The list of ship launches in 1843 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1843.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 10 January Dasher Brig Oliver Chapman Chepstow For private owner. 11 January British Hero East Indiaman Thomas Royden Liverpool For private owner. 31 January Indian Queen Barque Joseph Wheeler Cork For Messrs. Hardy. January Paddle steamer River Thames For private owner. January Mercury Clipper For private owner. 15 February William Fraser Brig Messrs. George Ross & Son Inverkeithing For private owner. 16 February Mary Holland Brig J. Henry Jones Port Madoc For Messrs. Menish & Co. 17 February Maria Sloop Hugh Jones Beaumaris For Hugh Jones. 21 February Steamship Kingston Province of Canada For private owner. 9 March Duke of Cornwall Chinaman Messrs. Hilhouse & Hill Bristol For private owner. 9 March Liverpool Packet ship New York For private owner. 10 March Commodore Merchantman Messrs. Denny & Rankine Dumbarton For private owner. 18 March Hugh Matthie Full-rigged ship Messrs. K. Woods & Sons Maryport For Joseph Sparks. 21 March Duchess of Leinster Brig Fagan Kingstown For private owner. 30 March Brig Cherbourg For French Navy. March Bzyb Barque J. Crown Sunderland For Imperial Russian Government. 3 April Fairy Schooner yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For Mr. Perreth. 4 April Brig Cherbourg For French Navy. 12 April Anjer Full-rigged ship Messrs. Wilmet & Hall Newport For Messr. Wilmet & Hall 13 April Sloop-of-war Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 13 April Zephyr Merchantman Coulson Sculcoates For private owner. 17 April Gloriana Full-rigged ship Messrs. T. & W. Smith Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 25 April Royal yacht Pembroke Dockyard For Queen Victoria. April Ann Mills Snow H. Carr Sunderland For J. Ritson. April James and Emma Schooner Messrs. Parkinson, Brown & Co. Hull For private owner. April Liberty Brigantine Fatamagouche Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. 16 May Corvette Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 18 May Isabella Snow W. Byers Sunderland For T. Crozier. 31 May Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 31 May Paddle steamer Messrs. Miller & Ravenhill Blackwall For Old Margate Steam-boat Company. 31 May Steamship Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. May Brig Norfolk Navy Yard For United States Navy. May Four Sisters Barque Ralph Hutchinson Monkwearmouth For S. Mease. May Saville Snow W. Spowers Sunderland For McColl & Co. May Till Snow Austin & Mills Sunderland For Pow & Co. 1 June Dublin Merchantman James Edwards South Shields For private owner. 13 June Philadelphia Navy Yard For United States Navy. 14 June Argoed Schooner John Arthur Prichard Pwllheli For private owner. 24 June Corvette Carmesins Werft Grabow For Prussian Navy. 29 June Barque Hedderwich & Rowan Kelvinhaugh For McNeil & Co. 29 June Steamship Govan For Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam Packet Company. June Chusan Barque Thomas H. Oliver Quebec Province of Canada For private owner. June Maria Sloop Hugh Morris Pwllheli For private owner. 3 July Steamship Killaloe For private owner. 11 July Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 12 July Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 13 July Paddle steamer John Laird Birkenhead For Mr Gee. 19 July Passenger ship William Patterson Bristol For Great Western Steamship Company. The first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller. 27 July Maria Schooner Robert Johnson Bideford For Mr. Hinks and others. 27 July Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 29 July Martha Jaggers East Indiaman Messrs. Clarke & Sons Liverpool For private owner. July Indus Brig River John Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. 1 August Brig Langley B. Culley Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy. 5 August Queen of the West Packet ship New York For Messrs. Woodhill and Minturn. 10 August Steam frigate For French Navy. 26 August Miss Maddocks Sloop Henry Jones Port Madoc For private owner. 28 August Templeman Full-rigged ship Messrs Mulvey Chester For Messrs. Prowse & Co. August Kate Schooner For private owner. August Red Rose East Indiaman Messrs. Spence & Son River Tees For private owner. August Ross-shire Brig River John, Nova Scotia Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. 3 September Steamship Cherbourg For French Government. 5 September Sloop-of-war Philadelphia Navy Yard For United States Navy. 9 September Toulon For French Navy. 9 September Paddle steamer Messrs. Tod and MacGregor Glasgow For North Lancashire Steam Navigatio Co. 11 September Princess Royal Schooner Taylor Woodbridge For private owner. 12 September Steamship Bombay India For P&O. 17 September I. S. Dimitriev Nicholaieff For Imperial Russian Navy. 21 September Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 23 September Cherbourg For French Navy. 25 September Paddle steamer Messrs. Thomas Fearnon & Co Liverpool For Cork Steamship Co. Ltd. 26 September Paddle steamer Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick Liverpool For private owner. 26 September Steamship Messrs. Vernon & Co. Liverpool For City of Cork Steamship Company. 27 September Frigate For Royal Danish Navy. 29 September Paddle steamer Messrs. Coates & Young Belfast For private owner. 7 October Harriett Schooner Thomas Cliff Knottingley For John Burnitt. 