# List of ship launches in 1878

The list of ship launches in 1878 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1878.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 3 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Hartlepool | Marchioness of Londonderry | Steamship | For Marquess of Londonderry. |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | J. T. Crampton | Landport | Dahlia | Barquentine | For J. T. Crampton. |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald | Woolston | Genoese | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 5 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Elliot & Jeffrey | Cardiff | Thomas Collingdon | Tug | For private owner. |
| 15 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Preanger No. 2 | Steam hopper barge | For Dutch Government. |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | Joseph Burton | Selby | Selby | Smack | For Robert Hellyer. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Lammerlaw | Barque | For Messrs. Wood Bros. & Co. |
| 17 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Lammerlaw | Barque | For Messrs. D. H. Wätjen & Co. |
| 18 January | United Kingdom | Meossrs. William Swan & Son | Kelvindock | Esparto | Lighter | For Burrell & Haig. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Anatolia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Camelot | Steamship | For John C. Aitken. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Constantine | Steamship | For Kjobenhaven-Newcastle Company. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Loch Sunart | Full-rigged ship | For General Shipping Co. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Charles Mitchell | Low Walker | Mariotis | Steamship | For Moss Steam Ship Co. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Col | Wallsend | Merlin | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 19 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Ryevale | Barque | For William Wylie. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Celo | Steamship | For H. Clarke. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | James E. Scott | Greenock | Ocean King | Steamship | For Messrs. William Ross & Co. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gough & Co. | Bridgwater | Princess of Thule | Schooner | For Mr. Mackenzie. |
| 21 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Grendon & Co. | Drogheda | The Mouse | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 22 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Cadzow Forest | Clipper | For Mr. Pollok, Mr. Robin and others. |
| 28 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Black & Robb | Montrose | Mable | Steamship | For D. Murison. |
| 31 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Cromarty | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Ardanach | Steamship | For M'Laren, Crum & Co. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Forrest | River Thames | Cecil | Steam launch | For War Department. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Kinross | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Dunfillan | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Januiary | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Henry Venn | Paddle steamer | For Church Missionary Society. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald | Woolston | Herat | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Lesmona | Barque | For Messrs. Wätjen & Co. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpop; | Powhattan | Steamship | For Mediterranean and New York Steamship Company Limited, or Messrs. Phelps Bros. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Wenchow | Coaster | For private owner. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Not named | Steamship | For Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Footdee | Denmore | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander Nicol & Co. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co | South Stockton-on-Tees | Jeranos | Steamship | For Messrs. Henry Briggs, Sons, & Co. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | John Webster | Peterhead | Maggie | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 2 February | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Slieve Roe | Sailing ship | For W. P. Sinclair & Co. |
| 4 February | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Princess of Wales | Paddle steamer | For Great Eastern Railway. |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Countess of Aberdeen | Steamship | For Aberdeen, Newcastle, and Hull Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Recovery | Salvage vessel | For Independence Marine Salvage and Steam Pump Company. |
| 7 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Footdee | Balmoral | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & A. Davidson. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Adina | Schooner | For Messrs. Gillies & Reid. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Illawarra | Paddle steamer | For Mr. Christie and others. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Bittern | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Compan. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co | South Stockton | Ella | Steamship | For Messrs. Head, Wrigtson & Co. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Paul Rodgers | Carrickfergus | Katie Swyny | Schooner | For Messrs. Thomas Fisher & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Butler | Stainforth | Perseverance | Sloop | For Mr. Chatterton. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Rydal Hall | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander & Radcliffe. |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Shamrock | Steamship | For John Crawford. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | Thomas Jones | Aberystwyth | Nerissa | Schooner | For David Jenkins. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hugh M'Intytre & Co | Merksworth | Telephone | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Gowan & Lane. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Eirene | Steamship | For Messrs. Donaldson Bros. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Marr Bros. | Hull | John Lyon | Fishing smack | For George Rowntree. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Windermere | Merchantman | For Messrs. Fisher & Sprott. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Argus | Merchantman | For Messrs. A. & J. H. Carmichael & Co. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen / Loch Eck | Fairy Queen | Steamship | For Glasgow and Inveraray Steamboat Company. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Brighton | Paddle steamer | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Brodick Bay | Barque | For Bay Line. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Whiteinch | Fiona | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. D. Clink and others. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinc | Gannet | Steamship | For Messrs. Slater, White & Co. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Guy Mannering | Barque | For James Hunter. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Katoomba | Steamship | For Australian Steam Navigation Company. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Merak | Dredger | For Dutch Government. |
| February | United States | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | Oregon | Steamship | For Oregon Steamship Company. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch, Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Saxon | Steamship | For J. J. M'Farlane. |
