Royal Navy. Caught fire and self-launched, damaged beyond repair. |
| 3 May | France | | Lorient | Meurthe | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ferguson, McCallum, & Baird | Flint | Sarah Ellen | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | John Watson | Banff | The Banffshire | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Hill & Sons | Bristol | Fontabelle | West Indiaman | For Charles Dawson. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son | Toxteth | Labuan | Steamship | For Eastern Archipelago Company. |
| 5 May | France | | Lorient | Trombe | Bombe-class mortar vessel | For French Navy. |
| 9 May | France | Toulon Naval Yard | Toulon | Flèche | Alarme-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | | Holyhead | The Mermaid | Yacht | For Thomas Hirste. |
| 10 May | France | | Toulon | Alerte | Alerte-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 12 May | France | | Toulon | Bourrasque | Alerte-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 12 May | France | M. Normand | Havre de Grâce | Dragonne | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 14 May | France | M. Normand | Havre de Grâce | Aigrette | Alarme-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 15 May | United Kingdom | John Roberts | Holyhead | Jane and Anne | Schooner | For W. Hurlbutt. |
| 16 May | France | | Toulon | Couleuvrine | Alerte-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 16 May | France | | Toulon | Fusée | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. White | East Cowes | Cecile | Schooner | For Marquess of Conynghm. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Toward | Newcastle upon Tyne | Great Conquest | Tug | For private owner. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | W. Pile | Sunderland | Kelso | Full-rigged ship | For John R. Kelso. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | John Laird | Liverpool | Marquez d'Olinda | Steamship | For R. Rawsthorne. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | James Robinson, or J. & J. Robinson | Sunderland | Viscount Canning | Full-rigged ship | For J. Prowse. |
| 19 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co. | Renfrew | Rattler | Tug | For Liverpool Tug Company. |
| 20 May | France | M. Normand | Havre de Grâce | Fulminante | Alarme-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | George Cox | Bideford | Sarah Newmann | Clipper | For John Leech. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier | Govan | Earl of Erne | Steamship | For Liverpool and Dundalk Steam Packet Company. |
| 26 May | France | | Havre de Grâce | Avalanche | Alarme-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 26 May | France | Lorient Naval Yard | Lorient | Lave | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery | For French Navy. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Samuda Brothers | Cubitt Town | Alhambra | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Deptford | Caroline Coventree | Full-rigged ship | For Conventree Dundass. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Gibson | Sunderland | Electra | Full-rigged ship | For Joseph Shield, Son, & Co. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Lightfoot | Hylton Dene | Gem of the Nith | Barque | For John Morton. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | James Briggs | Pallion | Queen of the North | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Bradley & Potts. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | John Watson | Sunderland | Queen of the South | Barque | For John Morton, or Martin & Co. |
| May | France | | Le Mourillon | Mitraille | Alarme-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 1 June | France | | | Congreve | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery | For French Navy. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Brunswick | Modified Vanguard-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Manchester | Steamship | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
| 2 June | France | | Toulon | Strident | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Vigo | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Paisley | Ant | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Hetherington. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robinson & Co. | Cork | Flora | Steamship | For Joseph Malcolmson. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | John Anderton | Runcorn | Borland | Brig | For private owner. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Webster | Fraserburgh | Florence Nightingale, or Nightingale | Brig | For private owner. |
| 15 June | United States | | Charleston Navy Yard | Merrimack | Steam frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thomson | Glasgow | Clansman | Steamship | For Messrs. David Hutcheson & Co. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | John Pile | Hartlepool | Fanny Nicholson | Barque | For John McArthur & William Andrews. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Follett | Teighmouth | Ellen Radford | Brig | For private owner. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | William Pitcher | Northfleet | Esmeralda | Corvette | For Chilean Navy. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Harvey | Ipswich | Inkermann | Barque | For private owner. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Edward Jones | Pwllheli | Newnham | Brig | For Le Maistre & Co. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Paisley | Passage West | Queenstown | Clipper | For Messrs. Scott & Co. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Govan | Thessalia | Steamship | For Messrs. Papayanni & Mussabini. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Young, Magny & Co. | Limehouse | Victoria | Sloop of War | For Colony of Victoria. |
| June | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | Catherine | Snow | For Mr. Ingram. |
