View source for List of ship launches in 1848

{{Short description|None}}
The '''list of ship launches in 1848''' includes a non-exhaustive, chronological list of [[ship]]s launched in 1848.
__NOTOC__
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;"
|-
! Date
! Country
! Builder
! Location
! Ship
! Class
! Notes
|-----
! 8 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[John Laird (shipbuilder)|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{PS|Cambria|1848|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Chester and Holyhead Railway]].<ref name=LM110148>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 January 1848 |issue=1952 }}</ref><ref name=MT150148>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steam-ship at Birkenhead |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=15 January 1848 |issue=1003 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. Dawson & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Margaret'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM110148/>
|-----
! 8 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Partick]]
| '''{{SS|Trafalgar|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.<ref name=GH070148>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1848 |issue=4689 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 January
| {{flag|United States|1847}}
| 
| [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburgh, New York]]
| '''''Andrew Foster'''''
| [[Packet ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM150248>{{Cite news |title=New Packet-ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 August 1848 |issue=1962 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denny & Rankin
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''''Montreal'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. James & Alexander Allan.<ref name=GH210148>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 January 1848 |issue=4693 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Anderton
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Empress'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For John Anderton,<ref name=Empress>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11845&ref=229055&vessel=EMPRESS |title=Empress |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=24 September 2024 }}</ref> or Messrs. Giaive & partners.<ref name=LM250148>{{Cite news |title=Runcorn |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 January 1848 |issue=1956 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Lyra|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH240148>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 January 1848 |issue=4694 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Caird & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Foyle|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH250848>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 August 1848 |issue=4755 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| A. Halls & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Pilot Fish'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For B. Darbyshire.<ref name=AJ050148>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=5 January 1848 |issue=5217 }}</ref><ref name=LM140148>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Clipper-ship for the Brazil Trade |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1848 |issue=1953 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Saint Abbs''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Willis.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep044/>
|-----
! 3 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Scotts of Greenock|Messrs. John Scott & Sons]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{HMS|Investigator|1848|2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For British Government.<ref name=GH070248>{{Cite news |title=Arctic Expedition |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 February 1848 |issue=4698 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 February
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{HMS|Nerbudda|1848|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Wadia/>
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gibsons, Clifford, and Brown
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''''Bull Float'''''
| [[lightvessel|Lightship]]
| For [[Trinity House]].<ref name=HP110248>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Iron New Bull Float Lightship |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 February 1848 |issue=3290 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Oliver W. Lang Jr.
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Vivid|1848|2}}'''
| [[paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[sloop of war|sloop]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=MC110248>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligene |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 February 1848 |issue=24432 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Garland''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For James Laing.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 15 February
| {{flag|United States|1847}}
| Vaughan & Lynn
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''''Tuscarora'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Cope's Liverpool Line.<ref name=LM100348>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 March 1848 |issue=1968 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Anderson
| [[North Shields]]
| '''''James Watt'''''
| [[Steamboat]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC250248>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 February 1848 |issue=9038 }}</ref>
|--- --
! 22 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Rodger
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Brigand|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH250248>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 February 1848 |issue=4703 }}</ref>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| builder
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Isabella Walker''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Walker.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep076>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland076.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 27 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| E. Brown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Tertia''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Potts & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! 3 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Barr & Shearer
| [[Ardrossan]]
| '''''Kerslaw'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH060348>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Ardrossan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 March 1848 |issue=4706 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Holman & Waters
| [[Topsham, Devon|Topsham]]
| '''''Judy'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Messrs. Treatt & Bicknell.<ref name=TEFP090348>{{Cite news |title=Topsham - Ship Launch |newspaper=Trewmn's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 March 1848 |issue=4291 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]]
| 
| [[Bombay Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Jumna|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Helena|brig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Vaux
| [[Northam, Southampton|Northam]]
| '''''Lady Montague'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT110348>{{Cite news |title=Southampton |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=11 March 1848 |issue=2527 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Rodger
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Fair Trader|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Andrew Greig.<ref name=GH130348>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 March 1848 |issue=4708 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Thomas Blake
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Leander|1848|2}}'''
| [[Fourth rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=MC090348>{{Cite news |title=The Navy |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 March 1848 |issue=24455 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Zéphir|1848|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Zéphyr|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Zephir>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30549 |title=French brig 'Le Zéphir' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Deptford Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Reynard|1848|2}}'''
| [[Screw sloop]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 23 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. [[Tod and MacGregor]]
| [[Partick]]
| '''{{SS|Canton|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH270348>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herlad |location=Glasgow |date=27 March 1848 |issue=4712 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Stephen
| [[Dundee]]
| '''''Asia'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ050448>{{Cite news |title=Dundee |newspaper=Abereen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=5 April 1848 |issue=5230 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denny Bros.
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Mars|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Dundee, Leith and London Shipping Company.<ref name=GH070448/>
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denny Bros.
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Neptune|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Dundee, Leith and London Shipping Company.<ref name=GH070448/>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. & J. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Isabella Muston''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Atkinson.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep075>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland075.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 26 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Eyton & Co.
| [[Mostyn]]
| '''''Sophia'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC110448>{{Cite news |title=Mostyn |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 April 1848 |issue=1100 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Aboukir|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albion|ship of the line|||1842}}
| for [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Fincham
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Arrogant|1848|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times010448>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Intelligence |date= April 1848 |page=8 |issue=19826 |column=f }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Geddes & Young
| [[Kingston on Spey]]
| '''''Commerce'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owners.<ref name=AJ190448>{{Cite news |title=Kingston, Spey |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 April 1848 |issue=5232 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Money Wigram & Sons]]
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Enterprise|1848|2}}'''
| [[Research vessel]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Fincham
| [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Plumper|1848|2}}'''
| [[Screw sloop]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times010448/>
|-----
! 6 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato & Miller
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Panic'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Thomas Ripley.<ref name=LM070448>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Iron Ship Panic |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1848 |issue=1976 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denny Bros
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Celt|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Campbeltown Company.<ref name=GH070448>{{Cite news |title=Launches at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 April 1848 |issue=4715 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 April
| {{flag|United States|1847}}
| Messrs. Perrine, Patterson & Stack
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''''De Witt Clinton'''''
| [[Packet ship]]
| For Black Star Line.<ref name=LM300648>{{Cite news |title=The Splendid New York Packet-ship De Witt Clinton |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 June 1848 |issue=2000 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denny & Rankin
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''''Schah Jehan'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co.<ref name=GH210448>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 April 1848 |issue=4719 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Europa|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]].<ref name=LM210448>{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 April 1848 |issue=1980 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Patterson (engineer)|William Patterson]]
| [[Bristol]]
| '''''[[Charlotte Jane]]'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! 28 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Brindrit and Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''The Duke'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM050548>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 May 1848 |issue=1984 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Carr
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Amaranth''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Booth & Co.<ref name=Searlep122>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland122.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1840s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref><ref name=Searlep049>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland049.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 9 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Napier Sr.
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Garrell'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Forth & Clyde Canal Company.<ref name=GH170448/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Napier Sr.
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Luggie'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Forth & Clyde Canal Company.<ref name=GH170448/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Napier Sr.
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Shirva'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Forth & Clyde Canal Company.<ref name=GH170448>{{Cite news |title=Launches at Glasgow |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 April 1848 |issue=4718 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flag|France}}
| Antoine Auriol
| [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Duguesclin|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Suffren|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Duguesclin>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1883 |title=French Second Rate ship of the line 'Duguesclin' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Lunnan & Robertson
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Ochtertyre'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ100548>{{Cite news |title=Peterhead |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=10 May 1848 |issue=5235 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mason
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Speculator'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM090548>{{Cite news |title=Runcorn |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 May 1848 |issue=1985 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Duncan
| [[Kingston on Spey]]
| '''''Victoria'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Messrs. Forbes, Milne & Co.<ref name=AJ170548>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 May 1848 |issue=5236 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Colbert|1848|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times080548>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The State of the Continent |date=8 May 1848 |page=5 |issue=19857 |column=B-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Son
| [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]
| '''{{SS|Harlequin|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Gainsborough Steam Packet Company.<ref name=HP120548>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=12 May 1848 |issue=3303 }}</ref><ref name=HP260548>{{Cite news |title=Gainsborough |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=26 May 1848 |issue=3305 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|L'Inconstant|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Fabert|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Inconstant>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30552 |title=French brig 'L'Inconstant' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 May
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{ship|HEIC ship|Ferooz|1848|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| 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=347 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57463/page/n463/mode/2up }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company|Messrs. Ditchburn & Mare]]
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Mosquito'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owner.<ref name=E040648>{{Cite news |title=Thames Yacht Club Match |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=4 June 1848 |issue=506 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 May
| {{flag|United States|1847}}
| [[William H. Webb]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{SS|California|1848|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]].
|-----
! 20 May
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Fabert|1848|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Fabert|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Fabert>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30551 |title=French brig 'Le Fabert' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Amelia Gordon'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH180848a>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 August 1848 |issue=4753 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Edward'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH190149>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 January 1849 |issue=4797 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Ralph Hutchinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Hardwicke''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Nicholson & Thorman.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep059>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland059.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 17 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Colossus|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Steel & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Canada|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]].<ref name=AJ070648>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Greenock |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=7 June 1848 |issue=5239 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Roberts
| [[nefyn|Nevin]]
| '''''Hugh Roberts'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC060648/>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Roberts
| [[nefyn|Nevin]]
| '''''Jane'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC060648>{{Cite news |title=Nevin |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=6 June 1848 |issue=1108 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Innes
| [[Leith]]
| '''''The Gem'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=CM080648>{{Cite news |title=Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 June 1848 |issue=19787 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hall & Sons
| [[Footdee]]
| '''''Bonigta'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For William Killey.<ref name=AJ070648a>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=7 June 1848 |issue=5239 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 June
| {{flag|France}} 
| Jean Baudet
| [[Paimbœuf]]
| '''{{ship|French sip|Le Rusé|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Rusé|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Ruse>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30553 |title=French brig 'Le Rusé' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Joseph Steel
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Helen Wallace'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM060648>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date= 1848 |issue=1993 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| J. Roberts
| [[Pwllheli]]
| '''''Don Quixote'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For W. Massey Williams.<ref name=NWC270648>{{Cite news |title=Pwllheli |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=27 June 1848 |issue=1111 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Napier & Crichton
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Kelvin'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Forth & Clyde Canal Co.<ref name=GH030748>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 July 1848 |issue=4740 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Napier & Crichton
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Airdrie'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Forth & Clyde Canal Co.<ref name=GH030748/>
|-----
! June
| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}
| 
| [[Uddevalla]]
| '''''Bonaparte'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner<ref name=HP220250>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 February 1850 |issue=3399 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flag|France}} 
| Arnaud Chaigneau
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Lynx|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Zéphyr|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Lynx>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30550 |title=French brig 'Le Lynx' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Ottawa'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH081248>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 December 1848 |issue=4785 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Cork Steam Ship Company
| [[cork (city)|Cork]]
| '''{{SS|Gannet|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Cork Steam Ship Company.<ref name=FJ050748>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Gannet" Screw Ship at Cork |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=5 July 1848 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 July
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of New Brunswick]]
| 
| [[Bay of Fundy]]
| '''''Jane'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BNL290848>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=29 August 1848 |issue=11488 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Mars|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 4 July
| {{flag|Isle of Man}}
| Quine
| [[Ramsey, Isle of Man|Ramsey]]
| '''''Mona'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For [[William Drinkwater]].<ref name=LM110748>{{Cite news |title=District Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 July 1848 |issue=2003 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. & H. Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''''Trafalgar'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. R. & H. Green.<ref name=CM060748>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an East Indiaman |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 July 1848 |issue=19795 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. King
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mariner''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Thompson.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep044>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland044.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 5 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 July
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[River John, Nova Scotia|River John]]
| '''''Waterford'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP080948>{{Cite news |title=Advertisement & Notices |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=8 September 1848 |issue=3324 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 July
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|La Moselle|1848|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC070848>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=7 August 1848 |issue=24584 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flag|France}}
| Joseph Germain Chéri Fauveau
| [[Brest, Finistère]]
| '''[[French ship Breslaw (1848)|''Saint Louis'']]'''
| {{sclass|Suffren|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC070848/><ref name=Breslaw>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1874 |title=French Second Rate ship of the line 'Le Breslaw' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Chasseur|1848|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC070848/>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Jones
| [[Caernarfon]]
| '''''Arethusa'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC110748>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=11 July 1848 |issue=1113 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''''Blenheim'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. T. & W. Smith.<ref name=NC290948>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 September 1848 |issue=9069 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Christian
| [[porthmadog|Port Madoc]]
| '''''Gwen Jones'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC110748/>
|-----
! July
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|La Vengeance|1848|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For French Navy.<ref name=Times060748>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=6 July 1848 |page=4 |issue=19908 |column=E }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[South Shields]]
| '''''Margaret'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC210748>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 January 1848 |issue=9059 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. & J. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Petilla''''' 
| [[Brigantine]]
| For Tarbit & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep075/>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Ariel|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC070848/>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Serieuse|1848|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC070848/>
|-----
! 15 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Balgownie'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ160848>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 August 1848 |issue=5249 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 August
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Saint-Malo]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Railleur|1848|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Rusé|aviso}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Railleur>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30554 |title=French brig 'Le Railleur' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Ardencraig'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. Cannon, Miller & Co.<ref name=LM180848>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 August 1848 |issue=2014 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald McMillan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''''Robina Mitchell'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Thomas Mitchell.<ref name=GH180848>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 August 1848 |issue=4753 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Basilisk|1848|2}}'''
| [[paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 23 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Naomi'''''
| [[Chinaman]]
| For Messrs. Pryde, Jones & Co.<ref name=LM010948>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 September 1848 |issue=2018 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Ridgway
| [[Dungarvan]]
| '''''Jamestown'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Michael Mahoney.<ref name=FJ110948>{{Cite news |title=Dungarvan, September 4 |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=11 September 1848 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''{{SS|Independence|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| Built for [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]], but sold to the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies|Sicilian]] Government.<ref name=HPT020948>{{Cite news |title=Isle of Wight, Saturday, September 2, 1848 |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=2 September 1848 |issue=2552 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| C. Mare & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Albion|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[General Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=HP010948>{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=1 September 1848 |issue=3323 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 August
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{SS|Franklin|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Ocean Navigation Steam Company.<ref name=LM150948>{{Cite news |title=America and Mexico |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 September 1848 |issue=2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thos. Wingate & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Mercator|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Hull & Leith Steam Packet Company.<ref name=GH040948a>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 September 1848 |issue=4758 }}</ref><ref name=CM140948>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 September 1848 |issue=19815 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. Hall & Sons
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Peruvian'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ060948>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 September 1848 |issue=5252 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Rodgerson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ann''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. M'Callum.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! August
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Durham'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner<ref name=GH260149>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 January 1849 |issue=4799 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Lunnan & Robertson
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Industry'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ060649>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 June 1849 |issue=5291 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{SS|Ohio|1848|2}}'''
| [[steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FJ180948>{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=18 September 1848 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Thistle|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Glasgow and Londonderry Steam Packet Company.<ref name=GH040948>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Thistle Steam Ship |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 September 1848 |issue=4758 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 September
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Dunkerque]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Biche|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC050948>{{Cite news |title=Inauguration of the Great Northern Railway of France |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 September 1848 |issue=24609 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 September
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Straits Settlements]]
| 
| [[Singapore]]
| '''{{HMS|Ranee|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT281048>{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth, Saturday, October 1848 |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=28 October 1848 |issue=2560 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Sheerness Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Diamond|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Diamond|corvette}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=TEFP070948>{{Cite news |title=Naval Intelligence |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=7 September 1848 |issue=4317 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 September
| {{flag|France}}
| Paul Marie Leroux
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Henri IV||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Hercule|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times220948>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=22 September 1848 |page=5 |issue=19975 |column=C-D }}</ref><ref name=Henri4>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24683 |title=French First Rate ship of the line 'Le Henri IV' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 September
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Boston Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Vermont|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|North Carolina|ship of the line}}
| For [[United States Navy]]
|-----
! 16 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Clarke & Sons
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Jægar'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. Clarke & Sons.<ref name=LM190948>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Merchant Ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 September 1848 |issue=2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Unicorn|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Hull Steam Packet Co.<ref name=HP220948>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=22 September 1848 |issue=3326 }}</ref><ref name=Unicorn>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10035&ref=222678&vessel=UNICORN |title=Unicorn |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Co.
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{SS|Express|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Edinburgh and Northern Railway|Edinburgh & Northern Railway Company]].<ref name=AJ270948>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steam-Vessel in the Thames for Service in Scotland |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=27 September 1848 |issue=5255 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26&nbsp;September
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| [[Jacob Aaron Westervelt]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{ship||Mary and Catherine||2}}'''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For Josiah Johnson Sr.
|-----
! 29 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Marquis of Stafford|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland|the Duke of Sutherland]] and Mr. Matheson.<ref name=GH021048a>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Port Glagsow |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 October 1848 |issue=4766 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Unknown <!--Colony of New Brunswick or Colony of Nova Scotia?-->
| 
| "Granville," [[Bay of Fundy]]
| '''''Granville'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner<ref name=PC091248>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=9 December 1848 |issue=1893 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Mearns
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Henry Lawson''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Lawson.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep068>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland068.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 22 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Wood & Sons
| [[Marhport]]
| '''''John Wood'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM180352>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 March 1853 |issue=2485 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Barclay Curle|Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''''Madawska'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH021048>{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 October 1848 |issue=4766 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Prince Edward Island]]
| 
| [[North Rustico|Rustico]]
| '''''Utility'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC241148>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=24 November 1848 |issue=9077 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Pilcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{SS|Bombay|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=MC061048>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 October 1848 |issue=24636 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Walter Hood & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Orient'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ181048/>
|-----
! 12 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Duthie
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Ariel'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ181048>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=18 October 1848 |issue=5258 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Vaux
| [[Northam, Southampton|Northam]]
| '''''Sir Bevois'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT041148>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=4 November 1848 |issue=2561 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of New Brunswick]]
| 
| 
| '''''Jessie'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH280549>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 May 1849 |issue=4834 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flag|Prussia}}
| 
| [[klaipėda|Memel]]
| '''''Johnnes Freiderick'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. D. Bradhering.<ref name=GH291248>{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 December 1848 |issue=4791 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Lunnan and Robertson
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Vivid'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Peterhead and London Shipping Company.<ref name=AJ151148>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Peterhead |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 November 1848 |issue=5262 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bidwell & Banta
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
| '''{{PS|Keystone State||2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Charles M. Reed.
|-----
! 11 November
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]]
| [[Wadia Group|Cursetjee Rostomjee]]
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{HMS|Meeanee|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robinsons & Russel
| [[Poplar, London|Poplar]]
| '''{{SS|Taman|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Imperial Russian Government,<ref name=Times141148>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a Russian Steamer |date=14 November 1848 |page=6 |issue=20020 |column=B }}</ref> or the [[Nicholas I of Russia|Emperor of Russia]].<ref name=DN141148>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steam Ship |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 November 1848 |issue=770 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 November
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Saranac|1848|2}}'''
| [[Sloop-of-war]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 15 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Jones
| [[Caernarfon]]
| '''''The Black Prince'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Jones.<ref name=NWC211148>{{Cite news |title=Launch of "The Black Prince" at Carnarvon |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=21 November 1848 |issue=1122 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Hylton Carr
| Hylton <!--North or South-->
| '''''John Murray''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For S. Murray.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep049/>
|-----
! 21 November
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Janus|1848|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Génie|brig}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Janus>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30611 |title=French brig 'Le Janus' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Deptford Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Phaeton|1848|2}}'''
| [[Fourth rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 25 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Hall & Sons
| [[Footdee]]
| '''''Reindeer'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ061248>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 December 1848 |issue=5265 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| J. Duncan
| [[Kingston on Spey]]
| '''''Findhorn'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ291148>{{Cite news |title=Spey |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=29 November 1848 |issue=5264 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Duncan
| [[Kingston on Spey]]
| '''The Scotia'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Shand.<ref name=AJ061248a>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Kingston, Speymouth |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 December 1848 |issue=5265 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Atkinson
| [[Goole]]
| '''''Emma and Eliza'''''
| [[Yorkshire Billyboy]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP011248>{{Cite news |title=Goole |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=1 December 1848 |issue=3336 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Margaret Reay
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''James Heward''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For B. Heward.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep092>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland092.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Tiffin Jr. & B. Tiffin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Myra''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Thomas & George Reed.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep092/>
|-----
! 14 December
| {{flag|Isle of Man}}
| John Moore
| [[Castletown, Isle of Man|Castletown]]
| '''''Cyclops'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Thomas Boyd.<ref name=LM191248>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Castletown |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 December 1848 |issue=2049 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{Ship|ST|Porvenir|1848|2}}'''
| [[tugboat|Tug]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM291248>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 December 1848 |issue=2052 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Greenstreet and Paton
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Menai|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM291248a>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 December 1848 |issue=2052 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Elizabeth'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ280249>{{Cite news |title=Advertisement & Notices |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=28 February 1849 |issue=5277 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}
| 
| 
| '''{{HSwMS|Activ|1854|2}}'''
| [[Man-of-war|Man of war]]
| For [[Royal Swedish Navy]].<ref name=MC200254/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ann & Isabel''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Robson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Harty
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Anne''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Robert Willerton.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Forrest & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Balmoral''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For R. Surtees.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{USS|Baltimore|1861|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer|Sidewheel steamer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Beatitude''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Bird & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Bermuda]]
| 
| [[Bermuda]]
| '''{{HMS|Bermuda|1848|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT290448>{{Cite news |title=Portsmouth, Saturday, April 29, 1848 |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=29 April 1848 |issue=2534 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Bernicia''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Hay & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Bernicia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Brodie & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Black Friar''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Greenwell.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Edward Bannister
| [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]
| '''''Bounty of Providence'''''
| [[Yorkshire Billyboy]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BoP>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12160&ref=231782&vessel=BOUNTY+OF+PROVIDENCE |title=Bounty of Providence |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Branch''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For John Gray & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Byers
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Brilliant''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Matthew.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. W. & W. J. Hall
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''British Empire''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Hall & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| [[William H. Webb]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{ship||Caleb Grimshaw||2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Caleb Grimshaw & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. H. Potts & Bros.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Caledonia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Potts Bros.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Calphurnia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Toulmin.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Sykes, Talbot & Sykes
| [[Cox Green, Tyne and Wear|Cox Green]]
| '''''Candace''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Briggs & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Caroline''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For W. Carling.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Charles'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM020349>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 March 1849 |issue=2070 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[New London, Connecticut]]
| '''{{USS|Charles Phelps|1848|2}}'''
| [[Whaler]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Stonehouse
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Charlotte Whitmore''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''''City of Glasgow'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH160648>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 June 1848 |issue=4735 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Constance''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Marshall.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Patterson Shipbuilders|William Patterson]]
