List of ship launches in 1837
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The list of ship launches in 1837 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1837.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | Krishna | Brig | Bombay | .svg){kind=small} India |
For Bombay Pilot Service.[1] | |
| 4 January | Swallow | Sloop | William Bayley | Ipswich |  United Kingdom |
For Mr. Garrod.[2] |
| 7 January | Tintern | Merchantman | Messrs. Swift | Brockweir | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[3] |
| 19 January | Neptune | Steamship | Green & Wigram | location | United Kingdom |
For General Steam Navigation Company.[4] |
| 24 January | Whitby | Full-rigged ship | George & Henry Barrick | Whitby | United Kingdom |
For John Chapman & Co.[5] |
| January | Anna Maria | Full-rigged ship | Calcutta | India |
For private owner.[6] | |
| January | Reina Maria Cristina | Frigate | Ferrol |  Spain |
For Spanish Navy.[7][8] | |
| 3 February | Sappho | Racer-class brig-sloop | Devonport Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 4 February | Vesta | Steamship | Messrs. Hooper's | Ouseburn | United Kingdom |
For Newcastle Steam Navigation Company.[9] |
| 7 February | Amelia | Barque | John Young | Newport | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[10] |
| 7 February | Mercury | Cutter | Chatham Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[11] | |
| 7 February | Pomona | Merchantman | Butement & Young | North Leith | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[12] |
| 23 February | City of London | Chinaman | Messrs. L. Rose & Son | Leith | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[13] |
| February | Isabella & Louisa | Snow | G. Johnson, or G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Ritson.[14] |
| 7 March | Fair Trader | Smack | William Jones | Port Madoc | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[15] |
| 8 March | City of Kingston | Steamship | Wallis | Blackwall, London | United Kingdom |
For Jamaica Steam Navigation Company.[16] |
| 8 March | Eagle | Schooner | William Jones | Port Madoc | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[15] |
| 8 March | Warrior | East Indiaman | Messrs. Garland & Horsbrugh | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Blain.[17] |
| 11 March | Independence | Schooner | Jabez & Edward F. Williams | Greenpoint, New York |  United States |
For private owner. |
| 25 March | Margaret | Brig | Bally | Shoreham-by-Sea | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[18] |
| 27 March | Woodbury | Revenue cutter | L. H. Duncan | Baltimore, Maryland | United States |
For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| March | Lawsons | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Lawson & Co.[14] |
| 6 April | Leith | Steamship | Messrs. Menzies | Leith | United Kingdom |
For General Steam Navigation Company.[19] |
| 7 April | Era | Schooner | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom |
For William Beer and others.[20][21] |
| 8 April | Montrose | Steamship | John Scott & Sons | Greenock | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[22] |
| 8 April | Seringapatam | Passenger ship | Green, Wigram & Green | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[23] |
| 14 April | Mangishlak | Mangishlak-class brig | S. G. Bebikhov | Astrakhan |  Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[24] |
| 19 April | Eagle | Paddle steamer | Fletcher & Fearnall | Limehouse | United Kingdom |
For Eagle Steam Packet Company.[25][26] |
| 19 April | Falcon | Paddle steamer | Fletcher & Fearnall | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For Eagle Steam Packet Company.[25][27] |
| 20 April | Embuscade | Ariane-class corvette | Saint-Malo |  France |
For Royal Navy.[28] | |
| 20 April | Orwell | Sloop | Messrs. Read & Pahe | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[29] |
| 21 April | Hazard | Favorite-class sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 22 April | Chester Trader | Smack | Parry | Hirnel | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[30] |
| April | Aimwell | Snow | Kirkbride & Carruthers | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For General Shipping Company.[14][31] |
| April | Ann Elliot | Snow | J. Carr | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For M. Elliot.[14] |
| April | Horsford | Brigantine | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[32] | |
| April | Messenger | Snow | G. Frater & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[14][33] |
| April | Olive Branch | Barque | J. Watson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Greenwell.[14][34] |
| 5 May | Magnet | Sloop | James Crave | Wakefield | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. R. Dunn & Co.[35] |
| 6 May | L'Egyptien | Steam yacht | Laird & Co. | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For Pacha of Egypt.[36] |
| 18 May | Fulton | Paddle steamer | Brooklyn Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy. | |
| 18 May | Ocean Bride | Snow | Reed, Denton & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Gales & Co.[14] |
| 20 May | Helen | Brig | William Gibson | Hull | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Priest & Lambert.[37] |
| 20 May | Touvre | Transport ship | Arsenal de Rochefort | Rochefort | France |
For French Navy.[38][39] |
| 22 May | Royal Victoria | Steamship | W. & T. Wilson | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Carlisle, Annan and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company.[40] |