| June | France | | Lorient | Foudroyante | Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery | For French Navy. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Beemah | Merchantman | For Messrs. Willis and Company. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Glasgow | Persia | Paddle steamer | For Cunard Line. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall | Aberdeen | Sea Star | Clipper | For D. Louttit. |
| 4 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Dredger No. 6 | Dredger | For Clyde Trust. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stothert & Fripp | Hotwells | Araxes | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Tod & McGregor | Glasgow | Finnart | Steam Yacht | For Mr. McGregor. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Richard Green | Blackwall | Agamemnon | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 16 July | France | | Lorient | Durant | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lawrence, Hill & Co. | Port Glasgow | Gambia | Steamship | For African Steam Ship Company. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | James Geddie | Garmouth | Grace | Schooner | For Messrs. Forrest & Florence. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | La Hogue | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Dunbar. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrey & Son | Hull | Robert Keddey | Schooner | For Thomas Colgan. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Eugenie | Barque | For Dawson & Co. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Alexander Denny | Dumbarton | Rob Roy | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Cork Steamship Company | Cork | Osprey | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Balfour & Co. | Fife | Primer Argentino | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Joseph Green & Co. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | William Adamson | Southwick | Ann Adamson | Barque | For William Adamson. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | George Barker | Monkwearmouth | Ann Elizabeth, or Ann & Elizabeth | Barque | For Mr. Wright. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Michael Byers & Co. | Monkwearmouth | Constantia | Full-rigged ship | For H. Parker. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Davidson & Co. | Sunderland | 'Cosmos | Barque | For R. J. Brown. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Sykes, Talbot & Sykes | Sunderland | Day Star | Snow | For William Allen. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ray & Sons | Portsmouth | Duchess of Marlborough | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Thomas Henderson | Pallion | Indomitable | Steamship | For R. J. Brown. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Naizby | Hylton | Isabella | Barque | For G. Smith. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros | Sunderland | Penguin | Barque | For Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | George Bartram & Sons | South Shields | Progress | Barque | For George Lawson. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Forrest & Jackson | Sunderland | Not named | Barque | For Messrs. Forrest & Jackson. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | | Whitehaven | Cormorin | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 31 July | France | | Cherbourg | Croiseur | Aviso | For French Navy. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Mark Pearson | Goole | Fanny | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Marlborough | First rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | | Sandycroft | Royal Charter | Steamship | For Australian Screw Steamship Company. Sank on being launched. Later refloated. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle | Hull | Alert | Steamship | For Messrs. Ringrose. |
| July | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | Bittern | Barque | For William Snowball & John Murch. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Duthie & Cochar | Montrose | Minorva | Barque | For Messrs. Collie & Co. |
| July | Colony of Prince Edward Island | | Georgetown | Peri | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Paisley | Bee | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Hetherington. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Tod & McGregor | Glasgow | City of Washington | Steamship | For Liverpool and Philadelphia Line. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | | Whitehaven | Comorin, or Coromine | East Indiaman | For Messrs. Thomas Brocklebank & Co. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin | Liverpool | Fiery Cross | Clipper | For Messrs. John & James Campbell. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fletchers | Goole | Lizzy | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons | Liverpool | Prince Patrick | Paddle steamer | For North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Bank Quay Foundry | Warrington | Sarah Palmer | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Jones, Palmer & Co. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Westaway | Lowestoft | Pauline | Brig | For Mr. Andrews and others. |
| 3 August | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Vedra | Collier | For W. Stobart. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | | Brest | Dialmath | Aviso | For French Navy. |
| 14 August | Province of Canada | T. C. Lee | Hare Point | Meteor | Barque | For Messrs. Funck, Meinke & Co. |
| 14 August | France | | Brest | Podor | Aviso | For French Navy. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & R. White | Cowes | Red Coat | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Alarm | Schooner | For Edward & George Johnson. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Brownlow & Lumsden | Hull | Martlet | Steamship | For Messrs. Brownlow & Co. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Moss | Paddle steamer | For Moss Steamboat Company. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Nordstjernon | Steamship | For Bergen Steam Packet Company. |
