# List of ship launches in 1874

The list of ship launches in 1874 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1874.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 1 January | Sweden | Motala Verkstad | Norrköping | Berserk | Hildur-class monitor | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| 1 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Oakworth | Merchantman | For Messrs. Hargrove, Ferguson & Jackson. |
| 3 January | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Star of Bengal | Full-rigged ship | For J. P. Corry & Co. |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Brown & Simpson | Dundee | Perthshire | Merchantman | For Messrs. Thomas Law & Co. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Hartlepool | Venice | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs MacFayden & Co. | Port Glasgow | Battle Axe | Barque | For Messrs. Burgess, Shaddock & Co. |
| 20 January | United Kingdom | Bowdler & Chaffer | Seacombe | Sunbeam | Steam yacht | For Thomas Brassey. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Cybele | Steamship | For Messrs. Donaldson Bros. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Almirante Cochrane | Almirante Cochrane-class ironclad | For Chilean Navy. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Forcados | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Company. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Maryhill | No. 11 | Steam lighter | For Carron Company. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay & Son | Ardrossan | Hugh Barclay | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Pharos | Paddle steamer | For Commissioners of Northern Light Houses. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Britannic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | John Barter & Son | Brixham | Valiant | Fishing trawler | For Richard P. Mills Sr. and others. |
| 4 February | United Kingdom | Blackwall Yard | Blackwall | Daring | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Cinderella | Steam yacht | For E. H. Scott. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Bruce | Steamship | For Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Robert Duncan & Co. | Glasgow | Utopia | Passenger ship | For Anchor Line. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Achille | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Adonis | Steamship | For Messrs. James Little & Co. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | John Key | Kinghorn | Ithuriel | Steamship | For Messrs. Blyth Bros. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | John Barter & Son | Brixham | Mayflower | Schooner | For William R. Pearce and others. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Udston | Merchantman | For Messrs. Potter, Wilson & Co. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Robert Napier & Sons | Glasgow | W. A. Scholten | Steamship | For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Duncan & Sons | West Hartlepool | Express | Steamship | For Dublin and Liverpool Screw Steam Packet Co. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | C. Mitchell & Company | Aberdeen | Faraday | Cable ship | For Siemens Brothers. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Friedrich Krupp | Steamship | For Friedrich Krupp. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Turkestan | Full-rigged ship | For British and Eastern Shipping Company (Limited). |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Clan Macleod | Barque | For T. Dunlop. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Hartlepool | Jeannie | Steamship | For Messrs. Coverdale, Merryweather & Todd. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Elder & Co. | Govan | Liguria | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Waterford | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Ben Macdui | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & A. Davidson. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Foam | Steamship | For Messrs. T. C. Watson & Co. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnball & Son | Whitby | Pansy | Steamship | For Messrs. T. E. Watson & Sons. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | G. Brown | Hull | Eva Hewson | Humber Keel | For William Hewson. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | William Pile | Sunderland | Rodney | Clipper | For Devitt and Moore. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Dunedin | Full-rigged refrigerated cargo ship | For Albion Line. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough-on-Tees | James Harris | Steamship | For Messrs. Hogg & Henderson. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thomson | Clydebank | Bothnia | Steamship | For Cunard Line. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | General Werder | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Hornet | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Queen Anne | Steamship | For Queen Steamship Co. |
| 5 March | United States | Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Intrepid | Torpedo ram | For United States Navy. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Ontario | Steamship | For Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Co. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Villa de Bilbao | Steamship | For Messrs. William Cruickshanks & Co. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Irvine Co-operative Shipbuilding Co | Irvine | Chrysolite | Schooner | For William Robertson. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Uruguay | Corvette | For Argentine Navy. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co | Fairfield | Lobo | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 12 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Ierne | Steamship | For Messrs. H. McPhail & Co. |
| 14 March | United States | Atlantic Works Company | Boston, Massachusetts | Richard Rush | Dexter-class cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| 19 March | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Peking | Steamship | For Pacific Mail Steamship Company. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Samuda Brothers | Cubitt Town | SMS Kaiser | Kaiser-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Maritana | Merchantman | For Messrs. Singleton, Dunn & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Prinses Amalia | Passenger liner | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | William Thomas | Amlwch | Cumberland Lassie | Merchantman | For William Thomas. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Mairi Bhan | Merchantman | For Peter M'Intyre. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Prado | Steamship | For Messrs. Strong, Reid & Page. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Vesuvius | Torpedo ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 March | Netherlands | Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Holland | Steamship | For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij. |
