# List of ship launches in 1881

The list of ship launches in 1881 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1881.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 1 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbell & Co. | Paisley | Acorn | Steamship | For Messrs. P. H. Dixon & Co. |
| 1 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | St. Dunstan | Steamship | For Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour & Co. |
| 3 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Hull | Romea | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Benabourd | Steamship | For Messrs J. & A. Davidson. |
| 6 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Barbados | Steamship | For Quebec Steamship Company. |
| 6 January | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest | Naïade | Cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Alligator | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Workman, Clark & Co. | Belfast | Ethelbert | Steamship | For Messrs. A. C. Colvill & Co. |
| 12 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co | Merksworth | Lylie | Steamship | For George Bargate & Co. |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bailey & Sons | Ipswich | Ida | Sailing barge | For Messrs. R. & W. Paul |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. | Jarrow | Ingoldsby | Steamship | For Messrs. Lee, Finch & Co. |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Strathyre | Steamship | For William Kemp. |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Thetis | Whaler | For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons. |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Black Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Company Limited. |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Nithsdale | Steamship | For Messrs. Robert Mackill & Co. |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Ravensdale | Steamship | For Messrs. Steele, Young ^ Co. |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Saigon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Aristomene | Merchantman | For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Fylde | Tug | For London and North Western Railway and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Forrestt & Son | Limehouse | Germaine | Steamship | For MM. Bouhan Fils et Tissiere. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co | Liverpool | Irby | Clipper | For White Star Line. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Khokand | Merchantman | For Messrs. W. & J. Crawford. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Cushie-Doo | Steam yacht | For W. H. Osmond. |
| 22 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British King | Passenger ship | For British Shipowners Ltd. |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Penang | Steamship | For Messrs. John Warrack & Co. |
| 27 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Puno | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Glenarm | Steamship | For Eglinton Chemical Company (Limited). |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Barden Tower | Steamship | For Messrs. Stumore, Weston & Co. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co | Renfrew | Ely | Dredger | For Taff Vale Railway. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Mauritius | Paddle Tug | For Crown Agents for the Colonies. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Charles Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Yangwei | Tsukushi-class cruiser | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Jane Kelsall | Steamship | For Messrs. W. D. C. Balls and partners. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Maria Hartmann | Steamship | For Messrs. Ward & Holzapfel. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Harvey and Company | Hayle | Tynron | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | C. Burt & Sons | Falmouth | C. B. K. F. | Ketch | For Charles B. Kelway. |
| January | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Ida | Ketch | For R. & W. Paul. |
| January | United Kingdom | Robert Chambers Jr. | Dumbarton | Tertusola | Steamship | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | William Hoggard | Barton-upon-Humber | The Fruits of Industry | Humber Keel | For George Sweeting. |
| January | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Walney | Steamship | For Mr. Nelson. |
| 1 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. D. Ross | Inverkeithing | Catherine Auld | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| 1 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Thomas & Co. | Millom | Lady Kate | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Compta | Steamship | For Messrs. Gray, Dawes & Co. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Bullfrog | Banterer-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Ica | Paddle steamer | For Amazon Steam Navigation Co. |
| 3 February | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Hull | Romeo | Steamship | For Wilson Line. |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Imperial | Steamship | For Thomas Dewsbury. |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Valdivia | Steamship | For Thomas Dewsbury. |
| 12 February | United States | Detroit Dry Dock Co. | Wyandotte, Michigan | City of Milwaukee | Paddle steamer | For Goodrich Transportation Company. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Glen Gelder | Steamship | For Messrs. Connon & Fleming. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Inchulva | Steamship | For Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. |
| 12 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Strathallan | Steamship | For Messrs. James Hay & Sons. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Maggie | Steamship | For Messrs. Coverdale, Todd & Co. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Thompson & Sons | Southwicki | Regent | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Conaway & Co. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. George Lindsay & Col | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sarah Lizzie | Schooner | For John Slater. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. MacIlwaine & Lewis | Belfast | Topic | Steamship | For W. A. Grainger. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Brooklyn City | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Craggs & Son | Middlesbrough | Florence | Steamship | For Mr. Appleton and others. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | James Watt | Steamship | For Messrs Leitch & Muir. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Son | Scotstoun | Missouri | Steamship | For Messrs. George Warren & Co. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbell & Co. | Abbotsinch | Ordonez | Steamship | For Marquis de Compo. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Footdee | Orontes | Merchantman | For Messrs. George Thompson & Co. |
| 15 February | United Kingdom | Thomas Wills | Cardiff | Not named | Steamship | For E. S. Crabb. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Beryl | Steamship | For P. M. Duncan. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. (Limited) | Sunderland | Cascapedia | Steamship | For Messrs. Crow, Bogard & Rudolph. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Glenavon | Steamship | For Glen Line. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexandr Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Mount Lebanon | Steamship | For John Smith. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Hylton | Panama | Steamship | For MM A. d'Orbigny & Fanstin Fil. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Drummond Castle | Steamship | For Castle Line. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Short Bros. | Pallion | Mytilene | Steamship | For Messrs. Lumsdon, Byers & Co. |
| 17 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. Allan & Co. | Leith | Ocean Rover | Steamship | For Messrs. William Gunn & Co. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company | Campbeltown | Carron Park | Steamship | For J. Addison, Page & Co. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Cockchafer | Banterer-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Dredger No. 85 | Dredger | For private owner. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Lady Katherine | Steamship | For Earl of Durham. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | Carron Park | Steamship | For Carron Steamship Co. |
| 26 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Gironde | Steamship | For Cardiff Steamship Co. |
| 26 February | United Kingdom | Campbell & Co | Paisley, Renfrewshire | Serantes | Steamship | For Marquis de Campo. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Fidele Primavesi | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & R. Bovey. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbel & Co. | Paisley | Cervantes | Steamship | For Marquis de Campo. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbell & Co. | Paisley | Constance | Steamship | For Messrs. Dansay & Robinson. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Dromedary | Steamship | For John Burns. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Bothwell Castle | Steamship | For Castle Line. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Mariner | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Quetta | Steamship | For Gray, Dawes & Co. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Roseville | Steamship | For R. Shadforth & Co. |
| 1 March | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | Servia | Ocean Liner | For Cunard Line. At launch, this was second largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Algoa Bay | Barque | For Messrs. Hatfield, Cameron & Co. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Brunswick | Steamship | For John Bacon. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Embleton | Steamship | For Messrs. G. T. Pearson & Co. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Lockyer | Steamship | For William Thompson & Co. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby | Blyth, Northumberland | Plessy | Steamship | For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Notting Hill | Steamship | For Mr. Nott and others, or City Line. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Ranee | Steamship | For Borneo Company Limited. |
| 3 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Newcastle upon Tyne | Saxon Prince | Cargo ship | For James Knott. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Fairfield | Steamship | For Joseph Brown & Partners. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Albingia | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Agnes Otto | Steamship | For George Otto. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Bouncer | Bouncer-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 March | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Insolent | Bouncer-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Huntingdon | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Milburn & Co. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Embleton | Barque | For P. Iredale & Son. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Lorna Doone | Gunboat | For Rajah of Sarawak. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Donats | Steamship | For St. Donats Steamship Co. |
| 17 March | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Thorn Holme | Steamship | For Hine Bros. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Southbourne | Steamship | For D. P. Garbutt. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Abeona | Steamship | For J. Graham, or Messrs. Graham, Anderson & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Bretton Hall | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander & Radcliffe. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Copley | Steamship | For White Star Line. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Goval | Steamship | For Messrs. William Leslie & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Bowling | Heron | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Walker & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | R. Cliffe | Castleford | Providence | Schooner | For R. Cliffe & William Heptinstall. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Refulgent | Steamship | For James Westoll. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Ban Whatt Soon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Iron Acton | Steamship | For Messrs. King Bros. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Palma | Steamship | For Compagnia La Islena. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward & Symes | Cubitt Town | Dawn | Steamship | For Tobago Steamship Co. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co | Low Walker. | Poh Ann | Steamship | For Messrs. Guthrie & Co. |
| 29 March | France | | Brest, France | Terrible | Terrible-class ironclad | For French Navy. |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Brenda | Steamship | For F. Erskind. |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. | Willington-on-Tyne | Napier | Steamship | For James Tait. |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Oaks | Steam yacht | For Mr. Steel, or T. B. Seath. |
| 30 March | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Royal Norman | Tug | For Messrs. Sharp Bros. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Akaba | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Aristides | Steamship | For Messrs. Layborn & Legge. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Juliet | Steamship | For Red Cross Line. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Kelat | Full-rigged ship | For E. Bates & Sons. |
| 31 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Lido | Steamship | For Messrs. Raeburn & Verel. |
| March | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Glasgow | Georgie | Steamship | For private owner. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Governor | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobson & Charles | Grangemouth | Falcon | Steam yacht | For Messrs. John Inglis & Co. |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | Imerina | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Elbe | Ocean liner | For Norddeutscher Lloyd. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & J. Cooper | Pill | Eliza | Pilot cutter | For J. Barry. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Gorilla | Steamship | For John Burns. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Grangefell | Steamship | For Messrs. Hume, Smith & Co. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Merannio | Steamship | For Messrs. Gledhill & Deshart. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Perseverance | Steamship | For T. Freear, or Messrs. Freear & Dix. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Strabo | Steamship | For Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Innishowen | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. M'Crea & M'Farlane. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Cartsdyke | May | Cutter | For private owner. |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Horsa | Steamship | For Jydse Engelske Dampskibs Selskab. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Glasgow | Serena | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Catania | Steamship | For Messrs. R. M. Sloman & Co. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | North Sea | Steamship | For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Trevilley | Steamship | For Edward Hain and Son. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Amitié | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros | Birkenhead | Arica | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson | Meadowside | Armenia | Steamship | For South American Company of Steamers. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son. | Whitby | Baron Ardrossan | Steamship | For Hugh Hogarth. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Mr. Rodger | Carrickfergus | Mary Miller | Schooner | For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons. |
| 14 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Routenburn | East Indiaman | For Messrs. D. & R. Shankland. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas & William Smith | North Shields | Kingsley | Steamship | For Messrs. Edward Eccles & Co. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Laja | Steamship | For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | | Belfast | Minniehaha | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's & Co. | Jarrow | Sportsman | Steamship | For William J. Jobling. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Surrey | Steamship | For Atlantic Transport Co. (Limited). |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Winnebah | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co. |
| 21 April | United States | George Presley & Co. | Cleveland, Ohio | Marquette | Lake freighter | For Gilchrist Transportation Co. |
| 25 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) | Chepstow | Crawshaw Bailey | Steamship | For E. J. Harley. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co | Howdon | Blaenavon | Steamship | For Morrell Bros. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's | Hull | Galileo | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Oliveto | Steamship | For D. G. Pinkney & Sons. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Barnsley | Steamship | For H. Briggs, Sons & Co. |
| 27 April | Netherlands | Fijenoord | Schiedam | Nederland | Steamship | For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co | Hylton | Balaklava | Barque | For Davison, Bisset & Co. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay, Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Carmona | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Thompson and others. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Hermann | Steamship | For Steinmann & Ludwig. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Krete | Steamship | For Cavalero D. P. Gudi. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Masters | Pembroke Dock | Mary Agnew | Clipper | For private owner. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Arabic | Cargo liner | For White Star Line. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Aranmore | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Govan | Carnarvonshire | Steamship | For Messrs. Jenkin & Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Château Lafite | Steamship | For Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation à Vapeur. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Dryburgh Abbey | Steamship | For Messrs. Wood Bros. & Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Hebridean | Steamship | For Messrs. John M'Callum & Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Iolanthe | Steam yacht | For T. J. Waller. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Finch & Co. (Limited) | Chepstow | Moss Rose | Tug | For Messrs. D. Guy & Sons. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Ross-shire | Steamship | For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fife | Largs | Sleugh Hound | Yacht | For Marquess of Ailsa. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Vesta | Steamship | For Star Navigation Co. |
| 30 April | United Kingdom | Thomas Norris | Belfast | Unnamed | Steam yacht | For H. S. Beresford Bruce. |
| April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Catterthun | Steamship | For Eastern & Australian Steamship Co. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Khalif | Steamship | For private owner. |
| April | United Kingdom | Mr. Macadam | River Clyde | Verve | Steam yacht | For Robert Wyllie. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Millan | Dumbarton | Lydian Monarch | Steamship | For Royal Exchange Shipping Co. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliff & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Vixen | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Joseph Burton | Selby | Industry | Humber keel | For John Thomas. |
| 4 May | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | Taldora | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn & Co. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Modena | Steamship | For Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Gordon | Leith | Craigallion | Steamship | For Messrs. Walker, Donald & Co. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobson & Charles | Grangemouth | Strathdee | Steamship | For Messrs. James Hay & Son. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | George K. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. Dobeson & Wost. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Glasgow | Clan Macfarlane | East Indiaman | For Thomas Dunlop. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexandra Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Fidra | Steamship | For Francis F. Reid. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulby | Blyth | Muriel | Steamship | For Messrs. Sanders & Son. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | São Felix | Paddle steamer | For the Viscount Marinho. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | George R. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. Dobeson & Sons. |
| 13 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | John Smith | Schooner | For Charles Hendry. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Akaba | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Anjer Head | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thompson & Co. | Clydebank | Catalonia | Steamship | For Cunard Steamship Company Ltd. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | | Astoria, Oregon | Clara Parker | Sternwheeler | For Hiram Bliss Parker. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Columba | Merchantman | For Messrs. Sandbach, Tinne & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co | South Stockton-on-Tees | Combermere | Merchantman | For Messrs. C. W. Kellock & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Harvest | Steamship | For Messrs. English, Smurthwaite & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Glasgow | Kilmodan | Barque | For Messrs. Kerr, Newton & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Duncan & Anderson | Kingston on Spey | Leader | Schooner | For Mr. Anderson and others. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Macedonia | Steamship | For William Gray. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Rome | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Talabot | Steamship | For La Société Française des Steamers de l'Ouest. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Ethel Horatia | Steamship | For J. F. Marshall. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. P. Austin & Sons | Sunderland | Kent | Steamship | For Lambert Bros. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Lizard | Steamship | For John Burns. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | Acacia | Steamship | For T. Stockdale, or Coatsworth, Stockdale & Co. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Corsican | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Craigallion | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Darien | Steamship | For Messrs. Nelson, Donkin & Co. |
| 17 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Darlington | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Milburn & Co. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Mauritius Réunion | Steamship | For Compagnie Mauritius-Réunion. |
| 18 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgso & Soulby | Blyth | Pelham | Steamship | For Grimsby & London Trading Company (Limited). |
| 19 May | United Kingdom | William Sinnott | Kingstown | Murel | Yacht | For private owner. |
| 19 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Skjold | Steamship | For L. H. Carl. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Christine | Steam yacht | For Thomas Steven. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Allemannia | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Cormorant | Steamship | For Bird Line. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Thomas Day | Goole | Emma Edgeworth | Humber Keel | For William Ford. |
| 27 May | United Kingdom | Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | Thomas Coats | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Beynon & Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Armathwaite | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Bessie | Steam yacht | For John Clark. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Finch & Co. | Chepstow | Cruiser | Tug | For W. P. Ching. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Jarrow | De Bay | Steamship | For Messrs. Capper, Alexander & Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Dorset | Steamship | For Great Western Steam Shipping Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Elizabeth Allen | Steamship | For John Allen & Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Ella | Steamship | For London and South Western Railway. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Abercorn Shipbuilding Co. | Paisley | Fieramosca | Steamship | For Coy. Antonia Cocurillo. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Florence | Steamship | For Messrs. George Pyman & Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Godolphin | Merchantman | For Godolphin Steamship Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middletonb | Lemuria | Steamship | For T. G. Greenwello and partners. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Peking | Steamship | For Messrs. Siemssen. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Puerto Riqueno | Steamship | For Messrs. White, Forman & Co. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Shelley | Steamship | For Messrs. Glover Bros. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | White Sea | Steamship | For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connel & Co. | Scotstoun | Abana | Steamship | For James M. Wood. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Locust | Steamship | For John Burns. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fyfe & Son | Fairlie | Moina | Cutter | For Mr. Stewart. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Largo Law | Merchantman | For David Law. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fire | Fairlie | Amasona | Yacht | For Mr Hedderwick. |
| May | United Kingdom | Charles Bracegirdle | Northwich | Hannah Beckett | Steam flat | For John Apsey, John Beckett, William Bennett and William Rowland. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulby | Blyth | Murdial | Steamship | For private owner. |
| May | China | | | Taiwo | Steamship | For Yangtze Steamer Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Ville de Rome | Steamship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Vizen | Steamship | For Messrs. Mello & Co. |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Cavour | Steamship | For Messrs. Lamport & Holt. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Robert Chambers Jr. | Dumbarton | Berwick Law | Barque | For David Law. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Ellangowan | Schooner | Presented to London Missionary Society. |
| 2 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Sproston Green | Paddle steamer | For Sproston Dock & Foundry Co. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gibson | Fleetwood | Success | Ferry | For private owner. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Pallas | Steamship | For Messrs. Jex & Co. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Fenella | Steamship | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Galatz | Steamship | For Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet. |
| 11 June | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Linthouse | Pieter de Coninck | Ocean liner | For Theodore C. Engels & Co. |
| 13 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Abeille IX | Tug | For MM A. Wolter & Co. |
| 13 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | M. Menatchy | Steamship | For Messrs. Katz Bros. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Sunderland | Château Leoville | Steamship | For Compagnie Bordelaise de Navigation à Vapeur. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Barrow Shipbuilding Company | Barrow-in-Furness | City of Rome | Steamship | For Inman Line. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Thompson & Sons. | Southwick | Cubano | Steamship | For Sr. M. M. de Arrotegui. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Merksworth | Gelert | Steam yacht | For Albert Wood. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co. | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Largo Bay | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co | Stockton-on-Tees | Miranda | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Akassa | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Co. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Denny Bros. | Dumbarton | Clyde | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Willington Quay | Muriel | Steamship | For William Buchan Ritchie. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Polyphemus | torpedo ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Newport Dry Dock Company | Newport | Edith | Ketch | For Mr. Williams. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Unnamed | Dredger | For Otago Harbour Commissioners. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding Company | Hull | Toledo | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | W. H. Shilston | Coxside | Belle of Devon | Schooner | For W. H. Shilston. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | D. Baxter & Co., or Messrs. Pile & Co. | Sunderland | Equity | Steamship | For W. H. Jenkins & Co. |
