# List of ship launches in 1812

The list of ship launches in 1812 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1812.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 1 January | United Kingdom | John King | Upnor | Mulgrave | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 January | United Kingdom | Gibson | Hull | Sceptre | Merchantman | For Messrs. James Featherstone and Son. |
| 3 January | United Kingdom | Thomas Steemson | Paull | Apollo | Merchantman | For John Staniforth. |
| 7 January | France | | La Ciotat | Égyptienne | Licorne-class Fluyt | For French Navy. |
| 16 January | United Kingdom | Frances Barnard | Deptford | Cornwall | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 January | United Kingdom | Dudman | Deptford | Princess Charlotte of Wales | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| January | France | | Marseille | Le Jean Bart | Privateer | For private owner. |
| 13 February | United Kingdom | Smith, Timbrell & Co. | Northfleet | Broxbornebury | Full-rigged ship | For British East India Company. |
| 13 February | United Kingdom | Samuel Brent | Rotherhithe | Dublin | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 February | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Chatham | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 February | France | | Genoa | Agamemnon | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 26 February | France | Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair | Antwerp | Terpsichore | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 27 February | United Kingdom | Thomas Pitcher | Northfleet | Gloucester | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 February | United Kingdom | | Kirkwall | Pallas' | Brig | For Thomas and William Trails. |
| 25 March | France | Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair | Antwerp | Erigone | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 29 March | United Kingdom | Joseph Graham | Harwich | Scarborough | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| March | United States | Thomas Kemp | Baltimore, Maryland | Grecian | Schooner | For Isaac McKim. |
| 10 April | United Kingdom | Sir Robert Seppings | Chatham Dockyard | Tenedos | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 April | France | Mathurin Crucy | Nantes | Aréthuse | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | | Chatham Dockyard | Briton | Leda-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 April | United Kingdom | Isaac Blackburn | Turnchapel | Clarence | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | Edward Adams | Bucklers Hard | Lady Hannah Ellice | West Indiaman | For Chalmers & Co. |
| 13 April | United Kingdom | George Parsons | Bursledon | Nymphe | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 April | France | | Antwerp | Gaulois | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 27 April | France | Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair | Antwerp | Conquérant | Bucentaure-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 27 April | India | James Bonner & James Horsburgh | Calcutta | Severn | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 27 April | India | Matthew Smith | Calcutta | Regent | Merchantman | For James Haig. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | Ramsey | Boston | Witham | Schooner | For Messrs. Gee & Clark. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | James Fairnie | Burntisland | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | James Fairnie | Burntisland | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | James Fairnie | Burntisland | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 May | French First Empire | Jean François Guillemand | Amsterdam | Trave | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 5 May | France | Mathurin François Boucher | Genoa | Galatée | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 9 May | French First Empire | Alexandre Notaire-Granville | Rotterdam | Jahde | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 11 May | United Kingdom | Thomas Steemson | Hull | Anson | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 May | French First Empire | Jean-François Guillemand | Amsterdam | Weser | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 17 May | France | François-Fréderic Poncet | Toulon | Melpomène | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 25 May | United Kingdom | Jabez Bayley | Ipswich | Nimrod | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 May | France | Antoine Crucy | Nantes | Rubis | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 26 May | India | Anthony Blackmore | Howrah | Bengal Merchant | Merchantman | For Sedgewicke & Hearne. |
| 26 May | French First Empire | Alexandre Notaire-Granville | Rotterdam | Ems | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 27 May | United Kingdom | William Good & Co. | Bridport | Curlew | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | France | | Toulon | Romulus | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| May | United Kingdom | Hutchinson & Brown | Sunderland | Wear | Brig or snow | For T. Hudson. |
| 4 June | Russia | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Poluks | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 June | Russia | M. K. Surovtsov | Kherson | Maksim Ispovednik | Anapa-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 11 June | United Kingdom | William Taylor | Bideford | Fairy | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 June | Russia | I. S. Razumov | Saint Petersburg | Neptunus | Trekh Sviatitelei-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 24 June | France | Antoine Nicholas François Bonjean | Lorient | Atalante | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 26 June | United Kingdom | Tyson & Blake | Bursledon | Bold | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Syme & Co | Leith | Cleopatra | Brig | For private owner. |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Wigram, Wells & Green | Blackwall Yard | Pembroke | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Nicholas Diddams | Portsmouth Dockyard | Childers | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | James Hutcheson | Peterhead | Union | Brig | For private owner. |