| February | United Kingdom | Mr. Brooming | Calstock | Selina Mary | Smack | For Charles Hamley. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephens & Sons | Linthouse | Titus | Steamship | For Charles Andersen. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Celerity | Steam fishing cutter | For Great Grimsby Ice Company. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Dispatch | Steam fishing cutter | For Great Grimsby Ice Company. |
| 2 March | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers | Dumbarton | Glasgow | Royal yacht | For Sultan of Zanzibar. |
| 4 March | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Pliny | Steamship | For Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Firth of Lorn | Barque | For Messrs. James Spencer & Co. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Fulica | Steamship | For Porteous & Senier. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Gaboon | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Co. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Kestrel | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 5 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Ulva | Steamship | For Messrs. James Currie & Co. |
| 6 March | United States | John Roach and Son | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Rio de Janeiro | Passenger ship | For United States & Brazil Mail Steamship Company. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stephen & Forbes | Peterhead | Maggie | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Empire | Passenger ship | For British Shipowners Company (Limited). |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Dumfries | full-rigged ship | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouose | Fanny | Steamship | For Messrs. Burnett & Sons. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hecla | Depot ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Victoria | Paddle steamer | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Otterburn | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Robert Shankland & Co. |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Retriever | Steamship | For West Coast of America Telegraph Company. |
| 12 March | United Kingdom | John Connick | Dundalk | Slieve Donard | Fishing vessel | For private owner. |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Naworth Castle | Steamship | For Messrs. Watson, Errington & Co. |
| 16 March | Netherlands | Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Matador | Monitor | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Breton | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | E. Ratsey | Cowes | Formosa | Cutter yacht | For Francis Sloane Stanley. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Oakdale | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Barrow Iron Ship Building Co. | Barrow-in-Furness | Circassia | Steamship | For Barrow Ocean Steamship Company. |
| 19 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Jones & Bros. | Aberystwyth | Rheidol | Schooner | For Thomas Williams and others. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Clan Grant | Barque | For Thomas Dunlop. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Cynisca | Barque | For Hugh M'Ewan. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Lyttleton | Merchantman | For Messrs. Patrick Henderson & Co. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Mallard | Yacht | For R. H. Baillie. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Wood and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Campbeltopwn | May | Schooner | For Messrs. D. Colville & Co., and Greenlees & Colville. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Glasgow | Norah Creina | Paddle steamer | For Drogheda Steam Packet Company. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Palala | Barque | For Messrs. Bullard, King & Co. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. McMillan & Son | Dumbarton | Reina Mercedes | Steamship | For Spanish Royal Mail Line. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Speke Hall | Steamship | For Hall Line. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co | Paisley | Villa Rica | Steamship | For Thomas Dewsbury. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Wanderer | Steamship | For J. Pinnock. |
| 21 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | Barcelona | Steamship | For William Thompson and others. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Menora | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | Hardcastle & Watson | Pallion | Ralph Creyke | Steamship | For Goole Steam Shipping Company. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Samuda Bros. | Cubitt Town | Bridegroom | Steam launch | For London Steamboat Company (Limited). |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited) | Hull | Folkestone | Steamship | For South Eastern Railway. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Gwalia | Merchantman | For Arvon Shipping Co. |
| 23 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Lucerne | Steamship | For private owner. |
| March | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Krawang | Steamship | For Dutch Government. |
| March | United Kingdom | | Aberystwyth | Rheidol | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Gabalva | Steamship | For J. H. Wilson. |
| 1 April | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited) | Kingston upon Hull | Sorrente | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co. |
| 2 April | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | Newcastle upon Tyne | Cyenus | Steamship | For Messrs. Kirby and Gillies. |
| 3 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Humbert | Steamship | For T. H. Davison. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | J. Elder & Co. | Glasgow | Comus | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Peter Lund | Tarleton | Harmony | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 4 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Irvine & Co. | Hartlepool | Warrington | Steamship | For Samuel Hough. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Glasgow | Merionethshire | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 6 April | United States | John Roach and Son | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Para | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Maria Amelia | Steamship | For Mr. M'Leod. |
| 6 April | Netherlands | | Amsterdam | Willem Barents | Schooner | For Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. |
| 9 April | United Kingdom | J. & G. Thomson | Clydebank | Columba | Paddle steamer | For David Hutcheson & Co. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Tegal | Steam Hopper barge | For Dutch Government. |
| 16 April | United Kingdom | George Brown | Hull | Only Sister | Fishing smack | For J. Sims. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | A. Hood | Aberdeen | Cimba | Full-rigged ship | For Alexander. Nicol & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph Burton | Selby | Cleopatra | Smack | For Robert Hellyer. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Lascelles | Steamship | For W. Johnston & Co. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Mercury | Iris-class cruiser | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Northcote | Steamship | For Messrs. John Holman & Co. |
| 17 April | France | | Havre de Grâce | Shamrock | Troopship | For French Navy. |
