List of ship launches in 1855 explained

The list of ship launches in 1855 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1855.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
3 January	United States	Donald McKay	East Boston, Massachusetts	McKay	Clipper	For Black Ball Line.[1]
4 January		Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons	South Shields	Mary Russell Mitford	Barque	For Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons.[2]
4 January		Messrs. Wigram's	Poplar	Southern Cross	Missionary ship	For George Selwyn.[3]
10 January		Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons	Bristol	Naparina	West Indiaman	For Messrs. Scrutton, Son, & Co.[4]
15 January	United States	Thomas Stack	Williamsburg, New York		Schooner	For John B. Sandy.[5]
16 January			Pembroke Dockyard		Royal yacht	For Queen Victoria.[6]
17 January		Cork Steamship Company	Cork		Steamship	For private owner.[7]
18 January		Richard Wilkinson	Pallion	Agamemnon	Full-rigged ship	For Potts Bros.
18 January		James & R. Mills	Southwick	Bosworth	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Wood, Spence & Blair.[8]
18 January		John Smith	Pallion	Sir James	Full-rigged ship	For Tyler & Co.[9]
18 January		Messrs. Sykes & Garbutt	Hylton	Snaresbrook	Barque	For John Briggs.
18 January		James Laing	Sunderland		Collier	For Bell & Co.
19 January		Messrs. Napier	Govan		Steamship	For Matheson & Co.[10]
20 January		Messrs. Tod & McGregor	Glasgow		Steamship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[11]
27 January	United States	Jacob Aaron Westervelt	New York City		Paddle steamer	For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company.
29 January		Messrs. Dewdney	Brixham	Dauntless	Brig	For private owner.[12]
January		James Hardie	Sunderland	Alma	Barque	For Messrs. Haddock & Co.[13] [14]
January		Messrs. Mills Brothers	Southwick	Bosworth	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs Woods, Spence and Blair.
January	Province of Canada		Quebec City	Chance	Barque	For private owner.[15]
January	United States	Donald McKay	East Boston, Massachusetts		Extreme clipper	For Black Ball Line.
January	United States	Donald McKay	East Boston, Massachusetts	Great Republic	Extreme clipper	Relaunched, having caught fire December 27, 1853, shortly after first launch.[16]
January		W. Petrie	Sunderland	Henrietta Brewis	Barque	For Robert Brewis.
January			River Clyde	Napoleon III	Clipper	For private owner.[17]
January		T. D. Marshall	South Shields		Steamship	For private owner.[18]
January			Fleetwood	Wyre	Schooner	For private owner.[19]
3 February		Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Steamship	For private owner.[20]
3 February	United States		New York Navy Yard			For United States Navy.
5 February	France		Cherbourg		Aviso	For French Navy.[21]
15 February		Albert White	Waterford	Avoca	Barque	For private owner.[22]
15 February		Cunningham	Newcastle upon Tyne	Kensington	Barque	For private owner.[23] [24]
16 February	United States		Portsmouth Navy Yard		Frigate	For United States Navy
17 February	France		Brest Arsenal		Ship of the Line	For French Navy.
17 February		Parry	Hirael	Maid of Glan Ogwen	Merchantman	For private owner.[25]
17 February		Scott	Inverkeithing	Precursor	Clipper	For private owner.[26]
17 February		John Laird	Liverpool		Troopship	For Royal Navy.[27] [28]
20 February		George Worthy	Pallion	William Leckie	Barque	For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr.
23 February	United States		New York Navy Yard		Steam frigate	For United States Navy.
27 February			Pembroke Dockyard			For Royal Navy.
February	Portugal		Caminha	Dipomata	Schooner	For private owner.[29]
February		R. Barclay & Curle	Stobcross		Steamship	For private owner.[30]
February		Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons	Kelvinside	White Eagle	Clipper	For private owner.[31]
4 March		Bank Quay Foundry Company	Warrington	Startled Fawn	Merchantman	For private owner.[32]
5 March		Messrs. A. Duthie & Co.	Aberdeen	Heather Bell	Clipper	For private owner.[33]
6 March		Watt	Dysart	Saint Clair	Barque	For Fraser, Murdoch & Boyd.[34]
7 March		Messrs. Turnbull & Craggs	Stockton-on-Tees	Euxine	Brig	For Mr. Hutton.[35]
7 March		J. & R. White	West Cowes			For Royal Navy.
16 March		Messrs. Richard Williamson & Sons	Harrington	Herald of Fame	Barque	For private owner.[36]
17 March		Messrs. William Denny & Bros.	Dumbarton		Steamship	For Messrs. Miller & Sons.[37]
17 March	France		Brest			For French Navy.[38]
18 March	France		Cherbourg			For French Navy.
19 March		Messrs. Watson & Allsup	Preston		Steamship	For Messrs. Pearce, Rawcliffe & Co.[39] [40]
19 March		Messrs. Harvey & Co.	Hayle	Nicholas Harvey	Schooner	For private owner.
19 March			Lorient		Corvette	For French Navy.[41]
19 March		Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, & Co.	Liverpool	West Derby	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Brown & Co.[42]
20 March	France	Toulon Naval Yard	Toulon			For French Navy. Also reported as built at Cherbourg.
20 March		Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.	Liverpool	Conquest	Barque	For private owner.[43]
20 March		David Griffiths	Cardigan	Elizabeth Anne	Brig	For private owner.
20 March		Messrs. John & Robert White	Cowes	Heroes of Alma	Barque	For James Shepherd.[44] [45]
20 March		Messrs. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For Messrs. Gee & Co.[46]
22 March		Messrs. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Paddle Steamer	For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
27 March	United States	Jacob A. Westervelt, Sons, & Co.	New HYork		Schooner	For New York Pilots.
31 March		Neptune Iron Works	Waterford		Steamship	For Waterford Steamship Company.[47]
31 March		Money, Wigram & Son	Blackwall Yard		Bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.
March	France		Arsenal de Toulon			For French Navy.
March	United States	Irons & Grinell	Mystic, Connecticut		Clipper	For John H. Brower & Co.
March			River Tyne		Paddle steamer	For Tagus Steam Navigation Company.
March	France					For French Navy.[48]
March		Watson & Allsop	Liverpool		Steamship	For Rawcliffe, Pease, Whitehead and Moore & Sons.[49]
March		Michael Byers	Sunderland	Northumbrian	Full-rigged ship	For Scott & Co.[50]
March		Messrs. John Scott & Sons	Greenock		Steamship	For Canada Ocean Steamship Company.[51]
March			Jarrow		Steamship	For private owner.
March		Messrs. Mare & Co.	Blackwall		Troopship	For Royal Navy.[52]