| 22 May | William Wilberforce | Steamship | Messrs. Curling, Young & Co. | Limehouse | United Kingdom |
For Humber Union Steam Company.[41] |
| 30 May | Clifton | Merchantman | Green | Bristol | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[42] |
| May | Cornelius | Merchantman | W. Potts | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For W. Potts.[14][43] |
| May | Emerald | Merchantman | Peter Austin & Sons | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Peter Austin & Sons.[14][44] |
| May | Houghton-le-Spring | Barque | Dixon | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. Brown.[14][45] |
| May | Sarepta | Snow | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Nicholson.[14] |
| 6 June | Hercules | Steamship | Bauckham | Gravesend | United Kingdom |
For Llanelly Railway and Dock Company.[46] |
| 6 June | Josepha | Barque | Quebec | Upper Canada |
For private owner.[47] | |
| 19 June | Mandane | Barque | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Wilkinson.[14] |
| 19 June | Victoria | Paddle Steamer | Medley, or Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. | River Humber, or Hull | United Kingdom |
For Hull Steam Packet Company[48][49][50] |
| 20 June | Bonnie Dundee | Steamship | Adamson | Dundee | United Kingdom |
For Leith Steam Packet Company.[51] |
| 20 June | Samuel | Barque | W. J. & R. Tindall | Scarborough | United Kingdom |
For Samuel Smith.[52] |
| 24 June | England | Full-rigged ship | Tynemouth | Colony of New Brunswick |
For private owner.[53] | |
| June | Sir Lionel Smith | Steamship | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[54] | |
| June | Grove | Merchantman | John M. Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14][33] |
| 6 July | Queen Victoria | Paddle steamer | Charles Connell and Company | Scotstoun | United Kingdom |
For Down and Liverpool Company.[55] |
| 18 July | Pennsylvania | Chippewa-class ship of the line | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |  United States |
For United States Navy.[56] | |
| 19 July | Great Western | Paddle steamer | Patterson & Mercer | Bristol | United Kingdom |
For Great Western Steamship Company. |
| 19 July | Thalali | Royal barge | London | United Kingdom |
For Queen Victoria.[57] | |
| 19 July | Tiger | Paddle steamer | Edward Gibson & Son | Hull | United Kingdom |
For St George Steam Packet Company.[58][59] |
| July | Brown | Merchantman | T. Rowntree | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For T. Brown.[14][60] |
| July | Hannah | Snow | W. Chilton | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Ranson & Co.[14][61] |
| July | John George | Barque | James Leithead | Southwick | United Kingdom |
For John Abbott & Co.[14] |
| July | Queen Victoria | Snow | J. Mills, or J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[14][62] |
| 5 August | The Hannah | Schooner | Wells-next-the-Sea | United Kingdom |
For Joseph Fletcher.[63] | |
| 16 August | Thetis | Brig | Gutteridge | Selby | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Standering & Co.[64] |
| 17 August | Megaera | Hermes-class sloop | Sheerness Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 19 August | Queen Victoria | Steamship | Messrs. Wilson | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.[65] |
| 31 August | Gorgon | Paddle sloop | Sir William Symonds | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[66] |
| August | Judith Milbanke | Merchantman | S. &. P. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14][62] |
| August | Luna | Merchantman | R. Reed | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14][43] |
| 2 September | Aid | Brig | R. & W. Campion | Whitby | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[67] |
| 2 September | Fanny | Barque | Messrs. Miller & Co | River Humber | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Andres & Co.[68] |
| 9 September | James Avery | Pilot boat | David Brown & Jacob Bell | New York | United States |
For private owners. |
| 12 September | Widgeon | Paddle steamer | Chatham Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[11] | |
| 14 September | The New Ebor | Steamship | Messrs. Smith & Son | Gainsborough | United Kingdom |
For York Steam Packet Company.[69] |
| 16 September | Antwerpen | Steamship | Antwerp |  Belgium |
For private owner.[70] | |
| 25 September | Cambria | Merchantman | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[71] | |
| 26 September | Sirius | Steamship | Messrs. Fairbairne's | Isle of Dogs | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[72][73] |
| 28 September | Electra | Comet-class ship-sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[74] | |
| 28 September | Lily | Racer-class brig-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 30 September | China | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[75] |
| 30 September | Mona | Sloop | Edward Ellis | Garth | United Kingdom |
For private owners.[76] |
| 30 September | William & Elizabeth | Barque | Colony of Prince Edward Island | For private owner.[77] | ||
| 2 October | Forth | Merchantman | Muris & Clarke | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[78] |
| 2 October | Ivanhoe | Brig | R. Atkinson | Goole | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. William Hudson & Co.[79][80] |
| 5 October | Calliope | Andromache-class frigate | Sheerness Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 14 October | Liverpool | Paddle steamer | Humble & Milcrest | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Sir John Tobin.[81] |
