List of ship launches in 1873
The list of ship launches in 1873 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1873.
| Date | State | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Chatham Dockyard | Encounter | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 2 January | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Colombia | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[1] | |
| 11 January | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Basuto | Steamship | For Union Steamship Co.[2] | |
| 11 January | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Duke of Argyll | Paddle steamer | For Dublin & Glasgow Steam Packet Co.[3] | |
| 13 January | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Middleton | Denderah | Steamship | For private owner.[4] | |
| 14 January | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Galicia | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[5] | |
| 16 January | John Cuthbert | Millers Point | Renard | Beagle-class schooner | For Royal Navy. | |
| 17 January | Harland and Wolff | Belfast | Belgic | Passenger ship | For White Star Line.[6] | |
| 23 January | Robert Allen & Son. | Pembroke | Rose Schneider | Schooner | For Joseph Fisher.[7] | |
| 27 January | Messrs. J. Humphrey & Co. | Aberdeen | Volant | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Humphrey & Co.[8] | |
| 28 January | Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Quinta | Steamship | For Flensburg Steam Shipping Company.[9] | |
| 29 January | John Webster | Fraserburgh | St. Fergus | Schooner | For James Bremner.[10] | |
| 30 January | James Laing | Sunderland | Ben Ledi | Steamship | For J. Morrison.[2][11] | |
| 30 January | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Ianthe | Steamship | For Messrs. Thomas Russell & Son.[12] | |
| 30 January | Iliff & Mounsey | Sunderland | Sea Gull | Steamship | For Basden, Townsend & Co.[2][13] | |
| January | Mr. Key | Kinghorn | African | Steamship | For Union Steamship Co.[14] | |
| January | John Crown | Sunderland | Boldon | Barque | For John Crown.[2] | |
| January | Iliff & Mounsey | Sunderland | Danaë | Steamship | For J. Robinson & Co.[2] | |
| January | Philip Bellot | Gorey | Gazelle | Merchantman | For Joseph Moses.[15] | |
| January | William Pile & Co | Sunderland | Hankow | Paddle steamer | For John Robert Kelso. Incorporated half of Lark in build, with a new bow or stern section.[2] | |
| January | William Pile & Co | Sunderland | Lilian | Paddle steamer | For C. H. Ellis & C. H. Stewart. Incorporated half of Lark in build, with a new bow or stern section.[2] | |
| January | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Minstrel King | Barque | For Jacobs & Co.[2][16] | |
| January | Charles W. Aubin | Jersey | Nellie | Ketch | For Elijah Seagers.[17] | |
| January | Pearl | Steamship | For private owner.[18] | |||
| January | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | St. Peter | Steamship | For J. Blumer & Co.[2][19] | |
| January | Messrs. T. R. Oswald & Co. | Sunderland | Wallace | Steamship | For John H. Watt.[2][20] | |
| 1 February | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Hope | Whaler | For private owners.[21] | |
| 11 February | Chatham Dockyard | Ariel | Ariel-class gunboat | For Royal Navy.[22] | ||
| 11 February | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Chester | Steamship | For Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. | |
| 11 February | John Cuthbert | Millers Point | Conflict | Beagle-class schooner | For Royal Navy. | |
| 11 February | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Frundsberg | Corvette | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. | |
| 11 February | Chatham Dockyard | Zephyr | Ariel-class gunboat | For Royal Navy.[22] | ||
| 12 February | Messrs. Rober Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Duke of Argyll | Steamship | For Eastern Steamship Co.[23] | |
| 12 February | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Glasgow | Pennsylvania | Steamship | For State Line Steamship Company (Limited).[24] | |
| 13 February | Messrs. J. Wray & Son | Burton upon Stather | Burton | Fishing smack | For Burton-upon-Stather Shipping Co.[25] | |
| 13 February | Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson | Paisley | Guriezo | Steamship | For Messrs. Cruickshanks & Co.[26] | |
| 13 February | Messrs. Carnegie & Matthew | Peterhead | Helen Hutchison | Schooner | For Mr. Hutchison.[27] | |
| 13 February | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Whiteinch | Willem Kroonprins der Nederlanden | Steamship | For Netherland India Steam Navigation Co.[26] | |
| 14 February | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Glasgow | Braemar Castle | Steamship | For Castle Line.[28][29] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Partick | City of Richmond | Steamship | For Inman Line.[30] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co | Seacombe | Dante | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Andrews & Co.[31] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. John Fullerton & Co | Merksworth | Eglinton | Steamship | For G. Carr.[32] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon | Middlesbrough | Hakon Adelstern | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[33] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Pembroke | Steamship | For South Wales Atlantic Steam Ship Co.[32][34] | |
| 15 February | Messrs. Gordon & Blackwood | Port Glasgow | The Tasman | Steamship | For Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company.[30][32] | |
| 25 February | Pembroke Dockyard | Seaflower | Brig | For Royal Navy.[35] | ||
| 26 February | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co | Aberdeen | Douglas | Steamship | For Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co.[36][37] | |
| 28 February | Messrs. R. A. Prichard & Co | Pwllheli | E. L. Margaret | Brig | For private owner.[38] | |
| 28 February | Grangemouth | Lady Windermere | Barque | For private owner.[39] | ||
| February | James Geddie Jr. | Garmouth | Beautiful Star | Merchantman | For private owners.[40] | |