| 24 August | Prussia | Lübke | Wolgast | Frauenlob | Schooner | For Prussian Navy. |
| 27 August | France | | Toulon | Isère | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 28 august | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle | Hull | North Sea | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 28 August | United Kingdom | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Walmer Castle | East Indiaman | For Green & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | T. R. Carke Jr. | Liverpool | Georgina | West Indiaman | For Messrs. Yates, Brown & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Hugh Banister | Tarleton | Mary and Jane | Sloop | For Thomas Harrison & James Taylor. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | John Lugars | King's Lynn | Royal Arthur | Barque | For private owner. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bayled & Sons | Ipswich | Siam | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Canada Works | Birkenhead | Victoria | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 30 August | United Kingdom | Sandycroft Ironworks | Deeside | Royal Charter | Auxiliary clipper | For Liverpool & Australian Steamship Navigation Company. |
| August | United Kingdom | Jobling & Co., or Jobling & Willoughby | Sunderland | Alliance | Merchantman | For Gray & Co. |
| August | Netherlands | | Lemmer | Eliza | Brig | For private owner. |
| August | United States | | East Boston, Massachusetts | Emerald | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Howland & Ridgway. |
| August | Colony of Nova Scotia | | | Florence Nightingale | Barque | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | | | Princess Maria | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | Mansfield | Teignmouth | Regina | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Barcelona | Steamship | For Linea de Vapores Correos Españoles Transatlanticos. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Sandfly | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Sheldrake | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 September | United Kingdom | Smith and Dimon Shipyard | New York | Fulton | Paddle steamer | For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Plover | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Tickler | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | | | Chesapeake | Forte-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson | Sunderland | Jessamine | Snow | For Watson & Co. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson | East Hartlepool | Sir Colin Campbell | Steamship | For Richard Young. |
| 13 September | United Kingdom | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | Chancellor | Barque | For Mr. Watson. |
| 13 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. P. Dennison & Co | East Hartlepool | Elegant | Barque | For private owner. |
| 13 September | United Kingdom | Woolwich Dockyard | Woolwich | Pearl | Pearl-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. | Liverpool | Test | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 September | Russia | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Retvizan | Ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 18 September | Province of Canada | | Quebec | Tchernaya | Full-rigged ship | Ran aground on being launched. |
| 25 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith's | North Shields | Gitana | Steamship | For West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | | Penmaenpool | Robert Jones | Merchantman | For Robert Jones. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Satellite | Pearl-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | Star of Peace | Clipper | For George Thompson Jr. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | John Laird | Liverpool | Borysthene | Steamship | For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Ceres | Barque | For M. Sharp. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | John T. Alcock | Sunderland | City of Durham | Barque | For Thomas Nicholson. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Graces | Barque | For T. Coxon. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Hannah Marks | Barque | For A. J. Marks. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Govan | Ossian | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | Evan Ellis | Porthdinllaen | Richard Roberts | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 27 September | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Repulse | Agamemnon-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| September | Province of Canada | McCord | Quebec | Ardmillan | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & James Robinson | Sunderland | Glenealn | Barque | For William Dixon. |
| 3 October | United Kingdom | W. Johnson | Coxgreen | Cadiz | Snow | For Mr. Collingwood. |
| 3 October | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Pallion | Nithsdale | Barque | For Messrs. Watson & Co. |
| 4 October | United Kingdom | | Toulon | Malakhoff | Algesiras-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 4 October | United Kingdom | W. Scowler | Sunderland | Unnamed | Barque | For M. Tweddle. |
| 6 October | Denmark | | Copenhagen | Niels Juel | Frigate | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Green | Blackwall | Not named | Gunboat | For Peruvian Navy. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Thomas & Benjamin Tiffin | Sunderland | Juventa | Barque | For Wilson & Co. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | Allies | Steamship | For C. Baker. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co | Newcastle upon Tyne | Brenda | Steamship | For Messrs. Robinson & Co. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Brigadier | Steamship | For Messrs. William Laing & Co. |
| 11 October | India | | Bombay | Emily | Schooner | For British East India Company. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Wave | Snow | For Simpson & Co. |