| [[Bristol]]
| '''[[Ernst August (ship)|''Cora'']]'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For ''[[Reichsflotte]]''.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| Joshua T. Foster 
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Crescent City|schooner|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.{{sfn|Gleason|1937|p=71}}
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Cresswell''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Stephen Eltringham.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| H. Ferguson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Culloden''''' 
| [[full-rigged ship]]
| For Mr. Ferguson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[British Burma|Burma]]
| 
| [[Moulmein]]
| '''''Dalhousie'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Allan.<ref name=Times221053>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dreadful Shipwreck in the Channel |date=22 October 1853 |page=7 |issue=21566 |column=E-F }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Darien'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC210448>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=21 April 1848 |issue=9046 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Dorcas''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Robson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Brundrit & Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Duke'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Brundrit & Whiteway.<ref name=Duke>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&ref=229060&vessel=DUKE |title=Duke |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Economy''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Chapman.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Edith''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Bamfield.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Elijah Packer''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Packer.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Elizabeth''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Hindmarsh.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Thomas Whymark
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ellen''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Thomas Whymark.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Barkes
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Engineer''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Kirtley.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Forrest & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Exchange''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Hodgson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Norway|1844}}
| 
| 
| '''{{HNoMS|Ellida|1848|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[Royal Norwegian Navy]].<ref name=MC110154>{{Cite news |title=Sweden --- Norway |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=11 January 1854 |issue=27161 |edition=Evening }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Expert''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Waite Bros.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William R. Abbay
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Fairfax''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For William R. Abbay.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| L. Gales
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Fanny''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Gales & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1844-naval}}
| [[Tersâne-i Âmire]]
| [[Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman frigate|Feyzâ-i Bahrî||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Mecidiye|frigate}}
| For [[Ottoman Navy]]
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Firefly'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC180848>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 August 1848 |issue=9063 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| Kelley & Holmes
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Friend|pilot boat|2}}'''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For Thomas Cooper.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Rodgerson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gallovidian''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Rae & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gem''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Schofield.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''[[Cazador (Chilean ship)|''Général Castilla'']]'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford & W. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Glide''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Doxford.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Golden Grove''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Brough.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Maumee, Ohio]]
| '''{{SS|G. P. Griffith||2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Worthy
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Henrietta''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Ord & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Hugh Morton
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Henry Morton''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For J. Todd.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Hope''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For W. Herring.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Iceni''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J.Hay.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Indiana|1848|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| builder
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Isis''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For "Shellsh'ar".<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. & J. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jenny''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Haddock.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''John Myers''''' 
| [[schooner]]
| For Mr. Milner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Forrest & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''John Scott''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Heslop & Co..<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''John & Isabella''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For J. Curry.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Bonker
| [[Salcombe]]
| '''''Juan'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Robert Hurrell and others.<ref name=Juan>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11996&a1Page=2&ref=230439&vessel=JUAN |title=Juan |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=2 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Bevans
| [[llanelli|Llanelly]]
| '''''Kate'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Kate>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11508&ref=230469&vessel=KATE |title=Kate |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} 
| A. I. Butakov
| 
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Konstantin|1848|2}}'''
| [[Survey vessel]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].<ref name=Konstantin>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21782 |title=Russian survey vessel 'konstantin' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}
| 
| 
| '''{{HSwMS|Lagerbjelke|1848|2}}'''
| [[Man-of-war|Man of war]]
| For [[Royal Swedish Navy]].<ref name=MC200254>{{Cite news |title=Denmark---Sweden |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 February 1854 |issue=27194 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''{{ship||Lalla Rookh|1848 ship|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thomson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lavinia''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lord George Bentinck''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. & F. Somes.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Ralph Hutchinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lucy''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Harper & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Dryden
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Margaret''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| D. A. Douglas
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Margaret''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For T. Brodie.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. King
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Margaret''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For King & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep060>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland060.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 18 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Harkass
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mary Ann''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mary Matthew''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For George Matthew.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| [[Smith and Dimon Shipyard]]
| [[New York City]]
| '''{{ship||Memnon|clipper|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Merchants' Express Line.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Petrie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mercia''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For J. Hay.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Ohio]]
| '''{{ship||Meridian|shipwreck|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. H. Potts & Bros.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Merlin''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Potts & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Minden''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Duncan Dunbar (junior)|Duncan Dunbar & Co]].<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mistley''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Thomas Green.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Dryden
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mora''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Simms.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Negotiator''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Lonie & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Orion''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Henderson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Phoenix|1848|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Phoenix''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Patterson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Pilot''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For George Potts.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of none.svg|22px]] Unknown
| 
| 
| '''''Porto Novo'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM170159>{{Cite news |title=Destruction of the Ship Porto Novo in Bristol Harbour |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=17 January 1859 |issue=3955 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Prima Donna''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Cropton.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Prince Albert''''' 
| [[Snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Clarke & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Prince Charlie''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For R. Dall.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Radiant'''''
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Richardson Bros.<ref name=Radiant>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=3&ref=207929&vessel=RADIANT |title=Radiant |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. & T. Brodie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Relief''''' 
| [[Sloop]]
| For Brodie & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Robert & Betsey''''' 
| [[Brigantine]]
| For Benson & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship||Roman Emperor|ship|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Buchanan & Gibson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Roman Empress''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Lesslie & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Lister & Bartram
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Rose''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Walker.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. W. & W. J. Hall
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Royal Sovereign''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Collingwood.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Wilkinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Saint George''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Pinchim.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship||Sea Witch|1848 barque|2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For Taylor & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Secret''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Kelso.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| [[William H. Brown (shipbuilder)|William H. Brown]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{ship||Senator|1848 ship|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For James C. Cunningham.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Senegal''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Hay.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hardie & M. Clark
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Serenader''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Turner Thompson.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[Norfolk Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|St. Lawrence||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Brandywine|frigate}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{HNLMS|Sumatra|1848|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Royal Netherlands Navy]].<ref name=Sumatra>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1590 |title=Dutch Sixth Rate ship 'Sumatra' (1848) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=5 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| L. Gales
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sumner''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Brass & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Wright
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Swallow''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For Wright & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Syrian''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Clay & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Byers
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Thomasine''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Parker & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''''Trelawney'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Stirling, Gordon & Co.<ref name=GH161048>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 October 1848 |issue=4770 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Tryphena''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Clay & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Hay
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Una''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Waters & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| 
| [[New Albany, Indiana]]
| '''[[USS Black Hawk (1848)|''Uncle Sam'']]'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''United''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For Clarke & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford & W. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Wanderer''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Parker & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Waterloo''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Duncan Dunbar (junior)|Duncan Dunbar & Sons]].<ref name=Searlep122/><ref name=Searlep097>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland097.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 37 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=31 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson & Sons
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Wear''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Thomas Weir.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''William & John''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Meadley & Co.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. W. & W. J. Hall
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Witham''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep122/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1848}}
| Holbrook & Adams
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Yankee|pilot boat|2}}'''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For New York Pilots.
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|20em}}

;Sources
{{Cite book | last = Gleason | first = Hall | title = Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford| publisher = J.C. Miller | year = 1937 | location = Medford, MA | page = 71}}
{{shipevents|1848}}

[[Category:Lists of ship launches|1848]]
[[Category:1848 in transport|Ship launches]]
[[Category:1848 ships| ]]