# List of ship launches in 1879

The list of ship launches in 1879 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1879.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Harelda | Steamship | For G. Porteous. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | James & George Thomson | Clydebank | Arab | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Hugh Sleigh | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & R. Bovey. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Samuda Brothers | Poplay | Orion | Belleisle-class ironclad | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co | Dumbarton | Traveller | Full-rigged ship | For R. C. Haws. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Bunyip | Dredger | For Melbourne Harbour Commissioners. |
| 24 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co | Paisley | White Rose | Steamship | For John Hobson. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | Balmuir | Steamship | For Red Diamond Line. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Electra | Steamship | For Deutsche Dampschiffs Rhederei. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Harlsey | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Ropner & Co. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Navidad | Steamship | For Compagnie Hispano-Française. |
| 25 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | San Juan | Steamship | For Messrs. Fiminez & Sons. |
| 29 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Shahzada | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steamship Co. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Spns | Linthouse | Clavernouse | Steamship | For Messrs. John Dunn & Co. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Ellora | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigantion Company. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Escurial | Steamship | For Messrs. Raeburn & Vurel. |
| January | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Seascale | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 1 February | United Kingdom | Alexander Wood | Branderburgh | Alexander Cook | Fishing boat | For Alexander Souter. |
| 1 February | United Kingdom | William Wood | Branderburgh | Primrose | Fishing boat | For Alexander M'Leod. |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Forfait | Villars-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Buckingham | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | R. Smith | Preston | Cambria | Steamship | For Mr. Oldfield and others. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. G. K. Stothert & Co. | Bristol | Douro | Steamship | For Messrs. G. K. Stothert & Co. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Hartor | Steamship | For J. H. Bushby. |
| 8 February | United Kingdom | James Laing | Deptford | Waterloo | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | T. T. Parry | Bangor | Pilgrim | Schooner | For Messrs. Jones & Roberts. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Clan Gordon | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Mr. Lund | Southport | Tarleton Lass | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 11 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Wuhu | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 18 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Prins Hendrick | Steamship | For "West African Trading Company". |
| 19 February | United Kingdom | J. P. Rennoldson | South Shields | Royal Saxon | Steamship | For Messrs. Sharp Bros. |
| 20 February | Netherlands | Rijkswerf | Amsterdam | Koningin Emma der Nederlanden | Atjeh-class cruiser | For Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Govan | Serra | Steamship | For Don José Serra y Font. |
| 21 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Clan Stuart | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Macgill | Bowling | Bute | Steamship | For Messrs. Hill & Co. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Capri | Steamship | For Messrs. Richard Nicholson & Sons. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Cymbeline | Steamship | For private owners. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | West Cumberland | Steamship | For Hine Bros. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co. | Paisley | Euphrates | Barque | For Messrs. Watson Bros. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Key & Sons | Kinghorn | Joseph Rickett | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Robert Dickinson | Steamship | For Messrs. Bell & Shymons. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Roraima | Steamship | For George Steel. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | S. S. Welch | Stockton-on-Tees | Teaser | Steamboat | For Imperial Tramways Co. |
| 22 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Trident | Steamship | For London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Chindwara | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co's Iron and Shipbuilding Company. | Jarrow | Dowlais | Steamship | For Messrs. Morel Bros. |
| 24 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Elder & Sons | Fairfield | Prinses Marie | Steamship | For Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Acacia | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Shaw Campbell & Co. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Devonport No. 35 | Dredger | For British Government. |
| February | United Kingdom | | | Hustace | Steamship | For private owner. |
| February | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Paisley | Stanley | Paddle tug | For private owner. |
| February | United Kingdom | Hamilton's Windsor Ironworks Limited | Garston | Strassburg | Towboat | For private owner. |
| 6 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay, Brothers & Co. | Dundee | Lapwing | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland, County Durham | Ashburne | Steamship | For J. S. Barwick & Co. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Hungarian | Steamship | For Messrs. Burrell & Son. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | T. Walker | Scarborough | John and Mary | Yawl | For Mr. Crawford. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Lydia | Steamship | For Duetsche Dampschiffs Rhederei. |
| 8 March | United Kingdom | Abercorn Shipbuilding Company | Paisley | Marion | Steamship | For Whitecross Wire and Iron Co. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitehall | Annie | Steamship | For Messrs. James Gray & Co. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | John Elder and Co. | Fairfield | Arizona | Passenger ship | For Guion Line. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Radnor | Steamship | For Messrs. John & Herbert Cory. |