2 April		C. J. Mare	Blackwall		Troopship	For Royal Navy.
3 April		Messrs. Leighton & Co.	Blyth	Providence	Brig	For private owner.
3 April	New South Wales	Cuthberts Shipyard	Port Jackson		Gunboat	For Colony of New South Wales.
3 April	France					For French Navy.
3 April	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[53]
3 April	France					For French Navy.[54]
3 April		John Laird	Birkenhead	Not named	Steamship	For private owner.[55]
4 April		John Smith	Pallion	Sebastian	Barque	For Joyce & Co.
4 April		Alexander Hall & Co.	Aberdeen		Clipper	For Black Ball Line.[56]
5 April		John Laird	Liverpool		Steamship	For British Government.[57]
5 April		Pickersgill & Miller	Sunderland	Enchantress	Barque	For J. A. Marks.[58]
5 April		Scott & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For J. Rennie & Co.[59]
5 April		Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.	Aberdeen	Schomberg	Clipper	For Black Ball Line.[60]
8 April			Liverpool		Steamship	For private owner.[61]
12 April		Messrs. Smith & Rodgers	Govan		Steamship	For Messrs. Lewis Potter & Co.[62]
16 April	France		Brest		Transport ship	For French Navy.
17 April		Haswell	Newcastle upon Tyne	Caribbean	Full-rigged ship	For John Hay.[63]
17 April	France		Cherbourg			For French Navy.
17 April		Messrs. Mare & Co.	Blackwall			For Royal Navy.[64]
17 April			Derwenlas	Miss Evans	Schooner	For R. Evans.[65]
17 April			Pembroke Dockyard			For Royal Navy.
17 April		Messrs. C. J. Mars & Sons	Blackwall			For Royal Navy.
18 April		Bowman and Drummond	Blyth	Aln	Barque	For G. Bowman & T. Drummond.[66]
18 April	France		Cherbourg		Gunboat	For French Navy.
18 April		Messrs. R. & H. Green	Blackwall			For Royal Navy.[67]
18 April		Mr. Thomas	Conway	Penelope	Schooner	For Cropper & Bell.[68]
18 April		Messrs. R. & H. Green	Blackwall			For Royal Navy.
19 April	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[69] [70]
19 April		Messrs. Palmer Bros.	Jarrow		Steamship	For Messrs. R. S. Newall & Co.[71]
19 April			Alloa	George Kydd	Merchantman	For Bailie Kydd.[72]
19 April		Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons	Liverpool	Harvest Home	Clipper	For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co.[73]
19 April		Messrs. George Milne & Co.	Aberdeen	Nightingale	Brig	For private owner.[74]
24 April	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[75] [76]
25 April	France		Brest		Ship of the line	For French Navy.[77]
25 April	United States	Hayden & Cudworth	Medford, Massachusetts		Extreme clipper	For Thatcher Magoun.
26 April		Edward Potts	Seaham	Wynyard	Snow	For M. Moore.
30 April	France		Nantes			For French Navy.[78]
30 April	France		Nantes			For French Navy.
April		Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin	Liverpool		Steamship	For North and West of France Steam Navigation Company.
April		Messrs. Scott & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For private owner.[79]
April		Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin	Liverpool	Fusileer	Merchantman	For Messrs. Colesworth, Wynne & Lyne.
April	Colony of Nova Scotia			Glenalmond	Barque	For private owner.[80]
April		John Laird	Birkenhead		Steamship	For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales.
April		T. D. Marshall	South Shields		Steamship	For North of Europe Steam Navigation Company.[81]
April		Tayleur & Co	Warrington		Steamship	For private owner.[82]
April		T. D. Marshall	South Shields		Steamship	For private owner.
1 May	France		Nantes			For French Navy.
1 May	France		Nantes			For French Navy.
1 May	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[83]
2 May			Devonport Dockyard			For Royal Navy.
2 May			Whitehaven	John O'Gaunt	Clipper	For private owner.[84]
3 May	France		Toulon		Gunboat	For French Navy.[85]
3 May		Tod & McGregor	Glasgow		Passenger ship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
3 May		Arrow Leithead	Sunderland	Coringa	Full-rigged ship	For John Hay.
3 May		Messrs. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For private owner.[86]
3 May		Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co.	Millwall			For Royal Navy. Caught fire and self-launched, damaged beyond repair.[87]
3 May	France		Lorient		Transport ship	For French Navy.
3 May		Messrs. Ferguson, McCallum, & Baird	Flint	Sarah Ellen	Brigantine	For private owner.[88]
4 May		John Watson	Banff	The Banffshire	Schooner	For private owner.[89]
5 May		Messrs. C. Hill & Sons	Bristol	Fontabelle	West Indiaman	For Charles Dawson.[90]
5 May		Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son	Toxteth		Steamship	For Eastern Archipelago Company.[91]
5 May	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[92] [93]
9 May	France	Toulon Naval Yard	Toulon			For French Navy.[94] [95]
9 May			Holyhead	The Mermaid	Yacht	For Thomas Hirste.[96]
10 May	France		Toulon			For French Navy.
12 May	France		Toulon			For French Navy.[97]
12 May	France	Normand	Havre de Grâce		Gunboat	For French Navy.[98]
14 May	France	Normand	Havre de Grâce			For French Navy.
15 May		John Roberts	Holyhead	Jane and Anne	Schooner	For W. Hurlbutt.[99] [100]
16 May	France		Toulon			For French Navy.
16 May	France		Toulon		Gunboat	For French Navy.[101]
17 May		Messrs. White	East Cowes	Cecile	Schooner	For Marquess of Conynghm.[102]
17 May		Toward	Newcastle upon Tyne		Tug	For private owner.[103]
17 May		W. Pile	Sunderland	Kelso	Full-rigged ship	For John R. Kelso.[104]
17 May		John Laird			Steamship	For R. Rawsthorne.[105]
17 May		James Robinson, or J. & J. Robinson	Sunderland	Viscount Canning	Full-rigged ship	For J. Prowse.[106]
19 May		Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co.	Renfrew		Tug	For Liverpool Tug Company.[107]
20 May	France	Normand	Havre de Grâce			For French Navy.[108]
22 May		George Cox	Bideford	Sarah Newmann	Clipper	For John Leech.[109]
24 May		Messrs. Napier	Govan		Steamship	For Liverpool and Dundalk Steam Packet Company.[110]
26 May	France		Havre de Grâce			For French Navy.[111]
26 May	France	Lorient Naval Yard	Lorient			For French Navy.[112]
31 May		Samuda Brothers	Cubitt Town		Steamship	For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
31 May		W. Wilkinson	Deptford	Caroline Coventree	Full-rigged ship	For Conventree Dundass.[113]
31 May		Gibson	Sunderland	Electra	Full-rigged ship	For Joseph Shield, Son, & Co.
31 May		Lightfoot	Hylton Dene	Gem of the Nith	Barque	For John Morton.
31 May		James Briggs	Pallion	Queen of the North	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Bradley & Potts.
31 May		John Watson	Sunderland	Queen of the South	Barque	For John Morton, or Martin & Co.[114]
May	France		Le Mourillon			For French Navy.[115]
1 June	France					For French Navy.
2 June			Pembroke Dockyard		Modified	For Royal Navy.[116]
2 June		Messrs. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.[117]
2 June	France		Toulon		Gunboat	For French Navy.[118]
2 June		John Laird	Birkenhead		Steamship	For private owner.[119]
4 June		Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon	Paisley		Paddle steamer	For Messrs. Hetherington.[120]
7 June		Messrs. Robinson & Co.	Cork		Steamship	For Joseph Malcolmson.[121]
9 June		John Anderton	Runcorn	Borland	Brig	For private owner.[122]
15 June		Webster	Fraserburgh	Florence Nightingale, or Nightingale	Brig	For private owner.[123] [124]
15 June	United States		Charleston Navy Yard		Steam frigate	For United States Navy.[125]
16 June		Messrs. James & George Thomson	Glasgow		Steamship	For Messrs. David Hutcheson & Co.[126]
17 June		John Pile	Hartlepool		Barque	For John McArthur & William Andrews.
18 June		Follett	Teighmouth	Ellen Radford	Brig	For private owner.[127]
26 June		William Pitcher	Northfleet		Corvette	For Chilean Navy.
30 June		Messrs. Harvey	Ipswich	Inkermann	Barque	For private owner.[128]
30 June		Edward Jones	Pwllheli	Newnham	Brig	For Le Maistre & Co.[129]
30 June		Paisley	Passage West	Queenstown	Clipper	For Messrs. Scott & Co.[130]
30 June		Messrs. J. & G. Thomson	Govan		Steamship	For Messrs. Papayanni & Mussabini.[131]
30 June		Messrs. Young, Magny & Co.	Limehouse		Sloop of War	For Colony of Victoria.[132]
June		W. Wilkinson	Sunderland	Catherine	Snow	For Mr. Ingram.
June	France		Lorient			For French Navy.[133]
2 July		Messrs. Stephen & Sons	Dundee	Beemah	Merchantman	For Messrs. Willis and Company.[134]
3 July		Robert Napier and Sons	Glasgow		Paddle steamer	For Cunard Line.[135] [136]
3 July		Messrs. Hall	Aberdeen	Sea Star	Clipper	For D. Louttit.[137]
4 July		Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.	Whiteinch		Dredger	For Clyde Trust.[138]
7 July		Messrs. Stothert & Fripp	Hotwells		Steamship	For private owner.[139]
12 July		Messrs. Tod & McGregor	Glasgow		Steam Yacht	For Mr. McGregor.[140]
14 July		Richard Green	Blackwall	Agamemnon	Merchantman	For private owner.[141]
16 July	France		Lorient		Transport ship	For French Navy.[142]
16 July		Messrs. Lawrence, Hill & Co.	Port Glasgow		Steamship	For African Steam Ship Company.[143]
16 July		James Geddie	Garmouth	Grace	Schooner	For Messrs. Forrest & Florence.[144]
16 July		James Laing	Sunderland		Full-rigged ship	For Duncan Dunbar.
16 July		Messrs. Humphrey & Son	Hull	Robert Keddey	Schooner	For Thomas Colgan.[145]
17 July		Bowman and Drummond	Blyth	Eugenie	Barque	For Dawson & Co.[146]
21 July		Alexander Denny	Dumbarton		Steamship	For private owner.[147]
29 July		Cork Steamship Company	Cork		Steamship	For private owner.[148]
29 July		Messrs. Henry Balfour & Co.	Fife		Paddle steamer	For Messrs. Joseph Green & Co.[149]
30 July		William Adamson	Southwick	Ann Adamson	Barque	For William Adamson.[150]
30 July		George Barker	Monkwearmouth	Ann Elizabeth, or Ann & Elizabeth	Barque	For Mr. Wright.
30 July		Michael Byers & Co.	Monkwearmouth	Constantia	Full-rigged ship	For H. Parker.
30 July		Messrs. John Davidson & Co.	Sunderland	Cosmos	Barque	For R. J. Brown.
30 July		Messrs. Sykes, Talbot & Sykes	Sunderland	Day Star	Snow	For William Allen.
30 July		Messrs. Ray & Sons	Portsmouth	Duchess of Marlborough	Merchantman	For private owner.[151]
30 July		Thomas Henderson	Pallion		Steamship	For R. J. Brown.
30 July		Naizby	Hylton	Isabella	Barque	For G. Smith.
30 July		Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros	Sunderland	Penguin	Barque	For Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros.
30 July		George Bartram & Sons	South Shields	Progress	Barque	For George Lawson.
30 July		Messrs. Forrest & Jackson	Sunderland	Not named	Barque	For Messrs. Forrest & Jackson.
31 July			Whitehaven	Cormorin	Merchantman	For private owner.[152]
31 July	France		Cherbourg		Aviso	For French Navy.
31 July		Mark Pearson	Goole	Fanny	Sloop	For private owner.[153]
31 July			Portsmouth Dockyard		First rate	For Royal Navy.
31 July			Sandycroft		Steamship	For Australian Screw Steamship Company.[154] Sank on being launched. Later refloated.[155] [156]
July		Messrs. Earle	Hull		Steamship	For Messrs. Ringrose.[157]
July		Austin & Mills	Sunderland	Bittern	Barque	For William Snowball & John Murch.[158]
July		Messrs. Duthie & Cochar	Montrose	Minorva	Barque	For Messrs. Collie & Co.[159]
July	Colony of Prince Edward Island		Georgetown	Peri	Brigantine	For private owner.[160]
1 August		Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon	Paisley		Paddle steamer	For Messrs. Hetherington.[161]
1 August		Messrs. Tod & McGregor	Glasgow		Steamship	For Liverpool and Philadelphia Line.[162]
1 August			Whitehaven	Comorin, or Coromine	East Indiaman	For Messrs. Thomas Brocklebank & Co.
1 August		Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin	Liverpool	Fiery Cross	Clipper	For Messrs. John & James Campbell.
1 August		Messrs. Fletchers	Goole	Lizzy	Sloop	For private owner.
1 August		Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons	Liverpool		Paddle steamer	For North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company.[163]
1 August		Bank Quay Foundry	Warrington	Sarah Palmer	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Jones, Palmer & Co.[164]
2 August		Westaway	Lowestoft	Pauline	Brig	For Mr. Andrews and others.[165]
3 August		James Laing	Sunderland		Collier	For W. Stobart.[166]
14 August			Brest		Aviso	For French Navy.
14 August	Province of Canada	T. C. Lee	Hare Point	Meteor	Barque	For Messrs. Funck, Meinke & Co.[167]
14 August	France		Brest		Aviso	For French Navy.[168]
15 August		Messrs. J. & R. White	Cowes	Red Coat	Schooner	For private owner.[169]
16 August		Messrs. Bayley & Sons	Ipswich	Alarm	Schooner	For Edward & George Johnson.[170]
16 August		Messrs. Brownlow & Lumsden	Hull		Steamship	For Messrs. Brownlow & Co.[171] [172] [173]
17 August		Messrs. Caird & Co.	Greenock		Paddle steamer	For Moss Steamboat Company.
17 August		Messrs. Caird & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For Bergen Steam Packet Company.[174]
24 August		Lübke	Wolgast		Schooner	For Prussian Navy.
27 August	France		Toulon		Transport ship	For French Navy.[175]
28 august		Messrs. Earle	Hull		Steamship	For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.[176]
28 August		William Pile Jr.	Sunderland		East Indiaman	For Green & Co.
29 August		T. R. Carke Jr.	Liverpool	Georgina	West Indiaman	For Messrs. Yates, Brown & Co.[177] [178]
29 August		Hugh Banister	Tarleton	Mary and Jane	Sloop	For Thomas Harrison & James Taylor.[179]
29 August		John Lugars	King's Lynn	Royal Arthur	Barque	For private owner.[180]
29 August		Messrs. Bayled & Sons	Ipswich	Siam	Clipper	For private owner.[181]
29 August		Canada Works	Birkenhead		Steamship	For private owner.[182]
30 August		Sandycroft Ironworks	Deeside		Auxiliary clipper	For Liverpool & Australian Steamship Navigation Company.[183]
August		Jobling & Co., or Jobling & Willoughby	Sunderland	Alliance	Merchantman	For Gray & Co.[184]
August	Netherlands		Lemmer	Eliza	Brig	For private owner.[185]
August	United States		East Boston, Massachusetts	Emerald	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Howland & Ridgway.[186]
August	Colony of Nova Scotia			Florence Nightingale	Barque	For private owner.[187]
August				Princess Maria	Merchantman	For private owner.[188]
August		Mansfield	Teignmouth	Regina	Merchantman	For private owner.[189]
1 September		John Laird	Birkenhead		Steamship	For Linea de Vapores Correos Españoles Transatlanticos.[190]
2 September		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.[191]
2 September		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.
4 September		Smith and Dimon Shipyard	New York		Paddle steamer	For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company.
8 September		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.
8 September		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.[192]
12 September						For Royal Navy.
12 September		Robert Thompson	Sunderland	Jessamine	Snow	For Watson & Co.
12 September		Messrs. Richardson	East Hartlepool		Steamship	For Richard Young.[193] [194]
13 September		Rawson & Watson	Sunderland	Chancellor	Barque	For Mr. Watson.
13 September		Messrs. J. P. Dennison & Co	East Hartlepool	Elegant	Barque	For private owner.
13 September		Woolwich Dockyard	Woolwich			For Royal Navy.
13 September		Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.	Liverpool		Steamship	For private owner.[195]
17 September		New Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg		Ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy.