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Borussia | Steamship | For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Teall | Ringsend | Flower of the Sea | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Halpin | Dublin | Relief | Lightship | For Trinity House. |
| 20 October | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Banterer | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 October | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Bullfrog | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Cartsdyke | Ganger Rolf | Steamship | For South of Norway Steamship Company. |
| 24 October | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wabash | Colorado-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Arrow Leithead | Sunderland | Belle Alliance | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Richardson. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Fidus | Barque | For J. Mills. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & R. White | Cowes | Plummer | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 25 October | France | | Rochefort | Redoutable | Algésiras-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith & Roger | Govan | Spartan | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Dixon & Co. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simmons & Co. | Whiteinch | Aberdeenshire | Steamship | For private owners. |
| October | United Kingdom | G. Gardner | Sunderland | Chowdean | Barque | For J. Tully. |
| October | Russia | | Nicholaieff | Dvenadtsat Apostolov | Ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hickson & Co. | Belfast | Khersonese | Steamship | For British Government. |
| October | United Kingdom | | Stockton-on-Tees | Westminster | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 November | United Kingdom | Money, Wigram & Son | Blackwall | Victor | Intrepid-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lumley, Kennedy & Co. | Whitehaven | Valdivia | Steamship | For Messrs. Nicholson & McGill. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Tod & McGregor | Kelvinside | Edinburgh | Steamship | For Glasgow and New York Steam Shipping Company. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stewart & Forbes | Peterhead | Sea Sprite | Schooner | For Messrs. George Craig & Co. |
| 12 November | France | | Cherbourg | Yonne | Transport ship | For French Navy. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | Wigram | London | Intrepid | Intrepid-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Samuelson & Co. | Hull | Saxonia | Steamship | For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Eugenie | Barque | For Messrs. Baine & Johnston. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Maria | Steamship | For Risca Steam Coal Co. |
| 17 November | United States | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Massachusetts | Electric Spark | Extreme clipper | For Thatcher Magoun & Son. |
| 20 November | United States | Paul Curtis | East Boston, Massachusetts | Golden Fleece | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 21 November | India | | Bombay | Goolanar | Steamship | For British East India Company. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Whiteinch | Fort George | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Clint & Co. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Shannon | Liffey-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Thalia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United States | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | Abbott Lawrence | Clipper | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | John Duncay | Speymouth | Arctic | Sealer | For private owners. |
| November | United Kingdom | W. C. Miller | Toxteth | Destello | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. White | Cowes | Dreadnought | Lifeboat | Broadstairs Lifeboat. |
| November | United Kingdom | | Waterford | Dutchman | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | John Laird | Liverpool | Meandria | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | Rota | Steamship | For Messrs. W. J. Myers & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Hylton Carr | Hylton | Percy | Snow | For Barry & Co. |
| 1 December | United States | | Washington Navy Yard | Minnesota | Steam Frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | Portland Shipbuilding Company | Troon | Cora | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | W. & H. Pitcher | Northfleet | Forward | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Samueson & Co. | Hull | Ernestine | Steamship | For private owners. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson Bros. | Hartlepool | Florence Nightingale | Steamship | For Mr. Young. |
| 13 December | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Roanoke | Merrimack-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Webster | Fraserburgh | Isabella | Schooner | For J. A. Flett. |
| 28 December | United States | J. B. & J. D. Van Deusen | Williamsburg, New York | John D. Jones | Pilot boat | For New York Pilots. |
| December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Pitcher | Northfleet | Charger | Albacore-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| December | United States | J. Simonson | New York | C. Vanderbilt | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| December | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Flying Fish | Despatch boat | For Royal Navy. |
| December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer Bros. | Jarrow | Marmora | Collier | For C. D. Barker. |
| December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer Bros. | Jarrow | Minna | Steamship | For St. Petersburg Steam Ship Company. |
| December | United Kingdom | M. Guibert | Nantes | Rubens | Merchantman | For Compagnie Générale Maritime. |
| December | United Kingdom | | West Hartlepool | The Times Correspondent | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Spring | Colony of Nova Scotia | | St. Mary's | Brilliant | Brig | For private owner. |
