List of ship launches in 1843
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The list of ship launches in 1843 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1843.
| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January | Dasher | Brig | Oliver Chapman | Chepstow |  United Kingdom |
For private owner.[1] |
| 11 January | British Hero | East Indiaman | Thomas Royden | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[2] |
| 31 January | Indian Queen | Barque | Joseph Wheeler | Cork | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Hardy.[3] |
| January | Magician | Paddle steamer | River Thames | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[4] | |
| January | Mercury | Clipper | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[5] | ||
| 15 February | William Fraser | Brig | Messrs. George Ross & Son | Inverkeithing | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[6] |
| 16 February | Mary Holland | Brig | J. Henry Jones | Port Madoc | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Menish & Co.[7] |
| 17 February | Maria | Sloop | Hugh Jones | Beaumaris | United Kingdom |
For Hugh Jones.[8] |
| 21 February | Mohawk | Steamship | Kingston | Province of Canada |
For private owner.[9] | |
| 9 March | Duke of Cornwall | Chinaman | Messrs. Hilhouse & Hill | Bristol | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[10] |
| 9 March | Liverpool | Packet ship | New York |  United States |
For private owner.[11] | |
| 10 March | Commodore | Merchantman | Messrs. Denny & Rankine | Dumbarton | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[12] |
| 18 March | Hugh Matthie | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. K. Woods & Sons | Maryport | United Kingdom |
For Joseph Sparks.[13] |
| 21 March | Duchess of Leinster | Brig | Fagan | Kingstown | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[14] |
| 30 March | Agile | Brig | Cherbourg |  France |
For French Navy.[15] | |
| March | Bzyb | Barque | J. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Imperial Russian Government.[16][17] |
| 3 April | Fairy | Schooner yacht | Michael Ratsey | Cowes | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Perreth.[18] |
| 4 April | Rossignol | Brig | Cherbourg | France |
For French Navy.[19] | |
| 12 April | Anjer | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Wilmet & Hall | Newport | United Kingdom |
For Messr. Wilmet & Hall[20] |
| 13 April | Rattler | Sloop-of-war | Sheerness Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 13 April | Zephyr | Merchantman | Coulson | Sculcoates | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[21] |
| 17 April | Gloriana | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. T. & W. Smith | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[22][23] |
| 25 April | Victoria and Albert | Royal yacht | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Queen Victoria. | |
| April | Ann Mills | Snow | H. Carr | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Ritson.[16] |
| April | James and Emma | Schooner | Messrs. Parkinson, Brown & Co. | Hull | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[24] |
| April | Liberty | Brigantine | Fatamagouche | Colony of Nova Scotia |
For private owner.[25] | |
| 16 May | Eurydice | Corvette | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 18 May | Isabella | Snow | W. Byers | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For T. Crozier.[16][26] |
| 31 May | Infernal | Driver-class sloop | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[27][28][29][30] | |
| 31 May | Prince of Wales | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Miller & Ravenhill | Blackwall | United Kingdom |
For Old Margate Steam-boat Company.[31][32] |
| 31 May | Rosamond | Steamship | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[33] | |
| May | Perry | Brig | Norfolk Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy. | |
| May | Four Sisters | Barque | Ralph Hutchinson | Monkwearmouth | United Kingdom |
For S. Mease.[16][34] |
| May | Saville | Snow | W. Spowers | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For McColl & Co.[16][35] |
| May | Till | Snow | Austin & Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Pow & Co.[16][36] |
| 1 June | Dublin | Merchantman | James Edwards | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[37] |
| 13 June | Raritan | Raritan-class frigate | Philadelphia Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy. | |
| 14 June | Argoed | Schooner | John Arthur Prichard | Pwllheli | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[38] |
| 24 June | Amazone | Corvette | Carmesins Werft | Grabow |  Prussia |
For Prussian Navy. |
| 29 June | Breadalbane | Barque | Hedderwich & Rowan | Kelvinhaugh | United Kingdom |
For McNeil & Co.[39] |
| 29 June | Vanguard | Steamship | Govan | United Kingdom |
For Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam Packet Company.[39] | |
| June | Chusan | Barque | Thomas H. Oliver | Quebec | Province of Canada |
For private owner.[40] |
| June | Maria | Sloop | Hugh Morris | Pwllheli | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[38] |
| 3 July | The Lady Burgoyne | Steamship | Killaloe | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[41] | |
| 11 July | Helena | Helena-class brig-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[42][33] | |
| 12 July | Chichester | Southampton-class frigate | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[43] | |
| 13 July | Helen MacGregor | Paddle steamer | John Laird | Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For Mr Gee.[44] |
| 19 July | Great Britain | Passenger ship | William Patterson | Bristol |  United Kingdom |
For Great Western Steamship Company. The first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller.[45] |