| 17 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Venice | Steamship | For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hugh M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Brodick Castle | Steamship | For Mr. Buchanan. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Curacoa | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | Cyclone | Steamship | For Messrs. Napier & Brown. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | | River Tyne | Henry Anning | Steamship | For J. H. Anning. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Houssa | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander Miller, Brother, & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Llandough | Steamship | For C. E. Stallybrass. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Sierra Colonna | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Thompson, Anderson & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Trongate | Barque | For Messrs. E. Lennox, Alexander & Co. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Partick | Vine | Steamship | For Glasgow and Londonderry Steam Packet Company. |
| 18 April | United Kingdom | Fyfe | Fairlie | Volga | Yacht | For private owner. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Albatross | Steamship | For North British Steam Packet Company. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Craig Ard | Merchantman | For William M. Dickie. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Deanfield | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. M'Naughtan & Co. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Elgina | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 20 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Loch Leven | Steamship | For Messrs. Ireland, Leith & Co. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Amethyst | Steamship | For Messrs. Telley & Co. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Readhead & Co. | South Shields | Emily | Steamship | For Robert Harrowing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Co. | Runcorn | Fanny | Mersey flat | For James Price. |
| April | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Co. | Runcorn | Marten | Sloop | For John Brundrit. |
| 2 May | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Meirion | Full-rigged ship | For J. Thomas & Co. |
| 9 May | Denmark | Orlogsværftet | Copenhagen | Helgoland | Ironclad | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Rosalyn | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Cory & Son. |
| 13 May | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Bayern | Sachsen-class ironclad | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 16 May | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Margaret | Steamship | For Carron Company. |
| 16 May | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | State of California | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 May | France | | Brest | Vengeur | Ironclad | For French Navy. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Faugh-a-Ballagh | Steam barge | For Dublin Harbour Board. |
| 22 May | United States | Albany Iron Works | New York / Paterson, New Jersey | Holland I | Submarine | For John Philip Holland. |
| 27 May | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Pekalongan | Steamship | For Dutch Government. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Dragon | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Persian | Merchantman | For Messrs. Orr, Wright & Co. |
| 31 May | United Kingdom | William Laird & Co. | Birkenhead | Mona | Steamship | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Byculla | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | James E. Scott | Cartsdyke | Devon | Steamship | For Messrs. Mark, Whitewell & Sons, or Great Western Steamship Line. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Dore | Tug | For Messrs. Winn & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Dreamland | Schooner | For Messrs. Gillies & Reid. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Partick | Dunblane | Barque | For Messrs. James Dunn & Sons. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Gelderland | Steamship | For Partenreederij Stoomboot Reederij "Rotterdamsche Lloyd". |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Hannah Landles | Barque | For David Law. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Jacinth | Steamship | For private owner. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Kaiser-i Hind | Steamship | For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Kilwa | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Kinloch | Steamship | For Campbeltown and Glasgow Steam Packet Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & M'Gill | Bowling | Loch Leven | Steamship | For Messrs. William Sim & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Lualaba | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Lyn | Paddle steamer | For Portishead Steamship Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Madeira | Merchantman | For Messrs. P. Dennistoun & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Mr. Fife | Fairlie | Nancy Lee | Cutter | For George Coats. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Orient | Steam yacht | For Peter M'Kinnon. |
| May | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Glasgow | Rambler | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Martini & Co. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Ras el Ech | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Edwin Barter | Brixham | Silver Sea | Schooner | For John Browning and others. |
| May | United Kingdom | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Telephone | Schooner | For J. Westcott. |
| May | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Vernon | Steamship | For H. Wrightson. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Wallaroo | Dredger | For "Australian Government". |
| 1 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Gustav Bitter | Steamship | For Messrs. Fisher, Berwick & Co. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | location | City of Khios | Steamship | For Messrs. George Smith & Sons. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | G. M. B. | Steamship | For Messrs. James Watson & Co. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Greta | Steam yacht | For Messrs. J. & R. S. Scott. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Iris | Steamship | For Edward Leetham. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Mountstuart | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Hunter, Sheriff & Co. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Waterloo | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. W. & A. Brown & Co. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Elsie Ker | Steamship | For Messrs G. R. Simkin & John Henderson. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Fez | Steamship | For Mersey Steamship Co. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hamilton | Garston | Hercules | Towboat | For F. J. Meyer. |
| 6 Junee | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Altyre | Steeamship | For Messrs. Adam & Co. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Bothnia | Barque | For Messrs. William Nicol & Co. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Narwhal | Tug | For Port-Glasgow Towing Co. |
| 8 June | United Kingdom | W. Bracegirdle & Co. | Leftwich | Herbert | Steam flat | For Mr. Worthington. |
| 10 June | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Goolwa | Steamship | For Government of South Australia. |
| 10 June | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Kadina | Steamship | For Government of South Australia. |
| 13 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Humayta | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 13 June | United Kingdom | Royal Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Pegasus | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Bayard | Steamship | For R. J. Kay. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Fastnet | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker-on-Tyne | Yoxford | Steamship | For Messrs. Hunting & Pattison. |
