The list of ship launches in 1855 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1855.__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 3 January McKay Clipper Donald McKay East Boston, Massachusetts For Black Ball Line. 3 January War Hawk Medium clipper George W. Jackman Newburyport, Massachusetts For Bush & Comstock and others. 4 January Mary Russell Mitford Barque Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons South Shields For Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons. 4 January Southern Cross Missionary ship Messrs. Wigram's Poplar For George Selwyn. 10 January Naparina West Indiaman Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons Bristol For Messrs. Scrutton, Son, & Co. 15 January Schooner Thomas Stack Williamsburg, New York For John B. Sandy. 16 January Royal yacht Pembroke Dockyard For Queen Victoria. 17 January Steamship Cork Steamship Company Cork For private owner. 18 January Agamemnon Full-rigged ship Richard Wilkinson Pallion For Potts Bros. 18 January Bosworth Full-rigged ship James & R. Mills Southwick For Messrs. Wood, Spence & Blair. 18 January Sir James Full-rigged ship John Smith Pallion For Tyler & Co. 18 January Snaresbrook Barque Messrs. Sykes & Garbutt Hylton For John Briggs. 18 January Collier James Laing Sunderland For Bell & Co. 19 January Steamship Messrs. Napier Govan For Matheson & Co. 20 January Steamship Messrs. Tod & McGregor Glasgow For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 27 January Paddle steamer Jacob Aaron Westervelt New York City For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company. 29 January Dauntless Brig Messrs. Dewdney Brixham For private owner. January Alma Barque James Hardie Sunderland For Messrs. Haddock & Co. January Bosworth Full-rigged ship Messrs. Mills Brothers Southwick For Messrs Woods, Spence and Blair. January Chance Barque Quebec City Province of Canada For private owner. January Extreme clipper Donald McKay East Boston, Massachusetts For Black Ball Line. January Great Republic Extreme clipper Donald McKay East Boston, Massachusetts Relaunched, having caught fire December 27, 1853, shortly after first launch. January Henrietta Brewis Barque W. Petrie Sunderland For Robert Brewis. January Napoleon III Clipper River Clyde For private owner. January Steamship T. D. Marshall South Shields For private owner. January Wyre Schooner Fleetwood For private owner. 2 February Young Mechanic Clipper T. W. Rhoades Rockland, Maine For William McLoon. 3 February Steamship Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 3 February New York Navy Yard For United States Navy. 5 February Aviso Cherbourg For French Navy. 15 February Avoca Barque Albert White Waterford For private owner. 15 February Kensington Barque Cunningham Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 16 February Frigate Portsmouth Navy Yard For United States Navy 17 February Ship of the Line Brest Arsenal For French Navy. 17 February Maid of Glan Ogwen Merchantman Parry Hirael For private owner. 17 February Precursor Clipper Scott Inverkeithing For private owner. 17 February Troopship John Laird Liverpool For Royal Navy. 20 February William Leckie Barque George Worthy Pallion For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr. 23 February Steam frigate New York Navy Yard For United States Navy. 27 February Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. February Dipomata Schooner Caminha For private owner. February Steamship R. Barclay & Curle Stobcross For private owner. February White Eagle Clipper Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons Kelvinside For private owner. 4 March Startled Fawn Merchantman Bank Quay Foundry Company Warrington For private owner. 5 March Heather Bell Clipper Messrs. A. Duthie & Co. Aberdeen For private owner. 6 March Saint Clair Barque Watt Dysart For Fraser, Murdoch & Boyd. 7 March Euxine Brig Messrs. Turnbull & Craggs Stockton-on-Tees For Mr. Hutton. 7 March J. & R. White West Cowes For Royal Navy. 16 March Herald of Fame Barque Messrs. Richard Williamson & Sons Harrington For private owner. 