| 10 March | United Kingdom | Barrow Shipbuilding Company | Barrow-in-Furness | Rhynland | Passenger ship | For Red Star Line. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Falls of Bruar | Full-rigged ship | For Wright & Breckenridge. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Gertrude | Steamship | For Otto Trechmann. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | Mercurio | Steamship | For Messrs. Gledhill & Dishart. |
| 11 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | San Jose | Steamship | For Compagnie Hispano-Française. |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Dodo | Steamship | For British and African Steam Navigation Co. |
| 13 March | United Kingdom | H. M. McIntyre | Paisley | Rose Ann | Steam lighter | For James O'Brien. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | County of Aberdeen | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Salerno | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Senior | Steamship | For W. Ruys en Zonen. |
| 24 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Sirdhana | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Sons | Stockton-on-Tees | Zulu | Steamship | For private owners. |
| 25 March | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Henry Edye | Steamship | For Steinmann, Ludwig & Co. |
| 26 March | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maharaja | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steamship Co. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Birrell, Stenhouse & Co | Dumbarton | David Law | Full-rigged ship | For David Law. |
| 27 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Faugh-a-Ballaugh | Dredger | For British Government. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thomson | Clydebank | Malvina | Steamship | For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Dalmuir | Malvina | Steamship | For London and Edinburgh Shipping Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Dalmuir | Mercutio | Steamship | For Messrs. Gledhill & Dishart. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Pallion | Steamship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. |
| March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Tabasco | Steamship | For MM Jenequel Frères. |
| March | Germany | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Theben | Steamship | For Deutsche Dampschiffahrtsgesellschaft Kosmos. |
| March | United Kingdom | | | Thistle | Steamship | For Joh Crawford. |
| March | United Kingdom | William Ashburner | Barrow-in-Furness | Useful | Schooner | For Thomas Ashburner. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Craiglands | Steamship | For Messrs. Hardy, Wilson & Co. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Mercedes | Steamship | For Adamson & Ronaldson. |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Kay | Kinghorn | Patrick Stewart | Cable layer | For Indian Government. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Bellingham | Steamship | For Messrs. James Turpie & partners. |
| 7 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Koningin Emma | Steamship | For Stoomvaart Maatschappij Java. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Kenzie & Gunn | Thurso | Alpha | Steamship | For Messrs. Miller & Leith. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Ash | Steamship | For Peacock Bros. |
| 8 April | United States | Samuel Pine | Greenpoint, New York | Edward Cooper | Schooner | For New York Pilots. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co. | Whitehaven | Irene Morris | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. P. Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Medway | Steamship | For Lambert Bros. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Southwick | Milanese | Steamship | For J. Glynn & Son. |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Viceroy | Steamship | For Messrs. E. Harris & Co. |
| 9 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Cosmo | Steamship | For Messrs. Tellefsen, Wills & Co. |
| 9 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Fiona | Yacht | For private owner. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Cyprus | Steamship | For Eugene Collins. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | | Jarrow | Otto Eichmann | Steamship | For O. L. Eichmann. |
| 12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Caird & Co | Greenock | Marinho Visconde | Paddle steamer | For Bahia Steam Navigation Co. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Mennythorpe | Steamship | For Messrs. Coverdale, Todd & Co. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Ulva | Steam yacht | For F. A. Hankey. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Escambia | Steamship | For Crow, Bogard & Co. |
| 21 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Winfred | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | City of Dublin | Steamship | For Messrs. Palgrave, Murphy & Co. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Coleridge | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | Willington Quay | Lord Collingwood | Steamship | For Messrs. C. Tully & Co. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Sayonara | Yacht | For G. W. Richardson. |
| 22 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. H. Potter & Son | Liverpool | Whimbrel | Steamship | For Cork Steam Ship Company. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & W. Geddie | Banff | Ban-Righ | Schooner | For David Sinclair and others. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Clan Lamont | Steamship | For Clan Line. |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay, Brothers, & Co. | Dundee | Arauco | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Rumney | Steamship | For Messrs. John Cory, Sons, & Co. |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Scindia | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited). |
| 26 April | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maharani | Cargo ship | For Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. |
| 28 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Alexandra | Paddle steamer | For Portsmouth, Ryde, and Isle of Wight Steampacket Company. |
| 29 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Edinburgh Castle | Paddle steamer | For Lochgoil and Loch Long Steamboat Company. |
| April | United Kingdom | Apps | Bosham | Stanley | Schooner | For William Barnby. |