| March | Italy | Fratelli Orlando | Livorno | Enna | Steamship | For La Trinacria Societa di Navigazione a Vapeur. |
| March | United Kingdom | | Milford Haven | Ermenilda | Schooner | For private owner. |
| March | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Forth | Barge | For Worsley Battersby. |
| March | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Gowy | Barge | For Worsley Battersby. |
| March | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Lochnagar | Steamship | For Adam & Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Roberts & Co. | Trefriw | Temple | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Roberts & Co. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Apollo | Steamship | For Messrs. James Little & Co. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Ennerdale | Merchantman | For Messrs. Newton & Co. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Oremer | Steamship | For Friedrich Krupp. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Glenfinlas | Steamship | For Glen Line. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | J. G. Lawrie | Whiteinch | Glenshee | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Peterborough | Merchantman | For Merchant Shipping Co. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Redhead & Co. | South Shields | Camerata | Steamship | For Messrs. Adam & Co. |
| 14 April | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Vale | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| 15 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Eliza Ramsden | Barque | For Samuel Ramsden. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Bolivia | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | John Fyfe | Fairlie | Neva | Cutter | For R. Holms Kerr. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | | Frampton-on-Severn | Quoanimo | Merchantman | For Messrs. Davis & Muse. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Achilles | Steamship | For Messrs. James Little & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Duke of Lancaster | Steamship | For Eastern Steamship Company. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Glengarnock | Steamship | For Messrs. Merry & Cuninghame. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Hildegard | Yacht | For Gilbert W. Moss. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Lavernock | Steamship | For Messrs. C. E. Stallybrass & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co | Middleton | Madeline | Steamship | For Messrs. Pyman, Bell & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Rhenania | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co | Aberdeen | Waratah | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Africa | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Windflower | Yawl | For C. Davies. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Caledonian | Steamship | For Ardrossan Shipping Co. |
| April | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Robina Dunlop | Barque | For J. Neil. |
| 1 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Rotterdam | Steamship | For Messrs. James Rankine & Sons. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Sons | Aberdeen | Calypso | Merchantman | For William Shirres and John Leslie. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Ratsey | Cowes | Corinne | Yacht | For private owner. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Fyfe | Fairlie | Cythera | Yacht | For David Richardson. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Hansen | Cowes | Goshawk | Yacht | For T. Hesketh. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | P. Caland | Steamship | For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson | Hull | Ruby | Steamship | For John Curry and Thomas R. Thompson. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Elmina | Yacht | For Sir Richard Sutton. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Canterbury | Merchantman | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thomson | Dalmuir | Saragossa | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Stentor | Steamship | For Messrs. Blair & Co. (Limited). |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Yarrow & Hedley | Poplar | Telegraph | Steam launch | For Messrs. Siemens. |
| 13 May | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Tokio | Steamship | For Pacific Mail Steamship Company. |
| 13 May | United Kingdom | H. Boag | Fairlie | Gondola | Yacht | For Mr. Livingstone. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | William Pile | Sunderland | Plassey | Full-rigged ship | For G. D. Tyser & Co. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrys and Pearson | Kingston upon Hull | Angelo | Steamship | For Wilson Line. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Cameroon | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Co. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | James Petrie | Montrose | Oregon | Barque | For private owner. Ran aground on being launched and was severely damaged. |
| 16 May | Brazil | Arsenal de Marinha da Côrte | Rio de Janeiro | Sete de Setembro | Ironclad frigate | For Brazilian Navy. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Wasp | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | No. 105 | Steamship | For Messrs. Blair & Co. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co | Whiteinch | Brenhilda | Clipper | For Messrs. Hendry, Ferguson & Co. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | John Fullerton & Co. | Merksworth | Merksworth | Collier | For Anvil Creek Coal Mining Co. |
| 19 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Nichol & Bruce | Govan | Cordelia | Schooner | For John Inglis Jr. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Abergrange | Steamship | For George G. MacKay. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Germania | Barque | For Messrs. D. H. Wätjin & Co. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | William Simons & Co. | Glasgow | Limerick | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Mardy | Steamship | For Messrs. J. H. Wilson & partners. |