17 March Steamship Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton For Messrs. Miller & Sons. 17 March Brest For French Navy. 18 March Cherbourg For French Navy. 19 March Steamship Messrs. Watson & Allsup Preston For Messrs. Pearce, Rawcliffe & Co. 19 March Nicholas Harvey Schooner Messrs. Harvey & Co. Hayle For private owner. 19 March Corvette Lorient For French Navy. 19 March West Derby Full-rigged ship Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. Brown & Co. 20 March Toulon Naval Yard Toulon For French Navy. Also reported as built at Cherbourg. 20 March Conquest Barque Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. Liverpool For private owner. 20 March Elizabeth Anne Brig David Griffiths Cardigan For private owner. 20 March Heroes of Alma Barque Messrs. John & Robert White Cowes For James Shepherd. 20 March Steamship Messrs. Samuelson & Co. Hull For Messrs. Gee & Co. 22 March Paddle Steamer Messrs. Samuelson & Co. Hull For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. 27 March Schooner Jacob A. Westervelt, Sons, & Co. New HYork For New York Pilots. 31 March Steamship Neptune Iron Works Waterford For Waterford Steamship Company. 31 March Bomb vessel Money, Wigram & Son Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. March Belle Hoxie Clipper Irons & Grinell Mystic, Connecticut For private owner. March Paddle steamer River Tyne For Tagus Steam Navigation Company. March For French Navy. March Steamship Watson & Allsop Liverpool For Rawcliffe, Pease, Whitehead and Moore & Sons. March Northumbrian Full-rigged ship Michael Byers Sunderland For Scott & Co. March Steamship Messrs. John Scott & Sons Greenock For Canada Ocean Steamship Company. March Steamship Jarrow For private owner. March Troopship Messrs. Mare & Co. Blackwall For Royal Navy. 2 April Troopship C. J. Mare Blackwall For Royal Navy. 3 April Providence Brig Messrs. Leighton & Co. Blyth For private owner. 3 April Gunboat Cuthberts Shipyard Port Jackson New South Wales For Colony of New South Wales. 3 April For French Navy. 3 April Lorient For French Navy. 3 April For French Navy. 3 April Not named Steamship John Laird Birkenhead For private owner. 4 April Sebastian Barque John Smith Pallion For Joyce & Co. 4 April Clipper Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen For Black Ball Line. 5 April Steamship John Laird Liverpool For British Government. 5 April Enchantress Barque Pickersgill & Miller Sunderland For J. A. Marks. 5 April Steamship Scott & Co. Greenock For J. Rennie & Co. 5 April Schomberg Clipper Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen For Black Ball Line. 8 April Steamship Liverpool For private owner. 12 April Steamship Messrs. Smith & Rodgers Govan For Messrs. Lewis Potter & Co. 16 April Transport ship Brest For French Navy. 17 April Caribbean Full-rigged ship Haswell Newcastle upon Tyne For John Hay. 17 April Cherbourg For French Navy. 17 April Messrs. Mare & Co. Blackwall For Royal Navy. 17 April Miss Evans Schooner Derwenlas For R. Evans. 17 April Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 17 April Messrs. C. J. Mars & Sons Blackwall For Royal Navy. 18 April Aln Barque Bowman and Drummond Blyth For G. Bowman & T. Drummond. 18 April Gunboat Cherbourg For French Navy. 18 April Messrs. R. & H. Green Blackwall For Royal Navy. 18 April Penelope Schooner Mr. Thomas Conway For Cropper & Bell. 18 April Messrs. R. & H. Green Blackwall For Royal Navy. 19 April Lorient For French Navy. 19 April Steamship Messrs. Palmer Bros. Jarrow For Messrs. R. S. Newall & Co. 19 April George Kydd Merchantman Alloa For Bailie Kydd. 19 April Harvest Home Clipper Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons Liverpool For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co. 19 April Nightingale Brig Messrs. George Milne & Co. Aberdeen For private owner. 24 April Lorient For French Navy. 25 April Extreme clipper Hayden & Cudworth Medford, Massachusetts For Thatcher Magoun. 26 April Wynyard Snow Edward Potts Seaham For M. Moore. 