| April | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Not named | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham and Co, | Sunderland | Eivian | Barque | For North Wales Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 3 May | United Kingdom | J. E. Scott | Cartsdyke | Fire Queen | Steamship | For Messrs. Henry Lamont & Co. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Gadfly | Ant-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. L. Thompson & Sons | Monkwearmouth | Peninsular | Steamship | For Henry Schofield and Messrs. Charles Tully & Co. |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Pincher | Ant-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Abeona | Steamship | For Messrs. E. Harris & Co. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Bedouin | Steamship | For Messrs. W. & R. Thompson. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | City of Agra | Steamship | For City Line. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Edgar | Steamship | For Messrs. Turnbull & Co. |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Govan | Waterloo | Steamship | For Messrs. Allan C. Gow & Co. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Footdee | Grandholm | Steamship | For Messrs. W. Leslie & Co. |
| 7 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Shamrock | Steamship | For Laird's Line. |
| 8 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros., & Co. | Dundee | Amethyst | Steamship | For P. M. Duncan. |
| 9 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wouldhave & Johnson | North Shields | Omonia | Tug | For Messrs. Hepple & Co. |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Velocity | Tender | For Great Grimsby Ice Co. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | J. H. Vaux | Harwich Dockyard | Hesper | Barge | For private owner. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Retreiver | Cable ship | For Eastern Telegraph Company. |
| 12 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Rio Apa | Paddle steamer | For David Rowan. |
| 13 May | United Kingdom | Schichau-Werke | Elbing | Möwe | Gunboat | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 13 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co. | Partick | Ranee | Steam yacht | For private owner. |
| 20 May | Netherlands | Fijenoord | Rotterdam | Fijenoord | Steamship | For Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij. |
| 21 May | United States | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | Alexander M. Lawrence | Schooner | For New York Pilots. |
| 21 May | Russia | Baltic Works | Saint Petersburg | Plastun | Kreiser-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Roumania | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Inchmornish | Steamship | For Messrs. Hamilton, Frazer & Co. |
| 22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Macleod | full-rigged ship | For Mr. Macleod. |
| 23 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson | Leith | Titania | Steam yacht | For John Lysaght. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Arranmore | Steamship | For Messrs. William Johnston & Co. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Chilton | Steamship | For Messrs. T. Appleby & Co. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fair Head | Cargo ship | For Ulster Steamship Co. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Meath | Steamship | For R. M. Hudson and partners. |
| 24 May | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Vasco da Gama | Steamship | For Messrs. Robert M'Andres & Co. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Alvo | Steamship | For West India & Pacific Steamship Co. |
| 26 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | Lake Winnipeg | Steamship | For Canada Shipping Company. |
| 28 May | United Kingdom | F. T. Harker | Stockton-on-Tees, Kirkstall Abbey | Lady Cardigan | Steamboat | For William Adams. Built at Stockton-on-Tees, launched at Kirkstall Abbey. |
| 29 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobson & Charles | Grangemouth | Emerald | Steamship | For James Hay. |
| May | United Kingdom | | | Ancona | Steamship | For Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Routh & Waddingham | Winteringham | Nord Lyset | Fishing vessel | For Hans Mohr. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Softley & Sons | South Shields | Stella | Tug | For private owner. |
| May | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Softley & Sons | South Shields | Not named | Tug | For private owner. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Dobson & Charles | Grangemouth | Esmerelda | Steamship | For James Hay. |
| 3 June | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Paxo | Steamship | For D. G. Pinkney & Son. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | W. Pickard | Appledore | Hilda | Barquentine | For J. Pring. |
| 4 June | United Kingdom | J. L. Davies | Milford Haven | Minnie Flossie | Smack | For J. L. Davies. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Burry | Coaster | For Llanelly & Liverpool Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Cora Maria | Steamship | For Messrs. Capper, Alexander ^ Co. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Clymene | Steamship | For H. Cloake. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Newcastle upon Tyne | Highbury | Steamship | For Messrs. Watts, Milburn & Co. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham Richardson & Co. | Wallsend | Madrid | Steamship | For Messrs. Henry Buckwall & Sons. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | Mildred | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Atkinson | Ringsend | Minnie | Yacht | For Wilfred Fitzgerald. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | John Elder and Co | Govan | Orient | Steamship | For Orient Steam Navigation Company. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Co. | South Shields | Robert Brown | Steamship | For W. D. C. Balls. |
| 5 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co | Low Walker | Woodhorn | Steamship | For G. R. Dawson and partners. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Jessie | Barquentine | For J. & J. Denholm. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Lady Elizabeth | Barque | For John Wilson. |
| 6 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Rotomahana | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | Earl of Jersey | Steamship | For Messrs. Martin & Marquande. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Caledon Shipyard | Dundee | Otto M'Combie | Steamship | For Messrs. James M'Combie & Co. |
| 7 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Merksworth | Romulus | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Oxton | Ferry | For Birkenhead Commissioners. |
| 14 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Elliott & Jeffreys | Cardiff | John M'Connochie | Paddle tug | For private owner. |
| 9 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Reid & Co.l | Port Glasgow | Walkyrie | Steamship | For Thomas Barclay. |
| 16 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Norfolk | Paddle Steamer | For Sproston Dock and Foundry Co. |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Adirondack | Steamship | For private owner |
| 18 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. & Co. | Dundee | Puchoco | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Middleton | Halo | Steamship | For George Horsley. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Navigation | Steamship | For Messrs. Dixon & Harris. |