| Autumn | Province of Canada | | Quebec | Brunelle | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Autumn | Province of Canada | | Quebec | Florence | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Pile & Smart | Sunderland | Acastus | Barque | For J. & J. S. Twizell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | Aid | Brig | For Gideon Smales. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Aletheia | Barque | For S. Austin. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Alliance | Barque | For H. Tindall. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. H. Pearson | Sunderland | Allied Powers | Barque | For Jobling & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Alma | Sloop | For G. Dowell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Laird | Brikenhead | Alma | Steamship | For Admiralty. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | Alma | Schooner | For Brundrit & Whiteway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Stothard | Sunderland | Alpha | Snow | For Mr. Jackson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | Antias | Brig | For G. Smales. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | E. Bailey | Sunderland | Aphrogencia | Merchantman | For J. Leslie. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Arctic | Steamship | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Richard Wilkinson | Sunderland | Armistice | Merchantman | For J. Longton. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Amesbury, Massachusetts | Arthur | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Japan | | Edo | Asahi Maru | Full-rigged ship | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James & R. Mills | Sunderland | Aurora | Brig | For Dawson Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short | Sunderland | Balaklava | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Greenwell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Watson | Sunderland | Beatrice | Merchantman | For Stokoe & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Briggs | Sunderland | Bellona | Full-rigged ship | For J. Allan. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Benjamin Peirce | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Black Diamond | Steamship | For J. Hughes et al. |
| Unknown date | Colony of Nova Scotia | | Pictou | Black Watch | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Andrew Stewart & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | British Banner | Barque | For B. Ward. |
| Unknown date | United States | Montell & Co. | Baltimore, Maryland | Carrier Dove | Clipper | For Trask & Dearborn. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Duthie & Co. | Aberdeen | Catherine Adamson | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Lister | Sunderland | Catherine and Ann | Snow | For W. Bunker. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas & William Smith | South Shields | Chasseur | Repair ship and floating arsenal | For unknown owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | John Gunder North | San Francisco, California | Colorado I | Sternwheeler | For George A. Johnson & Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Gardener | Sunderland | Courier | Merchantman | For Kelso & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Harkass | Sunderland | Cresswell | Merchantman | For C. Jenkins. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rawson & Watson | Sunderland | Earl of Cromartie | Schooner | For J. Hill. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson | Sunderland | Edmund Graham | Full-rigged ship | For Edmund Graham. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Eliza | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | James O. Curtis | Medford, Massachusetts | Enoch Train | Icebreaker | For Boston Steam Tow-boat Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | L. Gales | Sunderland | Equinox | Merchantman | For W. Milburn. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Eugenie | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Eylau | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Forrest & Jackson, or Forrest & Co. | Sunderland | Falcon | Barque | For W. Hay. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Lister | Sunderland | Fear Not | Barque | For J. & E. Douthwaite. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | D. Douglass | Sunderland | Forerunner | Full-rigged ship | For R. Hudson. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Sinope | Gayvan Bakry | Frigate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Geelong | Barque | For G. Gray. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Sanderson | Sunderland | George and Maria | Snow | For G. Downie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | Gharra | Barque | For Heald & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | M. Clarke | Sunderland | Godavery | Barque | For George Thompson & James Bambrough. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Smith | Pallion | Greetings | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Gibson | Sunderland | Guadiana | Merchantman | For C. H. T. Borries, M. W. Sidney, J. Stevenson, and E. H. Watts. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Forrest & Co | Sunderland | Harriet | Barque | For H. Henderson, T. Henderson & J. E. Henderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Havannah | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Hawk | Steam Yacht | For Lord Hill. |
| Unknown date | Japan | | Heda | Heda | Schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | | Sydney | Herald | Paddle steamer | For North Shore Steam Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Seymour | Sunderland | Industry | Full-rigged ship | For G. Forster. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Iona | Paddle steamer | For Nantucket and Cape Cod Steamboat Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Greenpoint, New York | Island Home | Steamboat | For New Haven Steamboat Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Harkass | Sunderland | Jane Anna | Merchantman | For G. Shotton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hume & Esson | Sunderland | Jane Strong | Barque | For A. Strong. |
| Unknown date | United States | Morgan L. Taylor | New York City | J. A. Smith | Canal boat | For private owner |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Haswell | Sunderland | Jubilant | Barque | For James Hay. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | La Hogue | Full-rigged ship | For Duncan Dunbar & Sons. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Cincinnati, Ohio | Lancaster Number 3 | Tow boat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | L. Gales | Sunderland | Larissa | Merchantman | For Mr. Davison. |
| Unknown date | United States | J. Stetson | Boston, Massachusetts | Light of the Age | Clipper | For Marshall & Eldridge's Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. T. & C. Alcock | Sunderland | Lobelia | Full-rigged ship | For J. Alcock. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Robinson | Sunderland | Loda | Merchantman | For J. Bowes. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Lowestoft | Steamship | For J. V. Gooch & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Worthy | Sunderland | Madeira | Barque | For Ord & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Harkass | Sunderland | Mangosteen | Barque | For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Marian | Barque | For William MacKey and William Archibald MacKey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | Mary Houghton | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Hardie | Sunderland | Mary Louisa | Merchantman | For James Hardie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Pickersgill & Miller | Sunderland | Meg Merillies | Barque | For W. Doxford. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Hardie | Sunderland | Miss Nightingale | Merchantman | For Mr. Haddock. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Rogerson | Sunderland | Napoleon III | Barque | For A. Strong & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Northumbria's Daughter | Merchantman | For W. Crawford. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Barker | Sunderland | Orient | Merchantman | For Scofield & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | Penmaen | Sloop | For Brundrit & Whiteway. |
| Unknown date | Greece | Henderson Shipyard | | Panellinion | Steamship | For Royal Greek Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Balfour & Co. | Methil | Prince Argentino | Paddle steamer | For private owners. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pile Jr. | Sunderland | Queen of Greece | Steamship | For G. Stavros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Toulon | Rafale | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Stonehouse | Sunderland | Ravenswheel | Snow | For T. Stonehouse. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Pile | Sunderland | Remi | Steamship | For Mr. Schmidt. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bank Quay Company | Warrington | Retriever | Barque | For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forewood. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Pile | Sunderland | Rival | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Robertson | Sunderland | Robert Hay | Barque | For R. Hay. |
| Unknown date | United States | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Massachusetts | Sancho Panza | Medium clipper | For John Ellerton Lodge. |
| Unknown date | France | | Nantes | Salve | Poudre-class gunboat | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Stonehouse | Sunderland | Sanderson | Barque | For Mr. Sanderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Todd & Brown | Sunderland | Sarah Kay | Barque | For T. Kay. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Watson | Sunderland | Savannah | Merchantman | For Bell & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New York City | Shawsheen | Tugboat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Booth | Sunderland | Sir Colin Campbell | Steamship | For W. H. Alexander. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Shpusetown, Pennsylvania | Sovereign | Paddle steamer | For private owner |
| Unknown date | Switzerland | Escher Wyss et Compagnie | Escher Wyss | Stadt Zürich | Steamboat | For Swiss Northeastern Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Jobling, or Jobling & Co | Sunderland | Surprize | Snow | For Mr. Swinburn. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Carr | South Hylton | Tennessee | Barque | For James Wilson. |
| Unknown date | United States | Hayden & Cudworth | Medford, Massachusetts | Thatcher Magoun | Clipper | For Thatcher Magoun & Sons |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Hardie | Sunderland | Thomas Varcoe | Schooner | For J. Varcoe. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ratcliff, Spence & Co. | Sunderland | United | Snow | For Mr. Ratcliff. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Reay | Sunderland | Vibilia | Snow | For Reed & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Kensington, Pennsylvania | Victoria | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Pile | Sunderland | Walmer Castle | Full-rigged ship | For Green & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Hardie | Sunderland | William James | Merchantman | For James Hardie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Barkes | Sunderland | Witch of the Seas | Barque | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | M. Clarke | Sunderland | Witch of the Seas | Barque | For J. Huntley. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Young America | Steamship | For private owner |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hodgson & Gardener | Sunderland | Zenobia | Merchantman | For Mr. Johnson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bonker | Salcombe | Zouave | Schooner | For Edward D. Glynn and others. |