# List of ship launches in 1842

The list of ship launches in 1842 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1842.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 3 January | United Kingdom | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Brahmin | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 11 January | United Kingdom | J. W. Wilkinson | Newcastle upon Tyne | Nairns | Brig | For Messrs. Henry & Philip Nairn. |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Thunderbolt | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Bentinck | Steamship | For P&O. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | | Neath Abbey | Prince of Wales | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aeramann, Morgan, and Co. | Bristol | Avon | Steamship | For West India Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Glentanar | Clipper | For Yule & Co. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Duthie | Aberdeen | Newcastle | Schooner | For Mr. Leslie. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | Seaton | Barque | For private owners. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Queen of the Isles | Barque | For private owners. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Topaz | Schooner | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | | Bowling | Bowling | Barque | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | Johnson | Bideford | Prince of Wales | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | E. Dixon | Sunderland | Yar | Merchantman | For Squires & Co. |
| 10 February | Isle of Man | J.Winram. | Douglas | King Orry | Paddle steamer | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
| 26 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith's | Newcastle upon Tyne | Ellenborough | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 26 February | India | | Bombay | Semiramis | Frigate | For British East India Company. |
| 26 February | United Kingdom | Joseph Steel | Liverpool | Viscount Sandon | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Bee | Paddle steamer | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 March | Straits Settlements | Goldie | Singapore | Zoe | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Spiteful | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 March | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Philomel | Alert-class brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 March | United Kingdom | Aeramann, Morgan & Co. | Bedminster | Severn | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Albatross | Acorn-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Cormorant | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| March | United Kingdom | T. Stothard | Sunderland | Glide | Snow | For John Meldrum & Sherinton Foster. |
| March | United Kingdom | John Ray & John Riseborough | Sunderland | William Packet | Snow | For Barber & Co. |
| 9 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. George Lunnell & Company | Hotwells | Rose | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Co. | Ipswich | Laura Ann | Schooner | For Isiah Richmond. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Johnathan Laird | Birkenhead | Guadeloupe | Paddle frigate | For Mexican Navy. |
| 12 April | United States | Samuel Hall | East Boston, Massachusetts | Zephyr | Schooner | For Russell & Company. |
| 16 April | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Somers | Brig | For United States Navy. |
| 16 April | United States | | Gosport Navy Yard | Truxtun | Brig | For United States Navy. |
| 25 April | United Kingdom | William Jones | Aihfawr | Eliza Brindley | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 26 April | United States | | Boston Navy Yard | Bainbridge | Brig | For United States Navy. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. & D. Cherry | Hull | Betsey | Schooner | For Messrs. Robert Kiddey & Co. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Robert Evans | Gadlys | Gwen Evans | Barque | For private owner. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wilson & Co. | Liverpool | Hindostan | Steamship | For P&O. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Richard A. Pritchard | Glan-y-don | John Thomas | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Hickson | Cork | Oriental Queen | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 5 May | United States | | New York Navy Yard | Savannah | Frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | John Gibson | Hull | John Gibson | Brig | For private owner. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | William Bonker | Salcombe | Lady Buller | Schooner | For Beer & Co. |
| 14 May | United Kingdom | Gowan | Berwick upon Tweed | Berwick Castle | Barque | For private owner. |
| 24 May | United States | | Boston Navy Yard | Cumberland | Raritan-class frigate | For United States Navy. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Solombalskaya Shipyard | Archangelsk | Ingermanland | Iezekiil‘-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 25 May | France | Hippolyte Louis Edouard Prétot | Brest | Le Mercure | Brig | For French Navy. |
| May | United Kingdom | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | Ann | Brigantine | For J. H. Robson. |
| 8 June | United Kingdom | | | Taleisin | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 23 June | France | | Brest | Le Génie | Génie-class brig | For French Navy. |