| 19 June | United Kingdom | John Stephens | Devoran | Seeker | Schooner | For John Stephens. |
| 20 June | United Kingdom | Mr. Rodgers | Carrickfergus | Janie Gough | Barquentine | For Messrs. Samuel Gough & Co. |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Foscolia | Steamship | For Messrs. Watts, Milburn & Co. |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | Lartington | Steamship | For J. S. Barwick. |
| 21 June | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co | Willington Quay, England | Rosalind | Steamship | For C. F. Jackson & Co. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Comus | Barque | For Messrs. Barton & Co. |
| 24 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Lifeguard | Steamship | For Sir James M'Garel-Hogg. |
| June | United Kingdom | William Hoggard | Barton-upon-Humber | Fortuna | Humber Keel | For Messrs. John & Samuel Barraclough. |
| June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Galgorm Castle | Cargo ship | For A. McMullan. |
| 1 July | United States | Malster & Reaney | Canton, Maryland | Arbutus | Lighthouse tender | For United States Lighthouse Board. |
| 1 July | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | Polly | Tug | For Messrs. M'Eacharn, M'Ilwraitn & Co. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley | Aha | Steam yacht | For Mr. Sadler. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Barao-Desdiogo | Steamship | For Macachè and Campos Railway Co. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | J. P. Rennoldson | location | Mary Louise | Paddle Tug | For James Wardle. |
| 3 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton, Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Scotia | Steamship | For J. M. Lennard. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | Castleton | Steamship | For Messrs. Cope. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Robert Cook | Appledore | M. A. Wilkinson | Schooner | For R. Wilkinson and others. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Morea | Steamship | For Messrs. Taylor, Cameron & Co. |
| 5 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Primrose | Paddle ferry | For Wallasey Local Board. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Carthagena | Steamship | For W. M'Murray. |
| 7 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Eagle | Steam yacht | For Count Stackelberg. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Claudius | Steamship | For C. Anderson. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Pongola | Steamship | For Messrs. Bullard, King & Co. |
| 17 July | United States | Goss, Sawyer & Packard | Bath, Maine | Mary and Helen | Whaler | For William Lewis. |
| 17 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Presto | Steamship | For R. B. Pelton & Joseph Reay. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Potaro | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co. |
| 19 July | United Kingdom | Palmer's Company | Jarrow | Rebecca | Steamship | For Messrs. Joseph F. Cohen and others. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Cid | Steamship | For R. J. Kay. |
| 21 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Snaresbrook | Steamship | For Benjamin Pearson. |
| 22 July | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company | Whitehaven | Benona | Steamship | For Joseph Holt. |
| 22 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | Bristol City | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons. |
| 23 July | United Kingdom | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Glasgow | Comeragh | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 26 July | United Kingdom | Gabriel Davis Jr. | Abingdon | Not named | Steamboat | For Thames and Isis Steamboat Co. |
| 31 July | Spain | | Cartagena | Aragón | Aragon-class cruiser | For Spanish Navy. |
| July | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Ralph Creyke | Steamship | For Goole Steam Shipping Company. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Crown | Passenger ship | For British Shipowners Ltd. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Daisy | Paddle ferry | For Wallasey Local Board. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Eden | Steamship | For Messrs. Ropner & Co. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Laurium | Steamship | For Messrs. Poingdestre & Mesnier. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Leo | Steamship | For R. B. Avery. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Bayley & Son | Ipswich | Lucy | Barquentine | For Messrs. Woodhead & Co. |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. | Aberdeen | Sophocles | Clipper | For Messrs. George Thompson & Co. |
| 4 August | United Kingdom | James Roney | location | Tweed | Schooner | For James C. King. |
| 5 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons | Glasgow | Pizarro | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 5 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Pouyer-Quertier | Cable ship | For Messrs. Siemens & Halske. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Cromartyshire | Full-rigged ship | For Thomas Law & Co. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow-on-Tyne | Fountain's Abbey | Steamship | For Messrs. Pyman, Watson & Co. |
| 6 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Mountjoy | Steam hopper barge | For Londonderry Harbour Commissioners. |
| 7 August | United Kingdom | John Scott & Co. | Greenock | Ganymede | Steamship | For Alfred Holt. |
| 9 August | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Strelok | Kreiser-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Hylton-on-the-Wear | Steam Dredger | Dredger | For Indian Government. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Jospeh L. Thompson | Sunderland | Crane | Steamship | For Dent & Co. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co | Middlesbrough | Dalbeattie | Steamship | For Messrs. Edward Harris & Co. |
| 16 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Mandovi | Gunvessel | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Williamson & Son | Harrington | Cumbriana | Barque | For private owner. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | South Stockton-on-Tees | New York City | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons. |
| 18 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Norah | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Beta | Steamship | For Messrs. Wilson, Taylor & Partners. |
| 19 August | France | | Lorient | Dévastation | Dévastation-class ironclad | For French Navy. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Marengo | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Palmer's | Jarrow | Rhyl | Steamship | For Messrs. John Cory & Sons. |
