The list of ship launches in 1838 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1838. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 6 January Ruby East Indiaman George Hilhouse & Co. Bristol For private owner. 11 January Charente Transport brig Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort For French Navy 12 January Queen Victoria Schooner Messrs. Connell & Soms Belfast For Messrs. Connell & Sons. 23 January Ship of the line Alexandria Egypt For Egyptian Navy. January Carrs Merchantman T. Lightfoot Sunderland For Carr & Co. January England Snow George Frater & Co. Sunderland For Mr. Speeding. 1 February Penelope Schooner McLaide Belfast For Edward Lindsay Jr. 4 February Steamship Messrs. Wilson Liverpool For Messrs. Langtry & Herdman. 10 February Steamship John Littleton Selby For private owner. 12 February The Fairy Queen Schooner Taylor Woodbridge For Mr. Manby. 12 February The Queen Victoria Brig Messrs. Bayley Ipswich For Messrs. Cucknow & Co. 22 February George Ramsay Snow Reed, Denton & Co. Sunderland For J. Ritson. 26 February Catherine Jamieon Barque Millar Brucehaven For James Jamieson. 26 February Jane Smith Brig Messrs. Buteman & Young Leith For private owner. 26 February Vest Snow Rodham & Todd North Hylton For Young & Co. February Allison Merchantman Austin Sunderland For Hartlepool Original Shipping Co. February James and Elizabeth Merchantman T. & N. Davie Hylton For Mr. Harrison. 10 March Steamship Messrs. G. Lunell & Co Hotwells For private owner. 12 March Bartha Brigantine schooner Robert Innes Leith For Messrs. John Dryden & Co. 13 March Deva Merchantman William Gales Hylton For Morris & Co. 14 March Steamship Messrs. Carmichael Montrose For private owners. 14 March Eleanor Russell Barque Bally Shoreham-by-Sea For private owner. 17 March Steamship George Lunnell & Co Hotwells For Bristol Steam Navigation Company. 23 March Steamship Messrs. Menzies & Sons Leith For private owner. 26 March Steamship Barking For Commercial Steam Packet Company. 26 March King of the Forest Schooner John Young Newport For private owner. 26 March Mariner Schooner John Westacott Barnstaple For private owners. 26 March Steamship Messrs. Smith Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 26 March Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 27 March Skyridd Fawr Schooner Messrs. Batchelor & Co Newport For private owner. March Druid Snow T. Ogden Sunderland For Ogden & Co. March Kelloe Merchantman Peter Austin & Son Sunderland For Austin & Co. March Petrel Merchantman J. Crown Sunderland For Watson & Co. March Sapphiras Snow Sunderland For A. Brown. 2 April Jane and Mary Sloop G. Flint Mexborough For W. Amery. 10 April Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 16 April S. N. Neverov Astrakhan For Imperial Russian Navy. 23 April Charles Alexandre, Joseph Daviel and Georges Allix Saint-Servan For French Navy. 23 April Petrel Merchantman Messrs. John Spence & Sons Stockton-on-Tees For Commercial Shipping Company. 23 April The Water Nymph Schooner Messrs. Read & Page Ipswich For Mr. Jenkins & others. 24 April Dandy Yawl Michael Ratsey location For Colonel Madden. 24 April Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 25 April Salem Schooner William Jones Alltvawr For private owner. 26 April John Cree Barque L. Rose & Son Leith For John Cree & partners. 30 April Courier Brig William Bayley Ipswich For private owner. April Chase Merchantman Calman Dundee For private owner. April George Smith Merchantman Sunderland For G. Smith. April Harp Merchantman W. & A. Adamson Sunderland For Shotton & Co. April Lady Anne Merchantman James Leithead Sunderland For Mr. McDonald. April Lark Merchantman John M. Gales Sunderland For Baker & Co. April Pacific Merchantman J. G. Holmes Middlesbrough For William Fairbridge. April Rainbow Merchantman George Frater & Co Sunderland For Thomas Speeding. April Robert Bowery Brig T. Rowntree Sunderland, County Durham For private owner. April Skiron Brig William Byers Sunderland For private owner. April Xanthus Brig Robert Thompson North Biddick For George, Cuthbert and Elizabeth Richardson. 8 May Eudora Cutter yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For R. W. Cooper. 9 May Steamship Messrs. Fairbairn & Co Liverpool For private owner. 10 May Cutter T. White Cowes For Board of Customs. 10 May Mary Coxon Snow Carr Hylton For Coxon & Co. 10 May Sarah Schooner Portaferry For William McLear Jr. 10 May Wheatsheaf Schooner Parker Wells-next-the-Sea For L. Corbet. 12 May Greyhound East Indiaman Messrs. Hopper Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 12 May Tramp Schooner Robert Bartlett Hotwells For private owner. 17 May John Brotherick Schooner Thompson Smith Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 23 May Mary Brack Merchantman J. Watson Sunderland For J. Cooper. 23 May Pembroke For Royal Navy. 24 May Paddle steamer Curling, Young & Co. Limehouse For British and American Steam Navigation Company. 24 May Glowworm Steam yacht John Laird North Birkenhead For Thomas Assheton Smith. 24 May Menai Packet Smack Henry Moses Port Madoc For private owner. 25 May The Eliza Barque Messrs. William & John Campion Whitby For John Campion. 26 May Earl of Hardwicke East Indiaman Green & Co. Blackwall For Richard Green. 31 May Charlotte Atkinson Smack Macdonald Londonderry For Lessees of the Honourable Irish Society's Fisheries. May Andrew White Merchantman T. Cairncross, or Bell & Cairncross Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. May Lively Lighter Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. May Mary Victualling Hoy Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. May Pilgrim Schooner Simpson Glasson Dock For private owner. May Premier Barque Quebec Upper Canada For private owner. May Venture Merchantman F. Oliver Sunderland For T. Oliver. 9 June Plymouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 13 June Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 16 June Aurora Cutter yacht Michael Ratsey Cowes For Colonel Beach. 19 June Crusader Schooner T. Gales Sunderland For Union Shipping Co. 22 June Corvette Saint-Malo For French Navy. 28 June Darlington Schooner John & Luke Crown Sunderland For Stockton & London Shipping Company. June Defiance Merchantman Kirkbride & Carruthers Sunderland For Ord & Co. June England's Queen Snow Tate & Taylor Sunderland For Port of Newcastle General Shipping Company. June Friends Snow James Leithead Sunderland For Mr. Middleton. June Grace Merchantman T. S. Dixon Sunderland For T. S. Dixon. June Isabella East Indiaman Edward Gibson Hull For private owner. June Matthew Snow Peter Austin Sunderland For Mr. Matthew. 7 July Delhi Barque Balley Shoreham-by-Sea For private owner. 7 July Tow-boat John Laird North Birkenhead For Delaware and Rariton Canal. 9 July Dawson Merchantman Messrs. William Henzell & Son Seaham For Thomas Nicholson & Robert Scurfield. 9 July Phillyra Schooner Messrs. Harris & Challacombe Ilfracombe For private owner. 10 July Iris Packet ship Hull For private owner. 10 July Nautilus Cutter yacht Hunt Aldeburgh For Town Committee of Aldeburgh. 11 July St. Regulus Merchantman Messrs. Menzies Leith For St. Andrew's & Leith Shipping Company. 23 July Allerton Packet Merchantman Thomas Brown Stockton-on-Tees For Merchant's Shipping Company. 23 July Monarch Schooner William Bayley Ipswich For A. Gallaway. July Atlas Merchantman Rodham & Todd Sunderland For T. & R. Brown. July Barnard Castle Schooner Robert Thompson Sunderland For Stockton and London Shipping Company. July Dalston Merchantman W. Wilkinson Sunderland For T. Reed. July Flower of Ugie Barque Luke Crown Sunderland For J. Bruce & Company. July Henry Cotes Merchantman John Rodgerson South Hylton For John Coates, Thomas Solsby & George Murray. July John Merchantman Sunderland For Mr Pattison. July Keepier Schooner Edward Brown Sunderland For John Ray. 6 August Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 8 August James Audus Brigantine Samuel Gutteridge Selby For private owner. 9 August Persia East Indiaman Messrs. W. J. & R. Tindall Scarborough For private owner. 17 August Corvette Poros For Royal Hellenic Navy. 23 August Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 25 August The Science Merchantman Messrs. Youngs South Shields For private owner. 