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The '''list of ship launches in 1844''' includes a chronological list of some [[ships]] launched in 1844.
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! Date
! Country
! Builder
! Location
! Ship
! Class / type
! Notes
|-----
! 9 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Thomas Williams
| [[Caernarfon]]
| '''''St. Helen'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC160144>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the St. Helen |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=16 January 1844 |issue=859 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''''Hamoaze'''''
| [[lighter (barge)|Lighter]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=PP1848/>
|-----
! 19 January
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[James Laing (shipbuilder)|James Laing & Sons]]
| [[Deptford, Sunderland|Deptford]]
| '''{{ship||Agincourt|1844 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Laing & Co.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=83}}<ref name=Searlep122>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland122.html |title=Ships Built in the 1840s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 January
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Léger|1844|2}}'''
| [[Aviso]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Leger>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30557 |title=French brig 'Le Léger' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| P. Cato
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Laurina'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM260144>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1844 |issue=1707 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Coalbrookdale Company]]
| [[Ironbridge]]
| '''{{SS|Henrietta|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Coalbrookdale Company.<ref name=BM030244>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Ship, built in Shropshire |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=3 February 1844 |issue=2811 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| P. Chaloner, Sons & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Achilles'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM090244>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1844 |issue=1709 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Stephenson & Stuart
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Fawn''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Stephenson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 5 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. Webster & Co.
| [[Fraserburgh]]
| '''''Isabella'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For Messrs. John Wemyss & Co.<ref name=AJ070244>{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh, Feb. 5 |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=7 February 1844 |issue=5013 }}</ref><ref name=AJ210244>{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh - Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=21 February 1844 |issue=5015 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Potts
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gratitude''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 6 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Lord Dundonald
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Janus|1844|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Janus|sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times080244>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Janus Steam-Frigate |date=8 February 1844 |page=6 |issue=18527 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=ME010785p101-04/>
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph Helmsley
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Brilliant''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Joseph Helmsley.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Stobart
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lady Pirie''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep082>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland082.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 31 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 March
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Descartes||2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[frigate]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=LIN170344>{{Cite news |title=Foreign Intelligence |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=17 March 1844 |issue=69 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Alexander Linton
| [[Findhorn]]
| '''''Swift'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ130344>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Findhorn |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=13 March 1844 |issue=5018 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| p. Cato
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Fisher'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM080344>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 March 1844 |issue=1713 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Tod and MacGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Albion|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH110344>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 March 1844 |issue=4290 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs Denny & Rankin
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''''Nelson'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Lewis Potter.<ref name=GH110344a>{{Cite news |title=Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 March 1844 |issue=4290 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Harwich]]
| '''{{ship||John Williams|ship|2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For [[London Missionary Society]].
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. George Lunnell & Co.
| [[Bristol]]
| '''{{SS|Swift|1844|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Bristol Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=BM060444a>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=6 April 1844 |issue=2820 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. B. Maxton & Co
| [[Leith]]
| '''{{SS|Granton|1844|2}}'''
| [[Ferry]]
| For Granton and Burntisland Ferries.<ref name=CM250344>{{Cite news |title=Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 March 1844 |issue=19346 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| builder
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sultana''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Scurfield.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep095>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland095.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 36 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Fletcher & Co.
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{PS|Sylph|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Woolwich Steamboat Company.<ref name=IJ211244>{{Cite news |title=Fatal Steam-boat Collision off Greenwich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=21 December 1844 |issue=5514 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Daring|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 2 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[location]]
| '''{{HMS|Osprey|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=PP1848>{{cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX4SAAAAYAAJ |title=Reports from Committees: Eighteen volumes. -(15. part II.)- Navy, Army and Ordnance Estimates: Part II |page=859 |year=1848 |publisher=House of Commons |location=London }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Boscawen|1844|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Flying Fish|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=LIN070444>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=7 April 1844 |issue=72 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Maxton & Co.
| [[Leith]]
| '''{{SS|Burntisland|1844|2}}'''
| [[Ferry]]
| For Granton & Burntisland Ferries.<ref name=CM250344/><ref name=CM080444>{{Cite news |title=Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 April 1844 |issue=19352 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richard Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{SS|Lion|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Richard Green.<ref name=CM080444a/>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Miller, Ravenhill & Co.
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{PS|Meteor|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times040444/><ref name=BM060444/><ref name=ME010885p130-31>{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA130&hl=en_GB |title=The History of Paddle Wheel Steam Navigation |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 August 1885 |pages=130-31 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{SS|Monarch|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times040444/><ref name=BM060444>{{Cite news |title=Foreign and Domestic Intelligence |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=6 April 1844 |issue=2820 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richard Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Wellesley'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Richard Green.<ref name=Times040444>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=4 April 1844 |page=1 |issue=18575 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=CM080444a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 April 1844 |issue=19352 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Samuel Mason
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Mountain Maid'''''
| [[smack (ship)|Smack]]
| For Thomas Lloyd.<ref name=LM190444>{{Cite news |title=Runcorn |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 April 1844 |issue=1719 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Stoveld & Robinson
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Salem'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC260444>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 April 1844 |issue=8838 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{PS|City of London|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Aberdeen Steam Packet Company.<ref name=Times260444>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a Steamer |date=26 April 1844 |page=7 |issue=18594 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=ME010985p161>{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA161&hl=en_GB |title=The History of Paddle Wheel Navigation  |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 September 1885 |page=161 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Markham
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''''Byror'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC260444/>
|-----
! 20 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Read, Chatfield & Creuze
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Espeigle|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times130944/><ref name=HPT270444/>
|-----
! 20 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Fincham
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Mutine|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times130944>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chatham, Sept. 11 |date=13 September 1844 |page=7 |issue=18714 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=HPT270444>{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth, Saturday, April 27, 1844 |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=27 April 1844 |issue=2325 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Barr & McNab
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{SS|The Countess of Eglington|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH220444>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Paisley |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 April 1844 |issue=4302 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Cruizer|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times130944/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| F. Oliver
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Radiant''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Oliver & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Centurion|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flag|France}}
| Messrs. Arman & Couran
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{SS|Nil|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LIN120544>{{Cite news |title=Steam between France and America |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=12 May 1844 |issue=77 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| Brown & Bell
| [[New York City]]
| [[Houqua (clipper)|'''''Houqua''''']]
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[Abiel Abbot Low|A.A. Low & Brother]], [[New York City]]. Originally built as warship for Chinese government.<ref name ="clipperera">{{Cite web | title = China Tea Trade | publisher = The Era of the Clipper Ships | url = http://www.eraoftheclipperships.com/page17web3.html | access-date = May 9, 2010 }}
</ref>{{sfn|Howe|Matthews|1986|p=not cited}}
|-----
! 4 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Henry Barrick
| [[Whitby]]
| '''''Gwalior'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP100544>{{Cite news |title=Whitby - Ship Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=10 May 1844 |issue=3099 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Barr & McNab
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{SS|Pilot|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Greenock Railway Company]].<ref name=GH060544>{{Cite news |title=The Pilot |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 May 1844 |issue=4306 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''''Blue Bonnet'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For [[Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglington|Earl of Eglington and Winton]].<ref name=GH200544>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 May 1844 |issue=4310 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Heighington
| [[Battersea]]
| '''''Sunbeam'''''
| [[Paddle steamer|Paddle steamboat]]
| For private owner.<ref name=E260544>{{Cite news |title=Our Carpet Bay |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=26 May 1844 |issue=296 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Robert Steele & Company]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''''Cressid'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Campbell, Anderson & Co.<ref name=GH070644a>{{Cite news |title=Greenock - Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 June 1844 |issue=4315 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Antioch''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Thompson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[James Laing (shipbuilder)|Laing & Sons]]
| [[Deptford, Sunderland|Deptford]]
| '''{{ship||Sea Park|ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Duncan Dunbar.