30 April Nantes For French Navy. 30 April Nantes For French Navy. April Steamship Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin Liverpool For North and West of France Steam Navigation Company. April Steamship Messrs. Scott & Co. Greenock For private owner. April Fusileer Merchantman Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin Liverpool For Messrs. Colesworth, Wynne & Lyne. April Glenalmond Barque Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. April Steamship John Laird Birkenhead For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales. April Steamship T. D. Marshall South Shields For North of Europe Steam Navigation Company. April Steamship Tayleur & Co Warrington For private owner. April Steamship T. D. Marshall South Shields For private owner. 1 May Nantes For French Navy. 1 May Nantes For French Navy. 1 May Lorient For French Navy. 2 May Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 May John O'Gaunt Clipper Whitehaven For private owner. 3 May Gunboat Toulon For French Navy. 3 May Passenger ship Tod & McGregor Glasgow For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 3 May Coringa Full-rigged ship Arrow Leithead Sunderland For John Hay. 3 May Steamship Messrs. Samuelson & Co. Hull For private owner. 3 May Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co. Millwall For Royal Navy. Caught fire and self-launched, damaged beyond repair. 3 May Transport ship Lorient For French Navy. 3 May Sarah Ellen Brigantine Messrs. Ferguson, McCallum, & Baird Flint For private owner. 4 May The Banffshire Schooner John Watson Banff For private owner. 5 May Fontabelle West Indiaman Messrs. C. Hill & Sons Bristol For Charles Dawson. 5 May Steamship Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son Toxteth For Eastern Archipelago Company. 5 May Lorient For French Navy. 9 May Toulon Naval Yard Toulon For French Navy. 9 May The Mermaid Yacht Holyhead For Thomas Hirste. 10 May Toulon For French Navy. 12 May Toulon For French Navy. 12 May Gunboat Normand Le Havre For French Navy. 14 May Normand Le Havre For French Navy. 15 May Jane and Anne Schooner John Roberts Holyhead For W. Hurlbutt. 16 May Toulon For French Navy. 16 May Gunboat Toulon For French Navy. 17 May Cecile Schooner Messrs. White East Cowes For Marquess of Conynghm. 17 May Tug Toward Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 17 May Kelso Full-rigged ship W. Pile Sunderland For John R. Kelso. 17 May Steamship John Laird Liverpool For R. Rawsthorne. 17 May Viscount Canning Full-rigged ship James Robinson, or J. & J. Robinson Sunderland For J. Prowse. 19 May Tug Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co. Renfrew For Liverpool Tug Company. 20 May Normand Le Havre For French Navy. 22 May Sarah Newmann Clipper George Cox Bideford For John Leech. 24 May Steamship Messrs. Napier Govan For Liverpool and Dundalk Steam Packet Company. 26 May Le Havre For French Navy. 26 May Lorient Naval Yard Lorient For French Navy. 31 May Steamship Samuda Brothers Cubitt Town For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 31 May Caroline Coventree Full-rigged ship W. Wilkinson Deptford For Conventree Dundass. 31 May Electra Full-rigged ship Gibson Sunderland For Joseph Shield, Son, & Co. 31 May Gem of the Nith Barque Lightfoot Hylton Dene For John Morton. 31 May Queen of the North Full-rigged ship James Briggs Pallion For Messrs. Bradley & Potts. 31 May Queen of the South Barque John Watson Sunderland For John Morton, or Martin & Co. May Le Mourillon For French Navy. 1 June For French Navy. 2 June Modified Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 June Steamship Messrs. Samuelson & Co. Hull For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. 2 June Gunboat Toulon For French Navy. 2 June Steamship John Laird Birkenhead For private owner. 4 June Paddle steamer Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon Paisley For Messrs. Hetherington. 7 June Steamship Messrs. Robinson & Co. Cork For Joseph Malcolmson. 9 June Borland Brig John Anderton Runcorn For private owner. 15 June Florence Nightingale, or Nightingale Brig Webster Fraserburgh For private owner. 15 June Steam frigate Charleston Navy Yard For United States Navy. 16 June Steamship Messrs. James & George Thomson Glasgow For Messrs. David Hutcheson & Co. 17 June Barque John Pile Hartlepool For John McArthur & William Andrews. 18 June Ellen Radford Brig Follett Teignmouth Fo