| 25 June | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Queensferry | Steamship | For Beta Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 June | Italy | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia | Castellammare di Stabia | Flavio Gioia | Corvette | For Regia Marina. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Broomhaugh | Steamship | For Messrs. Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Uppingham | Steamship | For Messrs. Gallant, Pembroke & Co. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | | Jarrow | Brocadalie | Steamship | For Messrs. Temperley & Co. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | | Howdon | Ross | Merchantman | For Messrs. John Cory & Son. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Russell & Co. | Cartsdyke | Rotomahana | Barque | For James R. DeWolf. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Savona | Steamship | For Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Thistle | Steam yacht | For Duke of Hamilton. |
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Tower Hill | Steamship | For W. H. Nott & W. Beckett Hill. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Austerlitz | Steamship | For Messrs. Allan C. Gow & Co. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Boyne | Steamship | For Mercantile Steam Shipping Co. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson | Meadowside | Galatia | Steamship | For Barrow Steamship Co. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Liimfjorden | Steamship | For United Steamship Co. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Abbotsford | Steamship | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Fyfe & Son | Fairlie | Euralie | Schooner | For George Elder. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Glenmavis | Steamship | For Messrs. Lindsay, Gracie & Co. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Mireille | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Perseverance | Steamship | For Crown Agent for the Colonies. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Poseidon | East Indiaman | For Colin S. Caird. |
| June | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Co. | Runcorn | Reginald | Coaster | For Brundrit & Co. |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. Allan | Granton-on-Spey | Rosa Bella | Steam yacht | For Messrs. William Gunn & Co. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Linnet | Steam yacht | For G. M'Kay. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mathew & Carnegie | Peterhead | Aldona Castle | Ketch | For John Hewison. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Concordia | Steamship | For Messrs. Donaldson Bros. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Manna | Steamship | For Henry Martini. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Andora | Merchantman | For Messrs. E. F. & W. Roberts. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Hespor | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | S. F. Dowsing | Lowestoft | Princess | Fishing boat | For private owner. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | Spartan | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Ville de Naples | Steamship | For Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Lesseps | Steamship | For Herr. Jacob Christensen. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Llangollen | Steamship | For Charles E. Stallybrass. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Thalatta | Merchantman | For Messrs. M'Diarmid & Greenshields. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Ænas M'Kenzie | Stornoway | Welcome Home | Schooner | For John M'Williams. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | Claymore | Steamship | For David M'Brayne. |
| 14 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | Tempo | Steamship | For Messrs. Fenwick & Reay. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Alaska | Passenger ship | For Guion Line. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Ashdene | Steamship | For Bulman & Dixon. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Palm Branch | Steamship | For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow in Furness | Navarre | Steamship | For Société Générale de Transport Maritimes à Vapeur. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited) | Hull | Portugal | Steamship | For Empreza Nacional. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Workman, Clarki & Co. | Belfast | Ethelwolff | Steamship | For Messrs. Colville, Louden & Co. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Southwick | Thetford | Steamship | For Standard Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Diamond | Steamship | For P. M. Duncan. |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son | Linthouse | Iniziativa | Steamship | For Sr. Carlo Raggio. |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Lorna | Yacht | For S. H. Morley. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Bertie | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. G. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Blencowe | Steamship | For Messrs. Fisher, Renwick & Co. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Leamouth | Gravina | Velasco-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Inchrona | Steamship | For Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Sharon | Steamship | For Messrs. Robinson & Rowland. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Glasgow | Saint George | Steamship | For Messrs. Murray Bros. & Co. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby | Southampton | Blagdon | Steamship | For Messrs. Robert Bell & Co. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Talley Abbey | Steamship | For Pyman, Watson & Co. |
| 28 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Waverley | Steamship | For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Handel | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Lancaster | Steamship | For Lancaster Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Glasgow | Operculum | Steamship | For Messrs. Luke Thomas & Co. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Pawnee | Steamship | For Mediterranean & New York Shipping Co. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Regina | Steamship | For Taylor & Sanderson. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Walker & Co. | Deptford Green | St. David | Steamship | For Count Raffo. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Alpin | Steamship | For Atlas Steamship Co. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Caravellas | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. Knowles & Foster. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz | Renfrew | Christianssund | Steamship | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Paisley | Dalriada | Steamship | For Hugh H. Smiley. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Drumburton | Merchantman | For Messrs. Gillison & Chadwick. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Lümfjorden | Steamship | For "Union Steamship Company". |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Marco Aurelio | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. William Guild & Co. |
| July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co | Renfrew | Passe Partout | Steam launch | For Arthur de Rothschild. |
| 3 August | Germany | | Kiel | Diogenes | Steamship | For unknown owner, rumoured to be a Peruvian warship. |
| 3 August | Germany | | Kiel | Socrates | Steamship | For unknown owner, rumoured to be a Peruvian warship. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Christiansund | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company | Campbeltown | Joh Burbery | Steamship | For Mr. Harley. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Edda | Steamship | For J. T. Salveson & Co. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Mid-Lothian | Paddle steamer | For North British Railway. |
| 9 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Cachapoal | Steamship | For Compania Sud Americana de Vapores. Collided with the barque Gladstone on being launched, sinking the barque. |
| 9 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. Allen & Co. | Granton | Viera Y Clarijo | Steamship | For Socieda de Pesquerias. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Carlton Tower | Steamship | For Tower Line. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Coptic | Cargo liner | For White Star Line. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Regent | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Scottish Wizard | Merchantman | For M'Ilwraith, M'Eachra & Co. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Macmillan | Dumbarton | Edam | Steamship | For Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Gwalia | Steamship | For Hurley, Matthews & Co. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | William Ashburner & Son | Barrow-in-Furness | James Postlethwaite | Schooner | For Thomas Ashburner & Co. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Kenmore | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Johnson & Co. |
| 11 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Lady Dalhousie | Steamship | For Messrs. Adam Hamiltonn & Co. |