| 15 June | United Kingdom | Thomas Turnbull & Co | Whitby | Zoe | Steamship | For Messrs. Turner, Brightman & Co. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Circassia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Inventor | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas & James Harrison. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Shunlee | Steamship | For Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson & Co. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Havik | Despatch vessel | For Dutch Colonial Government. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | T. T. Parry | Bangor | Menai | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Paris | Steamship | For London, Chatham and Dover Railway. |
| 19 June | United States | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Columbus | Steamship | For Boston and Savannah Steamship Company. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Alice Platt | Barque | For John Lloyd Jr. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Mr. Florence | Peterhead | Promise | Ketch | For private owner. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | | Stornoway | Lewis Castle | Barque | For Alexander M'Kenzie. Formerly Gilsland, wrecked at Stornoway in November 1877 and rebuilt. |
| 29 June | United Kingdom | London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Reginald | Steamship | For Waterford Steamship Co. |
| 30 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | River Lagan | Barque | For R. Neill & Sons. |
| June | United Kingdom | George Duncan | Macduff | Ann | Smack | For James Watt. |
| Unknown date | Jersey | Philip Bellot | Gorey | Challenger | Ketch | For William Sims & Co. |
| June | United Kingdom | Mr. Keir | Musselburgh | Deasil | Fishing smack | For Lady John Scott, for presentation to the Fair Islanders. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | El Ferdane | Steam hopper barge | For Suez Canal Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Futah | Merchantman | For Messrs. Alexander Miller, Bros., & Co. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Glencairn | Merchantman | For Allan Line. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. & J. Scarr | Beverley | Minnie | Steamboat | For H. Munroe. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Moorcock | Steamship | For private owner. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Roon | Steamship | For Messrs. G. & J. Burns. |
| June | United States | J. J. Holland | The Dalles, Oregon | R. R. Thompson | Sternwheeler | For Oregon Steam Navigation Company. |
| June | United Kingdom | George Duncan | Macduff | Sovereign | Smack | For James Watt. |
| June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Zeemeeuw | Steamship | For Dutch Colonial Government. |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | J. Elder & Co | Glasgow | Champion | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Inch Murren | Full-rigged ship | For Clutha Shipping Co. |
| 2 July | United Kingdom | Paul Jones | Gourock | Virginia | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Loch Awe | Steamship | For Messrs. Ireland, Leitch & Co. |
| 6 July | United States | Quale & Son | Cleveland, Ohio | Conestoga | Steamship | For Anchor Line. |
| 6 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Footdee | Scottish Prince | Barque | For Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eachran & Co. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co | Hylton | Alexa | Barque | For G. Turnbull & Co. |
| 10 July | Italy | | La Spezia | Enrico Dandolo | Duilio-class ironclad | For Regia Marina. |
| 12 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Rainos | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Co. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Lesliee & Co | Hebburn | Castlewood | Steamship | For Messrs. Chapman & Miller. |
| 15 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Danish Monarch | Steamship | For Messrs. John Patten Jr., & Co. |
| 16 July | Japan | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka | Banjō | Gunboat | For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Benan | Steamship | For Joseph Holt. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Cornishman | Steamship | For Messrs. Short & Dunn. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Ottercaps | Collier | For Henry T. Morton and others. |
| 16 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Bar Flat | Lightship | For Corporation of King's Lynn. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Trocadero | Steamship | For Messrs. Dunsey & Robinson. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co | Port Glasgow | Rapido | Paddle steamer | For National Brazilian Navigation Steam Co. |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Adjutant | Steamship | For Messrs. Seater, White & Co. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Banjoemas | Steamship | For Dutch Government. |
| 30 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Derwentwater | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Strachan & Co. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Borinquen | Steamship | For Messrs. White, Forman & Co. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Cicero | Steamship | For W. H. Dixon. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stephen & Forbes | Aberdeen | Lady Cecelia | Schooner | For Messrs. Robert H. Mitchell & Co. |
| 31 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Monarch | Steamship | For Messrs. Hutchinson & M'Intyre. |
| July | United Kingdom | | West Cowes | Ant | Yacht | For private owner. |
| July | United Kingdom | | London | Cyprus | Thames barge | For private owner. |
| July | Russia | | Tjumen | Siberia | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Cleopatra | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | William Ashburner | Barrow-in-Furness | Isabella | Schooner | For Thomas Ashburner. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Purulia | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 1 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Victory | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Amsterdam | Steamship | For Messrs. James Rankine & Sons. |
| 3 August | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited) | Hull | Rialto | Ocean liner | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co | Middleton | Annandale | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Kingston | Ardantiene | Steamship | For Messrs. MacLaren, Crum & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Goethe | Barque | For Messrs D. H. Wätjen & Co. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Krishna | Steamship | For J. A. Shepherd. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Neptune | Steam hopper barge | For Newhaven Harbour Commissioners. |
| 15 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Umberto I | Steamship | For Messrs. Eoccho Piaggio & Son. |
| 17 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Solent | Steamship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 27 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Broomhill | Steamship | For R. Taylor. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | Dunkeld | Steamship | For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Dunscore | Full-rigged ship | For John Houston & Co. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | R. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Lancashire Witch | Steam yacht | For Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Palmer's Iron and Shipbuilding Co. | Jarrow-on-Tyne | L. E. Charlewood | Steamship | For Messrs. Lee & Finch. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Dotterel | Steamship | For Cork Steamship Co. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Royal Dockyard | Sheerness | Gannet | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Liburnian | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Lidgitt & Son. |
| 31 August | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | 'Patterdale | Steamship | For Milburn Bros. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Azalea | Steamship | For Glasgow and Londonderry Steam Packet Company. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Swan & Sons | Maryhill | Cartsburn | Steamship | For D. R. Gaff. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Swan & Sons | Maryhill | Cartsdyke | Steamship | For D. R. Gaff. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Dauno | Steamship | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Geneva | Steamship | For Messrs. James Currie & Co. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Melanesia | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. & W. Goffey. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Pretoria | Steamship | For Union Steamship Co. |
| August | Russia | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Razboinik | Kreiser-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Susu | Steamship | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson & Co. | Partick | Terranora | Paddle tug | For Colonial Sugar Refining Co. |
| August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Wistow Hall | Steamship | For Messrs. Alexander & Ratcliffe. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Mr. Curtis | Ipswich | Felixtowe Pier | Steam launch | For Mr. Hammond. |
| 12 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Middleton | Chamois | Steamship | For Messrs. Cory, Lohden & Jacksons. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gowan & Wilson | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Fay | Schooner | For Messrs. Gillies & Reed. |
| 14 September | United States | Nathaniel Porter Keen | North Weymouth, Massachusetts | Sylph | Schooner | For A. Nash & Co. |
| 14 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Duthie, Sons, & Co. | Aberdeen | Telephone | Steamship | For Messrs. James Aiken, Jr. & Co. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Spearman | Steamship | For W. J. Jobling. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Carysfort | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co | Dundee | Loch Earn | Steamship | For Messrs. Ireland, Leitch & Co. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton | Sunbeam | Steamship | For Messrs. Cammell, Woolf & Haigh. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | Dunmore | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & W. Jones | Portdinorwic | Felinheli | Schooner | For Messrs. Dean. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | G. W. Wolff | Sailing ship | For S. Lawther & Co. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Lord Nelson | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Tully & Co. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | MacBeth | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. A M'Millan & Son. |
| 28 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Rokeby | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Cory & Son. |
| 30 September | United States | Jacob Kamm | Oregon City, Oregon | Lurline | Sternwheeler | For Vancouver Transportation Co. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Maid of the Moy | Steamship | For Ballina Harbour Commissioners. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Anglian | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & J. Macfarlane. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Macintyre & Co | Paisley | Ballydoon | Steamship | For Messrs. William Reid & Co. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Bengloe | Steamship | For Messrs. William Thompson & Co. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Clan Alpine | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Fiery Cross | East Indiaman | For Messrs. J. D. Clink & others. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Neera | Steamship | For J. A. Shepherd. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simon & Co. | Renfrew | Samarang | Steamship | For Dutch Government. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Selkirkshire | Barque | For Messrs. Thomas Law & Co. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Sheay la Yung | Tug | For Messrs. Joseph Heep & Sons. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | George Brown | Wilmington | Tyrant | Fishing smack | For James William Fellowes. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Graphic | Steamship | For T. R. Dunlop. |
| 3 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Footdee | Ben Ledi | Paddle tug | For James Gibb. |
| 3 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Rockabill | Steamship | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Moldart | Steamship | For Messrs. James Gardiner & Co. |
| 10 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Union | Tug | For Union Steamship Co. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Manuela | Steamship | For Messrs. G. H. Fletcher & Co. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & J. Cooper | Pill | Mary | Pilot cutter | For J. Brown. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Westland | Merchantman | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Chilka | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Selkirk | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. |
| 15 October | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Tegetthoff | Ironclad | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Eilean-dubh | Steamship | For D. MacPherson. |
| 23 October | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Nor | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Horace | Steamship | For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. | Willington Quay | Regulus | Steamship | For Messrs. Stephens, Mawson & Co. |
| 25 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Wilfred | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Turnbull & Son. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Congress | Steamship | For Henry Pease. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Limited | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Glenburgie | Steamship | For Messrs. Lindsay, Gracie & Co. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Marathon | Steamship | For Messrs. David Scott & Son. |
| 26 October | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Regulus | Steamship | For Stephens & Mawson. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Conquest | Comus-class corvette | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Rathmore | Steamship | For William Johnston & Co., or The Saint Andrew's Steamship Co Ltd. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Footdee | Birkhall | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & A. Davidson & Co. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hurn, M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Abercarron | Steamship | For George G. Mackay. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company | Campbeltown | Devaar | Steamship | For Messrs. Dale, Lowden & Co. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullerton & Co. | Paisley | Gem | Steamship | For Messrs. Lees, Anderson & Co, or Messrs. Mitchell & Rae. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Abercorn | Steamship | For private owner. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Ardmillan | Merchantman | For Allan Line. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Glenelg | Steamship | For private owner. |
| October | United Kingdom | Abercorn Shipbuilding Co. | Paisley | Kelburne | Coaster | For George Clark. |
| October | Russia | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Nayezdnik | Kreiser-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullerton & Co. | Paisley | Pomona | Steamship | For private owner. |
| October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Suppicich | Steamship | For Messrs. Angier Bros. |
| October | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Thorne | Merchantman | For Dixon, Irwin & Co. |
| 1 November | Norway | Karljohansverns Verft | Horten | Brage | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Seagull | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 6 November | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Truthful | Steamship | For F. H. Powell & Co. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Bheema | Steamship | For J. A. Shepherd. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Gunga | Steamship | For J. A. Shepherd. |
| 9 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nubia | Cargo ship | For African Steamship Company. |
| 9 November | Germany | A. G. Vulcan | Stettin | Württemberg | Sachsen-class ironclad | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Casma | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs J. & G. Thomson | Dalmuir | Gallia | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Charles Worsley | Full-rigged ship | For W. Battersby. |
| 16 November | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Boulogne | Steamship | For South Eastern Railway. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | John Readhead & Sons Ltd. | South Shields | Trewidden | Steamship | For Hain Line. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Marlborough | Steamship | For D. P. Garbutt. |
| 23 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Nicosian | Steamship | For Messrs. Hugh Blaik & Co. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Ciudad de Cádiz | Steamship | For Antonion Lopez & Co. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Newcastle upon tyne | Egypt | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | London Steamboat Company | Woolwich | Princess of Wales | Steam launch | For London Steamboat Company. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Lord Gough | Steamship | For Messrs. G. M. Papayanni & Son. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Northbourne | Merchantman | For D. P. Garbutt. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | North Devon | Steamship | For Messrs. H. Vellacott & Son. |
| 28 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Kingston | Adela | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Tedcastle & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Aros Castle | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Arran | Dredger | For Atlas Steamship Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson | Partick | Cedar | Steamship | For Messrs. A. A. Laird & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Chupra | Steamship | For British India Steam Naviagtion Company. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Clan Fraser | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Haddington | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexand Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Felecia | Steamship | For Messrs. A. C. de Freitas & Co. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Partick | Flinders | Steamship | For Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company. |
| November | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Glencoe | Steamship | For Glen Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | C. Burt & Sons | Falmouth | Linda | Ketch | For Norman Gray. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Lord Sandon | Steam launch | For Trinity House. |
| November | United Kingdom | | | St. Mark | Steamship | For private owner. |
| November | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Tolfaen | Steamship | For Henry Kneeshaw. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Zannekka | Steam launch | For Mr. Layborn. |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Sowerby | Steamship | For Messrs. Middleton & Co. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Lady Olive | Steamship | For British and Irish Steam Packet Co. |
| 10 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Saxonia | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Breconshire | Steamship | For Messrs. Jenkins & Co. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Falls of Clyde | Full-rigged tanker | For Falls Line. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Co. | Liverpool | Rodondo | Steamship | For W. H. Smith. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Steele & Co. | Greenock | Wanderer | Steam Yacht | For Charles Joseph Lambert. |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Chalor | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 14 December | United Kingdom | John Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Le Crouset | Steamship | For Delmas Frères. Ran into quayside on being launched and was damaged. |
| 21 December | Germany | | Bremen | Camaeleon | Gunboat | For Imperial German Navy. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Barrow Shipbuilding Co. | Barrow-in-Furness | Belgenland | Steamship | For Red Star Line. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co | Middlesbrough | Cephalonia | Steamship | For Messrs. Vagliano Bros. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Clan Ranald | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Herga | Collier | For Alexander Stuart. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Hilda | Collier | For Alexander Stuart. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Jesmond | Steamship | For E. H. Watts. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gowans & Wilson | Berwick upon Tweed | Montanez | Steamship | For Messrs MacAndrews & Co. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Shahjehan | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steamship Co. |
| 24 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros | Dumbarton | Snark | Steam launch | For Messrs. Brock. |
| 25 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co | Merksworth | Congress | Steamship | For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forward. |
| 26 December | United Kingdom | Hamilton Windsor Ironworks, Limited | Garston | Valeau | Steamship | For F. J. Meyer. |
| December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Penzance | Steamship | For Messrs. Short & Dunn. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | Fyfe | Fairlie | Condor | Yawl | For J. Clark. |
| Summer | United Kingdom | Mr. Cormick | Dundalk | Irish Chieftain | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | William Woodward | Brisbane Water | Ability | Ketch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | A. C. de Freitas | Merchantman | For A. R. F. de Freitas. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Agate | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Albirio | Merchantman | For R. H. Penney. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Alcyon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Alvah | Steamship | For Messrs. Adam Bros., & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Fall River, Massachusetts | Annie. E. Gallup | Fishing trawler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Duncan | Kingston | Annie Stuart | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Augustus | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Avalon | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Averill | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Ballina | Coaster | For Charles W. Pollexten and George T. Pollexten. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Barnard Castle | Merchantman | For Northumberland Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Bay of Cadiz | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Beech | Merchantman | For Peacock Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Belsize | Steamship | For Culliford & Clark. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Benamain | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Ben Lawers | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Bismarck | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Britannia | Yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Caledonia | Merchantman | For Duncan & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Caroline | Steamship | For Carron Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros | Birkenhead | Casina | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Cavalier | Merchantman | For Duncan & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Celerity | Tender | For Great Grimsby Ice Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Ceto | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Cheribon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Arthur Sewall & Co. | Bath, Maine | Cheseborough | Full-rigged ship | For E. & A. Sewall. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Chicago | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Clan Fraser | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Colaba | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Consul | Merchantman | For Gordon & Stamp. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Craigard | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Craigwhinnie | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. J. Gibbon | Sunderland | Cricket | Merchantman | For W. C. Jarvis. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Crimdon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Crown | Merchantman | For Crown Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | Cymba | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Dawdon | Merchantman | For Robert Thorman. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Deerhound | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Deva | Steam yacht | For C. & H. McIver. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russel & Co. | Aberdeen | Diamante | Steamship | For Messrs. Peele, Hubball & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Diligent | Merchantman | For J. Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Dispatch | Tender | For Great Grimsby Ice Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Doowoon | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Duncow | Full-rigged ship | For John Houston & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Eastbourne | Merchantman | For D. P. Garbutt. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Effective | Merchantman | For Anderson, Horan & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Eleanor & Jane | Merchantman | For D. Davies & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Elpis | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Kinloch | Kingston | Emulator | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Victoria | William Keir | Echuca | Enterprise | Paddle steamer | For William Keir. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Edwin Barter | Brixham | Ernest | Fishing trawler | For William Lear and others. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. & J. Inglis | Partick | Etheldreda | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co | Sunderland | Ethelwin | Merchantman | For A. Pring. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Fernville | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Felicia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thomson Jr. | Sunderland | Fiado | Merchantman | For Alpha Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Fifeshire | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Florence Nightingale | Merchantman | For J. F. Marshall. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Foula | Merchantman | For M. C. A. Verminck. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Foxglove | Merchantman | For R. H. Gaymer. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Fulah | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Gallina | Merchantman | For Porteous & Senier. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connel & Co. | Scotstoun | Galnare | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Washington Territory | J. F. T. Mitchell | Seattle, Washington | George E. Starr | Paddle steamer | For Starr Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Stewart | Inverness | George Leed | Schooner | For George Leed. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Glanivor | Merchantman | For Eryni Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Glaucus | Steamship | For Thomas Kish & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. Watson & Sons | Macduff | Glenboyne | Barquentine | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Glow-worm | Steam yacht | For J. R. Bridsom. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Govino | Merchantman | For D. G. Pinkney & Son. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Geddie | Banff | Gowan | Schooner | For George Macdonald and others. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Celilo, Oregon | Harvest Queen | Sternwheeler | For Oregon Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hart | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hathersage | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. Simey | Sunderland | Heathpool | Merchantman | For H. T. Morton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Watson | Banff | Helen West | Schooner | For Mr. West and others. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Noank, Connecticut | Herman S. Caswell | Yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Norddeutsche Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Kiel | Hohenzollern | Royal yacht | For Wilhelm I. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hubia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hudson | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Govan | Hurricane | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Norway | | | Illeri | Brigantine | For P. Tobiassen. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Inchkeith | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Kinloch | Kingstonb | Indian Chief | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Yarrow & Co. | Poplar | Inez Clarke | Sternwheeler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Indore | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Stockton-on-Tees | Iris | Steamship | For Edward Letham. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Jackal | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Jane | Merchantman | For J. & J. Denholm. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Jenny | Merchantman | For T. Rodenacker. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alexander Spence | Garmouth | Jessie | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Joe Webre | Steamship | For New Orleans and Timbalier Transportation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Kinloch | Kingston | Kaffir Chief | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Kepler | Merchantman | For Wilkie & Turnbull. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Knight of the Thistle | Merchantman | For Messrs. Greenshields, Cowie & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Watson | Banff | Lady of the Lake | Schooner | For John Bremner & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Lamperts | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | Lampo | Merchantman | For Woodhouse & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Larch | Steamship | For Peacock Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Larnaca | Merchantman | For Messrs Thomas Royden & Sons. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Larnax | Merchantman | For A. Smith & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Le Creuset | Merchantman | For Delmas Frères. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | Leura | Steamship | For W. H. Smith. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Leversons | Merchantman | For Gordon & Stamp. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | Stockholm | Lida | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Smith & Ritchie | Portsoy | Lily | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Linhope | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Lotus | Steam yacht | For H. Evans. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Lucretia | Merchantman | For Wilkie & Turnbull. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros | Birkenhead | Lyttleton | Paddle tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Paisley | Maggie and Janet | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Sons | Liverpool | Maia | Yacht | For T. A. R. Littledale. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Manora | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Marie Fanny | Merchantman | For MM. D'Orbigny & Faustin Fils. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Mareotis | Steamship | For Messrs. James Moss & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | S. C. Allerton. | Lowestoft | Masterpiece | Fishing trawler | For Richard N. Saunders. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Mastiff | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Maude | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Menmuir | Merchantman | For J. Guthrie & W. McTaggart. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Moel Rhiwan | Merchantman | For W. E. Jones. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Mona | Merchantman | For J. Owen. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Monica | Merchantman | For Gordon & Stamp. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Duncan | Kingston | Morning Star | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Mysore | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Netley Abbey | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Nar Whal | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Nettlesworth | Merchantman | For Gordon & Stamp. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Oberon | Barque | For G. Bolte & Co. |
| Unknown date | Washington Territory | | Olympia | Old Settler | Sternwheeler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Duncan | Kingston | Olive Branch | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Onward | Sailing barge | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Aldous & Co. | Brightlingsea | Orcadian | Fishing vessel | For C. Thomas & A. J. Baxter. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bewley, Webb & Co. | Dublin | Owl | Barge | For Grand Canal Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Pendle Hill | Schooner | For W. Price. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Polly | Merchantman | For J. & J. Denholm. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Precursor | Tender | For Great Grimsby Ice Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Prinz Heinrich | Merchantman | For Anglia Steam Navigation Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Prinz Wilhelm | Merchantman | For Anglia Steam Navigation Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Ramos | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Ravenswood | Merchantman | For John Sprott. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Remonstrant | Barque | For R. Conaway & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Crown | Southwick | Rescue | Merchantman | For John Crown. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | George Garrett | Birkenhead | Resurgam | Submarine | For George Garrett. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Buffalo, New York | R. G. Stewart | Steamship | For Cornelius Flynn. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Rhiwindda | Merchantman | For W. Y. Edwards. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter. | Sunderland | Ridge Park | Steamship | For Sir Thomas Elder. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Riversdale | Merchantman | For Dixon & Wilson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Rook | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Rosedale | Steamship | For Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Rossini | Merchantman | For Jenneson, Taylor & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Rugby | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co. | Dumbarton | Ryvali | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Sapphire | Steamship | For P. M. Duncan. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Satonia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Saramang | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Scottish Admiral | Barque | For McIlwraith, MacEacharn & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Sea Mew | Steam launch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. Simey | Sunderland | Sequel | Merchantman | For G. Leach. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Sherard Osborn | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Simla | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Sir Walter | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alexander Spence | Garmouth | Speedwell | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | St. Fagans | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Leamouth | Stour | Paddle steamer | For Great Eastern Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Geddie | Kingston | Swiftsure | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Teutonia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Thasos | Steamship | For Deutsche Levant Linie. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Triton | Merchantman | For G. Bolte & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Paisley | Trocadero | Steamship | For Dansey & Robinson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Universal | Merchantman | For Taylor & Sanderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Greenock | Uraval | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Vagliano Brothers | Merchantman | For Vagliano Bros. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Geddie Jr. | Garmouth | Venture | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Victoria | Ferry | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Vidar | Vale-class gunboat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Geddie Jr. | Garmouth | Viking | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mr. Hudson | Shrewsburyt | Viking | Steam launch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Viscount Castlereagh | Merchantman | For Marquess of Londonderry. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Dalmuir | Walrus | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Welton | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Wembdon | Merchantman | For J. Ware. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Whitworth | Steamboat | For Thomas Whitworth. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Wildfire | Steam yacht | For W. R. Graves. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bell & Trolley | Grimsby | William Hood | Fishing trawler | For Charles Forester. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Wynyard Park | Merchantman | For Marquess of Londonderry. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Lainjg | Sunderland | Yembo | Merchantman | For D. G. Pinkney & Son. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Edwin Barter | Brixham | Zenobia | Fishing trawler | For . |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | No. 12 | Steam barge | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | No. 13 | Steam barge | For private owner. |