| 27 July | Maria | Schooner | Robert Johnson | Bideford | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Hinks and others.[46] |
| 27 July | Sealark | Pandora-class brig-sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[33] | |
| 29 July | Martha Jaggers | East Indiaman | Messrs. Clarke & Sons | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[47] |
| July | Indus | Brig | River John | Colony of Nova Scotia |
For private owner.[48] | |
| 1 August | Lawrence | Brig | Langley B. Culley | Baltimore, Maryland | United States |
For United States Navy. |
| 5 August | Queen of the West | Packet ship | New York | United States |
For Messrs. Woodhill and Minturn.[49] | |
| 10 August | Orénoque | Steam frigate | France |
For French Navy.[50] | ||
| 26 August | Miss Maddocks | Sloop | Henry Jones | Port Madoc | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[51] |
| 28 August | Templeman | Full-rigged ship | Messrs Mulvey | Chester | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Prowse & Co.[52] |
| August | Kate | Schooner | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[53] | ||
| August | Red Rose | East Indiaman | Messrs. Spence & Son | River Tees | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[54] |
| August | Ross-shire | Brig | River John, Nova Scotia | Colony of Nova Scotia |
For private owner.[48] | |
| 3 September | Darien | Steamship | Cherbourg | France |
For French Government.[55] | |
| 5 September | Princeton | Sloop-of-war | Philadelphia Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy. | |
| 9 September | Hirondelle | Iris-class schooner | Toulon | France |
For French Navy.[56] | |
| 9 September | Princess Alice | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Tod and MacGregor | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
For North Lancashire Steam Navigatio Co.[57][58] |
| 11 September | Princess Royal | Schooner | Taylor | Woodbridge | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[59] |
| 12 September | Pluto | Steamship | Bombay | .svg){kind=small} India |
For P&O.[60] | |
| 17 September | Iagudiil | Sultan Makhmud-class ship of the line | I. S. Dimitriev | Nicholaieff |  Russia |
For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 September | Vulture | Cyclops-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 23 September | Chevrette | Tactique-class gun-brig | Cherbourg | France |
For French Navy.[61] | |
| 25 September | Nimrod | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Thomas Fearnon & Co | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Cork Steamship Co. Ltd.[62] |
| 26 September | Fire Queen | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[63][62] |
| 26 September | Nimrod | Steamship | Messrs. Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For City of Cork Steamship Company.[63] |
| 27 September | Gefion | Frigate |  Denmark |
For Royal Danish Navy. | ||
| 29 September | Magnet | Paddle steamer | Messrs. Coates & Young | Belfast | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[64] |
| 7 October | Harriett | Schooner | Thomas Cliff | Knottingley | United Kingdom |
For John Burnitt.[65] |
| 7 October | Opyt | Schooner | Arsenal de la Carracca | Cádiz |  Spain |
For Imperial Russian Navy.[66] |
| 10 October | Laffak | Merchantman | Messrs. John & Thomas Johnson | Runcorn | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[67] |
| 10 October | Worcester | Southampton-class frigate | Deptford Dockyard | United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. | |
| 22 October | Dom Fernando II e Glória | Frigate | Daman |  Portuguese India |
For Portuguese Navy.[68] | |
| 23 October | Belle | Full-rigged ship | Messrs. Robinson & Hall | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[69] |
| 23 October | Portsmouth | Sloop-of-war | Portsmouth Navy Yard | United States |
For United States Navy. | |
| 24 October | Dart | Brig | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[70] | ||
| 25 October | Yorkshire | Ocean liner | New York | United States |
For private owner.[71] | |
| October | Panama | Steam frigate | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | France |
For French Navy.[72] | |
| 6 November | Iris | Corvette | Lisbon | Portugal |
For Portuguese Navy.[73] | |
| 11 November | The Dove | Steamship | John Laird | North Birkenhead | United Kingdom |
For Baptist Missionary Society.[74][75] |
| 22 November | Harriett | Merchantman | Messrs. Brundritt and Whiteway | Runcorn | United Kingdom |
For Joseph Coyne.[76] |
| 22 November | Pandour | Brig | Lorient | France |
For French Navy.[77] | |
| 5 December | Michigan | Paddle steamer | Stackhouse and Tomlinson | Erie, Michigan | United States |
For United States Navy. |
| 23 December | Glenelg | full-rigged ship | Messrs. Evans & Cox | Bideford | United Kingdom |
For Messrs. Evan, Baillie, Sons & Co.[78] |
| 29 December | Iron Duke | Steamship | Thomas Wilson | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company.[79] |
| December | Dundalk | Steamship | Robert Napier and Sons | Govan | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[80] |
| Unknown date | Active | Cutter | Sackets Harbor, New York | United States |
For United States Revenue Cutter Service. | |
| Unknown date | Alert | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Stevens & Co.[16][81] | |
| Unknown date | Ancud | Schooner | San Carlos de Ancud |  Chile |
For Chilean Navy. | |
| Unknown date | Anenome | Snow | Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Cropton.[16] |
| Unknown date | Arthur | Schooner | Ralph Hutchinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[16] |
| Unknown date | Aurora | Barque | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Ryan.[16] | |
| Unknown date | Barleycorn | Merchantman | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[82] |