| June | United Kingdom | T. Young | South Shields | Protemelia | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 7 July | France | | Toulon | Labrador | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Green, Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Prince of Wales | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 11 July | United Kingdom | Speakman | Marsh End | Jane and Esther | Brig | For Messrs. William and John Humber. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Green, Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Queen | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | Coppin | Londonderry | Great Northern | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 23 July | France | | Brest | L'Estafette | Iris-class schooner | For French Navy. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Goliath | Vanguard-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Virago | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 July | United States | | Portsmouth Navy Yard | Saratoga | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| 26 July | Russia | I. D. Vorobyov | Nicholaieff | Varna | Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| July | Colony of Nova Scotia | | Londonderry | Bulwark | Brigantine | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | H. & G. Barrick | Whitby | China | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | Acramans, Morgan & Co. | Bristol | Ruby | Paddle steamer / target ship | For Admiralty. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | | Cherbourg | Ulloa | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Frolic | Frolic-class brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | | Sligo | Lady Anne Wynne | Brig | For William Kernaghan. |
| August | United Kingdom | J. Storey | Sunderland | Cambridge | Merchantman | For J. Storey. |
| August | Colony of New Brunswick | | Saint John | Ceylon | Barque | For private owner. |
| 4 September | Colony of Prince Edward Island | | Prince Edward Islands | Diamond | Barque | For private owner. |
| 5 September | France | | Lorient | Cuvier | Steamship | For French Navy. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | | Plymouth Dockyard | Albion | Albion-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Firebrand | Cyclops-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Superb | Vanguard-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Hibernia | Steamship | For British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. |
| 22 September | Province of Canada | | | Cherokee | Paddle steamer | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Sons. | Belfast | John Cunningham | Brig | For private owner. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Coutts | Walker | Prince Albert | Steamship | For private owner. |
| September | United States | Grinnell & Minturn | New York | Ashburton | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humprey's | Wilcolmlee | Lady Sale | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | Watson | Pallion | Castle Eden | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Greenwell & Packer. |
| 6 October | United Kingdom | William Coulson | Hull | Dahlia | Sloop | For private owner. |
| 19 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. Brown & Co. | Kirkcaldy | Problem | Sailboat | For Mr. Dempster. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Cumberland | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Broomielaw | Martello | Paddle steamer | For Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | Hocking | Stonehouse | Hannah Codner | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 31 October | France | | Brest | La Gazelle | Iris-class schooner | For French Navy. |
| October | United Kingdom | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | Jane | Snow | For Potts & Co. |
| October | Colony of Prince Edward Island | | Prince Edward Island | Maria | Brig | For private owner. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wright, Plummer & Co. | Hull | Grace Darling | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 4 November | United Kingdom | Robert Innes | Leith | Alice | Barque | For R. F. Davidson. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wake, Sissons & Sons | Goole | Joseph Alexander | Sloop | For William Briggs. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | | Ramsgate | Felice | Man-of-war | For Royal Sicilian Navy. |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | | Galway | Father Mathew | Schooner | For private owner. |
| November | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Enoch Turley | Pilot boat | For Gus Clampitt, George Conwell, William Edwards, James R. Kelley, John H. Kelley, John S. Kelly, Harry Long, John Maull, James A. Orton, Harry M. Parker, George W. Pride, Morgan B. Saunders, Charles D. Schellenger, Luster D. Schellenger, Peter R. Schellenger, George Wallace, Lew Wallace, Samuel West, and John West. |
| 3 December | United Kingdom | Laird | North Birkenhead | Guide | Brig | For British East India Company. |
| 3 December | United Kingdom | Laird | North Birkenhead | The Prince | Lightship | For Liverpool Dock Trust. |
| 6 December | France | Chantiers Augustin Normand | Havre de Grâce | Napoléon | Steamship | For Frédéric Sauvage. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Acramans, Morgan & Co. | Bristol | Arciduca Federico | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd. |
| December | Colony of New Brunswick | Messrs. W. & J. Lawton | Saint John | Pandora | Barque | For private owner. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gordons & Co | Deptford | Atalante | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | | River Clyde | James Campbell | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Adele | Merchantman | For Petchell & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Butson | Polruan | Alert | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Alexandrina | Merchantman | For Blair & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | Ann | Schooner | For Ogle & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Teasdale | Sunderland | Ann and Mary | Schooner | For B. Green. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Anna Robertson | Barque | For Mr. Robertson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Arrietta | Merchantman | For Laing & Co. |