| 11 August | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | Graville | St. Jean | Steamship | For Figueroa Le Roy & Co. |
| 12 August | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Pallion-on-Tyne | City of Liverpool | Cargo liner | For S.S. City of Liverpool Co. Ltd. |
| 12 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros | Birkenhead | Supply | Tanker and Fireboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Ardgour | Steamship | For Messrs. James Gardiner & Co. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | location | Cilurnum | Steamship | For Messrs. Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | William Pickard | Appledore | C. T. B. | Schooner | For William Pickard. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | North Shields | Isle of Arran | Steamship | For Messrs. Dixon, Robson & Co. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | Orchomene | Merchantman | For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons. |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Satellite | Satellite-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Dartmore | Steamship | For Messrs. William Johnson & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Cartsdyke | Java | Barque | For Messrs. Peter Denniston & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Unnamed | Steamship | For Steamship Herbert Company (Limited). |
| 18 August | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | La Ville de San-Nicolas | Steamship | For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis du Hâvre. |
| 20 August | Germany | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Marie | Carola-class corvette | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 20 August | United States | Detroit Dry Dock Company | Wyandotte, Michigan | Michigan | Steamship | For Detroit Dry Dock Company. |
| 22 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Morro | Tender | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Lamington | Steamship | For Messrs. Renton & Co. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Day, Summers & Co | Northam | Princess | Tug | For Bombay Harbour Commissioners. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Billow | Steamship | For Messrs. Middleton & Co. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Carthage | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Robert Duncan & Co | Port Glasgow | Lamington | Steamship | For Renton & Co. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Prins Alexander | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. |
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Bengore Head | Steamship | For Ulster Steamship Company Limited. |
| 25 August | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Lismore | Steamship | For Lismore Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Kingston | Ben Douran | Barque | For Ben Line. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth dockyard | Canada | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Mindanao | Steamship | For Mr. Watt. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Condor | Steamship | For Cork Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Sunderland | Harbinger | Steamship | For Harbinger Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hasland | Steamship | For Messrs. Groves & M'Lean. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Purdie | Barrow-in-Furness | Raleigh | Steamship | For Messrs. Holman & Sons. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Leamouth | Velasco | Velasco-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Willington Quay | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Bolivia | Barque | For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Cameo | Steamship | For Messrs. Tellefsen, Wills & Co. |
| August | Spain | La Carraca shipyard | Cádiz | Castilla | Aragon-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wm. Denny & Bros | Dumbarton | India | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| August | United States | | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Kellogg | Sternwheeler | For Kellogg Transportation Co. |
| August | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Liban | Coaster | For A. R. Dahdah. |
| August | Spain | | Ferrol | Navarra | Aragon-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | No. 164 | Steam yacht | For Messrs. Robinow & Marjoribanks. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & William B. Harvey | Littlehampton | Abeja | Schooner | For Messrs. Olano, Larrinaga & Co. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Brunette | Steamship | For Thomas Rodenacker. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mithell & Co. | Low Walker | Maha Vajirunhis | Steamship | For H. Katz. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Anerley | Steamship | For Watts, Ward & Co. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Conqueror | Conqueror-class battleship | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | City of Calcutta | Passenger ship | For City Line. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Gulf of Carpentaria | Steamship | For Greenock Steamship Company. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Heather Bell | Steam yacht | For H. Robertson Washley. |
| 8 September | France | | | Iphigénie | Cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Loch Moidart | Clipper | For General Shipping Company. |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby | Blyth | Baines Hawkins | Steamship | For Messrs. Fisher & Renwick. |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Merksworth | Banner | Steamship | For James R. Currie. |
| 9 September | United Kingdom | Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Victoria | Paddle steamer | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Closeburn | Barque | For Messrs. Macdonald, Hood & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Chrysolite | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Tully & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Lake Huron | Steamship | For Beaver Line. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Schlesinger, Davis and Co. | Wallsend | Mount's Bay | Steamship | For Mount's Bay Steamship Company. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Rocklands | Collier | For Hardy, Wilson & Co. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Westwood | Steamship | For Moran & Sanderson, or David Wilson. |
| 10 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Wyedale | Steamship | For Messrs. Pantland, Hick & Co. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Short Bros | Pallion | Westergate | Steamship | For Weatherley, Mead & Hussey. |
| 18 September | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | La Ville de Montévidéo | Steamship | For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis du Hâvre. |
| 20 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Solway | Steamship | For Messrs. William Sloan & Co. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Marima | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Ossian | Steamship | For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding Co. | Hull | St. Ronan | Steamship | For Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour & Co. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son | Linthouse | Benlarig | Steamship | For Messrs. William Thompson & Co. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Greenock | Lamprey | Steamship | For John Burns. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co | Belfast | Skelligs | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Company. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Greenock | Valdivia | Barque | For Messrs. Nicholson & M'Gill. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Candace | Steam yacht | For Mr. Lysaght. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Androsa | Merchantman | For Messrs. E. F. & W. Roberts. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | | Jarrow | Bretwalda | Steamship | For Messrs. Hall Bros. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Ebbw Vale | Steamship | For Messrs. Morrell Bros. & Co. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Empire | Steamship | For Messrs. William Thomas & Co. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Pallion | Olive Branch | Steamship | For Nautilus Steam Shipping Co. Ltd, or Messrs. F. & W. Ritson. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Reginald Hansen | Steamship | For Messrs. G. E. Wood & Sons. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Zenobia | Steamship | For Messrs Turner, Brightman & Co. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Wallsend | Unnamed | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 24 September | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company (Limited) | Newcastle upon Tyne | Unnamed | Steamship | For Messrs. Morel Bros. & Co. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Ada | Steamship | For Turner, Edwards & Co. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Napier, Shanks & Bell | Yoker | Antilles | Steamship | For Messrs. Scrutton, Sons & Co. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Union Co-operative Shipbuilding | Sunderland | Dorothy Watson | Schooner | For Walter Herron. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Glasgow | Thames | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 28 September | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Wandrahm | Steamship | For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | William Curtis | Ipswich | James Garfield | Thames barge | For William Curtis and W. Wheeler. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Cape Clear | Steamship | For Messrs. A. Lyle & Sons. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Rossall | Steamship | For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Braila | Steamship | For Compagnie Fraissenet. |