| Unknown date | Charles | Sloop | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[83] | ||
| Unknown date | Commerce | Mersey flat | Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company | Runcorn | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[84] |
| Unknown date | Countess of Bective | Barque | J. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Nicholson.[16] |
| Unknown date | Cresswell Packet | Schooner | J. Bell | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Bell.[16] |
| Unknown date | Cressy | Full-rigged ship | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Duncan Dunbar & Co.[16] |
| Unknown date | Crown | Snow | J. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Crown.[16] |
| Unknown date | Dido | Brig | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Burrell.[16] | |
| Unknown date | Duchess of Buccleuch | East Indiaman | James Edwards | South Shields | United Kingdom |
For J. Edwards. |
| Unknown date | Duncan Ritchie | Barque | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[85] | |
| Unknown date | Desirée | Man of war |  Sweden |
For Royal Swedish Navy.[86] | ||
| Unknown date | Ebenezer | Merchantman | J. Todd | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. Oliver.[16] |
| Unknown date | Elizabeth | Brig | W. Chilton | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Wood & Co.[16] |
| Unknown date | Empire | Paddle steamer | United States |
For Troy Line. | ||
| Unknown date | Ferret | Schooner | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For P. Laing.[16] |
| Unknown date | George & Richard | Snow | J. Brown | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Hay.[16] |
| Unknown date | Gertrude | Brig | Colony of Newfoundland |
For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Golconda | Barque | Southwick | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Richardson.[16] | |
| Unknown date | Guide | Pilot vessel | Liverpool | United Kingdom |
For Iron Company.[87] | |
| Unknown date | Henderson | Snow | Stafford & Forster | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Milne & Co.[16] |
| Unknown date | Henry & Ann | Snow | H. Dixon | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Longstaff.[16] |
| Unknown date | Hercules | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States |
For Ocean Towing Co. | |
| Unknown date | Home | Schooner | Black River, Ohio | United States |
For W. D. Winslow, Robert White and Thomas Jones. | |
| Unknown date | Independence | Steamboat | James M. Averill | Chicago, Illinois | United States |
For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Isabella | Sloop | George Barker | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[16] |
| Unknown date | James M. Waterbury | Pilot boat | Williamsburgh, New York | United States |
For Ornen & Roberts. | |
| Unknown date | Jane Alice | Snow | W. Potts | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For J. Potts.[16] |
| Unknown date | John & Ann | Schooner | Hylton Carr | Hylton Ferry | United Kingdom |
For S. Fletcher.[16][26] |
| Unknown date | Lady Kingsale | Sloop | William Bonker | Salcombe | United Kingdom |
For Samuel Pearce.[88] |
| Unknown date | Lady Ridley | Schooner | Bowman and Drummond | Blyth | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Marfitt.[89] |
| Unknown date | Lansier | Full-rigged ship | Dunkerque | France |
For Royal Netherlands Navy.[90] | |
| Unknown date | Leda | Snow | James Robinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Errington.[16] |
| Unknown date | Lord Ashburton | Barque | Joshua Briggs | St. Andrews | Colony of New Brunswick |
For Nehemiah Marks. |
| Unknown date | Lucy Walker | Paddle steamer | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Mary Jane | Schooner | Brundrit & Whiteway | Runcorn | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[91] |
| Unknown date | Mary Queen of Scots | Barque | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Fairfield.[16] | |
| Unknown date | Newbottle | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For private owner.[16] |
| Unknown date | Pallas | Barque | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Henley.[16] |
| Unknown date | Patriot Queen | Full-rigged ship | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | United Kingdom |
For T. & J. Brocklebank.[92] |
| Unknown date | Paul Jones | Clipper | Waterman & Ewell | Medford, Massachusetts | United States |
For Daniel C. Bacon, Robert Bennet Forbes, John Murray Forbes and Russell & Co. |
| Unknown date | Primus | Barque | Suomenlinna | Grand Duchy of Finland |
For private owner.[93] | |
| Unknown date | Queen of the Tyne | Merchantman | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For R. Wright.[16] |
| Unknown date | Seneca | Steamship | New York | United States |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Sprite | Snow | John M. Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[16] |
| Unknown date | Swallow | Snow | G. Thompson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Thompson.[16] |
| Unknown date | Thorndale | Snow | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For W. Burnett.[16] |
| Unknown date | Uncas | Steamship | location | United States |
For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Van Speyk | Sixth rate | Dunkerque | France |
For Royal Navy.[94] | |
| Unknown date | Vertumnus | Barque | S. & P. Mills | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For S. Mills.[16] |
| Unknown date | Vulcano | Paddle steamer | Venice |  Austrian Empire |
For Austrian Navy. | |
| Unknown date | William Thompson | Schooner | William Thompson | Dumfries | United Kingdom |
For William Thompson.[95] |
| Unknown date | Zephyr | Snow | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Lumsdon.[16] |
| Unknown date | Zior | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom |
For Mr. Blackett.[16] |