7 October Schooner Arsenal de la Carracca Cádiz For Imperial Russian Navy. 10 October Laffak Merchantman Messrs. John & Thomas Johnson Runcorn For private owner. 10 October Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 22 October Frigate Daman Portuguese India For Portuguese Navy. 23 October Belle Full-rigged ship Messrs. Robinson & Hall Stockton-on-Tees For private owner. 23 October Sloop-of-war Portsmouth Navy Yard For United States Navy. 24 October Dart Brig For private owner. 25 October Ocean liner New York For private owner. October Steam frigate Rochefort, Charente-Maritime For French Navy. 6 November Corvette Lisbon For Portuguese Navy. 11 November Steamship John Laird North Birkenhead For Baptist Missionary Society. 22 November Harriett Merchantman Messrs. Brundritt and Whiteway Runcorn For Joseph Coyne. 22 November Brig Lorient For French Navy. 5 December Paddle steamer Stackhouse and Tomlinson Erie, Michigan For United States Navy. 23 December Glenelg full-rigged ship Messrs. Evans & Cox Bideford For Messrs. Evan, Baillie, Sons & Co. 29 December Steamship Thomas Wilson Liverpool For City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company. December Steamship Robert Napier and Sons Govan For private owner. Unknown date Cutter Sackets Harbor, New York For United States Revenue Cutter Service. Unknown date Alert Snow Sunderland For Stevens & Co. Unknown date Schooner San Carlos de Ancud For Chilean Navy. Unknown date Anenome Snow Rodham & Todd Sunderland For Mr. Cropton. Unknown date Arthur Schooner Ralph Hutchinson Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Aurora Barque Sunderland For Mr. Ryan. Unknown date Barleycorn Merchantman Bowman and Drummond Blyth For private owner. Unknown date Charles Sloop For private owner. Unknown date Commerce Mersey flat Bridgewater Trustees, or Bridgewater Navigation Company Runcorn For private owner. Unknown date Countess of Bective Barque J. Crown Sunderland For Mr. Nicholson. Unknown date Cresswell Packet Schooner J. Bell Sunderland For J. Bell. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Laing & Simey Sunderland For Duncan Dunbar & Co. Unknown date Crown Snow J. Crown Sunderland For J. Crown. Unknown date Dido Brig Sunderland For Mr. Burrell. Unknown date East Indiaman James Edwards South Shields For J. Edwards. Unknown date Duncan Ritchie Barque Aberdeen For private owner. Unknown date Man of war For Royal Swedish Navy. Unknown date Ebenezer Merchantman J. Todd Sunderland For R. Oliver. Unknown date Elizabeth Brig W. Chilton Sunderland For Wood & Co. Unknown date Paddle steamer For Troy Line. Unknown date Ferret Schooner Laing & Simey Sunderland For P. Laing. Unknown date George & Richard Snow J. Brown Sunderland For J. Hay. Unknown date Brig Colony of Newfoundland For private owner. Unknown date Golconda Barque Southwick For Mr. Richardson. Unknown date Guide Pilot vessel Liverpool For Iron Company. Unknown date Henderson Snow Stafford & Forster Sunderland For Milne & Co. Unknown date Henry & Ann Snow H. Dixon Sunderland For Mr. Longstaff. Unknown date Hercules Paddle steamer Cincinnati, Ohio For Ocean Towing Co. Unknown date Schooner Black River, Ohio For W. D. Winslow, Robert White and Thomas Jones. Unknown date Steamboat James M. Averill Chicago, Illinois For private owner. Unknown date Isabella Sloop George Barker Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Pilot boat Williamsburgh, New York For Ornen & Roberts. Unknown date Jane Alice Snow W. Potts Sunderland For J. Potts. Unknown date John & Ann Schooner Hylton Carr Hylton Ferry For S. Fletcher. Unknown date Lady Kingsale Sloop William Bonker Salcombe For Samuel Pearce. Unknown date Lady Ridley Schooner Bowman and Drummond Blyth For Mr. Marfitt. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Dunkerque For Royal Netherlands Navy. Unknown date Leda Snow James Robinson Sunderland For Mr. Errington. Unknown date Barque Joshua Briggs St. Andrews Colony of New Brunswick For Nehemiah Marks. Unknown date Lucy Walker Paddle steamer Cincinnati, Ohio For private owner. Unknown date Mary Jane Schooner Brundrit & Whiteway Runcorn For private owner. Unknown date Mary Queen of Scots Barque Sunderland For Mr. Fairfield. Unknown date Newbottle Snow W. Wilkinson Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Pallas Barque Bartram & Lister Sunderland For Mr. Henley. Unknown date Patriot Queen Full-rigged ship T. & J. Brocklebank Whitehaven For T. & J. Brocklebank. Unknown date Clipper Waterman & Ewell Medford, Massachusetts 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. Unknown date Queen of the Tyne Merchantman Kirkbride & partners Sunderland For R. Wright. Unknown date Seneca Steamship New York For private owner. Unknown date Sprite Snow John M. Gales Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. Unknown date Swallow Snow G. Thompson Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. Unknown date Thorndale Snow Bartram & Lister Sunderland For W. Burnett. Unknown date Steamship location For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate Dunkerque For Royal Navy. Unknown date Vertumnus Barque S. & P. Mills Sunderland For S. Mills. Unknown date Paddle steamer Venice For Austrian Navy. Unknown date William Thompson Schooner William Thompson Dumfries For William Thompson. Unknown date Zephyr Snow W. Wilkinson Sunderland For Mr. Lumsdon. Unknown date Zior Merchantman Peter Austin Sunderland For Mr. Blackett.
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