| September | Sweden | Motala | Norrköping | Kalmuck | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| September | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Saint Andrew | Steamship | For Channel Line. |
| September | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Wallasey | Ferry | For Wallasey Local Board. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Ossoro | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hughenden | Steamship | For T. Hudson. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Shannon | Passenger ship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Suez | Steamship | For MM. d'Orbigny & Faustin Fils. |
| 7 October | United Kingdom | Cadben William Thomas | Porth Amlwch | President Garfield | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Clydesdale | Steamship | For Dale Line. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Fooksang | Steamship | For Messrs. Mathieson & Co. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Hong Kong | Merchantman | For William Milburn & Co. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Willington Quay | Ixia | Steamship | For J. Robinson & Co. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Jessomene | Merchantman | For Messrs. Henry Fernie & Sons. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Professor | Steamship | For Messrs. F. & J. Harrison. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Virginian | Steamship | For Messrs. Frederick Leyland & Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Greenock | Nerbudda | Merchantman | For Messrs. Foley, Aikman & Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | York City | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Furness & Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Zuid Holland | Steamship | For Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd. |
| 11 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter | Wallsend | Schaldis | Steamship | For Société Anonyme Anversoise d'Armement et de Transports Maritimes. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. (Limited) | Hull | Angola | Steamship | For Empresa Nacional. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | John Ray | Steamship | For Messrs. M. A. Ray & Sons. |
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Ardangorm | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Laren, Crum & Co. |
| 13 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Tredegar | Steamship | For Messrs. Mosel Bros. & Co. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Harlaw | Steamship | For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Phuoc-kien | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | James Clark | Stonehaven | Serapis | Yawl | For James Mackie. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co | Renfrew | Chi Yuen | Steamship | For China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company. |
| 21 October | Sweden | Motala Verkstad | Lindholmen | Bordeaux | Steamship | For Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Peconic | Steamship | For Mediterranean & New York Steamship Company. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | City of Hamburg | Steamship | For Palgrave, Murphy & Co. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Cordelia | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | County of Pembroke | Barque | For William Thomas & Co. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Hermes | East Indiaman | For R. R. Paterson. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Illawarra | Merchantman | For Messrs. Devitt & Moore. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbell, MacIntosh & Bowstead | Scotswood | Tancarville | Steamship | For Cicero Brown. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Bearn | Steamship | For Société Générale de Transport Maritimes à Vapeur. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Chittagong | Steamship | For Messrs. Patrick Henderson & Co. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Dredger No. 5 | Dredger | For Dublin Port and Docks Board. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Glenfarg | Barque | For Messrs. W. O. Taylor & Co. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Gloucester City | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Edward Withy & Co. | West Hartlepool | Lindus | Steamship | For T. J. Parker. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland, County Durham | Akaroa | Barque | For Shaw, Savill & Co. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Britannia | Steamship | For MM. Cyprien, Fabre et Cie. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Cantonnais | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Cordelia | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Purdie | Barrow-in-Furness | Stefanie | Steamship | For Adria Steamship Co. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Ganges | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Sons | Blythy | Señora Cue | Steamship | For Hispano Francisco. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Stamboul | Steamship | For Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet. |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Saigon | Steamship | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Vigilant | Steamship | For Suez Canal Company. |
| October | Sweden | Motala | | Polyxene | Steamship | For Grefere Knuth. |
| October | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Wasdale | Steamship | For J. D. Newton. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | No. 213 | Steam launch | For Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Duncrag | Barque | For Messrs. Dunn & Co. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. Readhead & Co. | South Shields | Nant Francon | Steamship | For Messrs. R. & D. Jones. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Santa Cecilia | Steam yacht | For Lord Alfred Paget. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co | West Hartlepool | Carisbrooke | Steamship | For Messrs. Pearson & Foster. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co | West Hartlepool | Coningsby | Steamship | For Messrs. Gladstone & Cornforth. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Darjiling | Merchantman | For Messrs. E. Bates & Sons. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Grafton | Steamship | For Grafton Steam Shipping Co. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Highland Chief | Barque | For Messrs. Crane, Colvil & Co. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | F. Phillipps | Cardiff | The Mosquito | Pilot boat | For Thomas Richards. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Teutonia | Steamship | For Messrs Ward & Holsapfel. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. T. Eltringham & Co. | South Shields | Unnamed | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. J. Hepple & Co. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Denny Bros. | Dumbarton | Antonio Lopez | Steamship | For Lopez & Co. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin & Son | Sunderland | Elemore | Steamship | For Sharp & Co. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Paul Rodgers | Carrickfergus | Mary Armstead | Schooner | For Messrs. James Fisher & Sons. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz & Co. | Renfrew | Odin | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Popenjoy | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 November | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Principia | Steamship | For Messrs. Newton Bros. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Iolani | Steamship | For Messrs. Raeburn & Verci, or Messrs. Rayburn & Vereil. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Loch Torridon | Merchantman | For General Shipping Company. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Ludgate Hill | Steamship | For Twin Screw Line. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Upham Bros. | Brixham | Silver Lining | Barquentine | For private owner. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Risveglio | Steamship | For Sr. Carlo Raggio. |
| 10 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Sevilla | Steamship | For Messrs. Henry Lamont & Co. |
| 10 November | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Sophie | Carola-class corvette | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 11 November | Sweden | Motala | Lindholmen | Nanna | Steamship | For John Giertsen and others. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company | Campbeltown | Bothnia | Steamship | For Baltic Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Cartsdyke | Clynder | Barque | For private owner. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Jean Dupuis | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Wray & Sons | Burton Stather | Success | Smack | For R. Hellyer. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | Valeria | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott's | Dundee | Catherine | Fishing boat | For private owner. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Sury Wongse | Steamship | For Messrs. A. Markwald & Co. |
| 21 November | United Kingdom | T. & T. W. Smith | North Shields | Claremont | Steamship | For Messrs. Fisher, Renwick & Co. |