28 August S. I. Chernyavskiy Nicholaieff For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 August First rate Vorobyov Nicholaieff For Imperial Russian Navy. August Auckland Schooner J. Barkes Sunderland For Stockton and London Shipping Company. August Mary Ann Snow Sunderland For Forster & Co. 4 September Eleanor Barque James Smith Saint John Colony of New Brunswick For private owner. 6 September Eleven Snow J. & G. Mills Sunderland For London & Newcastle Shipping Co. 12 September John and Mary Schooner W. Harrison Hull For Mr. Pearson. 18 September Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 19 September Briton's Pride Schooner Messrs. Bayley & Co. Ipswich For Mr. Scott and others. 20 September Florist Merchantman Perkins Newport For private owner. 29 September Joseph Wallace Schooner Barker Great Yarmouth For private owner. September England's Queen Snow T. Lanchester Sunderland For Alcock & Co. September Friends Merchantman F. Oliver Sunderland For Mr. Oliver. September Robert Henderson Barque Sunderland For Mr. Henderson. September Skipton Snow J. Crown, or Walker & Crone Sunderland For Newcastle Shipping Company. September Tweed Merchantman G. Thompson Sunderland For Mr. Longstaff. 2 October Dew Drop Schooner Messrs John & William Campion Whitby For Messrs. J. Storm and Coggan. 3 October Elizabeth Merchantman George Metcalf South Shields For private owner. 4 October Frigate Courreau & Arman Bordeaux For Chilean Navy. 4 October The Patchett Schooner Atkinson Goole For Messrs. Ibbotson, Lister & Co. 5 October William and Sarah Schooner Messrs. Kirwan & McCune Belfast For William Massey. 8 October Paddle steamer Charles Connell & Sons Belfast For private owner 18 October Steamship Henry Wimshurst London For Ship Propeller Company. 18 October Ironsides Full-rigged ship Messrs. Jackson, Gordon & Co Liverpool For private owner. 18 October Rosalie Brig J. W. Green Dartmouth For R. Alsop. 20 October Miranda Schooner Thomas White West Cowes For private owner. 26 October Sarah Maria Ann Schooner Messrs William & Richard Roberts Newport For Messrs. Thomas Wall & Co. 31 October Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. October Bewley Merchantman H. Penman Sunderland For Penman & Co. October Martindale Snow T. & N. Davie Sunderland For Hartlepool & Durham Com. Sh. Co. October Robert Henry Allen Merchantman George Frater Sunderland For Hartford & Durham Commercial Shipping Company. 1 November Benjamin Greene Barque Laing & Simey Southwick For Greene & Co. 3 November Pazo de Ragoe Merchantman John Vaux Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. 7 November Scotland East Indiaman John Scott & Sons Greenock For William Morrison & other. 10 November Steamship River Thames For Newcastle and Shields Steam Packet Company. 15 November Devonport Dockyard For Royal Navy. 20 November Grace Darling Brig Perth For private owner. 30 November Aid Lighter location For Royal Navy. November Governor Merchantman Thomas Ogden Sunderland For Mr. Spaight. November Lady Bute Barque Greenock For private owner November Sheraton Grange Merchantman James Carr Sunderland For Robert Liddell. 8 December Steamship Coates & Young Belfast For private owner. 14 December Ship of the line Alexandria Egypt For Egyptian Navy. 18 December Monro Brig Messrs. Butiment & Young Leith For private owner. 19 December Steamship Messrs. Hedderwick & Rankin Glasgow For private owner. December Pomona Brig Aberdeen For private owner. Unknown date Abbotsford Merchantman J. & G. Mills Sunderland For Mr. Chambers. 25 December Charlotte Schooner Robert Symons Penzance For Robert Symons. Unknown date Advena Snow William Potts Sunderland For W. Potts. Unknown date Agenoria Schooner John Ball Jr. Salcombe For Hugh Narramore and others. Unknown date Paddle steamer Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy. Unknown date Ann Snow Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Anne Laing Merchantman Laing & Simey Sunderland For P. Laing & Co. Unknown date Ann Emma Merchantman Sunderland For