| 19 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Laine & Sons | Belfast | Ulster | Barquentine | For private owner. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company | Willington Quay | Gardenia | Steamship | For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company | Blackwall | Guadiana | Steamship | For Portuguese Government. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | Kate | Steamship | For Messrs. James Gray & Co. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Walker-on-the-Tyne | Longhurst | Steamship | For Messrs. Elliott, Lowrie & Dunford. |
| 20 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Vega | Steamship | For Star Line. |
| 21 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. & W. Henderson | Kelvin | Britannia | Steamship | For Anchor Line. |
| 21 August | France | Arsenal de Cherbourg | Cherbourg | Villars | Villars-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Bengo | Gunvessel | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 23 August | United Kingdom | Yacht and Shipbuilding Co. | Harwich | Vigilant | Pilot boat | For Trinity House. |
| 29 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Footdee | Queen Mary | Steam yacht | For John Gladstone Mackie. |
| 30 August | Austria-Hungary | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Spalato | Zara class cruiser | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Gannet | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Gracie | Steamship | For Messrs. Stephenson, Clarke & Co. |
| 1 September | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. | Jarrow | Zoe | Steamship | For Messrs. Burdick & Cook. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | George W. Brown & Sons | Hull | Discovery | Smack | For William J. Robins. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | Beatrice | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 2 September | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Lambeth | Collier | For Messrs. Nicholls & Co. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Calvilla | Steamship | For Thomas E. Hick & Co. |
| 3 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Hartville | Steamship | For Messrs. Groves, Maclean & Co. |
| 4 September | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Danzig | Gneisenau | Bismarck-class corvette | For Kaiserliche Marine |
| 4 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Softley & Sons | South Shields | Hanlan | Paddle Tug | For private owners. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Woodhaye & Johnston | South Shields | George | Tug | For C. Compothega. |
| 6 September | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | North Hylton | Sindi | Steam Hopper barge | For Indian Government. |
| 11 September | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Amiral Duperré | Ironclad | For French Navy. |
| 11 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Osbourne, Graham & Co. | North Hylton | Baluchi | Steam hopper barge | For Indian Government. |
| 13 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Sunflower | Paddle steamer | For Wallasey Local Board. |
| 15 September | Germany | Vulcan AG | Stettin | Stein | Bismarck-class corvette | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Gripper | Gadfly-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 September | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dock | Pembrokeshire, Wales | Tickler | Gadfly-class gunboat | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Devonport Dockyard | Devonport, Devon | Phoenix | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Briggs & Co. | Rotherhithe | Success | Steam lighter | For private owner. |
| 16 September | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | William of Riga | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | Agamemnon | Ajax-class ironclad | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & J. Evans & Co. | Liverpool | Iowa | Steamship | For Messrs. G. Warren & Co. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Mabel | Steamship | For Messrs. Coverdale, Todd & Co. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Glasgow | Mendoza | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Norman | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Govan | Plantyn | Steamship | For Messrs. T. C. Engels & Co. |
| 18 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Montreal | Steamship | For Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 18 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Softley & Sons | South Shields | Not named | Tug | For Messrs. Pile & Co. |
| 17 September | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Flamsteed | Steamship | For Wilkie & Turnbull. |
| 19 September | Germany | | Bremen | Crocodill | Gunboat | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 20 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Finch & Co. | Chepstow | Lady Margaret | Tug | For Messrs. Styles & de Boisdeval. |
| 21 September | United Kingdom | John Taylor | Harwich | Excelsior | Sailing barge | For George Green & Co. |
| 22 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co. | Low Walker | Hong Ann | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company | Jarrow | Beignon | Steamship | For Messrs. Morel Bros. & Co. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Aludra | Steamship | For R. H. Penney. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Cumbrian | Barque | For Peter Iredale & Co. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | | Devonport Dockyard | Miranda | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Unnamed | Dredger | For Hull Corporation. |
| September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Gourlay Bros. | Dundee | Australian | Steamship | For Messrs. G. & B. Nicoll. |
| September | United Kingdom | T. B. Seath & Co. | Rutherglen | Sunflower | Paddle luggage boat | For Wallasey Local Boatd. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Argosy | Steamship | For Messrs. Hodgson & Eccles. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lord Dufferin | Sailing ship | For Thomas Dixon & Co. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Murdoch & Murray | Port Glasgow | Mary Monica | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & J. Young. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | William Ashburner | Barrow-in-Furness | M. E. Johnson | Schooner | For Thomas Ashburner. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cottingham Bros. | Goole | Spinaway | Fishing smack | For C. Pickering. |
| 1 October | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co. | Jarrow | Ardington | Steamship | For Messrs. Lee, Finch & Co. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers Ltd | Dumbarton | Buenos Ayrean | Steamship | For Messrs. James and Alexander Allan. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. | Jarrow | Gleadowe | Steamship | For Messrs. Hunting and Pattison. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | M'Millan | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 October | United Kingdom | Mr. Robinson | Ipswich | Silver Cloud | Merchantman | For Messrs. J. G. Morton. |
| 4 October | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | North Hylton | Harold Roper | Steamship | For E. Beale. |
| 6 October | Denmark | | Copenhagen | Dannebrog | Royal yacht | For Christian IX. |
| 8 October | Germany | | Elbing | Habicht | Gunboat | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | George Brown | Hull | Annie | Humber Keel | For George Jackson & Sons. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Malaga | Steamship | For Messrs. Robert M. Sloman & Co. |
| 14 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Wolviston | Steamship | For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company. |
| 15 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Ballogie | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & A. Davidson. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Greenock | Belair | Steamship | For Messrs. David Caw & Co. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Craggs & Son | Middlesbrough | Cleveland | Steamship | For Messrs. Jervelund & Clepham. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Colina | Steamship | For Rober Irvine & Co. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Derwent | Steamship | For Royal Mail Line. |
| 16 October | France | Arsenal de Brest | Brest, France | D'Estaing | Lapérouse-class cruiser | For French Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Grecian | Steamship | For Allan Line. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Pallion | Maxima | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 October | France | | Lorient | Turenne | Bayard-class ironclad | For French Navy. |
| 16 October | United Kingdom | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Howdon | Viola | Steamship | For Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | PoinSthouse | Cosmos | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| 17 October | United Kingdom | T. T. Parry | Bangor | Hawendale | Coaster | For Mr. Preston. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Mayo | Steamship | For C. W. Pollexfen. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Glenrath | Steamship | For Messrs. Lindsay, Gracie & Co. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Co. | South Shields | Mary | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Harrowing & Co. |
| 30 October | United Kingdom | A. Leslie and Company | Newcastle upon Tyne | Petriana | Cargo ship | For Bell & Symonds. |
| 30 October | Queensland | R. R. Smellie & Co | Brisbane | Unnamed | Barge | For Queensland Government. |
| 31 October | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Coraki | Steamship | For Clarence and Richmond River Steam Navigation Co. |
| 1 November | United Kingdom | J. C. Tolman | Newhaven | Concert | Dandy | For R. Hillyard. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Pallion | Enchantress | Steamship | For Taylor & Sanderson. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | John Elder & Co. | Govan | Kinfauns Castle | Steamship | For D. Currie. |
| 3 November | Jersey | John F. Picot | Jersey | Queen | Cutter | For Mr. Guille. |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Te Anau | Steamship | For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited). |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. & G. Thompson | Clydebank | Cipero | Steamship | For Messrs. David Caw & Co. |
| 5 November | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Holmhurst | Cargo ship | For J. H. Thursley & Co. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Co. | Low Walker | Europa | Steamship | For Edward Carr. |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Mobile | Steamship | For Gulf City Steamship Company (Limited). |
| 12 November | United Kingdom | | Pembroke Dockyard | Pilot | Training ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Grandtully Castle | Steamship | For Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. |
| 13 November | Austria-Hungary | | Pola | Zara | Zara class cruiser | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarto | Amerique | Steamship | For Nouvelle Société Maritime de Navigation à Vapeur (Compagnie Fraissinet).. |
| 15 November | United States | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | Colombia | Schooner | For Augustus Van Pelt and others. |
| 15 November | Germany | Kaiserliche Werft | Wilhelmshaven | Mars | Training ship | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Stephen & Forbes | Peterhead | Paragon | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 18 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | Athos | Steamship | For Atlas Steamship Co. |
| 18 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | Heather Bell | Steamship | For Messrs. Boustead & Dunbar. |
| 26 November | United Kingdom | Cochran & Co. | Birkenhead | Resurgam | Submarine | For George Garrett. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Palmer's Iron and Shipbuilding Company | Jarrow | Rhiwabon | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Cory & Sons. |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Barcelona | Steamship | For Messrs. Robert M. Sloman & Co. |
| 29 November | United Kingdom | Robert Chambers Jr. | Dumbarton | Jose Perez | Steamship | For Nicosio Perez. |
| 30 November | United Kingdom | John Banks Jr. | Kilpin Pike | Sparkling Glance | Yorkshire Billyboy | For William Banks. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Greenock | Abeille | Tug | For MM Walter et Cie. |
| November | United States | | Richmond, Maine | Jamestown | Merchantman | For James M. Hagar. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Mokta | Steamship | For Messrs. Poingdestgre & Mesnier. |
| November | United Kingdom | Messrs. Russell & Co. | Port Glasgow | Peebleshire | Barque | For Messrs. Thomas Law & Co. |
| November | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Wiehr | Gunboat | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Laertes | Steamship | For Ocean Steamship Co. |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Dubrovnik | Steamship | For Ragusa Steamship Co. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Carolina | Steamship | For Messrs. Scott Bros. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Villarino | Steamship | For Argentine Government. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Devonia | Steamship | For Messrs. J. & R. Borey. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Edmonton | Steamship | For Messrs. Watts, Ward & Co. |