| 1 March | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | City of Aberdeen | Steamship | For Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.[41] | |
| 1 March | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Middleton | Ibis | Steamship | For Kosmos Steam Navigation Co.[42] | |
| 1 March | Messrs. Hansen & Sons | Cowes | Lisette | Steam yacht | For Mr. Gower.[43] | |
| 1 March | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham | Raleigh | Frigate | For Royal Navy. | |
| 3 March | Messrs. Earle's | Kingston upon Hull | Eldorado | Merchantman | For private owner.[44] | |
| 3 March | Messrs. John Elder & Co | Fairfield | Islay | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[45] | |
| 4 March | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Anglian | Steamship | For Messrs. William Ross & Co.[45] | |
| 5 March | John Barter & Son | Brixham | Flower of the Fleet | Sloop | For Samuel D. Mills.[46] | |
| 10 March | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Cartsdyke | Lou Cettori | Steamship | For Compagnie Valery Frères et Fils.[47] | |
| 11 March | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co | Whiteinch | Alabama | Steamship | For State Line.[48] | |
| 11 March | Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co. | West Hartlepool | Luxor | Steamship | For private owner.[49] | |
| 13 March | Robinson | Gosport | Fleetwing | Yacht | For Mr. West.[50] | |
| 15 March | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Cotopaxi | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[51] | |
| 15 March | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Douglas | Steamship | For Messrs. Pyman, Bell & Co.[52] | |
| 15 March | W. Watson | Sunderland | Drepano | Steamship | For La Trinacria Società di Navigazione á Vapeur.[2][53] | |
| 21 March | Joseph Burton | Selby | Cambria | Humber Keel | For Messrs. Charles & William Ford.[54] | |
| 25 March | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Indiana | Pennsylvania-class steamship | For American Steamship Company. | |
| 26 March | Chatham Dockyard | Fantome | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 29 March | Gourlay Brothers | Dundee | Abbotsford | Passenger ship | For Red Star Line. | |
| 29 March | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Atlas | Steamship | For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forwood.[55] | |
| 29 March | Michael Ratsey | cowes | Auriga | Yacht | For L. W. Close.[56] | |
| 29 March | Caird & Company | Greenock | City of Chester | Passenger ship | For Inman Line. | |
| 29 March | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Consolation | Steamship | For Donald R. Macgregor.[55] | |
| 29 March | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Florinda | Yawl | For W. Jessop.[57] | |
| 29 March | Messrs. Charles Mitchell & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hooper | Cable ship | For Hooper's Telegraph Works (Limited).[58][59][60] | |
| 29 March | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Julio Diniz | Steamship | For Progresso Maritimo do Porto.[55] | |
| 29 March | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Hartlepool | Norbiton | Steamship | For private owner.[61] | |
| 29 March | Messrs. Green | Blackwall | Sultan | Steamship | For Messrs. Green.[58] | |
| 29 March | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited) | Glasgow | Virginia | Steamship | For State Line Steamship company (Limited).[55] | |
| 31 March | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Life Brigade | Steamship | For E. Shotton & Co.[2][16] | |
| March | Blake & Co. | Northfleet | Celestial | Steamship | For James C. Kerr.[62] | |
| March | Messrs. Earle | Hull | El Dorado | Steamship | For Wilson India Line.[63] | |
| Unknown date | Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Petrarch | Steamship | For George MacAndrew and others.[64] | |
| March | Allix | Jersey | Uberty | Schooner | For Charles Barclay.[65] | |
| 1 April | Messrs. Robert Steele & Co. | Cartsdyke | Braunschweig | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd.[66] | |
| 1 April | Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Francisco Calderon | Steamship | For Compania Maritima del Peru.[66] | |
| 1 April | Quayle & Martin | Cleveland, Ohio | Selah Chamberlain | Steamship | For Alva Bradley. | |
| 2 April | Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon | Middlesbrough | Isidora | Steamship | For private owner.[67] | |
| 4 April | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Footdee | Robert Kirkwood | Fishing smack | For Shetland Fishing Company (Limited).[68] | |
| 7 April | Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. | Footdee | Princess Louisa | Steamship | For Duke of Sutherland.[69] | |
| 10 April | Devonport Dockyard | Amethyst | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy.[70] | ||
| 12 April | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Ithaca | Steamship | For Anderson, Horan & Co.[2][16] | |
| 12 April | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co | South Stockton | No. 189 | Steamship | For private owner.[71] | |
| 14 April | Michael Ratsey | Cowes | Heather Bell | Yacht | For Mr. Schneider.[72] | |
| 15 April | Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson | Hull | Haining | Steamship | For Messrs. Matheson & Co.[73] | |
| 15 April | Messrs. Tod & MacGregor | Partick | Owl | Steamship | For Messrs. Burns.[74] | |
| 16 April | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | Duke of Sutherland | Steamship | For Ducal Line.[74] | |
| 16 April | Messrs. Dpbie & Co. | Govan | Tartar | Steamship | For Messrs. James Howden & Co.[74] | |
| 18 April | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Feldmarschall von Moltke | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd.[75] | |
| 21 April | James Comerford | Malahide | Shamrock | Yawl | For Lord Talbot de Malahide.[76] | |
| 23 April | Lucerne | Schooner | For William Mack & others. | |||
| 26 April | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Dundee | American | Steamship | For Union Steamship Co.[77] | |
| 26 April | Messrs. William Hamilton & Co. | Port Glasgow | Maracaibo | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft. Capsized on being launched.[78] | |
| 26 April | William Ashburner | Barrow-in-Furness | Mary Bell | Schooner | For Thomas Ashburner.[79] | |
| 26 April | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Matin | Steamship | For Messrs. Mudie.[80] | |
| 26 April | Allsup | Preston | Queen of the Bay | Steamship | For Ribble Navigation Co.[81] | |
| 26 April | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Tacna | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[82] | |
| 28 April | Mr. Key | Kinghorn | Fifeshire | Steamship | For private owner.[83] | |
| 28 April | Messrs. R. Napier & Sons | Govan | Goethe | Steamship | For Deutsche Transatlantische Dampfsschiffahrts Gesellschaft.[84] | |
| April | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Morna | Schooner | For private owner.[85] | |
| April | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Severn | Steamship | For Royal Mail Line.[2][86] | |
| April | R. A. Ayles | Weymouth | Ventura | Ketch | For Wilson, Sons & Co.[87] | |
| 12 May | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Aries | Steam yacht | For Sir James Ramsden.[88] | |
| 12 May | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Co. | Govan | Glenfalloch | Steamship | For Messrs. A. C. Gow & Co.[89] | |
| 13 May | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Middleton | James Malam | Steamship | For Messrs. Groves, MacLean & Co.[90][91] | |
| 14 May | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Gleam | Yacht | For David MacIver.[92] | |
| 14 May | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Govan | Potosi | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[93] | |
| 15 May | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Alkelda | Yacht | For William Topham.[94] | |
| 15 May | E. Robertson | Ipswich | Aveyron | Yacht | For E. Packard Jr.[95] | |
| 15 May | Messrs. Norvill Bros. | Llanelly | Jamapa | Barquentine | For Messrs. Samuel Baker & Co.[96] | |
| 15 May | Malcolmson Bros. | Waterford | Phœnix | Yacht | For William Spaight.[97] | |
| 15 May | John White | Cowes | Shanklin | Steamship | For Isle of Wight Steam Ferry Company, Limited.[98] | |
| 15 May | John White | Cowes | Ventnor | Steamship | For Isle of Wight Steam Ferry Company, Limited.[98] | |
| 17 May | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Marie | Steamship | For Messrs. M'Kinney & Rafferty.[99] | |
| 23 May | Devonport Dockyard | Modeste | Amethyst-class corvette | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 24 May | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Daisy | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Turnbull, Son, & Co.[100] | |
| 24 May | Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | Hull | Hohenzollern | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd.[101] | |
| 27 May | Messrs. John Humphrey & Co. | Aberdeen | James Macpherson | Steamship | For private owner.[102] | |
| 27 May | Messrs. W. Allsup & Son | Preston | James Seed | Schooner | For Messrs. J. Seed & Co.[103] | |
| 28 May | Messrs. Laird Bros. | Birkenhead | Britannia | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[104] | |
| 28 May | Robert Stephenson and Company | Newcastle upon Tyne | Eleanor | Paddle steamer | For London and North Western Railway. | |
| 28 May | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | John Bramall | Steamship | For Messrs. J. B. Walker & Co.[105] | |
| 28 May | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Nantes | Steamship | For Cunard Line.[106] | |
| 28 May | Mr. Clare Lallow | Cowes | Nixie | Cutter | For Alfred Sartoris.[107] | |
| 31 May | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunnlop | Port Glasgow | Aviles | Steamship | For Aviles Steam Navigation Company.[108] | |
| 31 May | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Scotstoun | County of Sutherland | Steamship | For Messrs. R. & J. Craig.[108] | |
| 2 June | New Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Novgorod | monitor | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 2 June | Wakefield | William Hewson | Humber Keel | For William Hewson.[109] | ||
| 6 June | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | Hercules | Mersey flat | For private owner.[110] | |
| 7 June | Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons | Cardiff | Gathorn | Steamship | For Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons.[111] | |
| 10 June | Messrs. Withy, Alexander & Co. | Hartlepool | Solway | Steamship | For Messrs. Steel, Young & Co.[112] | |
| 11 June | Messrs. C. M. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Montana | Steamship | For Guion Line.[113] | |
| 11 June | Messrs. R. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Snowdrop | Steamship | For Messrs. Cory, Lohden & Co.[114] | |
| 12 June | Messrs. Palmers | Jarrow | Dakota | Steamship | For Guion Line.[113] | |
| 12 June | William Fife | Fairlie | Hesperia | Schooner | For George Elder.[115] | |
| 12 June | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Petter Stahle | Steamship | For E. S. Jobson & Co.[2][116] | |
| 13 June | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company | Govan | Georgia | Steamship | For State Line Steamship Company (Limited).[117] | |
| 16 June | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Croya | Paddle steamer | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[118] | |
| 16 June | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greennock | Von Roon | Steamship | For Norddeutsche Lloyd.[118] | |
| 23 June | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Nederland | Steamship | For International Navigation Co.[119] | |
| 23 June | Messrs. Palmer & Co. | Jarrow | Sceptre | Steamship | For Messrs. Hall & Co.[119] | |
| 25 June | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Duke of Devonshire | Steamship | For Eastern Steamship Co.[120][121] | |
| 25 June | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Hardwick | Steamship | For Messrs. Appleby, Ropner & Co.[122] | |
| 26 June | Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon | Middlesbrough | Bertha | Steamship | For J. P. Hornung.[123] | |
| 26 June | Messrs. Gilbert & Cooper | Hull | Derwent | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Dunkerley & Co.[124] | |
| 26 June | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Son | Whiteinch | Lima | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[125] | |
| 27 June | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Nizam | Steamship | For P&O[126] | |
| 28 June | Messrs. John Elder & Co | Fairfield | Elysia | Steamship | For Anchor Line Steamship Company.[127] | |
| 28 June | John White | Cowes | Ryde | Steamship | For Southsea and Isle of Wight Steam Ferry Co.[128] | |
| June | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Blanche | Schooner | For J. Westcott & Co.[129] | |
| June | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Illinois | Pennsylvania-class steamship | For American Steamship Company. | |
| 1 July | Fiume | Libonena | Steamship | For Österreichischer Lloyd.[130] | ||
| 5 July | Alpha | Sternwheeler | For J. W. McLane. | |||
| 5 July | Earle's Shipbuilding Co. | Hull | Czarevna | Steam yacht | For Alexander II.[131][132] | |
| 10 July | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Stobcross | City of Manchester | Steamship | For Calcutta Line.[133] | |
| 12 July | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Almeida Garrett | Steamship | For Progresso Maritimo do Porto.[134] | |
| 12 July | Arsenal de Marina da Corte | Rio de Janeiro | Trajano | Cruiser | For Imperial Brazilian Navy. | |
| 14 July | J. G. Lawrie | Glasgow | Bordelaise | Steamship | For private owner.[135] | |
| 16 July | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Faleme | Steamship | For Messrs. Jamed F. Hutton & Co.[136] | |
| 19 July | Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons | Bristol | Mabel | Steamship | For private owner.[137] | |
| 26 July | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Bride | Steamship | For Adam & Co.[2][16] | |
| 26 July | Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Cæsarea | Steamship | For Messrs. Hacquoil Bros.[138] | |
| 26 July | Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon | Middlesbrough | Chelydra | Steamship | For private owner.[139] | |
| 26 July | Messrs. Withy, Aleander & Co | Middleton | Mary Coverdale | Steamship | For John Coverdale and partners.[140][141] | |
| 26 July | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Sophie Jobson | Steamship | For E. S. Jobson & Co.[2][142] | |
| 28 July | Raenhill & Co. | London | Magallanes | Corvette | For Chilean Navy. | |
| 30 July | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Maryhill | Terrier | Lighter | For Messrs. Burrell & Son.[143] | |
| July | Messrs. Henry Murray & Co. | Port Glasgow | Cathcart | Steamship | For private owner.[144] | |
| July | Mr. Bisson | Jersey | New Leader | Schooner | For Thomas Jeune.[145] | |
| 2 August | Stephens & Sons | Dundee | Bloodhound | Whaler | For Walter B. Grieve. | |
| 7 August | Messrs. Carneggie & Matthew | Peterhead | Paragon | Schooner | For Mr. Kidd.[146] | |
| 9 August | William Simons and Company | Renfrew | Milford | Paddle steamer | For Great Western Railway. | |
| 9 August | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Thales | Steamship | For Messrs. Lamport & Holt.[147] | |
| 11 August | William Watson | Pallion | Baron Blantyre | Full-rigged ship | For James MacCunn & Co.[2][53][148] | |
| 11 August | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co | Stockton-on-Tees | Shamrock | Tender | For British Government.[149] | |
| 12 August | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Ethiopia | Steamship | For Anchor Line.[150] | |
| 12 August | Williams | Cardigan | Heatherbell | Schooner | For Mr. Davies and others.[151] | |
| 12 August | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Ichang | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[150] | |
| 12 August | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Mongol | Steamship | For Messrs. James Howden & Co.[150] | |
| 12 August | Messrs. Bowdler & Chaffer | Seacombe | Zorilla | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Glynn & Co.[152] | |
| 13 August | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | North | Steamship | For Sr. Mendez.[148] | |
| 14 August | Messrs. Wingate | Whiteinch | Paragua | Steamship | For Messrs. Ker, Bolton & Co.[153] | |
| 22 August | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Arnao | Steamship | For Royal Asturienne Mining Co.[154] | |
| 22 August | Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon | Port Glasgow | Brest | Steamship | For Cunard Line.[154] | |
| 23 August | Mr. Luke | Itchen Ferry | Peronelle | Lifeship | For Hans Busk. Carried two lifeboats.[155][156] | |
| 26 August | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Port Glasgow | Amzone | Merchantman | For Messrs. W. Battersby & Co.[157] | |
| 26 August | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Stobcross | Ben Cruachan | Merchantman | For Messrs. Watson Bros. and others.[157] | |
| 26 August | Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Romeo | Steamship | For Messrs. Shaw, Walker & Co.[157] | |
| 26 August | Robert Napier and Sons | Glasgow | Schiller | Ocean liner | For German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line. | |
| 26 August | Messrs. M'Fadyen & Co. | Port Glasgow | Not named | Steamship | For J. Wilson.[157] | |
| 27 August | Chatham Dockyard | Albatross | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[158] | ||
| August | W. Watson | Sunderland | Sleipner | Steamship | For Swedish Steam Navigation Co.[2][53] | |
| 1 September | S. Allerton | Lowestoft | Dauntless | fishing vessel | For Messrs. Porter & Butcher.[159] | |
| 1 September | S. Allerton | Lowestoft | Scheme | Fishing vessel | For Messrs. Littlewood & Dance.[159] | |
| 6 September | Messrs. Turnbull & Son | Whitby | Pansy | Steamship | For private owner.[160] | |
| 6 September | Messrs. R. Irvine & Co. | West Hartlepool | Primrose | Steamship | For Messrs. Cory, Lohden & Co.[161] | |
| 6 September | Aberdeen | Samuel Plimsoll | Merchantman | For Messrs. George Thompson Jr., & Co[162] | ||
| 8 September | Michael Ratsey | Cowes | Duke of Palmella | Yacht | For private owner.[163] | |
| 8 September | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Orient | Steamship | For James Taylor.[164] | |
| 9 September | Messrs. John Fullarton & Co. | Merksworth | Carnforth | Steamship | For M. J. Wilson.[165] | |
| 9 September | Robert Steele & Company | Greenock | Nurnberg | Steamship | For the Norddeutscher Lloyd. | |
| 10 September | Portsmouth Dockyard | Shah | Frigate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 11 September | Messrs. William Hamilton & Son | Port Glasgow | Delambro | Steamship | For Messrs. Lamport & Holt.[166] | |
| 13 September | Messrs. John Humphrey & Co. | Aberdeen | Dee | Steamship | For Messrs. Adam & Co.[167] | |
| 18 September | William Cramp & Sons | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Columbus | Steamship | William P. Clyde & Co. | |
| 18 September | New York Navy Yard | New York | Swatara | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. | |
| 20 September | Messrs. Joseph Eltringham | South Shields | Byscaim | Steamship | For Messrs. H. E. Moss.[168] | |
| 20 September | Messrs. Raylton & Dixon | Middlesbrough | Hellespont | Steamship | For private owner.[169] | |
| 22 September | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Franconia | Steamship | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft.[170] | |
| 23 September | Tay Shipbuilding Co. | Dundee | Barbara Taylow | Schooner | For private owners.[171] | |
| 23 September | Mr. Key | Kirkcaldy | Kaffir | Steamship | For Union Steamship Co.[172] | |
| 23 September | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Whiteinch | Loch Maree | Clipper | For Glasgow Shipping Co.[171] | |
| 24 September | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Hohenstaufen | Steamship | For Norddeutscher Lloyd.[173] | |
| 24 September | Messrs. R. & J. Evasn & Co. | Liverpool | Knowsley Hall | Merchantman | For Robert Alexander.[174] | |
| 24 September | C. & R. Poillon | Brooklyn, New York | Thomas S. Negus | Pilot boat | For New Jersey Pilots. | |
| 25 September | Messrs. Dobie & Co. | Govan | Gareloch | Merchantman | For private owner.[175] | |
| Unknown date | James Beeching | Great Yarmouth | Star | Paddle tug | For Great Yarmouth 'Star' Steam Tug Co. Ltd.[176] | |
| September | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Cyrene | Barque | For G. Foreman.[2][16] | |
| September | Charles W. Aubin | Jersey | Sea Bird | Schooner | For Fraser Renouf.[177] | |
| 1 October | Boffin Island | Thomas F. Brady | Galway hooker | For J. M'Cormack.[178] | ||
| 2 October | Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | General-Admiral | General-Admiral-class cruiser | For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 4 October | Irrawaddy, Flotilla, and Burgee Steam Navigation Company (Limited) | Dalla | Eden | Steamship | For Irrawaddy, Flotilla, and Burgee Steam Navigation Company (Limited).[179] | |
| 6 October | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Ava | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited).[180] | |
| 6 October | Messrs. Watts, Milburn & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Hankow | Steamship | For private owner.[181] | |
| 7 October | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbartonb | Bulldog | Lighter | For Messrs. Burrell & Son.[182] | |
| 7 October | Messrs. Hall & Co. | Aberdeen | Don | Steamship | For J. B. Adam and others.[183] | |
| 8 October | Messrs. Bowdler & Chaffer | Seacombe | Zelda | Steamship | For Messrs. J. Glynn & Sons.[184] | |
| 9 October | Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. | Barrow-in-Furness | Duke of Buccleuch | Steamship | For Easter Steam Ship Co. Ltd.[185] | |
| 10 October | Messrs. M'Fayden & Co. | Port Glasgow | Lady Downshire | Steamship | For East Downshire Steamship Co.[186] | |
| 10 October | Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. | Hull | Navarino | Steamship | For Wilson Line.[187][188] | |
| 10 October | Messrs. M'Fayden & Co. | Port Glasgow | Warkworth | Steamship | For A. C. Colvill.[186] | |
| 11 October | Messrs. Charles Connell & Co. | Whiteinch | City of Carthage | Steamship | For Messrs. George Smith & Sons.[189] | |
| 11 October | Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop | Port Glasgow | Julian de Zuleta | Steamship | For Sr. Don Julian de Zuleta.[189] | |
| 15 October | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Corregidor | Steamship | For private owner.[190] | |
| 18 October | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Gloamin | Steamship | For Messrs. Mudie.[191] | |
| 21 October | Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son | Dumbarton | Thomasina MacLellan | East Indiaman | For Messrs. Thomson & Gray.[192] | |
| 22 October | Messrs. Richardson, Duck & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Cornwall | Steamship | For Great Western Steamship Line.[193] | |
| 22 October | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons | Linthouse | Herder | Steamship | For New Dutch Transatlantic Co.[192] | |
| 23 October | Royden & Sons | Liverpool | Glengarry | Steamship | For private owner.[194] Collided with the Mersey Flats Atlas and Industry on being launched, sinking Industry and severely damaging Atlas.[195] | |
| 25 October | Lorient Shipyard | Lorient | Friedland | Ironclad | For French Navy. | |
| 1 November | Pembroke Dockyard | Egeria | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 5 November | Wood, Dialogue & Co | Camden, New Jersey | City Ice Boat No. 3 | Icebreaker | For City of Philadelphia. | |
| 6 November | Stephen Lampard | Portsmouth | Southsea | Steamship | For Southsea and Ryde Steam Ferry Company.[196] | |
| 8 November | Messrs. Hall & Sons | Aberdeen | Alexander Pirie | Steamship | For Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co.[197] | |
| 8 November | Chatham Dockyard | Flying Fish | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[198] | ||
| 8 November | Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co. | Seacombe | Hochung | Steamship | For Messrs. Matheson & Co.,[199] or China Merchants Steam Navigation Company.[200] | |
| 8 November | Charles Connell and Company | Scotstoun | Loch Ard | Clipper | For General Shipping Co. | |
| 12 November | Laird Brothers | Birkenhead | Paraná | Gunboat | For Argentine Navy. | |
| 13 November | New York Navy Yard | New York City | Alarm | Torpedo boat | For United States Navy. | |
| 20 November | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | Trieste | Aurora | Aurora-class corvette | For Austro-Hungarian Navy. | |
| 20 November | Messrs. M. Pearse & Co. | Stockton-on-Tees | Blenheim | Steamship | For Messrs. John Holman & Sons.[201] | |
| 20 November | Robert Steele | Glasgow | Hesperus | Clipper | For Orient Line. | |
| 20 November | Messrs. Camper & Nicholson | Gosport | Pearl | Yawl | For private owner.[202] | |
| 20 November | Wigram & Sons | Blackwall | Sappho | Fantome-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
| 22 November | Messrs. Archibale M'Millan & Sons | Dumbarton | Dominion | Steamship | For Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Company (Limited).[203][204] | |
| 22 November | Aitken & Mansel | Glasgow | Honfleur | Passenger / cargo ship | For London and South Western Railway. | |
| 22 November | AG Vulcan | Stettin | Preussen | Preussen-class ironclad | For Kaiserliche Marine. | |
| 24 November | Messrs. Aitken & Mansel | Whiteinch | Beta | Steamship | For Cunard Line.[205] | |
| 24 November | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Port Glasgow | MacCallum More | Full-rigged ship | For John Potter.[206] | |
| November | David Banks & Co. | Plymouth | Commerce | Ketch | For Thomas Harvey.[207] | |
| November | Messrs. George Smith & So | Maitland | Lady Vere de Vere | Barque | For private owner.[208] | |
| 2 December | Messrs. J. & R. Swan | Dumbarton | Lady Ambrosine | Steamship | For Western Isles Steam Packet Company.[209] | |
| 3 December | Toulon | Richelieu | Central battery ironclad | For French Navy. | ||
| 4 December | Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co. | Stobcross | Ben Voirlich | East Indiaman | For Messrs. Watson Bros.[210][211] | |
| 4 December | Joseph Burton | Selby | Onward | Humber keel | For J. Hunter.[212] | |
| 5 December | William Watson | Sunderland | Ballochmyle | Full-rigged ship | For McKellar & Co.[2][53] | |
| 6 December | Messrs. Bowdler & Chaffer | Seacombe | Culmore | Steamship | For Messrs. R. T. Smyth & Co.[213] | |
| 6 December | John Elder & Company | Fairfield | Iberia | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. | |
| 6 December | Messrs. John Reid & Co. | Greenock | John Kerr | Merchantman | For Messrs. Abram Lyle & Sons.[214] | |
| 6 December | Outwin | Goole | Jupiter | Smack | For Mr. Holmes.[215] | |
| 6 December | Messrs. W. Simons & Co. | Renfrew | Midland | Steamship | For Messrs. R. Henderson & Son.[214] | |
| 11 December | E. Robertson | Ipswich | Ilha D'Agoa | Fishing smack | For private owner.[216] | |
| 17 December | Messrs. Barr & Shearer | Ardrossan | Hebe | Schooner | For Messrs. Bain & Johnston.[217] | |
| 18 December | Whitehead | Limekilns | Agnes Cairns | Schooner | For James Cairns.[218] | |
| 18 December | Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. | Aberdeen | Leonor | Steamship | For Messrs. Morrison & Co.[219] | |
| 18 December | Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Son | Dundee | Porteous | Whaler | For private owner.[220] | |
| 20 December | London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company | Glasgow | Montgomeryshire | Steamship | For Messrs. Jenkins & Co.[221][211] | |
| 20 December | Messrs. John Elder & Co. | Fairfield | Paouting | Steamship | For Messrs. Baring Bros & C0.[221][211] | |
| 22 December | Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co. | Whiteinch | Ayacucho | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[222] | |
| 22 December | Messrs. William Denny & Bros. | Dumbarton | Irrawaddy | Steamship | For Messrs. P. Henderson & Co.[222] | |
| 23 December | Messrs. Laird | Birkenhead | Marajo | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[223] | |
| 23 December | Kiangnan Arsenal | Jiangnan Shipyard | Yuyuen | Haian-class frigate | For Imperial Chinese Navy. | |
| 24 December | Messrs. Caird & Co. | Greenock | Oder | Steamship | For Norddeutsche Lloyd.[224] | |
| 30 December | A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Hankow | Paddle Steamer | For China Navigation Company. | |
| December | M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co. | Dumbarton | Brestois | Steamship | For Chevoilette Frères.[211] | |
| December | Messrs. Scott & Co. | Greenock | Maputo | Steamship | For British India Steam Navigation Company.[211] | |
| Unknown date | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Adeliza | Merchantman | For G. L. Seed & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Adria | Steamship | For P&O.[19] | |
| Unknown date | Mr. Bautier | Jersey | Alabama | Schooner | For Thomas DeFaye.[225] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Alegria | Steamship | For Pablo Maria Tintoré & Co.[2][11] | |
| Unknown date | Anglo-Norman | Thames barge | For private owner.[226] | |||
| Unknown date | J. Gardner | North Hylton | Argo | Barque | For Messrs. Humble & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Ratsey | Cowes | Arigna | Schooner | For Mr. Close.[227] | |
| Unknown date | M. Simpson | St. Catharines | Asia | Passenger ship | For Northwestern Transportation Company. | |
| Unknown date | T. R. Oswald & Co. | Sunderland | Aurrera | Steamship | For Olano Larrinaga & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Azorian | Steamship | For H. Collings & Co.[2][16] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Barita | Merchantman | For Porteous & Senier.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pile | Sunderland | Barossa | Full-rigged ship | For T. B. Walker.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Richard Thompson | Sunderland | Blackpool | Schooner | For G. L. Seed & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pile | Sunderland | Border Chieftain | Merchantman | For E. Shotton & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pile & Co. | Sunderland | Borneo | Steamship | For J. H. Kelso.[2] | |
| Unknown date | G. Short | Sunderland | Borrowdale | Merchantman | For Milburn Bros.[2] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Brabant | Cargo liner | For John Ryde & Co.[2][11][228] | |
| Unknown date | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Carisbrooke | Merchantman | For G. D. Dale & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Carlotta | Merchantman | For Chapman & Staniland.[2] | |
| Unknown date | N. Gibbon | South Hylton | Catherine Marden | Schooner | For William Marden.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. J. & G. Thomson | Glasgow | Cawdor Castle | Steamship | For Castle Line.[229] | |
| Unknown date | G. Short | Sunderland | Chambeze | Merchantman | For G. J. Hay.[2] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Chancellor | Merchantman | For T. & J. Harrison.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Mr. Fyfe | Fairlie | Clarissa | Cutter | For Lord Henry Lennox.[230] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Thompson | Sunderland | City of Dublin | Steamship | For M. Murphy.[2] | |
| Unknown date | John Roach & Sons | Chester, Pennsylvania | City of Waco | Passenger / cargo ship | For Mallory Line. | |
| Unknown date | G. Short | Sunderland | Cornwall | Merchantman | For H. T. Morton.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Thompson Jr. | Sunderland | Crownthorpe | Full-rigged ship | For Livingstone & Briggs.[2] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Dafila | Steamship | For Porteous & Senier.[2][11] | |
| Unknown date | George Goble | Oswego, New York | Daniel Lyons | Schooner | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Dora | Collier | For J. D. Hill & Co.[2][19] | |
| Unknown date | J. Crown | Sunderland | Doris | Schooner | For L. Lewis.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pile | Sunderland | Echo | Merchantman | For Hudig & Blockhuyzen.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Edmund Richardson | Merchantman | For T. Seed.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Elizabeth Richardson | Merchantman | For Fleetwood Shipping Co. Ltd.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Richardson | North Hylton | Emma Sims | Merchantman | For Sims, Triplett & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Allsup | Preston | Enterprise | Tug | For Robert Smith.[231] | |
| Unknown date | J. Gardner | North Hylton | Faith | Merchantman | For J. Smith & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Forges et Chantiers de la Mediteranée | Toulon | Fulgerul | Gunboat | For Romanian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Gardshill | Merchantman | For River Parana Steam Ship Co. Ltd.[2] | |
| Unknown date | David Bell | Buffalo, New York | George S. Boutwell | Steamship | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | G. E. Wood | Merchantman | For J. Marychurch & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Patrick Henry Tiernan | San Francisco, California | Gila | Sternwheeler | For Colorado Steam Navigation Company. | |
| Unknown date | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | Glenisla | Merchantman | For W. Thorburn.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Portland, Oregon | Governor Grover | Sternwheeler | For Willamette River Navigation Co. | ||
| Unknown date | W. S. Ellenwood & Co. | East Saginaw, Michigan | Grace A. Channon | Schooner | For Henry Channon. | |
| Unknown date | William Doxford | Sunderland | Gurturbay | Merchantman | For Mr. Gurturbay.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co | Sunderland | Hampton | Merchantman | For Commercial Steam Ship Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Alfred Simey & Co. | Sunderland | Helen Christine | Merchantman | For F. Crawshay.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Alfred Simey & Co. | Sunderland | Herminia | Merchantman | For private owner.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Imbro | Merchantman | For Pinkney & Sons.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Indiana | Schooner | For Fleetwood Shipping Co. Ltd.[2][232] | |
| Unknown date | Davison & Stokoe | Sunderland | John Wells | Merchantman | For Goole Steamship Co. Ltd.[2] | |
| Unknown date | J Softley & Co | South Shields | Kenmure Castle | Steamship | For Messrs T. Skinner and Co.[233] | |
| Unknown date | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Kepler | Merchantman | For W. Wilkie.[2] | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Khiva | Cargo liner | For P&O[2][228] | |
| Unknown date | Kismet | Yacht | For C. P. Clayton.[234] | |||
| Unknown date | Neafie & Levy | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Knickerbocker | Tug | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Kolga | Merchantman | For J. Frensburg, H. Friis & H. Ramsten.[2] | |
| Unknown date | River Tees | Kong Sverre | Steamship | For private owner.[235] | ||
| Unknown date | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Kron Prinz | Steamship | For J. H. Lorentzen & Co.[2][236] | |
| Unknown date | Short Bros. | Sunderland | Lady Catherine | Merchantman | For Earl of Durham.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Lancelot | Steamship | For A. McMillan & Sons.[2][237] | |
| Unknown date | John Banks Jr. | Kilpin Pike | Little Nell | Fishing trawler | For John Cable.[238] | |
| Unknown date | Osbourne, Graham & Co | Sunderland | Lolland | Merchantman | For Det Lollandske Engelske Dampskibs Selskab.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Lucky Vick | Merchantman | For T. Seed.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Charlton & Co. Ltd. | Grimsby | Magna Charta | Paddle steamer | For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. | |
| Unknown date | Charles Weidener | Chester, Pennsylvania | Manhattan | Tug | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | G. Short | Sunderland | Marie Lorentzen | Merchantman | For J. H. Lorentzen & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Anderson | Tranmere, Merseyside | Mary | Mersey flat | For Allan, Bros. & Co. Ltd.[239] | |
| Unknown date | N. Gibbon | South Hylton | May Queen | Barque | For J. Haddow.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Mecca | Steamship | For .[240] | |