18 September	Province of Canada		Quebec	Tchernaya	Full-rigged ship	Ran aground on being launched.[196]
25 September		Messrs. Smith's	North Shields		Steamship	For West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company.[197]
26 September			Penmaenpool	Robert Jones	Merchantman	For Robert Jones.[198]
26 September			Devonport Dockyard			For Royal Navy.
26 September		Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.	Aberdeen	Star of Peace	Clipper	For George Thompson Jr.[199]
27 September		John Laird			Steamship	For Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales.[200]
27 September		Austin & Mills	Southwick	Ceres	Barque	For M. Sharp.
27 September		John T. Alcock	Sunderland	City of Durham	Barque	For Thomas Nicholson.
27 September		Robert Thompson Jr.	Sunderland	Graces	Barque	For T. Coxon.
27 September		John Smith	Pallion	Hannah Marks	Barque	For A. J. Marks.
27 September		Messrs. J. & G. Thomson	Govan		Steamship	For private owner.[201]
27 September		Evan Ellis	Porthdinllaen	Richard Roberts	Schooner	For private owner.[202]
27 September			Pembroke Dockyard			For Royal Navy.[203]
September	Province of Canada	McCord	Quebec	Ardmillan	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.[204] [205]
2 October		Messrs. John & James Robinson	Sunderland	Glenealn	Barque	For William Dixon.
3 October		W. Johnson	Coxgreen	Cadiz	Snow	For Mr. Collingwood.[206]
3 October		W. Wilkinson	Pallion	Nithsdale	Barque	For Messrs. Watson & Co.
4 October			Toulon			For French Navy.[207] [208]
4 October		W. Scowler	Sunderland	Unnamed	Barque	For M. Tweddle.
6 October	Denmark		Copenhagen		Frigate	For Royal Danish Navy.[209]
6 October		Green	Blackwall	Not named	Gunboat	For Peruvian Navy.[210]
8 October		Thomas & Benjamin Tiffin	Sunderland	Juventa	Barque	For Wilson & Co.
11 October		Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co	Newcastle upon Tyne		Steamship	For C. Baker.
11 October		Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co	Newcastle upon Tyne		Steamship	For Messrs. Robinson & Co.[211]
11 October		Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co.	Newcastle upon Tyne		Steamship	For Messrs. William Laing & Co.
11 October			Bombay	Emily	Schooner	For British East India Company.
11 October		Bowman and Drummond	Blyth	Wave	Snow	For Simpson & Co.[212]
13 October		Messrs. M. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company.[213]
15 October		Teall	Ringsend		Steamship	For private owner.[214]
16 October		Halpin	Dublin	Relief	Lightship	For Trinity House.[215]
20 October		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.[216] [217]
20 October		Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.
23 October		Messrs. Caird & Co.	Cartsdyke		Steamship	For South of Norway Steamship Company.[218]
24 October	United States	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania			For United States Navy.
25 October		Arrow Leithead	Sunderland	Belle Alliance	Full-rigged ship	For Mr. Richardson.[219]
25 October		Peter Austin	Sunderland	Fidus	Barque	For J. Mills.[220]
25 October		Messrs. John & R. White	Cowes	Plummer	Schooner	For private owner.[221]
25 October	France		Rochefort			For French Navy.
27 October		Messrs. Smith & Roger	Govan		Steamship	For Messrs. H. Dixon & Co.[222]
29 October		Messrs. W. Simmons & Co.	Whiteinch		Steamship	For private owners.[223]
October		G. Gardner	Sunderland	Chowdean	Barque	For J. Tully.[224]
October			Nicholaieff		Ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy.[225]
October		Messrs. Hickson & Co.	Belfast		Steamship	For British Government.[226] [227]
October			Stockton-on-Tees	Westminster	Merchantman	For private owner.[228]
2 November		Money, Wigram & Son	Blackwall			For Royal Navy.
3 November		Messrs. Lumley, Kennedy & Co.	Whitehaven		Steamship	For Messrs. Nicholson & McGill.[229]
10 November		Messrs. Tod & McGregor	Kelvinside		Steamship	For Glasgow and New York Steam Shipping Company.[230]
12 November		Messrs. Stewart & Forbes	Peterhead	Sea Sprite	Schooner	For Messrs. George Craig & Co.[231]
12 November	France		Cherbourg		Transport ship	For French Navy.[232]
13 November		Wigram	London			For Royal Navy.
13 November		Messrs. H. Samuelson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company.[233]
15 November		Messrs. Steele & Co.	Greenock	Eugenie	Barque	For Messrs. Baine & Johnston.[234]
15 November		Messrs. Caird & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For Risca Steam Coal Co.
17 November	United States	Hayden & Cudworth	Medford, Massachusetts		Extreme clipper	For Thatcher Magoun & Son.
20 November	United States	Paul Curtis	East Boston, Massachusetts		Clipper	For private owner.
21 November			Bombay		Steamship	For British East India Company.
22 November		Messrs. William Simons & Co.	Whiteinch	Fort George	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Clint & Co.[235]
24 November			Portsmouth Dockyard			For Royal Navy.
24 November		Messrs. Scott & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For private owner.[236]
November	United States	Donald McKay	East Boston, Massachusetts	Abbott Lawrence	Clipper	For private owner.[237]
November		John Duncay	Speymouth	Arctic	Sealer	For private owners.[238]
November		W. C. Miller	Toxteth		Steamship	For private owner.
November		Messrs. White	Cowes	Dreadnought	Lifeboat	Broadstairs Lifeboat.[239]
November			Waterford	Dutchman	Merchantman	For private owner.[240]
November		John Laird	Liverpool		Steamship	For private owner.
November		Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co.	Liverpool		Steamship	For Messrs. W. J. Myers & Co.[241]
November		Hylton Carr	Hylton	Percy	Snow	For Barry & Co.[242]
1 December	United States		Washington Navy Yard		Steam Frigate	For United States Navy.
7 December		Portland Shipbuilding Company	Troon		Steamship	For private owner.[243]
8 December		W. & H. Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.
11 December		Messrs. M. Samueson & Co.	Hull		Steamship	For private owners.[244]
11 December		Messrs. Richardson Bros.	Hartlepool		Steamship	For Mr. Young.[245]
13 December	United States		New York Navy Yard			For United States Navy.
15 December		Webster	Fraserburgh	Isabella	Schooner	For J. A. Flett.[246]
28 December	United States	J. B. & J. D. Van Deusen	Williamsburg, New York		Pilot boat	For New York Pilots.
December		Messrs. Pitcher	Northfleet			For Royal Navy.[247]
December	United States	J. Simonson	New York		Paddle steamer	For private owner.[248]
December			Pembroke Dockyard		Despatch boat	For Royal Navy.[249]
December		Messrs. Palmer Bros.	Jarrow		Collier	For C. D. Barker.
December		Messrs. Palmer Bros.	Jarrow		Steamship	For St. Petersburg Steam Ship Company.[250]
December		Guibert	Nantes	Rubens	Merchantman	For Compagnie Générale Maritime.[251]
December			West Hartlepool	The Times Correspondent	Merchantman	For private owner.[252]
Spring	Colony of Nova Scotia		St. Mary's	Brilliant	Brig	For private owner.[253]
Autumn	Province of Canada		Quebec	Brunelle	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.[254]
Autumn	Province of Canada		Quebec	Florence	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.[255]
Unknown date		Pile & Smart	Sunderland	Acastus	Barque	For J. & J. S. Twizell.[256]
Unknown date		Pickersgill & Miller	Sunderland	Aid	Brig	For Gideon Smales.[257]
Unknown date		Peter Austin	Sunderland	Aletheia	Barque	For S. Austin.
Unknown date		John Smith	Pallion	Alliance	Barque	For H. Tindall.
Unknown date		W. H. Pearson	Sunderland	Allied Powers	Barque	For Jobling & Co.
Unknown date			Sunderland	Alma	Sloop	For G. Dowell.
Unknown date		John Laird	Brikenhead		Steamship	For Admiralty.[258]
Unknown date		Brundrit & Whiteway	Runcorn	Alma	Schooner	For Brundrit & Whiteway.[259]
Unknown date		Stothard	Sunderland	Alpha	Snow	For Mr. Jackson.
Unknown date		Rawson & Watson	Sunderland	Antias	Brig	For G. Smales.[260]
Unknown date		E. Bailey	Sunderland	Aphrogencia	Merchantman	For J. Leslie.
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia Navy Yard		Steamship	For United States Navy.
Unknown date		Richard Wilkinson	Sunderland	Armistice	Merchantman	For J. Longton.
Unknown date	United States		Amesbury, Massachusetts		Barque	For private owner.
Unknown date			Edo		Full-rigged ship	For Imperial Japanese Navy.
Unknown date		James & R. Mills	Sunderland	Aurora	Brig	For Dawson Bros.
Unknown date		Short	Sunderland	Balaklava	Full-rigged ship	For Mr. Greenwell.
Unknown date		J. Watson	Sunderland	Beatrice	Merchantman	For Stokoe & Co.
Unknown date		Briggs	Sunderland	Bellona	Full-rigged ship	For J. Allan.
Unknown date	United States				Schooner	For private owner.
Unknown date		James Laing	Sunderland		Steamship	For J. Hughes et al.
Unknown date	Colony of Nova Scotia		Pictou	Black Watch	Full-rigged ship	For Messrs. Andrew Stewart & Co.[261]
Unknown date		Austin & Mills	Sunderland	British Banner	Barque	For B. Ward.
Unknown date	United States	Montell & Co.	Baltimore, Maryland		Clipper	For Trask & Dearborn.
Unknown date		Messrs. Duthie & Co.	Aberdeen	Catherine Adamson	Merchantman	For private owner.[262]
Unknown date		J. Lister	Sunderland	Catherine and Ann	Snow	For W. Bunker.
Unknown date		Messrs. Thomas & William Smith	South Shields		Repair ship and floating arsenal	For unknown owner.[263]
Unknown date	United States	John Gunder North	San Francisco, California		Sternwheeler	For George A. Johnson & Company.
Unknown date		G. Gardener	Sunderland	Courier	Merchantman	For Kelso & Co.
Unknown date		William Harkass	Sunderland	Cresswell	Merchantman	For C. Jenkins.
Unknown date		Rawson & Watson	Sunderland	Earl of Cromartie	Schooner	For J. Hill.
Unknown date		Robert Thompson	Sunderland	Edmund Graham	Full-rigged ship	For Edmund Graham.
Unknown date			Sunderland	Eliza	Brig	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States	James O. Curtis	Medford, Massachusetts	Enoch Train	Icebreaker	For Boston Steam Tow-boat Co.
Unknown date		L. Gales	Sunderland	Equinox	Merchantman	For W. Milburn.
Unknown date			Sunderland	Eugenie	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France				Ship of the line	For French Navy.[264]
Unknown date		Forrest & Jackson, or Forrest & Co.	Sunderland	Falcon	Barque	For W. Hay.
Unknown date		J. Lister	Sunderland	Fear Not	Barque	For J. & E. Douthwaite.
Unknown date		D. Douglass	Sunderland	Forerunner	Full-rigged ship	For R. Hudson.
Unknown date			Sinope		Frigate	For Ottoman Navy.[265]
Unknown date		John Smith	Pallion	Geelong	Barque	For G. Gray.
Unknown date		R. Sanderson	Sunderland	George and Maria	Snow	For G. Downie.
Unknown date		Todd & Brown	Sunderland	Gharra	Barque	For Heald & Co.
Unknown date		M. Clarke	Sunderland	Godavery	Barque	For George Thompson & James Bambrough.
Unknown date		John Smith	Pallion	Greetings	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date		Peter Gibson	Sunderland	Guadiana	Merchantman	For C. H. T. Borries, M. W. Sidney, J. Stevenson, and E. H. Watts.
Unknown date		Forrest & Co	Sunderland	Harriet	Barque	For H. Henderson, T. Henderson & J. E. Henderson.
Unknown date		John Laird	Birkenhead		Steamship	For private owner.
Unknown date		John Laird	Birkenhead	Hawk	Steam Yacht	For Lord Hill.
Unknown date			Heda		Schooner	For Imperial Russian Navy.
Unknown date	New South Wales		Sydney		Paddle steamer	For North Shore Steam Company.
Unknown date		T. Seymour	Sunderland	Industry	Full-rigged ship	For G. Forster.
Unknown date					Paddle steamer	For Nantucket and Cape Cod Steamboat Company.
Unknown date	United States		Greenpoint, New York		Steamboat	For New Haven Steamboat Company.
Unknown date		William Harkass	Sunderland	Jane Anna	Merchantman	For G. Shotton.
Unknown date		Hume & Esson	Sunderland	Jane Strong	Barque	For A. Strong.
Unknown date	United States	Morgan L. Taylor	New York City	J. A. Smith	Canal boat	For private owner
Unknown date		Haswell	Sunderland	Jubilant	Barque	For James Hay.
Unknown date		James Laing	Sunderland	La Hogue	Full-rigged ship	For Duncan Dunbar & Sons.[266]
Unknown date	United States		Cincinnati, Ohio	Lancaster Number 3	Tow boat	For private owner.
Unknown date		L. Gales	Sunderland	Larissa	Merchantman	For Mr. Davison.[267]
Unknown date	United States	J. Stetson	Boston, Massachusetts	Light of the Age	Clipper	For Marshall & Eldridge's Line.[268]
Unknown date		J. T. & C. Alcock	Sunderland	Lobelia	Full-rigged ship	For J. Alcock.
Unknown date		James Robinson	Sunderland	Loda	Merchantman	For J. Bowes.
Unknown date		James Laing	Sunderland		Steamship	For J. V. Gooch & Co.
Unknown date		George Worthy	Sunderland	Madeira	Barque	For Ord & Co.
Unknown date		W. Harkass	Sunderland	Mangosteen	Barque	For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr.
Unknown date		Bowman and Drummond	Blyth	Marian	Barque	For William MacKey and William Archibald MacKey.[269]
Unknown date		Brundrit & Whiteway	Runcorn	Mary Houghton	Schooner	For private owner.[270]
Unknown date		J. Hardie	Sunderland	Mary Louisa	Merchantman	For James Hardie.
Unknown date		Pickersgill & Miller	Sunderland	Meg Merillies	Barque	For W. Doxford.
Unknown date		J. Hardie	Sunderland	Miss Nightingale	Merchantman	For Mr. Haddock.
Unknown date		J. Rogerson	Sunderland	Napoleon III	Barque	For A. Strong & Co.
Unknown date			Sunderland	Northumbria's Daughter	Merchantman	For W. Crawford.
Unknown date		George Barker	Sunderland	Orient	Merchantman	For Scofield & Co.
Unknown date		Brundrit & Whiteway	Runcorn	Penmaen	Sloop	For Brundrit & Whiteway.[271]
Unknown date		Henderson Shipyard			Steamship	For Royal Greek Navy.
Unknown date		Messrs. H. Balfour & Co.	Methil		Paddle steamer	For private owners.[272]
Unknown date		William Pile Jr.	Sunderland		Steamship	For G. Stavros.
Unknown date			Toulon		Gunboat	For French Navy.[273]
Unknown date		T. Stonehouse	Sunderland	Ravenswheel	Snow	For T. Stonehouse.
Unknown date		W. Pile	Sunderland		Steamship	For Mr. Schmidt.
Unknown date		Bank Quay Company	Warrington	Retriever	Barque	For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forewood.[274]
Unknown date		W. Pile	Sunderland	Rival	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date		James Robertson	Sunderland	Robert Hay	Barque	For R. Hay.
Unknown date	United States	Hayden & Cudworth	Medford, Massachusetts		Medium clipper	For John Ellerton Lodge.
Unknown date	France		Nantes			For French Navy.[275]
Unknown date		T. Stonehouse	Sunderland	Sanderson	Barque	For Mr. Sanderson.
Unknown date		Todd & Brown	Sunderland	Sarah Kay	Barque	For T. Kay.
Unknown date		J. Watson	Sunderland	Savannah	Merchantman	For Bell & Co.
Unknown date	United States		New York City		Tugboat	For private owner.
Unknown date		G. Booth	Sunderland	Sir Colin Campbell	Steamship	For W. H. Alexander.
Unknown date	United States		Shpusetown, Pennsylvania		Paddle steamer	For private owner
Unknown date	Switzerland	Escher Wyss et Compagnie	Escher Wyss		Steamboat	For Swiss Northeastern Railway.
Unknown date		J. Jobling, or Jobling & Co	Sunderland	Surprize	Snow	For Mr. Swinburn.
Unknown date		H. Carr	South Hylton	Tennessee	Barque	For James Wilson.
Unknown date	United States	Hayden & Cudworth	Medford, Massachusetts		Clipper	For Thatcher Magoun & Sons
Unknown date		J. Hardie	Sunderland	Thomas Varcoe	Schooner	For J. Varcoe.
Unknown date		Ratcliff, Spence & Co.	Sunderland	United	Snow	For Mr. Ratcliff.
Unknown date		Reay	Sunderland	Vibilia	Snow	For Reed & Co.
Unknown date	United States		Kensington, Pennsylvania		Steamship	For private owner.
Unknown date		W. Pile	Sunderland	Walmer Castle	Full-rigged ship	For Green & Co.
Unknown date		J. Hardie	Sunderland	William James	Merchantman	For James Hardie.
Unknown date		J. Barkes	Sunderland	Witch of the Seas	Barque	For Mr. Thompson.
Unknown date		M. Clarke	Sunderland	Witch of the Seas	Barque	For J. Huntley.
Unknown date	United States				Steamship	For private owner
Unknown date		Hodgson & Gardener	Sunderland	Zenobia	Merchantman	For Mr. Johnson.
Unknown date		William Bonker	Salcombe	Zouave	Schooner	For Edward D. Glynn and others.[276]

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Notes and References

1. News: Another Clipper Ship for the "Black Ball" Line . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 19 January 1855 . 2656 .
2. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 12 January 1855 . 9397 .
3. News: Launch of the "Southern Cross." . Daily News . London . 5 January 1855 . 2693 .
4. News: Ship Launch . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 6 January 1855 . 3381 .
5. News: Foreign Intelligence . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 2 February 1855 . 2660 .
6. Naval and Military Intelligence . 15 January 1855 . 10 . 21951 . C-D .
7. News: Launch at Cork of the Dodo . Morning Chronicle . London . 23 January 1855 . 27481 .
8. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 23 . Searle . 25 November 2023 .
9. News: Launches on the Wear . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 26 January 1855 .
10. News: Launch . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 22 January 1855 . 5424 .
11. News: Launch of the Largest Ship ever Built in Scotland . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 22 January 1855 . 20469 .
12. News: Brixham . Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . Exeter . 1 February 1855 . 4633 .
13. News: Ship Launches on the Wear . Newcastle Journal . Newcastle upon Tyne . 20 January 1855 .
14. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 17 . Searle . 25 November 2023 .
15. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 12 January 1855 . 5421 .
16. News: THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION.; THREE CLIPPER-SHIPS DESTROYED. TOTAL LOSS OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC. Burning of the White Squall, and Joseph Walker. NINE BUILDINGS DESTROYED ON FRONT-ST. LOSS, $1,500,000. INSURANCE, $500,000 to $700,000. Additional Fire--Incendiarism, & c. . The New York Times . New York . 1 . December 28, 1853 . 15 March 2010 .
17. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 19 January 1855 . 5423 .
18. News: Naval and Military . Daily News . London . 9 January 1855 . 2696 .
19. News: Fleetwood . Preston Chronicle . Preston . 27 June 1857 . 2339 .
20. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 9 February 1855 . 9401 .
21. Express From Paris . 19 November 1855 . 8 . 22215 . A-B .
22. News: Launch of the Avoca . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 21 February 1855 .
23. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 23 February 1855 . 9403 .
24. News: Newcastle - Exports - Continued . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 23 February 1855 . 9403 .
25. News: Ship Launch . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 24 February 1855 . 1459 .
26. News: Inverkeithing . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 22 February 1855 . 20478 .
27. Naval and Military Intelligence . 6 April 1855 . 10 . 22021 . A-B .
28. News: Launch of an Admiralty Troop Ship . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 20 February 1855 . 2666 .
29. News: Advertisements & Notices . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 30 August 1856 . 3467 .
30. News: Avertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 19 February 1855 . 5432 .
31. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 2 March 1855 . 5435 .
32. News: Launch . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 5 March 1855 . 2669 .
33. News: Launch . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 7 March 1855 . 5591 .
34. News: Law Reports . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 26 June 1856 . 20826 .
35. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 16 March 1855 . 9406 .
36. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 23 March 1855 . 9407 .
37. News: Another Auxiliary to the Transport Service - Launch at Dumbarton . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 19 March 1855 . 5440 .
38. France . 21 March 1855 . 9 . 22007 . B-C .
39. News: Launch of the First Iron Screw Steamer Built in Preston . Preston Chronicle . Preston . 17 March 1855 . 2220 .
40. News: Launch of the "Lady Lindsay." . Preston Chronicle . Preston . 24 March 1855 . 2221 .
41. France . 23 March 1855 . 7 . 22009 . E-F .
42. News: Ship Launch . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 20 March 1855 . 2673 .
43. News: Local Intelligence . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 23 March 1855 . 2674 .
44. News: Isle of Wight . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 18 March 1855 . 2893 .
45. News: Launches . Morning Chronicle . London . 23 March 1855 . 27532 .
46. News: Iron Steam Ship Launches . Hull Packet . Hull . 23 March 1855 . 3663 .
47. News: Launch of an Iron Steam-ship at Waterford . Daily News . London . 6 April 1855 . 2771 .
48. News: Express from Paris . Morning Chronicle . London . 10 April 1855 . 27547 . Second .
49. News: Supposed Loss of a Preston Steamer and Fourteen Lives . Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool . 9 November 1855 . 2745 . Second .
50. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 9 . Searle . 26 November 2023 .
51. News: Greenock and Coast News . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 16 July 1856 . 5633 .
52. News: Naval and Military Intelligence . Hull Packet . Hull . 30 March 1855 . 3664 .
53. Web site: French mortar vessel 'Le Tocsin' (1855) . Threedecks . 28 November 2023 .
54. Express from Paris . 7 April 1855 . 7 . 22022 . A-C .
55. News: Launches by Mr. Laird . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 6 April 1855 . 2678 .
56. News: Launch of the Australian Clipper-ship "Schomberg," the largest ever built in Aberdeen . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 4 April 1855 . 5595 . Second .
57. Naval and Military Intelligence . 17 September 1855 . 10 . 22161 . B-C .
58. News: Marine Intelligence . Newcastle Journal . Newcastle upon Tyne . 7 April 1855 .
59. Web site: Madagascar . Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust . 26 June 2019.
60. Launch at Aberdeen of the Schomberg . 9 April 1855 . 9 . 22023 . F .
61. News: Shipping . Morning Chronicle . London . 10 April 1855 . 27547 .
62. News: Launch . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 20 April 1855 . 2682 .
63. News: (untitled) . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 20 April 1855 . 9411 .
64. News: Naval and Military . Daily News . London . 18 April 1855 . 2781 .
65. News: Launch at Machynlleth . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 21 April 1855 . 1467 .
66. Web site: Aln . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 3 October 2024 .
67. News: The Baltic Fleet . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 21 April 1855 . 2898 .
68. News: Conway. - Launch of the "Penelope." . North Wales Chronicle . London . 21 April 1855 . 1467 .
69. Express from Paris . 23 April 1855 . 9 . 22035 . C-E .
70. Web site: French mortar vessel 'La Bombe' (1855) . Threedecks . 28 November 2023 .
71. News: Launch of a Screw Steamer . Daily News . London . 26 April 1855 . 2788 .
72. News: (untitled) . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 30 April 1855 . 20497 .
73. News: Launch of the Harvest Home . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 20 April 1855 . 2682 .
74. News: Launch . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 25 April 1855 . 5598 .
75. Express from Paris . 27 April 1855 . 7 . 22039 . B-C .
76. Web site: French mortar vessel 'La Fournaise' (1855) . Threedecks . 28 November 2023 .
77. Express from Paris . 7 January 1856 . 7 . 22257 . A-F . Third .
78. News: France . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 5 May 1855 . 2900 .
79. News: The Court . Daily News . London . 25 April 1855 . 2787 .
80. News: Aedvertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 9 January 1856 . 5552 .
81. News: Iron Shipbuilding . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 20 April 1855 . 9411 .
82. News: Ship Launches on the Mersey . Manchester Times . Manchester . 21 April 1855 . 675 .
83. Web site: French mortar vessle 'La Torche' (1855) . Threedecks . 28 November 2023 .
84. News: (untitled) . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 5 May 1855 . 2687 .
85. Express From Paris . 5 May 1855 . 9 . 22046 . E-F .
86. News: Launch of the Ernestine . Hull Packet . Hull . 4 May 1855 . 3669 .
87. Great Fire At Millwall . 4 May 1855 . 10 . 22045 . E .
88. News: Ship Launch . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 8 May 1855 . 2687 .
89. News: Launch at Banff . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 16 May 1855 . 5601 .
90. News: (untitled) . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 5 May 1855 . 3398 .
91. News: Launch of the Steam-ship Labuan . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 8 May 1855 . 2687 .
92. News: France . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 11 June 1855 . 5464 .
93. Web site: French mortar vessel 'La Trombe' (1855) . Threedecks . 28 November 2023 .
94. France . 14 May 1855 . 9 . 22063 . D-F .
95. News: France . Daily News . Londopn . 14 May 1855 . 2803 .
96. News: Launch at Holyhead . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 12 May 1855 . 1470 .
97. News: France . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 19 May 1855 . 2902 .
98. Express From Paris . 16 May 1855 . 9-10 . 22055 . F, A .
99. News: Launch at Holyhead . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 19 May 1855 . 1471 .
100. News: Launch at Holyhead . North Wales Chronicle . London . 26 May 1855 . 1472 .
101. Express From Paris . 21 May 1855 . 9 . 22059 . B-C .
102. News: Aquatics . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 21 May 1855 .
103. News: By Electric Telegraph . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 25 May 1855 . 9416 .
104. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 26 . Searle . 26 November 2023 .
105. News: Launch of a Screw Steamer . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 18 May 1855 . 2690 .
106. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 27 . Searle . 26 November 2023 .
107. News: Launch at Renfrew . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 21 May 1855 . 5458 .
108. News: Naval and Military News . Morning Chronicle . London . 25 May 1855 . 27585 .
109. News: Shipbuilding in Devonshire . Daily News . London . 26 May 1855 . 2814 .
110. News: New Steamer for the Dundalk Trade . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 29 May 1855 . 2693 .
111. Express From Paris . 29 May 1855 . 9 . 22066 . E-F .
112. Express From Paris . 29 May 1855 . 9 . 22065 . A-B . Second .
113. News: Launches on the Wear . Newcastle Journal . Newcastle upon Tyne . 2 June 1855 .
114. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 36 . Searle . 26 November 2023 .
115. News: France . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 2 June 1855 . 2904 .
116. News: The War . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 8 June 1855 . 20508 .
117. News: Ship Launch . Hull Packet . Hull . 8 June 1855 . 3674 .
118. News: Foreign Intelligence . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 2 June 1855 . 2695 .
119. News: Launch of a Screw Steamer . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 5 June 1855 . 2695 .
120. News: Launch of a Vessel for the Rock Ferry . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 15 June 1855 . 2698 .
121. News: Ship Launch at Cork . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 16 June 1855 .
122. News: Multum in Parvo . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 15 June 1855 . 2698 .
123. News: Fraserburgh . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 20 June 1855 . 5606 .
124. News: Fraserburgh . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 20 June 1855 . 5606 .
125. America . 2 July 1855 . 11 . 22095 . B .
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127. News: Teignmouth . Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . Exeter . 21 June 1855 . 4653 .
128. News: Ship Launch . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 7 July 1855 . 6061 .
129. News: Pwllheli - Ship Launch . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 7 July 1855 . 1478 .
130. News: Launch at Passage . Freeman's Journal . dublin . 3 July 1855 .
131. News: Launch . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 3 July 1855 . 20518 .
132. Launch of an Australian War Steamer . 2 July 1855 . 10 . 22095 . D .
133. Express From Paris . 2 June 1855 . 9 . 22070 . A-C .
134. News: Shipbuilding in Dundee . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 4 July 1855 . 20519 .
135. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 29 June 1855 . 5469 .
136. News: Approaching Launch of the Persia . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 2 July 1855 . 5470 .
137. News: Launch . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 4 July 1855 . 5608 .
138. News: Launch at Whiteinch . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 9 July 1855 . 5473 .
139. News: Launch of a Fine Iron Steamer . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 14 July 1855 . 3408 .
140. News: New Screw Steam Yacht . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 14 July 1855 . 20528 .
141. News: Launch at Blackwall . Morning Chronicle . London . 16 July 1855 . 27629 .
142. Express From Paris . 19 July 1855 . 22110 . A-C .
143. News: (untitled) . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 18 July 1855 . 5477 .
144. News: Launch . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 25 July 1855 . 5611 .
145. News: Launch of a London Trader . Hull Packet . Hull . 20 July 1855 . 3680 .
146. Web site: Eugenie . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 3 October 2024 .
147. News: New Steamer for Loch Katrine . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 27 July 1855 . 5481 .
148. News: Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 31 July 1855 .
149. News: Local Intelligence . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 10 August 1855 . 2713 .
150. News: Ship Launches on the Wear . Newcastle Journal . Newcastle upon Tyne . 4 August 1855 .
151. News: The Two "Marlboroughs." . Morning Chronicle . London . 6 August 1855 . 27647 .
152. Ship News . 2 August 1855 . 12 . 22122 . B .
153. News: Ship Launches . Leeds Mercury . Leeds . 4 August 1855 . 6359 .
154. Auxiliary Steampower To Australia . 15 December 1855 . 7 . 22238 . F .
155. News: Ship News . The Standard . London . 29 August 1855 . 9690 .
156. News: Miscellanea . Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . Exeter . 20 October 1859 . 4880 .
157. News: (untitled) . Hull Packet . Hull . 6 July 1855 . 3678 .
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159. News: Launches . Morning Chronicle . London . 2 August 1855 . 27644 .
160. News: Advertisements & Notices . Belfast News-Letter . Belfast . 31 August 1855 . 12236 .
161. News: Launches on the Clyde . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 7 August 1855 . 2712 .
162. News: Launch on Wednesday First . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 30 July 1855 . 5482 .
163. News: (untitled) . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 31 July 1855 . 2711 .
164. News: Launches . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 2 August 1855 . 2872 .
165. News: Lowestoft . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 11 August 1855 . 6066 .
166. News: Launch of the "Vedra," an Iron Collier . North & South Shields Gazette, and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser . 16 August 1855 .
167. News: Launch of First Vessel Built in Canada on Foreign Account . Morning Chronicle . London . 4 September 1855 . 27672 .
168. Express From Paris . 18 August 1855 . 9 . 22136 . B-D .
169. News: Cowes . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 18 August 1855 . 2915 .
170. News: Ipswich, Saturday, August 18 . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 18 August 1855 . 6067 .
171. News: Another Launch . Hull Packet . Hull . 17 August 1855 . 3684 .
172. News: The Martlet Steamer . Hull Packet . Hull . 14 September 1855 . 3688 .
173. Web site: Martlet . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
174. News: Launches at Greenock . Morning Chronicle . London . 24 August 1855 . 27663 .
175. Express From Paris . 30 August 1855 . 7 . 22146 . C-E .
176. News: Launch of the North Sea . Hull Packet . Hull . 24 August 1855 . 3685 .
177. News: Ship Launch . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 31 August 1855 . 2719 .
178. News: Launch . Morning Chronicle . London . 31 August 1855 . 27669 .
179. News: Launch . Preston Chronicle . Preston . 1 September 1855 . 2244 .
180. News: (untitled) . Morning Chronicle . London . 3 September 1855 . 27671 .
181. News: Ship Launch . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 1 September 1855 . 6069 .
182. News: (untitled) . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 4 September 1855 . 2720 .
183. Electric Telegraph Despatches . 30 August 1855 . 7 . 22146 . F .
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185. News: Advertisements & Notices . Ipswich Journal . Ipswich . 16 February 1856 . 6093 .
186. News: The New Packet Ship Emerald . Morning Chronicle . Londopn . 4 September 1855 . 27672 .
187. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 23 November 1855 . 5532 .
188. News: Ship News . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 19 March 1856 . 5582 .
189. News: Teignmouth . Trewman's Exeter Flying Post . Exeter . 23 August 1855 . 4662 .
190. Liverpool, Sept. 1 . 3 September 1855 . 9 . 22149 . B .
191. News: Reinforcements and Supplies for the Crimea . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 1 September 1855 . 2917 .
192. News: Reinforcements and Supplies for the Crimea . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 8 September 1855 . 2918 .
193. Iron Shipbuilding at Hartlepool . 15 September 1855 . 9 . 22160 . C .
194. Launch Of An Iron Vessel . 17 September 1855 . 8 . 22161 . C .
195. News: (untitled) . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 18 September 1855 . 2724 .
196. News: Shipping Intelligence . Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool . 6 October 1855 .
197. News: Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 28 September 1855 . 9431 .
198. News: Penmaenpool, Dolgelly . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 29 September 1855 . 1489 .
199. News: Launch . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeem . 3 October 1855 . 5621 .
200. News: Launch of a Screw Steamer . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 28 September 1855 . 2727 .
201. News: Launch . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 28 September 1855 .
202. News: Porthdinllaen . North Wales Chronicle . Bangor . 29 September 1855 . 1489 .
203. News: Naval and Military . Daily News . London . 1 October 1855 . 2923 .
204. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 28 November 1855 . 5534 .
205. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 7 December 1855 . 5538 .
206. News: Launches on the Wear . North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser . 4 October 1855 .
207. News: Steamers to the United States . Daily News . London . 11 October 1855 . 2932 .
208. News: France . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 13 October 1855 . 3421 .
209. News: The Baltic . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 3 September 1855 . 20571 .
210. News: Launch . Daily News . London . 8 October 1855 . 2929 .
211. The Progress Of Iron Shipbuilding . 15 October 1855 . 5 . 22185 . B .
212. Web site: Wave . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 3 October 2024 .
213. News: The Borussia . Hull Packet . Hull . 19 October 1855 . 3693 .
214. News: The Experimental Screw Steamer, Flower of the Sea . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 16 October 1855 .
215. News: Ship Launces in Dublin . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 17 October 1855 .
216. News: Naval and Military . Daily News . London . 23 October 1855 . 2942 .
217. News: (untitled) . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 17 November 1855 . 2928 .
218. News: Launch of the Screw Steamer Ganger Rolf . Morning Chronicle . London . 26 October 1855 . 27717 .
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220. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 3 . Searle . 25 November 2023 .
221. News: Cowes . Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph . Portsmouth . 27 October 1855 . 2925 .
222. News: Launch . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 29 October 1855 . 5521 .
223. News: Launch . Morning Chronicle . London . 2 November 1855 . 27723 .
224. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 16 . Searle . 25 November 2023 .
225. Nicholaieff, And The Way To It . 11 October 1855 . 9 . 22182 . A .
226. News: Belfast Police Court . Belfast News-Letter . Belfast . 15 October 1855 . 12274 .
227. News: Launch . Belfast News-Letter . Belfast . 9 August 1856 . 123916 .
228. News: Advertisements & Notices . Morning Chronicle . London . 15 October 1855 . 27707 .
229. News: Launch. - The Valdivia . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 5 November 1855 . 2743 . Third .
230. Launch of the Screw Steamer Edinburgh . 13 November 1855 . 8 . 22210 . A .
231. News: Launch at Peterhead . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 21 November 1855 . 5628 .
232. Express From Paris . 5 November 1855 . 7 . 22203 . A-B .
233. News: Launch . Hull Packet . Hull . 16 November 1855 . 3697 .
234. News: Launches at Greenock . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 19 November 1855 . 5530 .
235. News: Launch at Whiteinch . Glasgow Heral . Glasgow . 26 November 1855 . 5533 .
236. News: Engineering Feat . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 5 December 1855 . 5537 .
237. News: Advertisements & Notices . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 9 August 1856 . 3464 .
238. News: Launch at Speymouth . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 5 December 1855 . 5630 .
239. News: The Broadstairs Life-boat . Morning Chronicle . London . 12 November 1855 . 27731 .
240. News: Launch . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 19 November 1855 .
241. News: Shipbuilding on the Mersey . Morning Chronicle . London . 4 December 1855 . 27750 .
242. News: Marine Intelligence . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 30 November 1855 . 9440 .
243. News: Launch. - Troon, Dec. 7 . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 14 December 1855 . 5541 .
244. News: Launch . Hull Packet . Hull . 14 December 1855 . 3701 .
245. Launch Of The Florence Nightingale . 13 December 1855 . 12 . 22236 . E .
246. News: Launch at Fraserburgh . Aberdeen Journal . Aberdeen . 19 December 1855 . 5632 .
247. Naval and Military Intelligence . 19 December 1855 . 12 . 22241 . B .
248. News: The New American Steamship C. Vanderbilt . Daily News . London . 27 December 1855 . 2998 .
249. News: Naval and Military News . Morning Chronicle . London . 25 December 1855 . 27768 .
250. News: (untitled) . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 4 January 1856 . 9445 .
251. News: (untitled) . Freeman's Journal . Dublin . 15 December 1855 .
252. News: (untitled) . Jackson's Oxford Journal . Oxford . 15 December 1855 . 5355 .
253. News: Advertisements & Notices . Bristol Mercury . Bristol . 29 September 1855 . 3419 .
254. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 18 August 1856 . 5647 .
255. News: Advertisements & Notices . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 20 February 1857 . 5727 .
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259. Web site: Alma . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
260. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 . Searle . 25 November 2023 .
261. News: The Loss of the Black Watch . Daily News . London . 7 January 1856 . 3007 .
262. (advertisement) . 11 October 1855 . 1 . 22182 . C .
263. News: Floating Arsenal . Morning Chronicle . London . 3 August 1855 . 27645 .
264. News: The Steam Navy of France . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow . 13 January 1859 . 6028 . E. J. Reed .
265. News: Turkish Man-of-war in Liverpool . Derby Mercury . Derby . 25 June 1856 . 3374 .
266. Web site: SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 . Searle . 26 November 2023 .
267. News: Marine Intelligence - Continued . Newcastle Courant . Newcastle upon Tyne . 15 June 1855 . 9416 .
268. (advertisement) . 31 May 1855 . 1 . 22068 . D .
269. Web site: Marian . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 3 October 2024 .
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271. Web site: Penmaen . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . 6 October 2024 .
272. News: Iron Ship-building on the East Coast . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 17 December 1855 . 20661 .
273. Express from Paris . 2 May 1855 . 9 . 22043 . B .
274. News: A New Iron Vessel Capsized in the River . Liverpool Mercury . Liverpool . 7 August 1855 . 2712 .
275. Express From Paris . 7 June 1855 . 7 . 22074 . B-D .
276. Web site: Zouave . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 2 October 2024 .