| 21 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Magician | Merchantman | For Messrs. Nevins, Welch & Co. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Co. | Pointhouse | Archimede | Steamship | For I. & V. Florio & Co. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co | Stockton-on-Tees | Athabasca | Steamship | For Messrs. William Tapscott & Co. |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Willington Quay | Nuphar | Steamship | For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. Ltd. | Middleton | Catanian | Steamship | For Messrs. Hugh Blaik & Co. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Deerhound | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Eleanor | Paddle steamer | For London and North Western Railway. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Jacob Christensen | Steamship | For Jacob Christensen, or Hans Konow & Co. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Iron and Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Leonora | Steamship | For Messrs. J. T. Nickels & Co, or Linea de Vapore Serra Bilbao. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Neptune | Dredger | For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Saxon | Steamship | For Messrs. Rowland & Robinson. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Bowling | Omniopolis | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Aries | Steam yacht | For Sir James Ramsden. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Dacca | Steamship | For British India Association Line. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Francis Grenier | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 26 November | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Deuteros | Steamship | For "Flensburg Steam Navigation Company of 1869". |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Walden Abbey | Merchantman | For Messrs. James Poole & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glashow | Carleton | Merchantman | For Messrs. John Kerr & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | | Leeds | Marshall | Coal boat | For Leeds Co-operative Society. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. Fullarton & Co. | Paisley | Sapphire | Steamship | For William Robertson. |
| 3 December | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Elsie | Merchantman | For Messrs. James Gray & partners. |
| 3 December | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Heroine | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | City of Antwerp | Steamship | For Palgrave, Murphy & Co. |
| 5 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Lavion | Steamship | For La Société Française des Steamers de l'Ouest. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan, Hunter & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Antverpia | Steamship | For Société Anonyme Anversoise D'Armement et de Transports Maritimes. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Dauntless | Paddle tug | For Waterford Steamship Company. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | Hartlepool | Everest | Steamship | For Messrs. Murrell & Yeoman. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | James Wishaw | Steamship | For Messrs. Tully & Co. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Howden | North Cambria | Steamship | For Messrs. Hugh Roberts & Son. |
| 6 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Remus | Steamship | For William Watt. |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | Atken and Mansell | Whiteinch | Athenian | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company. |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | Clutha | Barquentine | For Messrs. Munn. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. John & Daniel Dewdry Brothers | Brixham | Lynx | Fishing smack | For W. Furneaux. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Rennie | Greenwich | Progreso | Dredger | For Argentine Government. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. & H. Morton & Co. | Leith | Scotia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Siren | Merchantman | For Messrs. A. & J. H. Carmichael. |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Mouhout | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Garrawalt | Steamship | For Aberdeen and Glasgow Steam Company (Limited). |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Victoria Regina | Steamship | For John Coupland. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding Co | Hull | Zodiac | Steamship | For Grimsby and North Sea Steam Fishing Company (Limited). |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Rydal Fell | Steamship | For Messrs. Hume, Smith & Co. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Chiloe | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson & Sons | Southwick | Sultana | Steamship | For John Redfern. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Torch | Steamship | For Clyde Lighthouse Trustees. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | D. &. W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. | Meadowside | Belgravia | Ocean liner | For Anchor Line. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. McMillan & Son | Dumbarton | Bucarest | Steamship | For Compagnie Fraissinet. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | James Duncan | Kingston-on-Spey | Farmer's Boy | Fishing vessel | For William Murray. |
| 20 December | Sweden | Motala Verkstad | Lindholmen | Hoen | Steamship | For Det Forenede Dampskib Skelskab. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Hyacinth | Satellite-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Manapouri | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited). |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Orion | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | Aberdeen | Cargo liner | For Aberdeen Line. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Austral | Passenger ship | For Orient Steam Navigation Company. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Elk | Steamship | For Jackson Bros. & Cory. or Messrs. Corry, Lohden & Jackson. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Foscolino | Steamship | For Wear Steam Ship Co. Ltd. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Gulf of Saint Vincent | Steamship | For Greenock Steamship Company. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Minard Castle | Steamship | For Castle Line. |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Newcastle upon Tyne | Roxburgh | Steamship | For Caledonian Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 21 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Sorrento | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Messrs. Robert M. Sloman & Co. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Short Bros. | Pallion | Ahdeck | Steamship | For Messrs. Walker & Butchart. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. H. Green & Co. | Blackwall | Bergamo | Steamship | For Messrs. Tonomé. |
| 22 December | United States | Dennison J. Lawlor | North Weymouth, Massachusetts | D. J. Lawlor | Schooner | For William V. Abbott, Abel F. Hayden and James H. Reid. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Elginshire | Steamship | For Messrs. Turnbull, Martin & Co. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | Hansa | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | Merton Hall | Steamship | For Caledonian Steamship Company Limited. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | | River Clyde | Moor | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Quiraing | Steamship | For Australasian Steam Navigation Company. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Sutlej | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Campbell, Mackintosh & Bowstead | Scotswood | Borneo | Steamship | For Messrs. E. Boustead & Co. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Huntingtower | Steamship | For Messrs. Stumore, Weston & Co. |
| 23 December | United Kingdom | | Clydebank | Moor | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | | Dumbarton | B. Kemeny | Steamship | For Adria Steamship Company. |
| 24 December | France | Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes | La Ciotat | Melbourne | Steamship | For Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes. |
| 26 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Douglas | Steamship | For Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co. |
| 27 December | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Ashford | Steamship | For Thompson, Wrightson & Co. |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Afrikaan | Steamship | For Nieuwe Afrikaan Maatschappij. |
| 28 December | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Dingyuan | Dingyuan-class ironclad | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | General Roberts | Steamship | For Messrs. Barnes, Guthrie & Co. |
| 28 December | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Howden | Goldcliffe | Steamship | For Messrs. D. H. Morgan & Co. |
| 31 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Cumbria | Steam yacht | For Earl of Lonsdale. |
| 31 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Inchboroa | Steamship | For Messrs. Harrison, Fraser & Co. |
| 31 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros | Dumbarton | Mahinapua | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. |
| December | Belgium / | John Cockerill | Seraing / Stanley Pool | En Avant | Paddle steamer | For Association International del Congo. |
| December | Germany | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Ting-Yuen | Ironclad | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. P. Austin | Sunderland | Accretive | Steamship | For T. Stockdale. |
| Unknown date | United States | | East Boston, Massachusetts | Adelita | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Ahdeek | Merchantman | For Walker & Butchart. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Boothbay, Maine | Alaska | Fishing trawler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. MacIlwain & Lewis | Belfast | Albert | Paddle steamer | For Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | The Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | Andalusia | Steamship | For H. Scholefield & Son. |