| 9 July | United Kingdom | Robert Davy | Topsham | Wasp | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Thomas Hills | Sandwich | Manly | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 July | United Kingdom | Mary Ross | Rochester | Thistle | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 July | United Kingdom | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | Comet | Paddle steamer | For Henry Bell. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Tyson & Blake | Bursledon | Boxer | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Bools & Good | Bridport | Saracen | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | Russel and Son | Lyme Regis | Snap | Confounder-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 July | United Kingdom | William Stone | Milford Haven | Surprise | Leda-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 July | United Kingdom | Tyson & Blake | Bursledon | Borer | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 August | Kingdom of Naples | | Castellamare di Stabia | Gioacchino | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For Royal Neapolitan Navy. |
| 2 August | France | Jean Marguerite Tupinier | Venice | Castiglione | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom | Daniel List | Binstead | Magicienne | Apollo-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom | Richard Blake & John Scott | Bursledon | Rippon | Armada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 August | United Kingdom | Edward Larking | King's Lynn | Shamrock | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 August | United Kingdom | Jabez Bayley | Ipswich | Espeigle | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 August | Upper Canada | Baldwin & Co. | Île d'Orléans | Wolfe's Cove | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 12 August | France | | Brest | Cérès | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 15 August | France | Jean Marguerite Tupinier | Venice | Piave | Frigate | For Royal Italian Navy. |
| 15 August | France | | Venice | Piet Hein | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 15 August | France | Fonda | Venice | Royal Italien | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 15 August | France | | Toulon | Ville de Marseille | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 22 August | United Kingdom | John Pelham | Frindsbury | Arab | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 August | United Kingdom | Brockbank | Lancaster | William Dawson | West Indiaman | For Messrs. Bolton & Littledale. |
| 26 August | United Kingdom | Robert Hill | Sandwich | Hasty | Bold-class gun-brig | For Royal Navy. |
| August | Upper Canada | | Quebec City | Benson | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| August | Upper Canada | | Quebec City | Gowdies | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| August | Upper Canada | | Quebec City | Mary | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| August | United Kingdom | Robert Davy | Topsham | Pelican | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 September | Russia | G. S. Isakov | Saint Petersburg | Iupiter | Trekh Sviatitelei-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 September | United Kingdom | Alexander Syme & Co. | Leith | Minerva | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 8 September | United Kingdom | Peter Everitt Mastaer | | London | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 23 September | United Kingdom | Barnard | Deptford | Devonshire | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | William Good | Bridport | Conflict | Bold-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | United Kingdom | Robert John Nelson | Deptford | Stag | Apollo-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 October | France | Mathurin François Boucher | Genoa | Dryade | Pallas-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 5 October | United Kingdom | Randall, Brent & Gray | Rotherhithe | Bridgewater | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 8 October | United Kingdom | Thomas Steemson | Paull | Atlas | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 9 October | United Kingdom | Daniel List | Fishbourne | Satellite | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 October | United Kingdom | Robert John Nelson | Deptford Dockyard | Barrosa | Apollo-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 October | United Kingdom | John King | Upnor | Heron | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 October | United Kingdom | William Good | Bridport | Contest | Bold-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| October | United Kingdom | | Aberdeen | Minerva | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 6 November | India | Kyd & Co. | Kidderpore | Castle Huntly | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 6 November | United Kingdom | Bligh | Falmouth | Hinchinbroke | Packet ship | For Post Office Packet Service. |
| 10 November | United States | | Charleston, South Carolina | Carolina | schooner | For United States Navy. |
| 19 November | United Kingdom | Thomas Pitcher | Northfleet | Medway | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | John Sutton | Ringmore | Perseus | Laurel-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 November | United Kingdom | George Parkin | Portsmouth Dockyard | Lacedaemonian | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 November | United States | Henry Eckford | Sackets Harbor, New York | Madison | Corvette | For United States Navy. |
| November | United Kingdom | | River Clyde | Elizabeth | Paddle steamer | For private owner. |