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Menzes & Sons
| [[Leith]]
| '''''Ariel'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owners.<ref name=CM030644>{{Cite news |title=Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 June 1844 |issue=19368 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Grindrod & Patrick
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Leander'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM070644/>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Monarch'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times030644>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of the Monarch at Blackwall |date=3 June 1844 |page=7 |issue=18626 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. & A. Anderson
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''''The Great Unknown'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM070644>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 June 1844 |issue=1726 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. & T. Smith
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''''Tudor'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC070644>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 June 1844 |issue=8844 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Caird & Company]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Cardiff Castle|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Castle Company.<ref name=GH070644/>
|-----
! 3 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Wilson
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Queen|Wilson, 1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For James Hartley.<ref name=LM310544>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1844 |issue=1725 }}</ref><ref name=LM070644/>
|-----
! 4 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[birkenhead|North Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Lord Elgin|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For P. Lundie.<ref name=LM070644/>
|-----
! 5 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Rodgers
| [[Broomielaw]]
| '''{{SS|Edinburgh Castle|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Castle Company.<ref name=GH070644>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 June 1844 |issue=4315 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Somes Bros.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham]]
| '''{{ship||Sir George Seymour|1844 ship|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Joseph Somes.<ref name=Times130644>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Launch |date=13 June 1844 |page=4 |issue=18635 |column=D }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Samuda Brothers]]
| [[Blackwall, London]]
| '''{{PS|Gipsy Queen|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times190644>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of the Gipsy Queen |date=19 June 1844 |page=6 |issue=18640 |column=D }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Deptford Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Porcupine|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 24 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| David Calman
| [[Dundee]]
| '''''Duke of Wellington'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ030744>{{Cite news |title=Scotland |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=3 July 1844 |issue=5034 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 June
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Topaze|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Iris|schooner}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Topaze>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30548 |title=French schooner 'Le Topaze' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Ralph Hutchison
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Duke of York''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Burnet & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 1 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Juno|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spartan|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 1 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Handson
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Kestrel'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For [[Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough|Earl of Yarborough]].<ref name=E300644>{{Cite news |title=Royal Yacht Squadron Intelligence |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=30 June 1844 |issue=301 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Sir William Symonds
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Retribution|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[frigate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times030744>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Her Majesty's Steam-frigate Retribution |date=3 July 1844 |page=6 |issue=18652 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=ME010785p101-04>{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA101&hl=en_GB |title=The History of Paddle Wheel Steam Navigation |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 July 1885 |pages=101-04 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hall & Son
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Collooney'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ100744>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=10 July 1844 |issue=5035 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Wilson & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Thomas Wilson|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM120744a>{{Cite news |title=New Seacombe Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1844 |issue=1731 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| F. Preston
| [[Great Yarmouth]]
| '''''Byzantium'''''
| [[full-rigged ship]]
| For William Carpenter.<ref name=IJ060744>{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=6 July 1844 |issue=5490 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. James Hodgson & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Richard Cobden'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Darby & Co.<ref name=MT060744>{{Cite news |title=The Richard Corden |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=6 July 1844 |issue=822 }}</ref><ref name=LM120744>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 July 1844 |issue=1731 }}</ref><ref name=LM060944>{{Cite news |title=The Richard Cobden |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 September 1844 |issue=1739 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 July
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Prince Edward Island]]
| 
| 
| '''''Lavinia'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM161144>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 November 1844 |issue=2852 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{PS|Dolphin|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Messrs. Thomson & Macconnell.<ref name=GH290744>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Govan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 July 1844 |issue=4330 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''''Fire Queen'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For [[Thomas Assheton Smith (1776–1858)|Thomas Assheton Smith]].<ref name=GH290744/>
|-----
! 27 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Tod and MacGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Her Majesty|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle Steamer]]
| For F. Kemp & Company.<ref name=MT100844>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=10 August 1844 |issue=827 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Gutteridge
| [[Selby]]
| '''''George'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM030844>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=3 August 1844 |issue=5774 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. H. Rowan & Co.