| 20 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Somerset | Steamship | For Eastern and Australian Royal Mail Steamship Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Emir of Nupe | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander Miller, Brother, & Co. |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Itapaum | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Acton Bridge | Barque | For W. S. Croudace. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | W. Luke | Itchen Ferry | Bessie | Steam yacht | For Earl of Harrington. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Amy | Steam yacht | For N. B. Stewart. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Nichol & Bruce | Govan | Blanche | Cutter | For Thomas A. Kemp. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Dumbartonshire | Merchantman | For Messrs. T. Law & Co. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Glendale | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Caird & Company | Greenock | Suevia | Passenger ship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Castalia | Paddle steamer | For English Channel Steamship Co. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | State of Nevada | Steamship | For State Line Steamship Co. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Brisbane | Steamship | For Eastern and Australian Steam Mailship Co Ltd. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Ethiopia | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Sardinian | Steamship | For Allan Line. |
| 13 June | United States | John W. Griffiths | Kittery, Maine | Enterprise | Enterprise-class sloop | For United States Navy. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Benguela | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Co. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Romulus | Steamship | For J. H. W. Culliford. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Salie | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Boadicea | Schooner | For C. Thellasson. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Carmania | Barque | For William Nicol. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | James Hogg | Steamship | For Messrs. Hogg & Henderson. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Wieland | Steamship | For Eagle Line. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Ballina | Steamship | For Charles W. Pollexfen. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Amazonis | Steamship | For Compani Sud Americani. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibal M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Stuart Hahnemann | Merchantman | For Messrs. Stuart & Douglas. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's | Hull | Francesca | Yacht | For Duke of Marlborough. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Paul Rodgers | Carrickfergus | Accrington Lass | Schooner | For Messrs. Bradshaw & Pilkington. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Ayresome | Steamship | For Messrs. Rayner & Murry. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thomson | Dalmuir | Klopstock | Steamship | For Eagle Line. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Witby & Co. | Hartlepool | Milton | Steamship | For Glocver & Co. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Viking | Steamship | For Messrs. William Ross & Co. |
| June | Jersey | Charles W. Aubin | Jersey | Design | Ketch | For Philip Daniel Payn. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Swan | Maryhill | Daylight | Steamship | For Messrs. Marshall & Ross. |
| 4 July | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Earl Spencer | Paddle steamer | For London and North Western Railway. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | Constance | Steamship | For George Pyman & Co. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Voorwarts | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Germanic | Ocean Liner | For White Star Line. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Garlick | Knottingley | Hyperion | Merchantman | For Brothers Perfect. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Thessalus | Merchantman | For Messrs. A. & J. H. Carmichael. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Auckland | Clipper | For Messrs P. Henderson & Co. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. Ltd. | West Hartlepool | Rhondda | Steamship | For W. G. Edwards. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Amarapoora | Steamship | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. |
| 20 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Duchess of Argyle | Merchantman | For W. & R. Wright. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Footdee | Archimedes | Steamship | For Messrs. Lamport & Holt. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Euridice | Merchantman | For Messrs. Baine & Johnstone. |
| July | Dominion of Canada | | Prince Edward Island | Alcedo | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | Mr. Beale | Itchenor | Dependence | Schooner | For Elijah John Beale. |
| July | United Kingdom | Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Lesbian | Cargo liner | For F. R .Leyland & Co. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rugland | Mary | Steamship | For Messrs. Gregor, Turnball & Co. |
| July | Dominion of Canada | | Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island | Racer | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | William Phillips | Schooner | For Phillips & Co. |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Cape Race | Merchantman | For Messrs. Lyle & Sons. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Govan | Britannia | Barque | For Messrs. D. H. Wätjen & Co. |
| 12 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Lochee | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 12 August | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Rover | Rover-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Macfayden & Co. | Port Glasgow | Arden Connell | Clipper | For Messrs. John Bremner & Co. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Lammermoor | East Indiaman | For Waverly Line. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Sexta | Steamship | For Flensburg Steam Shipping Co. |