| Unknown date | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Medina | Merchantman | For J. Pender.[2] | |
| Unknown date | J. Gardner | Sunderland | Meggie Dixon | Barque | For Richardson & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Robert Napier and Sons | Glasgow | Meiji Maru | Lighthouse tender | For Imperial Japanese Government. | |
| Unknown date | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Morehampton | Merchantman | For W. D. Smith.[2] | |
| Unknown date | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Namaqua | Merchantman | For Union Steamship Co. Ltd.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Doxford | Sunderland | Nereid | Merchantman | For Kirby & Gillies.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Fairlie | Neva | Cutter | For Mr. Holmes-Kerr.[241] | ||
| Unknown date | Bartram, Haswell & Co | Sunderland | Nordstjernen | Merchantman | For Norden Steam Shipping Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | W. Watson | Sunderland | Norval | Full-rigged ship | For Baine & Johnston.[2][53] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | Number Eight | Steamship | For Dublin Port and Docks board.[242] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | Number Seven | Steamship | For Dublin Port and Docks board.[243] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas Brassey & Co. | Birkenhead | Number Six | Steamship | For Dublin Port and Docks board.[244] | |
| Unknown date | Lewis and Stockwell | London | Orwell | Paddle steamer | For Great Eastern Railway. | |
| Unknown date | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Ottowa | Steamship | For J. H. W. Culliford.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Osbourne, Graham & Co. | Sunderland | Ovington | Merchantman | For Humble & Thompson.[2] | |
| Unknown date | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | Parkend | Ketch | For James W. Sully.[245] | |
| Unknown date | W. Richardson | Sunderland | Pauline | Merchantman | For Beckwith & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Pekin | Paddle steamer | For private ownber.[240] | |
| Unknown date | Blake & Co. | Northfleet | Plover | Steamship | For William Liddel.[246] | |
| Unknown date | Puno | Steamship | For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[247] | |||
| Unknown date | Blumer & Co. | Sunderland | Rakaia | Full-rigged ship | For The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd.[2][19] | |
| Unknown date | John I. Thorneycroft & Company | Chiswick | Rap | Torpedo boat | For Royal Norwegian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Roderick Dhu | Merchantman | For Williamson, Milligan & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | N. Gibbon | South Hylton | Roderick Hay | Barque | For P. A. Nicolson.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Bulls Ferry, New Jersey | Shady Side | Steamboat | For Morrisania Steamboat Company. | ||
| Unknown date | Mounsey & Foster | Sunderland | Santander | Merchantman | For Johnson & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Sappho | Thames barge | For private owner.[226] | |||
| Unknown date | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Shanghai | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[240] | |
| Unknown date | Messrs. A. & J. Inglis | Pointhouse | Shing-King | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[240] | |
| Unknown date | William Allsup | Preston | Sir Francis Drake | Paddle tender | For West Cornwall Railway & Dock Co.[248] | |
| Unknown date | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Sorromostro | Steamship | For J. H. Wilson .[2] | |
| Unknown date | Wyandotte Iron Shipbuilding Works | Wyandotte, Michigan | Sport | Tug | For Eber Brock Ward. | |
| Unknown date | A. Simey & Co. | Sunderland | Stag | Merchantman | For C. Lohden.[2] | |
| Unknown date | St. Peter | Schooner | for private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | St. Thomas | Steamship | For West Indian and Pacific Steamship Co.[249] | |||
| Unknown date | Bartram, Haswell & Co. | Sunderland | Supernal | Merchantman | For James Westoll & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Joseph & Nicholas Butson | Bodinnick or Polruan | Thetis | Schooner | For Thomas Pearce.[250] | |
| Unknown date | William Pickersgill | Sunderland | Thomas C. Seed | Brigantine | For T. Seed.[2] | |
| Unknown date | A. Leslie and Company | Newcastle upon Tyne | Thomas Dugdale | Paddle steamer | For Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. | |
| Unknown date | Greenwich | Tolten | Merchantman | For Chilean Government.[251] | ||
| Unknown date | A. Simey & Co. | Sunderland | Triano | Merchantman | For private owner.[2] | |
| Unknown date | J. Crown | Sunderland | Umkomanzi | Barque | For J. T. Rennie.[2][252] | |
| Unknown date | J. Crown | Sunderland | Vanora | Barque | For Lumsdon & Byer.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Joseph L. Thompson | Sunderland | Vindomora | Merchantman | For Bell, Symonds & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Earle's Shipbuilding | Hull | Vidar | Steamship | For Ang Fartyg. | |
| Unknown date | Quale and Martin | Cleveland, Ohio | Vienna | Steamship | For Cleveland Transportation Company. | |
| Unknown date | James Laing | Sunderland | Vulkan | Collier | For Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft .[2][11] | |
| Unknown date | T. R. Oswald | Sunderland | Washington | Merchantman | For Stettin-Amerikanische Dampfschiffahrts AG.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Risden Iron Works | San Francisco, California | Wolcott | Steamship | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | William Doxford | Sunderland | Yen-tai | Merchantman | For E. M. Bussche.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Kennebunk, Maine | Yukon | Schooner | For United States Coast Survey. | ||
| Unknown date | Whitstable | Zebrina | Sailing barge | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | William Doxford | Sunderland | Zeus | Steamship | For Olano, Larrinaga & Co.[2] | 
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