The list of ship launches in 1841 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1841.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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7 January | United States | Samuel Hartt | New York Navy Yard | Missouri | Paddle frigate | For United States Navy. |
8 January | United Kingdom | Messrs J. & W. Campion | Whitby | Palatine | Full-rigged ship | For private owners.[1] |
18 January | United Kingdom | Speakman | Preston | Rapid | Schooner | For Messrs. Humber.[2] |
19 January | United Kingdom | Francis Williams | Canons Marsh | Miss Chiff | Schooner | For private owner.[3] |
23 January | United Kingdom | Messrs. Parkinson & Brown | Hull | Constantia | Brig | For private owner.[4] |
23 January | United Kingdom | James Stothard & Co | Monkwearmouth | Tasmania | Barque | For F. Heisch & Co.[5] |
26 January | United Kingdom | John & Charles Alcock | Sunderland | Lucy | Brig | For Matthew Aisbitt.[5] |
26 January | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Styx | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[6][7][8] | |
January | United Kingdom | Reed, Denton & Co. | Sunderland | Asiatic | Barque | For Munro & Co.[5] |
January | United Kingdom | W. Robinson | Sunderland | Barbara | Merchantman | For M. Robson.[5] |
2 February | United Kingdom | Womack | Agbrigg | John | Merchantman | For Messrs. Ibbotson & Lister.[9] |
4 February | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Vixen | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[10] | |
6 February | France | Lorient | Sémillante | Surveillante-class frigate | For French Navy. | |
9 February | United Kingdom | Humphrey | Hull | Sultan | East Indiaman | For Messrs John Beadle & Co.[11] |
12 February | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Ardent | Alecto-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
12 February | United Kingdom | Galway | Lord Fitzgerald and Vesei | Schooner | For private owner.[12] | |
13 February | United Kingdom | Henry Jones | Port Madoc | Economy | Schooner | For private owner.[13] |
16 February | United Kingdom | Thomas Evans | Bideford | William Cannyngs | Brig | For Messrs. Lucas, Goyer, and Lucas.[14] |
22 February | United Kingdom | W. Thompson & Pearson | Sunderland | Gertrude | Barque | For Mr. Gibson.[5][15] |
24 February | United Kingdom | Duncanson | Alloa | Gartsherrie | Barque | For private owner.[16] |
25 February | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co. | Glasgow | Clyde | Steamship | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company.[17] |
February | United Kingdom | Peter Austin & Son | Sunderland | Bride of Abydos | Merchantman | For Crozier & Co.[5][18] |
February | United Kingdom | T. Elliot | Sunderland | Elizabeth | Merchantman | For P. Watson.[5] |
February | United Kingdom | Bell & Cairncross | Sunderland | Ewart | Schooner | For J. Ewart.[5] |
February | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Friends | Merchantman | For Mr. Brown.[5] | |
February | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Grindlay | Barque | For Walter Grindlay.[5] | |
February | France | Bordeaux | Louis XIV | Merchantman | For private owner.[19] | |
February | United Kingdom | J. H. Robson | Sunderland | Palestine | Merchantman | For Mr. Penman.[5][20] |
6 March | United Kingdom | James Chapman | Southtown | The Saucy Jack | Schooner | For Messrs. W. H. Draper & Co.[21] |
8 March | France | Lorient | Andromaque | Surveillante-class frigate | For French Navy.[22][23] | |
8 March | United Kingdom | John Byerley & Sons | Portsea | Duff | Brig | For John Byerley & Sons.[24] |
8 March | United Kingdom | Messrs Bush and Beddoe | Bristol | Shamrock | Steamship | For private owner.[25] |
9 March | United Kingdom | Messrs Humphrey & Co. | Hull | The Bentley | Brig | For Norrison Levett.[26] |
10 March | United Kingdom | Edward Gibson | Hull | Herculaneum | Barque | For Messrs. Taylor, Potter & Co.[26] |
23 March | United Kingdom | Rubie | Southampton | Seagull | Barque | For private owner.[27] |
24 March | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Spy | Brigantine | For Royal Navy.[28] | |
30 March | United Kingdom | Messrs. Barricks | Whitby | Pickering | Schooner | For Whitby, Pickering and London Shipping Company.[29] |
March | United Kingdom | James Barkes | Sunderland | Ann Eliza | Schooner | For J. Hay.[5] |
March | United Kingdom | James Stothard | Sunderland | Harriet | Merchantman | For James Stothard.[5] |
March | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Sarah Crisp | Barque | For T. Crisp.[5][30] | |
6 April | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Geyser | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
12 April | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigram & Green | Blackwall | Princess Royal | Paddle steamer | For General Steam Navigation Company.[31] |
12 April | United Kingdom | Green | Blackwall | Queen Victoria | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company.[32] |
13 April | United Kingdom | Carmarthen | Princess Royal | full-rigged ship | For private owner.[33] | |
19 April | United Kingdom | Austin & Mills | Southwick | Ohio | Merchantman | For General Shipping Company.[5][34] |
22 April | United Kingdom | Fraserburgh Shipbuilding Company | Fraserburgh | Anna Mary | Brig | For private owner.[35] |
23 April | United Kingdom | Edward Ellis | Garth | Benjamin Williams | Merchantman | For private owner.[36] |
23 April | United Kingdom | Innes | Leith | Jessie Anderson | Barque | For Messrs. Anderson, Wigham Munro & Co.[37] |
23 April | United Kingdom | Woolwich Dockyard | Siren | Helena-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy.[38] | |
23 April | Burma | British East India Company | Moulmein | Tenasserim | Steamship | For British East India Company.[39][40] |
24 April | United Kingdom | William Bayley | Ipswich | Doctor | Schooner | For Mr. Stone.[41] |
26 April | United Kingdom | Bowman, Verdon & Co. | Aberdeen | The William Hogarth | Schooner | For private owner.[35] |
April | United Kingdom | B. Stafford | Sunderland | Advance | Snow | For J. Parkin.[5] |
April | United Kingdom | J. Evans | Aberystwyth | Messenger | Schooner | For private owner.[42] |
April | United Kingdom | W. Sutherland | Sunderland | Mornington | Merchantman | For J. R. Tuer.[5][43] |
April | United Kingdom | J. Evans | Aberystwyth | Ocean Queen | Schooner | For private owner.[42] |
1 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thompson & Spiers | Greenock | Tweed | Steamship | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company.[17][44] |
3 May | United Kingdom | Henry Teall | Leeds | Brilliant | Schooner | For private owner.[45] |
5 May | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Mississippi | Paddle frigate | For United States Navy.[46][47] | |
6 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons & Co. | Liverpool | Panope | Schooner | For Liverpool and London Shipping Company.[48] |
12 May | United Kingdom | David King | Ipswich | Highlander | Brigantine | For Messrs. J. G. Plummer and John Nolloth.[49] |
18 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Wigram | Blackwall | Southampton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[50] |
20 May | Norway | Nidaros | Corvette | For Royal Norwegian Navy. | ||
22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Green & Wigram | Blackwall | Agincourt | Merchantman | For R. Green.[51] |
22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Menzies & Sons | Leith | Forth | Steamship | For West India Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.[52][53] |
22 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Bannister & Co. | Liverpool | Grimaldi | Schooner | For W. S. Dixon & Co.[54] |
22 May | United Kingdom | Ellis Evans | Penmaenpool | The Cambrian Maid | Schooner | For private owner.[55] |
23 May | United Kingdom | John Dawson & Co. | Liverpool | Sampson | Brigantine | For G. H. Thompson.[54] |
25 May | United Kingdom | James McMillan | Crawfordyke | Solway | Steamship | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.[56] |
29 May | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hillhouse's | Bristol | Timbuctoo | Merchantman | For Messrs. R. & W. King.[57] |
May | United Kingdom | E. T. Thompson & J Teasdale | Sunderland | Alexander | Snow | For A. Scott.[5][58] |
May | United Kingdom | William Tardrew | Bideford | George Vickery | Brig | For private owner.[59] |
May | United Kingdom | George Frater | Sunderland | Majestic | Barque | For J. & J. Wait.[5][60] |
19 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. J. B. Maxton & Co. | Leith | Victoria of Dundalk | Dredger | For Dundalk Harbour Commissioners.[61] |
21 June | United Kingdom | Messrs. Sothern & Day | Runcorn | Doris | Schooner | For private owner.[62] |
21 June | United Kingdom | Woolwich Dockyard | Trafalgar | Caledonia-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | |
June | Colony of New Brunswick or Colony of Nova Scotia | Bay of Fundy | Mary Ann | Brig | For private owner.[63] | |
June | United Kingdom | J. M. Gales | Hylton Ferry | Tynemouth Castle | Snow | For Mr. Coppock.[5][64] |
3 July | United Kingdom | Woolwich Dockyard | Devastation | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
5 July | United Kingdom | Alexander Christie | Pembroke Dock | Cambrian | Frigate | For Royal Navy.[65][66] |
5 July | United Kingdom | Chambers | Rotherham | John and William | Merchantman | For Messrs. Henry and Edward Canham. |
6 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas and John White | Cowes | Medina | Paddle steamer | For Mail Steam Packet Company.[67] |
6 July | United Kingdom | Bridlington | The Queen | Schooner | For private owner.[68] | |
10 July | United States | New York | Hendrick Hudson | Packet ship | For private owner.[69] | |
13 July | United Kingdom | Pritchard | Northfleet | Medway | Steamship | For East India Steam Packet Company.[70] |
15 July | Russia | S. I. Chernyavskiy | Nicholaieff | Dvienadsat Apostolov | Dvienadsat Apostolov-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
19 July | France | Rochefort | Gomer | Gomer-class frigate | For French Navy. | |
19 July | United Kingdom | Tucker | Teignmouth | Llewellyn | East Indiaman | For private owner.[71] |
20 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hunt & Son | Ipswich | Earl of Stradbroke | Schooner | For private owner.[72] |
20 July | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrey & Co. | Hull | Good Intent | Schooner | For J. R. Thompson.[73] |
20 July | United Kingdom | Chatham Dockyard | Growler | Driver-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
21 July | United Kingdom | Westcott | Bideford | Glengariff | Brig | For private owner.[74] |
21 July | United Kingdom | Preston | The Gleaner | Schooner | For Messrs. J. & A. Caunce.[75] | |
23 July | Colony of New Brunswick | Salisbury | Coverdale | Barque | For private owner.[76] | |
July | Colony of Prince Edward Island | T. H. Havelock | Brig | For private owner.[77] | ||
July | Province of Canada | Quebec | Tom Moore | Full-rigged ship | For private owner.[78] | |
2 August | United Kingdom | Plymouth Dockyard | Hindostan | Second rate | For Royal Navy. | |
5 August | United Kingdom | W. Coulson | Wincolmlee | Diligent | Sloop | For Messrs. John Payne & Co.[79] |
5 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. Parkinson & Brown | Hull | Romp | Brig | For Robert Bilton.[79] |
11 August | United Kingdom | Messrs. William Simons & Co. | Liverpool | Argaum | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Ross, Corbett & Co.[80] |
16 August | United States | Portsmouth Navy Yard | Congress | Frigate | For United States Navy. | |
16 August | United Kingdom | Woolwich Dockyard | Heroine | Brig | For Royal Navy.[81] | |
16 August | United Kingdom | Plymouth Dockyard | Spartan | Spartan-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[82][83] | |
16 August | United Kingdom | Victory | Humber Keel | For private owner.[84] | ||
17 August | United Kingdom | Pembroke Dockyard | Collingwood | Vanguard-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | |
17 August | France | Rochefort | Le Messager | Gazelle-class aviso | For French Navy.[85] | |
17 August | United Kingdom | Garland | Newburgh | Splendid | Merchantman | For private owner.[86] |
18 August | United Kingdom | H. Smith & Son. | Gainsborough | Mary Thompson | Merchantman | For private owner.[87] |
18 August | United Kingdom | Alexander | Govan | Peruvian | Barque | For Messrs. Urie & Co.[88] |
20 August | United Kingdom | Adamson | Broughty Ferry | Jean Baxter | Schooner | For private owner.[86] |
21 August | United Kingdom | Newburgh | Splendid | Merchantman | For private owner.[86] | |
August | United Kingdom | Joseph Doxford | Sunderland | Amelia Mary | Snow | For Mr. Culliford.[5] |
August | United Kingdom | W. S. Mellanby | Stockton-on-Tees | Bowes of Streatlam | Barque | For Henry French.[89] |
August | Colony of Prince Edward Island | Orestes | Schooner | For private owner.[90] | ||
August | United Kingdom | Stephenson & Stuart | Sunderland | Pattison | Merchantman | For Mr. Stephenson.[5][91] |
August | United Kingdom | J. Ratcliffe | Sunderland | Shepherdess | Merchantman | For Todd & Co.[5][92] |
2 September | France | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Le Papillon | Gazelle-class aviso | For French Navy.[93] | |
2 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Sparrow | Wexford | The Emerald Isle | Schooner | For Richard Walsh.[94] |
2 September | Portugal | Lisbon | Vasco da Gama | Ship of the line | For Portuguese Navy.[95] | |
4 September | United Kingdom | Coppin | Londonderry | The Maiden City | Paddle steamer | For Steam Packet Company.[96] |
7 September | United Kingdom | Frederick Prestom | Great Yarmouth | Oriental | Schooner | For private owner.[97] |
7 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Green, Wigrams, and Green | Blackwall | Trident | Steamship | For General Steam Navigation Company.[98] |
13 September | Province of Canada | Montreal | Sydenham | Steamship | For Government of Province of Canada.[99] | |
14 September | United Kingdom | Bridge Foundry Co. | Warrington | John Wilson Patten | Brig | For private owner.[100] |
16 September | Papal States | Ancona | Gregory XVI | Merchantman | For private owner.[101] | |
17 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Chaloner, Son & Co | Liverpool | Jupiter | Steamship | For private owner.[102] |
30 September | United Kingdom | Messrs. Menzies | Leith | Duncan | Barque | For private owner.[103] |
September | France | Cherbourg | La Forte | Frigate | For French Navy.[104] | |
2 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Aeraman, Morgan & Co. | Bristol | Little Western | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[105][106] |
2 October | United Kingdom | John Laird | Birkenhead | Proto | Schooner | For Liverpool and London Shipping Company.[107] |
2 October | United Kingdom | Owen | Teignmouth | Sarah | Fishing trawler | For private owner.[108] |
11 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co | Greenock | Teviot | Paddle steamer | For Royal West India Steam Packet Company.[109] |
15 October | United Kingdom | Alexander McLaine | Belfat | Martha | Brig | For private owner.[110] |
20 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Hedderwick & Rancine | Kelvinhaugh | Precursor | Paddle steam | For Oriental Steam Navigation Company.[111][112] |
30 October | United Kingdom | Hobkirk | Whitby | Dowlah | Barque | For private owner.[113] |
30 October | United Kingdom | Messrs. Jenkinson & McEwen | Kirkcudbright | Rory O'More | Merchantman | For Messrs. Moore, Christian & Co.[114] |
October | United Kingdom | Walter Hood | Aberdeen | Agnes Blaikie | Barque | For George Thompson Jr. |
October | United Kingdom | Wilson, Spence & Todd | Sunderland | Empress | Merchantman | For Cragg & Co.[5][115] |
October | United Kingdom | Thompson & Pearson | Sunderland | Portly | Barque | For Mr. Reed.[5][15] |
24 November | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Doggerbank | Frigate | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[116] | |
30 November | United Kingdom | William Jones | Pwllheli | Henry Winch | Brig | For Peek Brothers & Winch.[117] |
November | United Kingdom | J. J. Rodham & Todd | Sunderland | Aden | Barque | For R. Brooks.[5][20] |
1 December | United Kingdom | Messrs. Humphrey & Co | Hull | Equestrian | Merchantman | For private owner.[118] |
29 December | United Kingdom | Bedminster | Arch Duke Frederick | Steamship | For Austrian Government.[119] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Alice | Sloop | For private owner.[120] | ||
Unknown date | United States | Webb & Allen | New York | Argo | Full-rigged ship | For William Whitlock Jr. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Belle Creole | Merchantman | For Palmer & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Carr | Sunderland | Bosphorus | Barque | For A. Parker & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Gales | Sunderland | Brunette | Barque | For Gales & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Catharine | Schooner | For private owner.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Chance | Schooner | For R. Hutchinson & Thompson.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Benjamin Hodgson & Co. | Sunderland | Charlotte | Snow | For A. Grey.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Cornelius | Brig | For Mr. Thompson.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hull & Sikes | Sunderland | Croxdale | Merchantman | For H. Dixon.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Dobbinson | Sunderland | Dahlia | Schooner | For private owner.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Emily | Barque | For Dall & Co.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | Fifeshire | Merchantman | For Pirie & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Foam | Chinaman | For private owner.[121] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Doxford | Southwick | Gateshead Park | Barque | For Abbott & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Byers | Sunderland | Gazelle | Snow | For Mr. Robinson.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Edward T. Thompson & John Teasdale | Monkwearmouth | Good Intent | Sloop | For private owner.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Good Intent | Schooner | For R. Glaves.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | G. Thompson | Sunderland | Hamsterly Hall | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bartram & Lister | Sunderland | Hants | Merchantman | For Mr. Burrell.[5] |
Unknown date | United States | William H. Webb | New York | Helena | Packet ship | For N. L. and G. Griswold. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Joseph Helmsley | Sunderland | Integrity | Snow | For Mr. Helmsley.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | T. Ogden | Sunderland | Isabella Wood | Snow | For Hartlepool United Shipping Company.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Jane Frances | Barque | For Mr. Fenwick.[5] | |
Unknown date | Sweden | Jarramas | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy.[122] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Wickliffe | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Chilton | Sunderland | Juliet | Schooner | For Ord & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Naisby | Sunderland | Lady Gray | Snow | For Mr. Wingrave.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | R. Kater | Sunderland | Lady Margaret | Snow | For R. Naters.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Lady Mary | Merchantman | For Mr. Greenwell.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Kirkbride & partners | Sunderland | Margaret | Schooner | For Blair & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Hull & Sykes | Hylton | Marsden | Brig | For T. Gibson.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Fletcher, Son & Fearnall | Limehouse | Memnon | Paddle frigate | For Indian Navy. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Sutherland | Sunderland | Nestor | Snow | For R. Metcalf.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Laing & Simey | Sunderland | New Zealand | Barque | For P. Laing & Co.[5] |
Unknown date | Norway | Nordstjernen | Corvette | For Royal Norwegian Navy.[123] | ||
Unknown date | United States | Jacob Westerveldt | New York | Oneida | Full-rigged ship | For John J. Boyd and Edward Hincken. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Noble | Sunderland | Orator | Barque | For J. Hay.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. John Scott & Sons | Greenock | Orion | Steam yacht | For Royal Northern Yacht Club.[124] |
Unknown date | Province of Canada | Quebec | Palestine | Full-rigged ship | For Messrs. Astley Brothers.[125] | |
Unknown date | United States | Baltimore, Maryland | Phoenix | Schooner | For United States Navy. | |
Unknown date | France | Dunkerque | Pijl | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[126] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Greenwell & Sacker | Monkwearmouth | Pilot | Snow | For James Parkin.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter Austin | Sunderland | Priscilla | Barque | For John Campbell.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. Gales | Sunderland | Risk | Snow | For private owner.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Henry Barrick | Whitby | Rosebud | Schooner | For private owner. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Templar | Snow | For Wilson & Co.[5] | |
Unknown date | Unknown | Thomas Arbuthnot | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Sweden | Thor | Man of war | For Royal Swedish Navy.[122] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Pitcher | Northfleet | Trent | Paddle steamer | For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co. | Liverpool | Troubador | Steamship | For private owner.[127] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | H. Carr | Hylton Ferry | Two Sisters | Snow | For Mr. Davison.[5] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Tyne | Merchantman | For Bilton & Co. | |
Unknown date | United States | Van Buren | Full-rigged ship | For United States Navy.[128] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Vicar of Bray | Merchantman | For private owner.[5] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | William and Mary | Merchantman | For Mr. Granger.[5][30] | |
Unknown date | United States | John & James Friend | New York | William J. Romer | Pilot boat | For James J. Wilkie, James Conner, Robert W. Johnson, and George H. Sisco. |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Zephyr | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[129] |