| Unknown date | "Canada" | | | Briton | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ditchburn & Mare | Blackwall, London | Brunswick | Paddle steamer | For London and Blackwall Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Callao | Brig | For Thomas & John Brocklebank. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Lightfoot | Sunderland | Cassandra | Merchantman | For T. Potter. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Colaba | Lightship | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | Commodore | Merchantman | For Hay & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hull & Sikes | Sunderland | Croxdale | Merchantman | For H. Dixon. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Diadem | Merchantman | For T. Brown. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Dublin | Barque | For Deaker & Edmonds. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Elizabeth | Barque | For Lawson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Elizabeth Thompson | Barque | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Haswell | Sunderland | Excavator | Schooner | For W. Cowan. |
| Unknown date | France | | Cherbourg | Favori | Cutter | For French Navy |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Tindall | Scarborough | Fortitude | Barque | For Mr. Tindall. |
| Unknown date | United States | William Easby | Washington, Virginia | Forward | Cutter | For United States Revenue Marine. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. & H. Browne | Passage West | Girl I Love | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley | Ipswich | Goddess | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. S. Dixon | Sunderland | Grace | Schooner | For T. Dixon. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | | Rotterdam | Haal | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | | Vlissingen | Heldin | Sixth rate | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Hewson | Snow | For Mr. Hewson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | Hugh Lupus | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Isabella | Merchantman | For Palmer & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | Brown & Bell | New York | Jacob Bell | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | Judith Allan | Full-rigged ship | For John Allan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hylton | Kirtons | Brig | For C. S. Kirton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bridge Foundry Company | Warrington | Libya | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Netherlands | | Vlissingen | Lynx | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Dan Jones and Levi Moffitt | Mississippi River | Maid of Iowa | Sternwheeler | For Dan Jones and Levi Moffitt. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Mary | Schooner | For Mr. Buchanan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | Marys and Anns | Snow | For Gibson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Medusa | Paddle steamer | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Green, Wigram's & Green | Blackwall | Montezuma | Paddle frigate | For Mexican Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Nemesis | Paddle steamer | For Indian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Gales | Sunderland | New Zealand | Barque | For P. Laing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Norval | Merchantman | For Mr. Greenwell. |
| Unknown date | Denmark | Andreas Schifter | Orlogsværftet | Ørnen | Brig | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bishop & Simonson | New York | Orus | Paddle steamer | For James P. Allaire. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Pansy | Merchantman | For J. Allcock. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Paragon | Snow | For Mr. Hodgson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | Philip | Schooner | For Brundrit & Whiteway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thompson & Pearson | Sunderland | Prince of Wales | Merchantman | For White & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Cemaes | Prince of Wales | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Mackey | Sunderland | Prince Oscar | Snow | For Mr. Lawsons. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Princess | Brigantine | For W. Briggs. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Ditchburn & Mare | Blackwall | Railway | Paddle steamer | For London and Blackwall Railway. |
| Unknown date | India | | Cochin | Rajasthan | full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hylton | Rambler | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. & H. Green | Blackwall Yard | Renown | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Seaham | Revenge | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Robinson | Sunderland | Robinson | Brig | For Mr. Robinson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Hutchinson | Sunderland | Sabina | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Rountree | Sunderland | Saint Helena | Snow | For Mr. Rountree. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Sir James Rivett Carnac | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Stag | Merchantman | For R. Green. |
| Unknown date | Oregon Country | Felix Hathaway | Willamette River | Star of Oregon | Schooner | For Felix Hathaway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Sylph | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Francis Oliver | Sunderland | Templar | Full-rigged ship | For Ingleby & Co. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Tir-i Sevket | Second rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Underley | Barque | For Laing & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Norfolk Navy Yard | Union | Steamship | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Cuthbert Potts & brothers | Sunderland | Utility | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Vanderbilt | Schooner | For United States Coast Survey. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Venus | schooner | For Mr. Page. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. Barkes | Sunderland | Verbena | Snow | For Mr. Anderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Benjamin Brown | Sunderland | Victory | Barque | For Brown & Co. |
| Unknown date | Portugal | | | Vouga | Schooner | For Portuguese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Benjamin Hodgson | Sunderland | Watson | Schooner | For private owner. |