| Unknown date | Washington Territory | Hall Brothers | Port Blakeley, Bainbridge Island, Washington | Annie Larsen | Schooner | For James Tuft. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Rand & Burger | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | Arctic | Tug | For Goodrich Transportation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Beneficent | Merchantman | For James Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Bonnie Doon | Steamship | For Liverpool, Llandudno, and Welsh Coast Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Chicago, Illinois | Boscabel | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | Lindholmen | Brahma | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Bushire | Steamship | For Persian Gulf Steam Navigation Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Byzantia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Cameta | Paddle steamer | For Amazon Steam Navigation Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Capri | Merchantman | For R. M. Sloman & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | William Cramp & Sons | location | Caracas | Steamship | For Red D Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Carrie Harvey | Schooner | For Thomas B. Harvey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Chancellor | Steamship | For Messrs. Edward Harris & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Charrington | Steamship | For J. H. Culliford & Mr. Clark. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Clan Monroe | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Clytha | Steamship | For Messrs. Stephens, Mawson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Congella | Merchantman | For Bullard, King & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Congo | Merchantman | For G. H. Wills & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Corean | Steamship | For J. & A. Allan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill & Sons | Sunderland | Corrwg | Merchantman | For W. Perch. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Creole | Merchantman | For J. Dent & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Critic | Merchantman | For J. Dent & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Crystal | Steamship | For J. Dent & Co. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Diogenes | Lima-class cruiser | For Peruvian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Ecuador | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | El Rayo | Torpedo boat | For William Doxford & Sons Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United States | De Lamater Iron Works | New York | Fenian Ram | Submarine | For Fenian Brotherhood. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co, | Sunderland | Finchley | Merchantman | For Watt, Ward & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Portland, Oregon | Fleetwood | Steamboat | For U. B. Scott and associates. |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Burmeister & Wain | Copenhagen | Geiser | Steamship | For Thingvalla Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Glenelder | Steamship | For John Fleming. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Gloucester | Fishing smack | For W. Butt. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Godalming | Steamship | For C. E. Lamplough. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Gordonia | Merchantman | For Gordon & Stamp. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Grezia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Gosport | Gudrun | Yawl | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Heibetnuma | Cruiser | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | Malster & Reaney | Baltimore, Maryland | Holly | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Service. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham Richardson & Co. | Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne | Hong Kong | Steamship | For William Milburn & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. H. Morton & Co. | Leith | Iberia | Steamship | For Messrs. Cyprien, Fabre et Cie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son | Low Walker | Iota | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Ivanhoe | Steamship | For Messrs. George Hood & Co. |
| Unknown date | Norway | Rødsverven | Sandefjord | Jason | Barque | For Christen Christensen. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Malster & Reaney | Baltimore, Maryland | Jessamine | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Service. |
| Unknown date | United States | Thomas Quale & Sons | Cleveland, Ohio | John B. Lyon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | D. Baxter & Co. | Sunderland | Kant | Steamship | For Lübeck Königsberger Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son | Low Walker | Kappa | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. & W. Smith. | North Shields | Kingsley | Steamship | For Messrs. Edward Eccles & Partners. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby | Blyth | Kirkheaton | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Loch Rannock | La Gitana | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Laju | Merchantman | For Wright Bros. & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Son | Low Walker | Lambda | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Laurel | Merchantman | For Hopper & Crosby. |
| Unknown date | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | La Ville de Rosario | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Germany | | | Lisette | Schooner | For Johan Georg Oestman. |
| Unknowndate | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Lizzie | Steam yacht | For John G. Mackie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons Ltd. | Pallion | Magician | Corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | Charles Bureau | Portland, Oregon | Manzanillo | Sternwheeler | For People's Freighting Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Maud Hartmann | Steamship | For Messrs. Ward & Holzapfel. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Molly Bawn | Steam yacht | For J. Paley. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hodgson & Soulsby | Blyth | Montserrat | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros | Sunderland | Mytilene | Steamship | For Lumsdon, Byers & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Carnegie & Mathew | Peterhead | 'Nantland Castle | Ketch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | La Ciotat | Natal | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Pallas | Steamship | For Clark George Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Panama | Merchantman | For D'Orbigny & Faustin Fils. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Paul | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | River Thames | Phosphor Bronze | Steam launch | For Phosphor Bronze Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Phuoc Kien | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | Jarvis & Burridge | Winnipeg | Princess | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. H. Green | Blackwall | Puerto Huergo | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Raisby | Merchantman | For J. S. Barwick. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. (Limited) | Jarrow | Ravenshaugh | Steamship | For Messrs. Bowser & Ormston. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Rhodora | Merchantman | For F. Edwards. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson & Sons | Sunderland | Rosella | Merchantman | For John H. Barry. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Stockton, California | Seizer | Sternwheeler | For United States Army Corps of Engineers. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Serpho | Merchantman | For W. & T. W. Pinkney. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Silverdale | Merchantman | For Milburn Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | Skerne | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Stormcock | Tug | For Messrs. Holland, Doust & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Sunrise | Steamship | For Messrs. Cammell, Woolf, and Haigh. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Tannadice | Merchantman | For Eastern & Australian Steamship Co Ltd. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Motala | Norrköping | Terge Viken | Steamship | For Consul Peterson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Thetis | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Flensburg Iron Shipbuilding Company | Flensburg | Thyra | Steamship | For Bruhn & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John H. Dialogue | Camden, New Jersey | Underwriter | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Vercingetorix | Merchantman | For Delmas Frères. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Victoria | Coaster | For W. Allsup & Sons. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mr. Forrestt | London | Ville de Brugie | Steamship | For A. Rickard. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James LAing | Sunderland | Ville de Lisbonne | Merchantman | For Eugene Grosos. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Bergsunds Mekaniska Verkstad | Södermalm | Waxholm | Steamship | For Waxholmsbolaget. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Westport | Steamship | For Mr. Williams. |
| Unknown date | United States | Dry Dock Complex | Detroit, Michigan | Wisconsin | Steamship | For Goodrich Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thorneycroft | Chiswick | No. 70 | Torpedo boat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Two unnamed vessels | Dredgers | For private owners. |