| 14 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Viking | Steamship | For West Highland Carrying Company. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belfast | Sailing ship | For T. & J. Brocklebank. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Nelson | Clipper | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | James E. Scott | Cartsdyke | Rossdhu | East Indiaman | For William Turner. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Ebenezer Robertson | Ipswich | Endeavour | Fishing yawl | For Mr. Nickerson. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | G. Broughton | Barque | For private owner. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Dalmuir | Fleurs Castle | Steamship | For Castle Lin3. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Sons | Whiteinch | Indiana | Steamship | For State Line. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Leyte | Steamship | For Messrs. Peele, Hubbell & Co. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Brown & Simpson | Dundee | Maju | Full-rigged ship | For Killick, Martin & Co. |
| 28 August | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | State of Florida | Steamship | For State Line Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Allanshaw | Full-rigged ship | For J. G. Potter & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Avalanche | Merchantman | For Messrs. Shaw, Lowell & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Donna Isabel | Steamship | For Rio Grande do Sul Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird | Birkenhead | El Plata | Ironclad | For Argentine Navy. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Blackwall | Plurus | Paddle steamer | For Imperial Government of Brazil. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | St. Enoch | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Unity | Steamship | For Mr. Wilberforce and others. |
| 30 August | United Kingdom | N. Gibbon | South Hylton | Glenville | Schooner | For Mr. Meek. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Amboyna | Steamship | For Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Canara | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Conde d'Eau | Steamship | For Rio Grande do Sul Steamship Co. (Limited). |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co. | Kingston | Mary C. Wilson | Coaster | For John Wilson. |
| August | United Kingdom | W. Watson | Sunderland | Baron Aberdare | Full-rigged ship | For James MacCunn. |
| August | United Kingdom | J. E. Scott | Cartsdyle | Ross Dhu | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | | Dundee | Thibet | Merchantman | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's | Kingston upon Hull | Czaverena | Imperial yacht | For Alexander II of Russia. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | San Marcos | Steamship | For Liverpool and Texas Steamship Co. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Lismore | Paddle tug | For Lord Cavendish & Sir James Ramsden. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Berengaria | Steamship | For Messrs. Hendry, Ferguson & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Cupella | Steamship | For Messrs John Fenwick & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dudgeon | Cubitt Town | Independencia | Ironclad | For Imperial Brazilian Navy. Severely damaged on Launch. Subsequently acquired by the Royal Navy. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Samuda Brothers | Cubitt Town | Deutschland | Kaiser-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Prado | Steamship | For Brazilian Iron Steam Ship Co. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co | Meadowside | Severn | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Sloan & Co. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Whiteinch | Charlotte Croom | East Indiaman | For Messrs. William & Alfred Brown & Co. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Aurora | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | William Hill | Hull | Maggie | Humber Keel | For Messrs C. &. W. Ford. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Orion | Steamship | For Det Bergenske Dampskipsselskap. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Tavoy | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Chusan | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co. |
| 18 September | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | Alert | Alert-class gunboat | For United States Navy. |
| 20 September | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Kiel | Friedrich der Grosse | Preussen-class ironclad | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Cyprian | Steamship | For Frederick R. Leyland. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Bessemer | Paddle steamer | For Sir Henry Bessemer. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Plymouth | Sapphire | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. & R. Green | Blackwall | Assistance | Troopship | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Cape Verde | Clipper | For Messrs. Abram Lyle & Sons. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Cyrenian | Steamship | For Messrs. Frederick Leyland & Co. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Diamond | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald | Pallion | Fitzclarence | Steamship | For Burrell & Son. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Marguerite Franchetti | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Meiji Maru | Steamship | For Imperial Japanese Government. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Trident | Steamship | For Messrs. Hall Bros. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Wellington | Clipper | For Messrs. Patrick Henderson & Co. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Merksworth | Celtic | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Singapore | Steamship | For Eastern and Australian Mail Steamship Co. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co, | Wallsend | Dinas | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Prins Hendrik | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| September | United Kingdom | | La Ciotat | Djemnah | Cargo liner | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes. |
| 2 October | United States | Samuel H. Pine | Greenpoint, New York | W. W. Story | Pilot boat | For Thomas Conley, Alexander Cochrane and Cisco Cumskey. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Copeland | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Withy & Co. | Middleton | Breeze | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Bargany | Merchantman | For Messrs. John Kerr & Co. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans | Liverpool | Brecon | Steamship | For Messrs. Richards, Mills & Co. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Goa | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | James Drake | Steamship | For Wilkie & Turnbull. |