| [[Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow|Kelvinhaugh]]
| '''''Vixen'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owners.<ref name=CM010844>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=1 August 1844 |issue=19385 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| H. Dixon
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ami''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Bedlington.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep050>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland050.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 10 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Potts
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Hutton''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For W. Potts.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep076>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland076.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 27 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messr. [[Robert Steele & Company]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Cambria|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]].<ref name=LM090844>{{Cite news |title=New American Steam Packet |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 August 1844 |issue=1735 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Royal Consort|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For F. Kemp & Company.
|-----
! 15 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Menzies & Co
| [[Leith]]
| '''''Nemesis'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For John Ferguson.<ref name=CM190844a>{{Cite news |title=Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 August 1844 |issue=19390 }}</ref><ref name=LIN2508744>{{Cite news |title=Odds and Ends |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=25 August 1844 |issue=92 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''''Pilot'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=CM190844>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Brig |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 August 1844 |issue=19390 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Caernarfon]]
| '''''Mrs. Assheton Smith'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC200844>{{Cite news |title=Reception of Mr. Assheton Smith at Carnarvon |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=20 August 1844 |issue=886 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Barnhill & Co.
| [[Bay of Quick]]
| '''''Breadalbane'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]].<ref name=CM120944>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Breadalbane Free Church Yacht |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=12 September 1844 |issue=19397 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs William Simpson & Son
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{PS|Queen|Simpson, 1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Company.<ref name=CM020944>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Queen" Iron Steamer |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=2 September 1844 |issue=19394 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| A. Leslie
| [[Speymouth]]
| '''''Guardian'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ250944>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 September 1844 |issue=5046 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Neptune'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ210844>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=21 August 1844 |issue=5041 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Flora|1844|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Pique|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=CM190944>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=19 September 1844 |issue=19399 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 September
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{SS|Napier|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=Wadia>{{cite book|last=Wadia |first=R. A. |orig-year=1957 |year=1986 |title=The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders |publisher=Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research |location=Bombay |page=346 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57463/page/n461/mode/2up }}</ref>
|-----
! 12&nbsp;September
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{SS|Conqueror|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=Wadia/>
|-----
! 13 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| James Geddes & Son
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Queen'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Mitchell.<ref name=AJ180944>{{Cite news |title=Peterhead |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 September 1844 |issue=5045 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 September
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Faune|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Faune>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13239 |title=French brig 'Le Faune' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Tayleure & Sanderson
| [[Warrington]]
| '''{{PS|Wassernize|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM270944>{{Cite news |title=Warrington |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 September 1844 |issue=1742 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Sabrina|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For City of Cork Steam Packet Company.<ref name=LM041044>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Sabrina |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 October 1844 |issue=1743 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Oliver Laing
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Sampson|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[frigate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times071044>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of the Sampson Steam-Frigate |date=7 October 1844 |page=7 |issue=18735 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=E131044>{{Cite news |title=Synopsis |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=13 October 1844 |issue=316 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Ardrossan]]
| '''''Earl of Eglington'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH270944>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 September 1844 |issue=4347 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Lightfoot
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Cuba''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep068>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland068.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 22 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Greenwich]]
| '''{{SS|Mystery|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamboat]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BNL221044>{{Cite news |title=An Experimental Trip in a Steamer Propelled by a "Fan" |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 October 1844 |issue=11193 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Henderson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Napoleon''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Smith.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep059>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland059.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 17 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 October
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| 
| [[Boston Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Plymouth|1844|2}}'''
| [[Sloop-of-war]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 14 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| P. Cato
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''George Canning'''''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM111044>{{Cite news |title=New Pilot-boat |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 October 1844 |issue=1744 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Gladiator|1844|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Cyclops|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times161044>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a War Steamer |date=16 October 1844 |page=4 |issue=18743 |column=A }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Duthie & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Favourite'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ231044>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=23 October 1844 |issue=5050 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 October
| {{flag|Portugal|1830}}
| 
| [[Lisbon]]
| '''{{ship|NRP|Mondego|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig-of-war]]
| For [[Portuguese Navy]].<ref name=Times201144>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Affairs of Portugal |date=20 November 1844 |page=6 |issue=18773 |column=B-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 October
| {{flag|Portugal|1830}}
| 
| [[Oporto]]
| '''{{ship|NRP|Serra do Pilar|1844|2}}'''
| [[Brig-of-war]]
| For [[Portuguese Navy]].<ref name=Times201144/>
|-----
! 29 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{HMS|Jackal|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Jackal|gunvessel}}
| For [[Navy]].<ref name=CM041144>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 November 1844 |issue=19412 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 November
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| I. S. Dimitriev
| 
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Rostislav|1844|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].
|-----
! 7 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Elastic Pavement Company
| [[Lambeth]]
| '''''Kamptulicon'''''
| [[Lifeboat (rescue)|Lifeboat]]
| For Belgian Government.<ref name=Times081144>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Kamptulicon |date=8 November 1844 |page=5 |issue=18763 |column=D }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Scourge|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bulldog|sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 12 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. T. and W. Mulvey
| [[Chester, Cheshire|Chester]]
| '''''Earl of Chester'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Prowse.<ref name=LM151144>{{Cite news |title=Chester |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 November 1844 |issue=1749 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 November
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|La Poursuivante|1844|2}}'''
| [[First rate]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times221144>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(untitled) |date=22 November 1844 |page=4 |issue=18775 |column=D-E }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{HMS|Lizard|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Jackal|gunvessel}}
| For [[Navy]].
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| H. Dixon
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Exertion''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Keiss.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep050/>
|-----
! November
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of New Brunswick]]
| 
| [[Hampton, New Brunswick|Hampton]]
| '''''Fanny'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BNL070245>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=7 February 1845 |issue=11124 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Oak''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Austin & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep044>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland044.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 5 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 December
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{SS|Meanee|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=Wadia/>
|-----
! 7 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Amethyst|1844|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Spartan|corvette}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times091244>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date=9 December 1844 |page=6 |issue=18789 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 December
| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}
| 
| [[Karlskrona shipyard]]
| '''{{HSwMS|Eugenie||2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Royal Swedish Navy]].
|-----
! 14 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Vernon & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|The Ocean Queen|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM201244>{{Cite news |title=New Iron Steamer for the Whitehaven Station |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 December 1844 |issue=1754 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Pascoe Grenfell''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Ridley & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alacrity''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Austin & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| H. Ferguson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alverton''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Fergusson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Unknown<!--described as Colonial-built-->
| 
| 
| '''''Amanda'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH080649>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 June 1849 |issue=4837 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ann-Batens''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Lightfoot
| Hylton <!--North or South?-->
| '''''Ariadne''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Twizell.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|----- 
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Acramans, Morgan & Co.
| [[Bristol]]
| '''{{PS|Bournabat|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For George Percy Whittall.<ref name=Bournabat>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10600&ref=208248&vessel=BOURNABAT |title=Bournabat |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Camilla''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Worthy
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Caroline''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For W. Ash.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Chaucer'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times250653>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=25 June 1853 |page=1 |issue=21464 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{PS|City of Aberdeen|1844|2}}''' 
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=ME010985p161/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{PS|City of Glasgow|1844|2}}''' 
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=ME010985p161/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Claudia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Colling & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Courier''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Taylor & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Petrie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Crocus''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For A. Alcock.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep071>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland071.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 24 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Crown''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Crown.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 
| [[Vlissingen]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Dolfijn|1844|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Dolfijn>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1700 |title=Dutch ship 'Dolfijn' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Edward Pear''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Ralph Hutchinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eleanor''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Storey & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| [[James Laing (shipbuilder)|James Laing]]
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eliza Sharp''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For James Laing.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hutchinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Emerald''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For White & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Energy''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Benson & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph Helmsley
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Favourite''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr Helmsley.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Henderson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gem''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For H. Man.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Stobart
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Grenfell''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Moon & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 
| [[Vlissingen]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Huzaar|1844|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Huzaar>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1741 |title=Dutch ship 'Huzaar' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Heath''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For H. Alcock.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Thomas Tiffin Jr. & Benjamin Tiffin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Industrious''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Restarick.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| 