| 13 December | United States | Pusey and Jones | Wilmington, Delaware | Fish Hawk | Research ship | For United States Fish Commission. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | John Connick | Dundalk | Irish Minstrel | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. T. Turnbull & Sons | Whitby | Jane | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. E. Withy & Co. | Middleton | Morven | Steamship | For Messrs. James Gardner & Co. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Resolute | Paddle steamer | For Waterford Steam Shipping Co. (Limited). |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Scott & M'Gill | Bowling | Skylight | Steamship | For Messrs. Ross & Marshall. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Lobnitz, Coulborn & Co. | Renfrew | Storebett | Steamship | For Llands Engelshe Damskibsskelskab. |
| 13 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Tisza | Steamship | For Messrs. Burrell & Sons. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Africa | Steamship | For Edward Carr. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Alpha | Steamship | For Liverpool Corporation. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Arandhu | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Laren, Crumm & Co. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Athernie Castle | Barque | For private owner. |
| 15 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. S. P. Austin & Hunter | Sunderland | Unnamed | Steamship | For private owner. |
| 16 December | United Kingdom | | Sheerness Dockyard | Kingfisher | Doterel-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Amsterdam | Steamship | For Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co. | Campbeltown | Lizzie | Cutter | For J. B. Lindsay. |
| 20 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Footdee | Satellite | Steamship | For Atlas Steam Shipping Co. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. James & George Thompson | Clydebank | Bellver | Steamship | For Sr. Bauls. |
| 22 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co | Walker | Nora | Steam yacht | For M. Perret. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Billiton | Steamship | For Messrs. Adam, Gilfillan & Co. |
| 29 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | | Resolute | Whaler | For Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company. |
| December | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Liverpool | Steamship | For Liverpool Corporation. |
| Autumnn | Germany | | Stettin | Freiherr von Stein | Frigate | For Kaiserliche Marine. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Abana | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Active | Steamship | For Active Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | | Pyrmont, New South Wales | Adelaide | Schooner | For Chapman Bonner Bond. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Alava | Merchantman | For Olano, Larrinaga & Co. |
| Unknown date | Germany | Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik | Hamburg | Aline Woermann | Steamship | For Carl Woermann. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Kennebunk, Maine | Amagansett | Fishing trawler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. | Southampton | Amazonese | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Singlehurst & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Ambient | Merchantman | For James Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. C. S. Swan & Co. | Wallsend | Amoor | Steamship | For Mercantile Steamship Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Amy | Steam yacht | For Lord Alfred Paget. |
| Unknown date | United States, United States of Colombia | Hereshof Shipyard Manuel de la Barrera | Bristol, Rhode Island, Panama City | Aray | Torpedo boat | For Peruvian Navy. Built at Bristol; dismantled and shipped to Panama City. Re-erected there. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Ashbrooke | Steamship | For T. G. Greenwell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Company | Whitehaven | Avenger | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Grice. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Edwin Barter | Brixham | Azalea | Fishing trawler | For George C. Jordain. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Brassey & Co. | River Mersey | Bagieda | Steamship | For Messrs. A. & M. Hershell. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barrow Shipbuilding Company | Barrow-in-Furness | Belgenland | Steamship | For Red Star Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Bedale | Steamship | For Messrs. Pantland Hick & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. B. Thompson | Dundee | Berlin | Steamship | For Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Ben Cruachan | Merchantman | For J. Morrison & Son. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Bickerstaffe | Paddle steamer | For Messrs. R. & J. Bickerstaffe. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Cartagena | Merchantman | For W. McMurray. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros | Birkenhead | Casma | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigham, Richardson & Co | Walker-on-the-Tyne | Celtic Monarch | Steamship | For Royal Exchange Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Raylton Dixon & Co. | Middlesbrough | Cephalonia | Steamship | For Sr. Stathopulo. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Chala | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Alexandria | Steamship | For Alexandria Line. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | City of Rochester | Steamship | For William A. Watson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | River Clyde | Conqueror | Tug | For Clyde Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Consent | Merchantman | For James Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Contest | Merchantman | For William France. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Cordova | Merchantman | For John Tully. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Crescent | Merchantman | For John H. Barry & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Cygnet | Passenger ship | For Furness Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Cyprus | Steamship | For Taylor & Sanderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Czar | Steamship | For William Thomson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Douro | Merchantman | For Culliford & Clark. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Ebro | Steamship | For D. G. Pinkney & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Edendale | Steamship | For Dixon & Wilson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Eileen | Steam yacht | For George Robert Stephenson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Engadine | Steamship | For Messrs. Wilson & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir William Armstron & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Epsilon | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Essex | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Estella | Steamship | For John Lewis. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir William Armstron & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eta | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | The Strand Slipway Co. | Sunderland | Ferdinand Corvilain | Merchantman | For F. Corvilain. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | J. T. Eltringham | South Shields | Flying Scotsman | Paddle tug | For Clyde Shipping Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Fylgia | Merchantman | For . |
| Unknown date | United States | | Norfolk Navy Yard | Galena | Gunboat | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Godrevy | Merchantman | For Lamplough & Matthews. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. & H. Green | Blackwall | Guiana | Paddle steamer | For Sprosten Dock & Foundry. |
| Unknown date | Norway | | Arendal | Gustav Adolph | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co. | Wallsend | G. W. Ward | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Brundrit & Co. | Runcorn | Harvest King | Schooner | For Charles Boden. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Hawthorn | Merchantman | For Hopper & Crosby. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James & John Hay | Kirkintilloch | Helena | Steam lighter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | Helenslea | Barque | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | J. H. Dialogue & Sons | Camden, New Jersey | Inca | Tug | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Inch Clutha | Steamship | For Messrs. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Intrepid | Merchantman | For Anderson, Horan & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Readhead & Sons | South Shields | Isabel | Steamship | For Robert Harrowing. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Goatley | Oxford | Isis | Cutter yacht | For Mr. Penrose. |
| Unknown date | Dominion of Canada | Mr. Crop | Little Current | Jane Miller | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Thomaston, Maine | J. B. Walker | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. D. Allan & Co. | Leith | Kingfisher | Steam trawler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Banks Jr. | Kilpin Pike | Lapwing | Fishing trawler | For Charles Acaster. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Llanarthan | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Allsup & Sons | Preston | Lively | Tug | For Hull Docks Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Banks Jr. | Kilpin Pike | Lord Derby | Fishing trawler | For Joseph P. Challis. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Lucent | Merchantman | For James Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Mangerton | Steamship | For John D. Milburn. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Manuel Llaguno | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Austen & Hunter | Sunderland | Marna | Merchantman | For C. Salvesen & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Edward Withy & Co. | Middleton | Marylee | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Victoria | | Yarra River | May Queen | Yacht | For R. White. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Mercedes | Merchantman | For Adamson & Ronaldson. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Montana | Sternwheeler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Edwin Barter | Brixham | N. and E. Apter | Fishing trawler | For Nicholas J. Apter. |
| Unknown date | France | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée | La Seyne-sur-Mer | Navarchos Miaoulis | Cruiser | For Royal Hellenic Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Nearchus | Hopper barge | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Andrew Leslie & Co. | Hebburn | Nuevo Valencia | Steamship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. R. Williamson & Co. | Harrington | Oakhurst | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | O&CRR Ferry No. 2 | Ferry | For Oregon & California Railroad. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Orton | Steamship | For Birkenhead Commissioners. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Peninsula | Merchantman | For Scholefield & Tully. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. A. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Quathlanda | Barque | For Messrs. J. T. Rennie & Sons. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bell & Trolley | Grimsby | Reaper | Fishing trawler | For James Bishop. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | R. F. Matthews | Steamship | For Messrs. Hunting & Pattison. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Rhine | Merchantman | For Rawson & Robinson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Doxford & Sons | Sunderland | Rosamund | Merchantman | For R. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Salient | Steamship | For James Westoll. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Forrest & Son | River Thames | Salamander | Steam yacht | For Fred Power. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph Burton | Selby | Selby | Humber keel | For Joseph Burton. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Oakland, California | Solano | Paddle steamer | For Central Pacific Railroad. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thames Shipbuilding Co. | River Thames | Swift | Linnet-class gunvessel | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Teal | Passenger ship | For Furness Railway. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Hurley | Bristol | The Sweet Little Shamrock | Steam launch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir William Armstron & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Theta | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | Australian Steam Navigation Company | Sydney | Tinonee | Steamship | For Australian Steam Navigation Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Halsey & Co. | Wandsworth | Tornado | Steam launch | For Mr. Louch. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Short Bros | Sunderland | Tunstall | Merchantman | For J. S. Barwick. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Varna | Merchantman | For C. M. Norwood & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Company (Limited) | Jarrow | Vesta | Steamship | For Messrs. Pearson & Langnese. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Laing | Sunderland | Ville d'Alger | Merchantman | For Eugene Grosos. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. H. M'Intyre & Co. | Paisley, Renfrewshire | Vivero | Steamship | For Messrs. H. E. Moss & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John I. Thorneycroft & Company | Chiswick | Vril | Steam launch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sir William Armstron & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Zeta | Gunboat | For Imperial Chinese Navy. |