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Arab | Arab-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Banda | Steamship | For Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Troon Shipbuilding Co. | Troon | Edeline | Steam yacht | For Earl De La Warr. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson | Partick | Princess Beatrice | Steamship | For Messrs. M. Langlands & Sons. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Rosia | Steamship | For John Murray. |
| 23 October | United States | | Boston Navy Yard | Vandalia | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| 24 October | United States | Donald MacKay | Boston, Massachusetts | Adams | Enterprise-class sloop | For United States Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Cape Finisterre | Barque | For Messrs. Abram Lyle & Son. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Ganos | Steamship | For Messrs. Henry Briggs & Co. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Sir S. Galahad | Steamship | For Messrs. Richards, Power & Co. |
| 24 October | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | South Glen | Barque | For Mr. Hodgson. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Dredger No. 1 | Dredger | For private owner. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Firth of Clyde | Merchantman | For L. Macpherson. |
| 26 October | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Javary | Javary-class monitor | For Imperial Brazilian Navy. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Oamaru | Merchantman | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Pioneer | Gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Caird & Company | Greenock | City of Berlin | Ocean liner | For Inman Line. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Lily | Arab-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Saint Lawrence | Dredger | For Canadian Government. |
| 27 October | Dominion of Canada | William D. Lawrence Shipyard | Maitland | William D. Lawrence | Full-rigged ship | For William Dawson Lawrence and James Ellis. |
| 28 October | Netherlands | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | Koning der Nederlanden | Ironclad turret ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Thames Iron Works | Leamouth | Mesudiye | Centre-battery ironclad | For Ottoman Navy. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Old Kensington | Merchantman | For Messrs. Smith, Bilborough & Co. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Messrs.J. & G. Thomson | Clydebank | Scythia | Steamship | For Cunard Line. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Los Andes | El Plata-class monitor | For Argentine Navy. |
| October | Dominion of Canada | | Cardigan | Aurora | Brig | For private owner. |
| 7 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | British Commerce | Merchantman | For British Shipowners' Co. |
| 7 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmers | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Sibylla | Steamship | For Messrs. Fenwick & Sons. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | John Banks | Kilpin Pike | Merlin | Schooner | For William Cass. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co | Govan | Fulminate | Steamship | For Argentine Government. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Fiona | Steamship | For Colonial Sugar Refinery Co. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Dalmuir | Cherbourg | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns & MacIver. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Abredeen | Esmeralda | Steamship | For Messrs. Peele, Hubble & Co. |
| 14 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Loch Eck | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. & R. Wilson. |
| 19 November | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne | Puigcerdá | monitor | For Spanish Navy. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Palma | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Richardson & Sons. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Carmarthen Castle | Clipper | For Messrs. Richards, Mills & Co. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Gellert | Steamship | For Eagle Line. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Juno | Full-rigged ship | For Joseph Steel & Son. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Killochan | Merchantman | For Messrs. John Kerr & Co. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Rennie | Greenwich | Mexico | Sloop-of-war | For Mexican Navy. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Rio Grande do Sul | Steamship | For Rio Grande do Sul Steamship Co. |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | Caird & Company | Greenock | Sindoro | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| November | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Berenice | Pram | For J. Seed & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | | | Breeze | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Groningen | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Wallacetown | Merchantman | For Hargrove, Ferguson & Jackson. |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Wingate & Co | Whiteinch | Cape Sable | Merchantman | For Messrs. Abram Lyle & Sons. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Caitloch | East Indiaman | For T. O. Hunter. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Glasgow | Flamingo | Steamship | For Messrs. Seater, White & Co. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Stad Amsterdam | Steamship | For Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Khandalia | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Swansea Castle | Barque | For Messrs. Jacobs. Bros. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Star of Russia | Sailing ship | For J. P. Corry & Co. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Shuaydagone | Steamship | For Burmah Steamship Co. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | King Arthur | Steamship | For Messrs. Turnbull, Sons & Co. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Bowen | Steamship | For Eastern and Australian Mail Steamship Co. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Castle Roy | Merchantman | For George Gilroy. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thomson | Dalmuir | Dunnottar Castle | Merchantman | For Castle Line. |
| 25 December | United Kingdom | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Glasgow | Lake Champlain | Steamship | For Canada Shipping Company. |
| 25 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Richard Trevithick | Steamship | For Messrs. J. H. Trevithick & Sons. |
| 29 December | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Freya | Ariadne-class corvette | For Imperial German Navy. |
| December | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Howard | Steamship | For James Little & Co. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | Fife | Fairlie | Bloodhound | Cutter | For Marquess of Ailsa. |
| Spring | Dominion of Canada | | Quebec | Calcutta | Full-rigged ship | For James Ross. |
| Spring | Dominion of Canada | | Quebec | Laurentine | Barque | For private owner. |
| Spring | Dominion of Canada | | Quebec | Ossian | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | A | Steamship | For London and North Western Railway. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | | Saint John, New Brunswick | Abana | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | | Jervis Bay | Adonis | Brigantine | For Patrick Hogan. |
| Unknown date | New Zealand | | Tolaga Bay | Advance | Schooner | For Charles Ingstrom. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sittingbourne | Agnes | Ketch | For Shrubshall & Court. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Alexandra | Steamship | For English & Scandinavian Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Alliance | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alfred Simey & Co. | Sunderland | Amazonas | Steamship | For Liverpool & Amazon Royal Mail Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | Jersey | Allix | Jersey | Amelia & Jane | Schooner | For William Walles. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Andes | Merchantman | For Moran & Sanderson. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | Antoinette | Barque | For J Bingay. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Short | Sunderland | Arizona | Merchantman | For Milburn Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Gardner | Sunderland | Aydon Forest | Merchantman | For J. S. Barwick. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Short | Sunderland | Ayton | Merchantman | For J. S. Barwick. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | B | Steamship | For London and North Western Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Barambio | Merchantman | For A di Ysasi. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Greenock | Bear | Sealer | For W. Grieve, Sons & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford | Sunderland | Bermuda | Merchantman | For Quebec & Gulf Ports Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Blyth | Steamship | For Blyth Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | C | Steamship | For London and North Western Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Gardner | Sunderland | Campsie Glen | Merchantman | For W. Davison & Co. |
| Unknown date | Jersey | Philip Bellot | Gorey | Charlotte | Schooner | For John Matthew Cantell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Richardson | Sunderland | Chittagong | Merchantman | For E. Walker. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Colstrup | Steamship | For Messrs. Almond Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Contest | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | N. Gibbon | Sunderland | Coomassie | Merchantman | For R. Forrest. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co, | Sunderland | Cumberland | Barque | For Pantland Hick & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Cygnet | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | Windiate & Butler | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Cornelia B. Windiate | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Dacca | Barque | For J. B. Foley. |
| Unknown date | United States | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Dahlia | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Service. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Fessenden | Portland, Maine | Dallas | Dexter-class cutter | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | Belgium | Robert Duncan & Co | Antwerp | Daniel Steinmann | Steamer | For White Cross. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Duchess of Edinburgh | Clipper | For E. T. Gourley & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Dunalistair | Merchantman | For W. S. Croudace & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Eastern Monarch | Full-rigged ship | For J. Patton Jr., & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Elena | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & J. Gibbon | Sunderland | Emily McLaren | Merchantman | For Foulds & Bone. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Emma Crook | Merchantman | For T. Seed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Padstow | Empress of China | Clipper | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Enchantress | Barquentine | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mr. Chambers | Dumbarton | Enid | Cutter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Donald McKay | Kitter Naval Yard | Essex | Enterprise-class sloop | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Ethel Caine | Merchantman | For N. Caine Jr. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Eugene F. Price | Fishing trawler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Express | Forester-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Fernglen | full-rigged ship | For R. B. Porrett. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Flinders | Merchantman | For A. L. Elder. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Florence Margaret | Merchantman | For T. Seed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Florence Richards | Steamship | For S. Richards. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Formosa | Merchantman | For John Pile & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Foyle | Full-rigged ship | For Nourse Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Free Lance | Steamship | For Messrs. C. O. Young & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | E. J. Fardy | Baltimore, Maryland | George S. Blake | Auxiliary schooner | For United States Coast Survey. |
| Unknown date | United States | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | George W. Elder | Cargo liner | For Old Dominion Steamship Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Allsup | Preston | Gibraltar | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | Gladiator | Paddle tug | For Edward Griffiths, John Griffiths and William Griffiths. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & J. Gibbon | Sunderland | Glen Ville | Merchantman | For A. Meek & Co. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Bergsund Mekaniske Verkstad | Stockholm | Gota | Cargo ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Quayle & Murphy | Cleveland, Ohio | Helena | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Victoria | | Echuca | Hero | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Hindostan | full-rigged ship | For The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Idomene | Merchantman | For H. Fernie & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Ilala | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Imperatritsa Ekaterina II | Merchantman | For Saint Petersburg Dampschiffsgesellschaft. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Anderton | Runcorn | James | Mersey flat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | John Howard | Merchantman | For J. Marychurch & Co. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Motala Verkstad | Norrköping | Juno | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Inverkeithing | King Arthur | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Kirch | Schooner | For W. Wilkie & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Knight Templar | Merchantman | For E. Shotton & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | N. Gibbon | Sunderland | Lanercost | Merchantman | For G. Watson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Linguist | Full-rigged ship | For T. & J. Harrison. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Lykus | Merchantman | For A. Smith & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Short | Sunderland | Marie Lorentzen | Merchantman | For J. H. Lorentzen & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Martha and Lizzie | Fishing vessel | For William Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | N. Gibbon | Sunderland | Mary Frost | Merchantman | For H. Barber. |
| Unknown date | United States | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | McArthur | Survey ship | For United States Coast Survey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rober Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Min | Steamship | For A. R. Brown. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Gray & Company | West Hartlepool | Minerva | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Wolf and Davidson Co. | | Moonlight | Schooner | For William Mack. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Muriel | Merchantman | For J. Laing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & J. Gibbon | Sunderland | Nancy Holt | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George S. Gulston | Sunderland | Nautilus | Merchantman | For General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | Number One | Steamship | For Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pile | Sunderland | Olive | Barque | For Henry Ellis. |
| Unknown date | United States | Fred Congdon | Portland, Oregon | Otter | Sternwheeler | For Fred Congdon. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Our Annie | Merchantman | For G. L. Seed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Pioneer | Fishing vessel | For Preston & Fleetwood Fishery Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | South Australia | | Port Adelaide | Postboy | Schooner | For Wenman & Morgan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Barter & Son | Brixham | Promise | Fishing trawler | For John Dugdall and others. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Pym | Barque | For W. R. Abbay. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Allsup | Preston | Queen of the Bay | Paddle steamer | For Blackpool, Lytham & Southport Steam Packet Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Rayner | Merchantman | For Stephens & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Beeching | Great Yarmouth | Reliance | Paddle tug | For William Fothergill. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Remus | Merchantman | For Culliford & Clark. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Brothers | Sunderland | Renpor | Steamship | For R. Ropner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Respigadera | Merchantman | For Hargrove, Ferguson & Jackson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pile | Sunderland | Rodney | Barque | For Devitt & Moore. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Bretland, or Bretland & Angel | Liverpool | Rose | Tug | For Thomas Miller. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | Runcorn | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Saint Lawrence | Merchantman | For Temperley & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | D. A. Douglas | Sunderland | Sarah and Mary | Merchantman | For Tyzack & Branfoot. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Senator | Merchantman | For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Short | Sunderland | Silksworth | Merchantman | For J. O. Clazey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Silver Cloud | Schooner | For Maunsell & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Caird & Company | Greenock | Sindoro | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Stag | Merchantman | For Joseph Robinson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Sumida | Merchantman | For Imperial Japanese Government. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Richardson | Sunderland | Swallow | Merchantman | For T. Gallop. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | S. W. Kelly | Merchantman | For J. Marychurch & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | The Dalles, Oregon | Teaser | Sternwheeler | For Oregon Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Theseus | Merchantman | For Livingston & Briggs. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | N. Gibbon | Sunderland | Tonga | Merchantman | For Bullard, King & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Crown | Sunderland | Transvaal | Barque | For Rennie Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Gardner | Sunderland | Truth | Merchantman | For Eills & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. & J. Gibbobn | Sunderland | Violet | Merchantman | For E. Gardner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Waikato | Full-rigged ship | For The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Waimate | Merchantman | For The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Waitangi | Full-rigged ship | For The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Garmouth | Wanderer | Schooner | For David Reid. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Warrior | Merchantman | For T. & J. Harrison. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | William D. Seed | Merchantman | For T. Seed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Gill | Sunderland | Zeeburg | Merchantman | For D. & A. D. McLaren. |