| [[Gosport Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Jamestown|1844|2}}'''
| [[Sloop-of-war]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Lister
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jane''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Smith & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Benjamin Hodgson & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Janus''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| 
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{SS|J. G. Loane|1844|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''John Edward''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Munro.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Brundrit & Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Julia'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Julia>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&ref=229047&vessel=JULIA |title=Julia |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Juliet Erskine''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Erskie & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Rodham & Todd
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lady Pirie''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Cropton.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lanchester''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Mitcheson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Dunkerque]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Lek|1844|2}}'''
| [[Fourth rate]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Lek>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1306 |title=Dutch Fourth Rate ship 'Lek' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lucy''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Millar & Sons.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Micklam & T. Newton
| [[Deptford, Sunderland|Deptford]]
| '''''Margaret''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Benjamin Hodgson & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Northumberland''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Ogle & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| 
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{ship|USRC|Naugatuck||2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]] [[gunboat]]
| For [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| S. Hall
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Nettle|pilot boat|2}}'''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For E. C. Mosser.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Tiffin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Orb''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Tiffin.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Lister
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Perseverance''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Winter & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Planet'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Moffett.<ref name=Planet>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=2&ref=207922&vessel=PLANET |title=Planet |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| 
| '''{{PS|Princess Mary|1844|2}}''' 
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]].<ref name=ME011885p178-79>{{cite journal |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XwgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA105&hl=en_GB |title=A History of Paddle-Wheel Steam Navigation |journal=The Marine Engineer |location=London |date=1 October 1885 |pages=132-38 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| [[Ditchburn & Mare]]
| [[Blackwall, London]]
| '''{{PS|Princess Maud|1844|2}}''' 
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]].<ref name=ME011885p178-79/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| Joseph Tomlinson
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{ship|USCS|Robert J. Walker|1844|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[United States Coast Survey]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Robinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Rocket''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For W. Adamson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
|
| [[New York City]]
| [[USS Sachem (1861)|'''''Sachem''''']]
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{ship||Scindian||2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Allan.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sharp''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Sharp.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Simlah''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For E. Arthur.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sir George Seymour''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For J. Somes.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[British Burma|Burma]]
| 
| [[Moulmein]]
| '''{{ship||Sir Robert Seppings|ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Allen.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1837}}
| Patterson
| [[St. Mary's, Georgia]]
| '''{{USS|St. Mary's|1844|2}}'''
| [[Sloop-of-war]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sultan''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Watkins.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Thalia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Booth & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Lister
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Victoria''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Matthew Smith.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Vos|1844|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Vos>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1841 |title=Dutch ship 'Vos' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Ditchburn & Mare
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Waterman No. 12'''''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Waterman's Steam Packet Company.<ref name=Times150744>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Waterman Steamer No. 12 |date=15 July 1844 |page=6 |issue=18662 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=MC250944/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Ditchburn & Mare
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Waterman No. 13'''''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Waterman's Steam Packet Company.<ref name=MC250944>{{Cite news |title=Increase of Steam Vessels |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 September 1844 |issue=23373 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Wesp|1844|2}}'''
| [[full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Wesp>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1849 |title=Dutch ship 'Wesp' (1844) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=27 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Wilkinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''William Nicholson''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Zealous''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Collinson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Halls
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Zephyr''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Davidson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|20em}}

;Sources
*{{Cite book | last1 = Howe | first1 = Octavius T | last2 = Matthews | first2 = Frederick C. | title = American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 1, Adelaide-Lotus | publisher = Dover Publications | orig-year = Reprint of 1926-1927 ed. | date = 1986 | location = New York | url = https://archive.org/details/americanclippers0000howe | isbn = 978-0486251158 | url-access = registration }}
*{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second }}

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[[Category:1844 in transport|Ship launches]]
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