| 14 October | Rainbow | Paddle steamer | John Laird | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For General Steam Navigation Company.[82][83] |
| 16 October | Guave | West Indiaman | Messrs. Menzies & Sons | Leith | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[84] |
| 16 October | The Lady Bulkeley | Sloop | Beaumaris | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[85] | |
| 17 October | Queen Victoria | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[86] |
| 19 October | Hercules | Dredger | Adams | Grangemouth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[87] |
| 23 October | Vola | Imperatritsa Aleksandra-class ship of the line | New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 31 October | Modeste | Modeste-class corvette | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[88] | |
| October | Medway | Steamship | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[89] | ||
| October | Miriam | Snow | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Penman & Co.[14][45] |
| October | Newburn | Brig | North Biddick | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[90] | |
| October | Ocean | Merhantman | J. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Richardson.[14] |
| 1 November | Chieftain | Barque | Messrs. A. McFarlane & Co. | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For D M'Larty.[91] |
| 11 November | William Skinner | Merchantman | William Hey Mellanby | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
For General Shipping Company.[92] |
| 22 November | Harlequin | Full-rigged ship | Isaac Preston | Southtown | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[93] |
| 1 December | Falcon | Barque | John Wood | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[94] |
| 2 December | Cyane | Cyane-class sloop | Boston Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy.[95] | |
| 12 December | Gloire | Frigate | Rochefort | France |
For French Navy. | |
| 14 December | Voador | Steamship | John Laird & Sons | North Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[96] |
| 16 December | Konstantin | Ferzhampenuaz-class ship of the line | Saint Petersburg | Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy. | |
| 28 December | Levant | Cyane-class sloop | New York Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy.[97] | |
| 30 December | Jamaica | Full-rigged ship | Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Joseph Brookes Yates.[98] |
| December | Albatross | Snow | G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| December | Betsey & Ann | Schooner | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[99] | |
| December | Cleopatra | Barque | Southwick | United Kingdom |
For Colling & Co.[14][100] | |
| December | Dasher | Paddle steamer | location | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[11] | |
| December | Wrestler | Schooner | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[99] | |
| December | Water Witch | Schooner | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For W. May.[99] | |
| Unknown date | Addison Brown | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Addison Brown.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Adrastrus | Merchantman | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| Unknown date | Agitator | Full-rigged ship | Quebec | Upper Canada |
For private owner.[101] | |
| Unknown date | Air | Merchantman | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For P. Laing.[14] |
| Unknown date | Alderman Thompson | Brig | P. Wood | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| Unknown date | Alnwick Packet | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Hodgson.[102] |
| Unknown date | Anthony Wayne | Paddle steamer | Samuel L. Hubbell | Perrysburg, Ohio | United States |
For Perrysburgh & Miami Steam Boat Company. |
| Unknown date | Arab | Snow | T. Lanchester | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| Unknown date | Atkin | Snow | G. Thompson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Atkin.[14][103] |
| Unknown date | Bedlington | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For Burlison Heron, Edward Heron, James Heron and Michael Longridge.[104] |
| Unknown date | Bengalee | Barque | Archibald P. MacFarlane Jr. & Co | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For Hamlin & Co. |
| Unknown date | Braganza | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Gray & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Dorothy | Snow | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[14] |
| Unknown date | Dryad | Brig | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | United Kingdom |
For Thomas & John Brocklebank.[105] |
| Unknown date | Duchess of Kent | Schooner | River Wear | United Kingdom |
For John Barry.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth & Catherine | Snow | J. & G. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Potts & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Emma | Snow | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Dunford & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Flora | Schooner | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For P. Welch.[14] |
| Unknown date | Friendship | Snow | T. S. Dixon | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Lamb & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Gem | Merchantman | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| Unknown date | George Welsford | Barque | J. Rodgerson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Welsford.[14][60] |
| Unknown date | Gilbert Henderson | Merchantman | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Henderson.[14] |
| Unknown date | Glencoe | Snow | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For John Campbell.[14] |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Paddle Tug | George Banckham | Gravesend | United Kingdom |
For Lanelly Railway & Dock Co.[106] |
| Unknown date | Houghton-le-Skerne | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Indus | Snow | Monkwearmouth | United Kingdom |
For Walker & Co.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Jane and Ann | Snow | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Hodgson.[14] |
| Unknown date | John Botcherby | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Botcherby.[14] | |
| Unknown date | John White | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. White.[14][107] | |
| Unknown date | Lord Mulgrave | Merchantman | Rowntree | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Foster & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Loyal Packet | Snow | R. & T. Andrews | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For M. Reed.[14] |
| Unknown date | Madagascar | Blackwall frigate | Wigram & Green | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For George & Henry Green. |
| Unknown date | Margarets | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Mary | Brig | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For John Common, David Miller and Isaac Richardson.[108] |
| Unknown date | May | Snow | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Middleton.[14] |
| Unknown date | Neptune | Steamship | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For Newcastle and Hull Steam Packet Company.[109][110] | |
| Unknown date | Maximilianos | Steamship | Poros |  Greece |
For Royal Hellenic Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Nantucket | Whaler | Nantucket, Massachusetts | United States |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | New York | Paddle steamer | United States |
For New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. | ||
| Unknown date | Patelina | Schooner | William Bonker | Salcombe | United Kingdom |
For Henry Grant and others.[111] |
| Unknown date | Powhattan | Full-rigged ship | Baltimore, Maryland | United States |
For W. Graham. | |
| Unknown date | Prospect | Snow | J.& G. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| Unknown date | Queen | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Rajastan | Full-rigged ship | Bombay | India |
For private owner.[1] | |
| Unknown date | Ralph Wylam | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Wylam & Co.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Rhoda | Merchantman | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom |
For John Matthews, Nicholas Smith and others.[112] |
| Unknown date | Sarah | Schooner | T. & W. Dixon | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Graham & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Sarah | Schooner | James Leithead | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Walford & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Sirius | Paddle steamer | Robert Menzies & Sons | Leith | United Kingdom |
For St George Steam Packet Company. |
| Unknown date | Sir John St. Aubyn | Steamship | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Standard | Sloop | William Brokenshaw | Fowey | United Kingdom |
For George B. Brokenshaw.[113] |
| Unknown date | Star | Schooner | George Worthy | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Ord & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | Sylph | full-rigged ship | Rotterdam |  Netherlands |
For Royal Netherlands Navy.[114] | |
| Unknown date | Syren | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Tar | Schooner | J. Storey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Storey.[14] |
| Unknown date | Tophill | Sloop | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[115] | ||
| Unknown date | Town of Wexford | Paddle steamer | Archer & Leared | Wexford | United Kingdom |
For John Edward Redmond.[116] |
| Unknown date | Tradesman | Merchantman | William Bayley & Sons | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[117] |
| Unknown date | Traveller | Merchantman | J. Naisby | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[14][62] |
| Unknown date | Triumph | Brigantine | William Bayley | Ipswich | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[118] |
| Unknown date | Union | Smack | Peterhead | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[119] | |
| Unknown date | Warwick | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | William & Jane | Merchantman | George Thompson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[14][103] |
| Unknown date | Washington | Revenue cutter | United Kingdom |
For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | ||
| Unknown date | William Gales | Barque | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Gales & Co.[14] |
| Unknown date | William Thompson | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Hartlepool Ship Company.[14] |
| Unknown date | Wilsons | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] | |
| Unknown date | Young Queen | Snow | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |