The list of ship launches in 1837 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1837. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Krishna Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. 4 January Swallow Sloop William Bayley Ipswich For Mr. Garrod. 7 January Tintern Merchantman Messrs. Swift Brockweir For private owner. 19 January Steamship Green & Wigram location For General Steam Navigation Company. 24 January Full-rigged ship George & Henry Barrick Whitby For John Chapman & Co. January Anna Maria Full-rigged ship Calcutta India For private owner. January Frigate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 3 February Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 4 February Steamship Messrs. Hooper's Ouseburn For Newcastle Steam Navigation Company. 7 February Amelia Barque John Young Newport For private owner. 7 February Cutter Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 7 February Pomona Merchantman Butement & Young North Leith For private owner. 23 February City of London Chinaman Messrs. L. Rose & Son Leith For private owner. February Isabella & Louisa Snow G. Johnson, or G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies Sunderland For J. Ritson. 7 March Fair Trader Smack William Jones Port Madoc For private owner. 8 March Steamship Wallis Blackwall, London For Jamaica Steam Navigation Company. 8 March Eagle Schooner William Jones Port Madoc For private owner. 8 March Warrior East Indiaman Messrs. Garland & Horsbrugh Dundee For Mr. Blain. 11 March Schooner Jabez & Edward F. Williams Greenpoint, New York For private owner. 25 March Margaret Brig Bally Shoreham-by-Sea For private owner. 27 March Revenue cutter L. H. Duncan Baltimore, Maryland For United States Revenue Cutter Service. March Lawsons Merchantman William Gales Sunderland For Lawson & Co. 6 April Steamship Messrs. Menzies Leith For General Steam Navigation Company. 7 April Era Schooner John Ball Jr. Salcombe For William Beer and others. 8 April Steamship John Scott & Sons Greenock For private owner. 8 April Seringapatam Passenger ship Green, Wigram & Green Blackwall For private owner. 14 April S. G. Bebikhov Astrakhan For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 April Paddle steamer Fletcher & Fearnall Limehouse For Eagle Steam Packet Company. 19 April Paddle steamer Fletcher & Fearnall Blackwall For Eagle Steam Packet Company. 20 April Saint-Malo For Royal Navy. 20 April Orwell Sloop Messrs. Read & Pahe Ipswich For private owner. 21 April Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 22 April Chester Trader Smack Parry Hirnel For private owner. April Aimwell Snow Kirkbride & Carruthers Sunderland For General Shipping Company. April Ann Elliot Snow J. Carr Sunderland For M. Elliot. April Horsford Brigantine Belfast For private owner. April Messenger Snow G. Frater & Co Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. April Olive Branch Barque J. Watson Sunderland For Mr. Greenwell. 5 May Magnet Sloop James Crave Wakefield For Messrs. R. Dunn & Co. 6 May Steam yacht Laird & Co. Birkenhead For Pacha of Egypt. 18 May Paddle steamer Brooklyn Navy Yard For United States Navy. 18 May Ocean Bride Snow Reed, Denton & Co Sunderland For Gales & Co. 20 May Helen Brig William Gibson Hull For Messrs. Priest & Lambert. 20 May Transport ship Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy. 22 May Steamship W. & T. Wilson Liverpool For Carlisle, Annan and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company. 22 May Steamship Messrs. Curling, Young & Co. Limehouse For Humber Union Steam Company. 30 May Clifton Merchantman Green Bristol For private owner. May Cornelius Merchantman W. Potts Sunderland For W. Potts. May Emerald Merchantman Peter Austin & Sons Sunderland For Peter Austin & Sons. May Houghton-le-Spring Barque Dixon Sunderland For R. Brown. May Sarepta Snow Kirkbride & partners Sunderland For Mr. Nicholson. 6 June Steamship Bauckham Gravesend For Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. 6 June Josepha Barque Quebec Upper Canada For private owner. 19 June Mandane Barque Laing & Simey Sunderland For Mr. Wilkinson. 19 June Paddle Steamer Medley, or Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. River Humber, or Hull For Hull Steam Packet Company 20 June Steamship Adamson Dundee For Leith Steam Packet Company. 20 June Samuel Barque W. J. & R. Tindall Scarborough For Samuel Smith. 24 June England Full-rigged ship Tynemouth Colony of New Brunswick For private owner. June Steamship Blackwall For private owner. June Grove Merchantman John M. Gales Sunderland For private owner. 6 July Paddle steamer Charles Connell and Company Scotstoun For Down and Liverpool Company. 18 July Philadelphia Naval Shipyard For United States Navy. 19 July Paddle steamer Patterson & Mercer Bristol For Great Western Steamship Company. 19 July Thalali Royal barge London For Queen Victoria. 19 July Paddle steamer Edward Gibson & Son Hull For St George Steam Packet Company. July Brown Merchantman T. Rowntree Sunderland For T. Brown. July Hannah Snow W. Chilton Sunderland For Ranson & Co. July John George Barque James Leithead Southwick For John Abbott & Co. July Queen Victoria Snow J. Mills, or J. & G. Mills Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. 5 August The Hannah Schooner Wells-next-the-Sea For Joseph Fletcher. 16 August Thetis Brig Gutteridge Selby For Messrs. Standering & Co. 17 August Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 19 August Steamship Messrs. Wilson Liverpool For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. 31 August Paddle sloop Sir William Symonds Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. August Judith Milbanke Merchantman S. &. P. Mills Sunderland For private owner. August Luna Merchantman R. Reed Sunderland For private owner. 2 September Aid Brig R. & W. Campion Whitby For private owner. 2 September Fanny Barque Messrs. Miller & Co River Humber For Messrs. Andres & Co. 9 September Pilot boat David Brown & Jacob Bell New York For private owners. 12 September Paddle steamer Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 14 September Steamship Messrs. Smith & Son Gainsborough For York Steam Packet Company. 16 September Steamship Antwerp For private owner. 25 September Cambria Merchantman Pembroke Dockyard For private owner. 26 September Steamship Messrs. Fairbairne's Isle of Dogs For private owner. 28 September Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 28 September Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 30 September China Full-rigged ship Messrs. Humphrey & Co. Hull For private owner. 30 September Mona Sloop Edward Ellis Garth For private owners. 30 September William & Elizabeth Barque Colony of Prince Edward Island For private owner. 2 October Forth Merchantman Muris & Clarke Glasgow For private owner. 2 October Ivanhoe Brig R. Atkinson Goole For Messrs. William Hudson & Co. 5 October Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 14 October Paddle steamer Humble & Milcrest Liverpool For Sir John Tobin. 14 October Paddle steamer John Laird Birkenhead For General Steam Navigation Company. 16 October Guave West Indiaman Messrs. Menzies & Sons Leith For private owner. 16 October The Lady Bulkeley Sloop Beaumaris For private owner. 17 October Queen Victoria Full-rigged ship Messrs. Humphrey & Co. Hull For private owner. 19 October Hercules Dredger Adams Grangemouth For private owner. 23 October New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 31 October Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. October Steamship For private owner. October Miriam Snow H. Dobbinson Sunderland For Penman & Co. October Newburn Brig North Biddick For private owner. October Ocean Merhantman J. Crown Sunderland For Mr. Richardson. 1 November Chieftain Barque Messrs. A. McFarlane & Co. Dumbarton For D M'Larty. 11 November William Skinner Merchantman William Hey Mellanby Newcastle upon Tyne For General Shipping Company. 22 November Harlequin Full-rigged ship Isaac Preston Southtown For private owner. 1 December Falcon Barque John Wood Port Glasgow For private owner. 2 December Boston Navy Yard For United States Navy. 12 December Frigate Rochefort For French Navy. 14 December Steamship John Laird & Sons North Birkenhead For private owner. 16 December Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 December New York Navy Yard For United States Navy. 30 December Jamaica Full-rigged ship Clarke & Sons Liverpool For Joseph Brookes Yates. December Albatross Snow G. Johnson, N. Davies and T. Davies Sunderland For private owner. December Betsey & Ann Schooner Ipswich For private owner. December Cleopatra Barque Southwick For Colling & Co. December Paddle steamer location For Royal Navy. December Wrestler Schooner Ipswich For private owner. December Water Witch Schooner Ipswich For W. May. Unknown date Addison Brown Snow Sunderland For Addison Brown. Unknown date Adrastrus Merchantman S. & P. Mills Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Agitator Full-rigged ship Quebec Upper Canada For private owner. Unknown date Air Merchantman Laing & Simey Sunderland For P. Laing. Unknown date Alderman Thompson Brig P. Wood Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Alnwick Packet Schooner Bowman and Drummond Blyth For Mr. Hodgson. Unknown date Paddle steamer Samuel L. Hubbell Perrysburg, Ohio For Perrysburgh & Miami Steam Boat Company. Unknown date Arab Snow T. Lanchester Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Atkin Snow G. Thompson Sunderland For J. Atkin. Unknown date Bedlington Schooner Bowman and Drummond Blyth For Burlison Heron, Edward Heron, James Heron and Michael Longridge. Unknown date Barque Archibald P. MacFarlane Jr. & Co Dumbarton For Hamlin & Co. Unknown date Braganza Merchantman Peter Austin Sunderland For Gray & Co. Unknown date Dorothy Snow S. & P. Mills Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. Unknown date Dryad Brig T. & J. Brocklebank Whitehaven For Thomas & John Brocklebank. Unknown date Duchess of Kent Schooner River Wear For John Barry. Unknown date Elizabeth & Catherine Snow J. & G. Mills Sunderland For Potts & Co. Unknown date Emma Snow Joseph Helmsley Sunderland For Dunford & Co. Unknown date Flora Schooner H. Dobbinson Sunderland For P. Welch. Unknown date Friendship Snow T. S. Dixon Sunderland For Lamb & Co. Unknown date Gem Merchantman J. H. Robson Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date George Welsford Barque J. Rodgerson Sunderland For Mr. Welsford. Unknown date Gilbert Henderson Merchantman Laing & Simey Sunderland For Mr. Henderson. Unknown date Glencoe Snow Peter Austin Sunderland For John Campbell. Unknown date Paddle Tug George Banckham Gravesend For Lanelly Railway & Dock Co. Unknown date Houghton-le-Skerne Merchantman Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Indus Snow Monkwearmouth For Walker & Co. Unknown date Jane and Ann Snow H. Dobbinson Sunderland For Mr. Hodgson. Unknown date John Botcherby Merchantman Sunderland For Mr. Botcherby. Unknown date John White Snow Sunderland For R. White. Unknown date Lord Mulgrave Merchantman Rowntree Sunderland For Foster & Co. Unknown date Loyal Packet Snow R. & T. Andrews Sunderland For M. Reed. Unknown date Blackwall frigate Wigram & Green Blackwall For George & Henry Green. Unknown date Margarets Merchantman Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Mary Brig Bowman and Drummond Blyth For John Common, David Miller and Isaac Richardson. Unknown date May Snow Joseph Helmsley Sunderland For Mr. Middleton. Unknown date Steamship South Shields For Newcastle and Hull Steam Packet Company. Unknown date Steamship Poros For Royal Hellenic Navy. Unknown date Whaler Nantucket, Massachusetts For private owner. Unknown date Paddle steamer For New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. Unknown date Patelina Schooner William Bonker Salcombe For Henry Grant and others. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Baltimore, Maryland For W. Graham. Unknown date Prospect Snow J.& G. Mills Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Queen Snow Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Rajastan Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner. Unknown date Ralph Wylam Snow Sunderland For Wylam & Co. Unknown date Rhoda Merchantman John Ball Jr. Salcombe For John Matthews, Nicholas Smith and others. Unknown date Sarah Schooner T. & W. Dixon Sunderland For Graham & Co. Unknown date Sarah Schooner J