| November | United States | | Seabrook | King of Rome | Schooner | For private owner. |
| 2 December | United Kingdom | Mary Ross | Rochester | Epervier | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 December | France | Antoine Arnoud | Toulon | Montebello | Océan-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 7 December | United Kingdom | John King | Upnor | Despatch | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 December | United Kingdom | Thomas Kemp | Fell's Point, Maryland | Chasseur | Baltimore Clipper | For William Hollins. |
| 19 December | United Kingdom | John Dudman | Blackwall | Indus | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 December | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Mahmudiye | First rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| 30 December | India | James Scott & John Hunter | Calcutta | Cornwallis | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | Michael Smith | Howrah | Alexander | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Middletown, Connecticut | Anaconda | Brig-sloop | For New York State Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Richardson | Hull | Andrew Marvel | Whaler | For Mr. Marshall. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Ann | Full-rigged ship | For Pestonjee Bomanjee. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Stockton-on-tees | Astrea | Transport ship | For Mr. Grayham. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Elgin | Bell of London | Full-rigged ship | For private owner |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Fishburn & Broderick | Whitby | Bellona | Merchantman | For Fishburn & Broderick. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Catherine Griffith | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Monkwearmouth | Cheerful | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laine | Sunderland | Clitus | Merchantman | For Laing & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Cora | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | New Providence | Cora | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Cossack | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Courier | Merchantman | For John Gooding, William T. Graham and James Williams. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Plymouth | Coventry | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | Michael Smith | Calcutta | Creole | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Edward | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Emu | Snow | For W. Hurry. |
| Unknown date | Lower Canada | | Quebec | Fame | Merchantman | For Mr. Linthorne. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Daniel Brent | Rotherhithe | General Harris | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | Kemp | Baltimore, Maryland | Grampus | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Growler | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Herefordshire | Full-rigged ship | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Talbot County, Maryland | Hussar | Privateer | For John Hollins, John Smith Hollins, William Hollins and Michael McBlair. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Isabella | Merchantman | For W. Moxon & J. White. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Lascelles | Brig | For J. Foster & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William & John M. Gales | Sunderland | Latona | Brig | For Rowland Webster. |
| Unknown date | France | | Saint-Malo | La Ville de Caen | Lugger | For Robert Surcouf. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Leda | Merchantman | For John Hubbard. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Le Fougueux | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | France | | | L'Impétueux | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New Orleans, Louisiana | Louisiana | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Thomas Kemp | Fells Point, Maryland | Lynx | Topsail schooner | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Heward Benj | Sunderland | Meanwell | Full-rigged ship | For J. Phillips & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Melantho | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Dorchester County, Maryland | Ned | Schooner | For James & William Bosley. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Nonsuch | Schooner | For George Stiles. |
| Unknown date | Upper Canada | John Dennis | York | Prince Regent | Schooner | For Provincial Marine. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Whitehaven | Prince Regent | West Indiaman | For Mr. Bowen. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bottomley & Co. | King's Lynn | Providence | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Rambler | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | Charles Turner | Medford, Massachusetts | Rambler | Brig | For Benjamin Rich. |
| Unknown date | France | | Saint-Malo | Renard | Cutter | For Robert Surcouf. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Baltimore, Maryland | Revenge | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | William Flanaghan | Baltimore, Maryland | Siro | Schooner | For George Stiles. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New York | Star | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Upper Canada | | Montreal | Stirling | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | Nathaniel Tynes | Bermuda | Sylph | Bermuda-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Tay | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New York | Vengeance | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Union | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Forsyth & Co. | South Shields | Vittoria | Transport ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New York | William Bayard | Merchantman | For Roy Bayard, William Bayard, Enoch Conklin, Allyn Mather, & M.Sims. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |