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The '''list of ship launches in 1872''' includes a chronological list of some [[ship]]s launched in 1872.
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! Date
! Country
! Builder
! Location
! Ship
! Class 
! Notes
|-----
! 1 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. Humphrey & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Chrystal'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH020172>{{Cite news |title=Aberdeen |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 January 1872 |issue=9986 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Cornelia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 10 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Harvey
| [[Wivenhoe]]
| '''''Gazelle'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For [[George Tomline (politician)|Colonel Tomline]].<ref name=IJ130172>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Yacht for Col. Tomline |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=13 January 1872 |issue=6971 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| W. Curtis
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Lucretia'''''
| [[Sailing barge]]
| For W. Curling.<ref name=IJ130172a>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=13 January 1872 |issue=6971 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Samuda Brothers|Messrs. Samuda Bros]].
| [[Cubitt Town]]
| '''{{ship|SY|Miramare|1872|2}}'''
| [[Royal yacht]]
| For [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]].<ref name=BDP160172>{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=16 January 1872 |issue=4212 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Courrières|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Tilloy, Delaune & Co.<ref name=GH150172>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 January 1872 |issue=9997 }}</ref><ref name=GH100272/>
|-----
! 13 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Rawstorn & Allanston
| [[Freckleton]]
| '''''Isabella'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owners.<ref name=PC200172>{{Cite news |title=Freckleton  |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=20 January 1872 |issue=3159 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{ship||Talisman|ship|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. George Gibson & Co.<ref name=GH100272/>
|-----
! 15 January
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}
| [[Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia]]
| [[Castellammare di Stabia]]
| '''{{ship|Italian ironclad|Principe Amedeo||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Principe Amedeo|ironclad}}
| For ''[[Regia Marina]]''.
|-----
! 16 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Lady Josyan|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 21 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Barter & Son
| [[Brixham]]
| '''''Omara'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For Thomas Callard & John. S. Paddon.<ref name=Omara>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12411&ref=234087&vessel=OIMARA |title=Omara |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''{{SS|Selica|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For F. J. G. Servais.<ref name=GH250172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 January 1872 |issue=10006 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Parthenon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Lambert Brothers & Scott.<ref name=GH250172/>
|-----
! 25 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Dover Castle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Castle Line]].<ref name=GH270172>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 January 1872 |issue=10008 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Segesta|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For La Trinacria Societa di Navigazione a Vapeur.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 27 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Acacia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 27 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Campanil|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Mr. Wilson and others.<ref name=GH290172>{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 January 1872 |issue=10009 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Earle's Shipbuilding Company
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Othello|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co]].<ref name=Times010272>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iron Shipbuilding |date=1 February 1872 |page=8 |issue=27288 |column=C }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis
| [[Pointhouse]]
| '''{{SS|Chih-li|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Shanghai Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=GH010272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 February 1872 |issue=10012 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Cynthia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For William Watkins.<ref name=GH100272>{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1872 |issue=10020 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| James Beeching
| [[Great Yarmouth]]
| '''''Sing Tai'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Robert Love.<ref name=ST>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11363&ref=231372&vessel=SING+TAI |title=Sing Tai |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=28 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''''Woodburn'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Robert Shankland & Co.<ref name=GH100272/>
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]]
| '''{{HMS|Swinger|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ariel|gunboat}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Wastdale|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 8 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Dundee]]
| '''{{SS|Cyphrenes|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons.<ref name=GH090272>{{Cite news |title=Dundee - Launch of the Largest Steamer ever Built at the Port |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 February 1872 |issue=10019 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Ormesby|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Albatross|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Stephen & Sons
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{PS|Bahia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For W. R. Garrison.<ref name=GH130272/>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. J. Evans & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Birkenhead|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Birkenhead Commissioners.<ref name=GH130272a>{{Cite news |title=An Unexpected Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1872 |issue=10022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|name|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173>{{Cite news |title=Vessels Launched During 1872 from the Yards on the Tees and at the Hartlepools |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=1 January 1873 |issue=933 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Wingate
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Inchkeith|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For G. G. Mackay.<ref name=GH130272>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1872 |issue=10022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[New Zealand]]
| Sparrow and Thomas
| [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]]
| '''[[SS Ben Lomond (1872)|''Jane Williams'']]'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{SS|Onda|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Charles Henderson.<ref name=GH120272>{{Cite news |title=Paisley |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Paisley |date=12 February 1872 |issue=10021 }}</ref><ref name=GH070372/>
|-----
! 10 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Adamson
| [[Allos]]
| '''''The Alloa'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH130272/>
|-----
! 12 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Corinth|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Corinthian Steamship Company.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 12 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co.
| [[Rutherglen]]
| '''{{SS|Osprey|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Steel & M'Caskill.<ref name=GH140272/><ref name=GH070372/>
|-----
! 12 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Polynesian|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Montreal Ocean Steamship Company.<ref name=GH130272/>
|-----
! 12 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{PS|Truxillo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH130272/><ref name=GH070372/>
|-----
! 13 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{SS|Benachie|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. J. B. Adam & Co.<ref name=AJ140272>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=14 February 1872 |issue=6475 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Surprise|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For E. de Bursche.<ref name=GH140272>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 February 1872 |issue=10023 }}</ref><ref name=GH070372/>
|-----
! 24 February
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
| Fijenoord
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''''Batavier II'''''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland]].<ref name=KC270272>{{Cite news |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:000017852:mpeg21:p002 | newspaper=Kleine Courant | title=Gemengd Nieus |language=Dutch | date=27 February 1872}}</ref>
|-----
! 24 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Mercury|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Ocean Steam Ship Co.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200433&vessel=MERCURY |title=Mercury |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & G. Rennie
| [[Greenwich]]
| '''{{SS|Riachuelo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Dredger]]
| For Argentine Government.<ref name=Times260272>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of the Riachuelo |date=26 February 1872 |page=11 |issue=27309 |column=A }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Robertson
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Amity'''''
| [[Fishing smack]]
| For Mr. Blake.<ref name=IJ270272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=27 February 1872 |issue=6984 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Stobcross]]
| '''''Ettrickdale'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. J. & A. Roxburgh.<ref name=GH280272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1872 |issue=10035 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''''America'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For John H. Watt.<ref name=GH290272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 February 1872 |issue=10036 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Frolic|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Frolic|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times250172/>
|-----
! 29 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Kestrel|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Frolic|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times250172>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval And Military Intelligence |date=25 January 1872 |page=12 |issue=27282 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Circassian|Thompson, 1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For John Lacy.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Kaffir|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Cape and Natal Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=GH070372>{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 March 1872 |issue=10042 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Atalanta|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 8 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|J. H. Lorentzen|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For John Storey Barwick.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep079>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland079.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 29 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hansen & Sons
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Harrier'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For G. Pollock.<ref name=HPT130372>{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=13 March 1872 |issue=4129 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Daphne'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT130372a/>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Ilo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH120372/>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. Duncan & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Maitland|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Malcolms & Co.<ref name=GH120372>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 March 1872 |issue=10046 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Sir Arthur Kennedy|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Messrs. Child, Mills & Co.<ref name=GH120372/>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Harland & Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{ship||Star of Germany|1872 ship|2}}'''
| [[Sailing ship]]
| For J. P. Corry & Co.<ref name=HW82>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=82 |title=Star of Germany |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=17 February 2017}}</ref>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Wilia'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owner. Collided with {{HMS|Victory}} on being launched.<ref name=HPT130372a>{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=13 March 1872 |issue=4129 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''{{SS|California|1872|2}}'''
| [[steamship]]
| For [[anchor Line (steamship company)|Anchor Line]].<ref name=GH130372>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 March 1872 |issue=10047 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Fidget|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ant|gunboat}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times250172/>
|-----
! 12 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{SS|Kyles|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH130372/>
|-----
! 12 March
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Rupert|1872|2}}'''
| [[Battleship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Badger|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ant|gunboat}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times250172/>
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Calder|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Burrell & M'Laren.<ref name=GH140372>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 March 1872 |issue=10048 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{PS|Puerto de Buenos Ayres|1872|2}}'''
| [[paddle steamer|Paddle]] [[tugboat|tug]]
| For Government of Argentina.<ref name=GH140372/>
|-----
! 23 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Alpha|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH250372>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 March 1872 |issue=10057 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|Arncott|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 25 March
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]]
| '''{{HMS|Thunderer|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Devastation|battleship}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Thunderer |date=26 June 1872 |page=7 |issue=27334 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 March
| {{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
| Messrs. R. E. Smellie & Co. 
| [[Pyrmont, New South Wales|Pyrmont]]
| '''''Louisa'''''
| [[Steamship]]
| For E. Mellor. First iron steamship built in New South Wales.<ref name=GH250672>{{Cite news |title=Iron Steamship Building in the Antipodes |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 June 1872 |issue=10136 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Susan|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Henry Collings & others.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 27 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Douglas|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 28 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Gareloch|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[North British Steam Packet Company]].<ref name=GH300372/><ref name=GH090472/>
|-----
! 28 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald M'Milland & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Vicksburg|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool and Mississippi Steamship Company.<ref name=GH300372>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 March 1872 |issue=10062 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Frisia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft]].<ref name=GH010472>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 April 1872 |issue=10063 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Ben Nevis|1874|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. Morrison.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep061>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland061.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. Napier & Sons
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Edinburgh Castle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Castle Line]].<ref name=GH090472/>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[scotts of Greenock|Messrs. Scott & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Gogo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Scott & Co.<ref name=GH090472>{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 April 1872 |issue=10070 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Horseguards|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owners.<ref name=GH090472/>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Lady Lycett|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. A. Dunkerley & Co.<ref name=GH090472/>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. C. W. Dodger & Co.
| [[North Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Scrabster|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. James Gerry & Partners.<ref name=GH180372>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Steamer at North Shields for Thurso |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 March 1872 |issue=10051 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwodd & Gordon
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Benmore|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Weatherly, Mead & Husay.<ref name=Times270572>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=27 May 1872 |page=2 |issue=27387 |column=A }}</ref><ref name=GH050472>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 April 1872 |issue=10067 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| D. Robinson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Esperance'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT100472>{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 April 1872 |issue=4137 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. T. B. Seath & Co.
| [[Rutherglen]]
| '''''Helen'''''
| [[steam yacht]]
| For [[Francis Conyngham,2nd Marquess Conyngham|Marquess of Conyngham]].<ref name=GH130472>{{Cite news |title=Rutherglen |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 April 1872 |issue=10074 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephens & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''''Josefa'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. D. H. Wätjen & Co.<ref name=GH100472a>{{Cite news |title=Lauynch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1872 |issue=10071 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Maryhill]]
| '''''Ospray'''''
| [[Smack (ship)|Smack]]
| For Daniel Sutherland.<ref name=GH110472a>{{Cite news |title=General Shipping Items |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 April 1872 |issue=10072 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Stamford|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 9 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. James & George Thomson
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Trinidad|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Burns.<ref name=GH100472>{{Cite news |title=New Line of Steamers between the Clyde and the West Indies |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1872 |issue=10071 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Watts
| [[Dysart, Fife|Dysart]]
| '''''Japan'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For J. W. Robertson.<ref name=GH110472>{{Cite news |title=Dysart |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 April 1872 |issue=10072 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Senegal|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For British and African Steam Navigation Co.<ref name=GH110472a/>
|-----
! 11 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Serf'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. Tempest.<ref name=HPT130472a>{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=13 April 1872 |issue=4138 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co
| [[Footdee]]
| '''{{SS|Jarl|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Mudie.<ref name=GH150472>{{Cite news |title=Aberdeen |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 April 1872 |issue=10075 }}</ref><ref name=AJ170472>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 April 1872 |issue=6484 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Manicougan|1872|2}}'''
| [[lightvessel|Lightship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 23 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Ida|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For H. L. Seligmann.<ref name=GH240472>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 April 1872 |issue=10083 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 April
| {{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
| [[Foochow Arsenal]]
| [[Foochow]]
| '''{{ship|Chinese corvette|Yangwu||2}}'''
| [[corvette]]
| For [[Imperial Chinese Navy]].
|-----
! 24 April
| [[File:Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg|22px]] [[Trieste]] 
| [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]]
| [[Trieste]]
| '''{{SMS|Erzherzog Albrecht||2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]]
| For [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]].
|-----
! 24 April
| {{flagcountry|France}}
| 
| [[Le Havre]]
| '''{{ship||Belgrano|1872|2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| For Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis.<ref name="cargos-paquebots">{{cite web |url=http://www.cargos-paquebots.net/Presse/Lettre%20des%20paquebots/Chargeurs_Reunis/Chargeurs.htm |title=Bref historique de la Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis |trans-title=Brief history of the Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis |language=French |publisher=Cargos-paquebots |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''Dracæna'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. D. Lee.<ref name=HPT270472a>{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=27 April 1872 |issue=4142 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Denny and Brothers|Messrs. William Denny & Bros]].
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Cathay|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH260472/>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Camper & Nicholson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Gwendoline'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Major Ewing.<ref name=HPT270472>{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=27 April 1872 |issue=4142 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Kronos|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|Pernambuco|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]]'
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Walmer Castle|1872|2}}'''
| [[steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Castle Line]].<ref name=GH260472>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 April 1872 |issue=10085 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. Napier & Sons
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Windsor Castle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Castle Line]].<ref name=GH260472/>
|-----
! 27 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. P. Barclay & Sons
| [[Ardrossan]]
| '''''Emma Grace'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH290472a>{{Cite news |title=Ardrossan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 April 1872 |issue=10087 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Puerto Rico|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. William White & Co.<ref name=GH290472>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 April 1872 |issue=10087 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Roydon & Sons
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Vale of Lorton|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Vale Line.<ref name=GH030572>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 May 1872 |issue=10091 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Ant|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Horsfall & Sons.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[scotts of Greenock|Messrs. Scott & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Bastia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Beaver|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Bessie|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For George Robertson.<ref name=GH070672>{{Cite news |title=Clyde Shipbuilding |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 June 1872 |issue=10121 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Heron|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Steel & M'Gaskill.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hansen
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Juliet'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For Mr. Sterling.<ref name=HPT130472>{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=13 April 1872 |issue=4138 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Manuela|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! 7 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad|La Galissonnière||2}}'''
| {{sclass|La Galissonnière|ironclad}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 7 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[tod and macgregor|Messrs. Tod & MacGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Princess Louise|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BNL090572>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=9 May 1872 |issue=55325 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Robert Westaway
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''''Dream'''''
| [[smack (ship)|Smack]]
| For private owner.<ref name=IJ110572>{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=11 May 1872 |issue=7005 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''''Eva Mary'''''
| [[launch (boat)|Steam launch]]
| For Floating Bridge Company.<ref name=HPT110572>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=11 May 1872 |issue=4146 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''''Cartvale'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. Carswell & Davie.<ref name=GH100572/>
|-----
! 9 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Thorwaldsen|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For {{ill|Baltischer Lloyd|de}}.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep071/><ref name=LM110572>{{Cite news |title=Largest Steamer ever built on the Wear |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=11 May 1872 |issue=10635 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. Duncan & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Victoria|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Anchor Line (steamship company)|Anchor Line]].<ref name=GH100572>{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 May 1872 |issue=10097 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Humphrey & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{SS|Alert|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owners.<ref name=AJ150572>{{Cite news |title=Launchj |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=15 May 1872 |issue=6488 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Bessemer|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis
| [[Pointhouse]]
| '''{{SS|Calcutta|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British India Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH270572>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 May 1872 |issue=10111 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Caledonian|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Michael Ratsey
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Corisande'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For John Richardson.<ref name=HPT250572>{{Cite news |title=Isle of Wight |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=25 May 1872 |issue=4150 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Elizabeth Martin|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Alexander Currie.<ref name=GH240572/>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Enmore|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Mermerus|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. A. & J. H. Carmichael & Co.<ref name=GH070672/><ref name=GH240572>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 May 1872 |issue=10109 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Fairfield, Glasgow|Fairfield]]
| '''{{SS|Tacora|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH240572/>
|-----
! 24 May
| {{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
| [[Kiangnan Arsenal]]
| [[Shanghai]]
| '''{{ship|Chinese frigate|Hai'an||2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Imperial Chinese Navy]].
|-----
! 24 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Strassburg|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]].<ref name=GH250572>{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 May 1872 |issue=10110 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|Alethea|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 25 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Simons & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Assyria|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British India Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH270572/>
|-----
! 25 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Gladys|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 25 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|James Mason|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/><ref name=LM130672/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Mino|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Strong, Reid & Page.<ref name=Mino>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200436&vessel=MINO |title=Mino |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29  May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Joseph|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[River Clyde]]
| '''{{SS|Ark of Safety|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Asia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Mories, Munro & Co.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''''Bedah'''''
| [[Launch (boat)|Steam launch]]
| For Alexander Miller, Brother, & Co.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''''Belle of the Niger'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For George Eastee.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Ben-tan|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Guthrie & Co.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Björn|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Angfartygs Aktie-Bolaget Thule.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Batchelor, or Batchelor Bros.
| [[Cardiff]]
| '''''Ella Nichol'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For William Nichol.<ref name=EN>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10021&a1Page=2&ref=206673&vessel=ELLA+NICOL |title=Ella Nichol |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Eureka|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM130672>{{Cite news |title=Middlesbro' Chamber of Commerce Trade Report for May |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=13 June 1872 |issue=10663 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| C. M'Bride
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''''Firefly'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For A. H. Heywood.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Gladys|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times050672>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=5 June 1872 |page=2 |issue=27395 |column=A }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Malaren|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Potomac|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
|
| '''''Southampton'''''
| [[Steamboat]]
| For Isle of Wight Steam Packet Company.<ref name=HPT050672>{{Cite news |title=Southampton |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=5 June 1872 |issue=4153 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Ayr Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Ayr]]
| '''''Stella'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. & W. Stewart.<ref name=GH070672/>
|-----
! May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Seath & Co.
| Glasgow / [[Windermere]]
| '''''Wyffern'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For William Inman. Built at Glasgow, transported in sections to Windermere, reassembled and launched there.<ref name=GH180572>{{Cite news |title=Yacht Launch on Lake Windermere |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 May 1872 |issue=10104 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Aconcagua|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH070672a>{{Cite news |title=Govan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 June 1872 |issue=10121 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Circassian|Steele, 1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Allan.<ref name=GH070672b>{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 June 1872 |issue=10121 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|J. J.|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''''Modwena'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. & F. Gretton.<ref name=Modwena>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=207713&vessel=MODWENA |title=Modwena |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Rotterdam|1872|2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[Holland America Line|Nederlandsch-Amerikaanische Stoomvaart Maatschappij]].
|-----
! 8 June
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Harland and Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Celtic|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Oceanic|ocean liner}}
| For [[White Star Line]].<ref name=FJ100672>{{Cite news |title=The White Star Line of Steamers |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=10 June 1872 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Turnbull & Son
| [[Whitby]]
| '''{{SS|R. M. Hunton|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM100672>{{Cite news |title=Iron Ship Launch at Whitbhy |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=10 June 1872 |issue=10660 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Duthie & Sons
| [[Footdee]]
| '''{{SS|Lochnagar|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH100672>{{Cite news |title=Aberdeen |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 June 1872 |issue=10123 }}</ref><ref name=AJ120672>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Large Iron Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=12 June 1872 |issue=6492 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{PS|Lady Gertrude|1872|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Wemyss Bay Line.<ref name=GH120672>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer in Connection with the Wemyss Bay Line |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 June 1872 |issue=10125 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 June
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Wigham Richardson]]
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Sud America||2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| For Lavarello Fratelli Fu G.B.
|-----
! 13 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis
| [[Pointhouse]]
| '''{{SS|Coconada|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British India Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH140672>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 June 1872 |issue=10127 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 June
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| Ira Lafrinnier
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
| '''[[SS Muskegon|''Peerless'']]'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Lake Superior Line.
|-----
! 21 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hood & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Collingwood'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. Devitt & Moore.<ref name=GH240672a>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Australian Liner |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 June 1872 |issue=10135 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Dhoolia|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For C. M. Norwood & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep071/>
|-----
! 22 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M'Lea
| [[Rothesay]]
| '''''Lady Bute'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Daniel Duncan.<ref name=GH240672>{{Cite news |title=Rothesay - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 June 1872 |issue=10135 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Humphrey & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Monaltrie'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Messrs. Richard Common & Co.<ref name=AJ260672>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=26 June 1872 |issue=6494 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Walker & Co.
| [[Deptford|Deptford Green]]
| '''''Shamrock''''' <!--NOT Arethusa-->
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Sullivan]].<ref name=PMG240672>{{Cite news |title=A New Yacht |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=24 June 1872 |issue=2296 |pages=8–9 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|St. Hilda|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 24 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Ratsey
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Nina'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For Mr. Jessop.<ref name=HPT290672>{{Cite news |title=Isle of Wight |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=29 June 1872 |issue=4160 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. Napier & Sons
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Courland|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. James Currie & Co.<ref name=GH260672>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 June 1872 |issue=10137 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Otway|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Warrambool Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=GH270672>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 June 1872 |issue=10138 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Devon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Commercial Steamship Co.<ref name=GH270672/>
|-----
! 27 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Harland & Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Ferry No. 1|1872|2}}'''
| [[Ferry]]
| For Belfast Harbour Commissioners.<ref name=HW84>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=84 |title=Ferry No 1 |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=17 February 2017}}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Jersey]]
| Philip Bellot
| [[Gorey, Jersey|Gorey]]
| '''''Nancy'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Nancy>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11503&ref=230931&vessel=NANCY |title=Nancy |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=28 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Cook
| [[Stornoway]]
| '''Thornton'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[James Matheson]].<ref name=GH100672a>{{Cite news |title=Stornoway |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 June 1872 |issue=10123 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''{{SS|Muriel|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Blythe Brothers.<ref name=GH030772>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 July 1872 |issue=10143 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Lufra|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 6 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| E. Robertson
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Ada'''''
| [[Fishing boat]]
| For Mr. Freshwater.<ref name=IJ090772>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=9 July 1872 |issue=7022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Chaldea|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British India Steam Navigation Company|British India Steam Navigation Co. (Limited)]].<ref name=GH090772>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 July 1872 |issue=10148 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|M. Moxham|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 9 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messra Aitken & Mansel
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Activ|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Dampskibsskelskabet Activ.<!--per Danish shipping register 1873, given as "Steamship Company Activ" by source--><ref name=GH100772/>
|-----
! 9 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''{{SS|Neapel|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Robert Miles Sloman]].<ref name=GH100772>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 July 1872 |issue=10149 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs, Camper & Nicholson
| [[Gosport]]
| '''''Marquis of Lorne'''''
| [[launch (boat)|Steam launch]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT130772>{{Cite news |title=Gosport |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=13 July 1872 |issue=4164 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Thornaby|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''''Loch Doon'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. D. & J. Sproat.<ref name=GH180772>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 July 1872 |issue=10156 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|Karnak|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 22 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. Duthie & Sons
| [[Footdee]]
| '''''William Manson'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For Messrs. John Fraser & Co.<ref name=AJ240772>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Brig |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 June 1872 |issue=6498 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Bellona|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 23 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henry Murray & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Bloomhill|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. H. Andrew & Co.<ref name=GH240772>{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 June 1872 |issue=10161 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Italia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Ocean liner]]
| For [[Anchor Line (steamship company)|Anchor Line]].<ref name=GH250772>{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow - Launch of an Anchor Liner |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 July 1872 |issue=10162 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co
| [[Merksworth]]
| '''{{SS|Vaïco|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For George Clark.<ref name=GH250772a>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Merksworth |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 July 1872 |issue=10162 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Fidela|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Francis C. Fulton.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[william Denny and Brothers|Messrs. William Denny & Bros]].
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Jeddah|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Guthrie & Co.<ref name=GH010872>{{Cite news |title=Dumbarton - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 August 1872 |issue=10168 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagicon|Canada|1868}} [[Canada|Dominion of Canada]]
| 
| [[Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia|Tatamagouche]]
| '''''G. A. Pyke'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BL230174>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=23 January 1874 |issue=55856 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Moratin|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Serapio Acebel y Compagnia.<ref name=JC>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200424&vessel=JUAN+CUNNINGHAM |title=Juan Cunningham |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Lapland|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Leith, Hull and Hamburg Shipping Co.<ref name=GH020872>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 August 1872 |issue=10169 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Alexander Stephen & Sons]]
| [[Dundee]]
| '''[[HMS Discovery (1874)|''Bloodhound'']]'''
| [[Seal hunting|Sealer]]
| For Walter B. Grieve.
|-----
! 5 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. Harvey & Co.
| [[Wivenhoe]]
| '''''Softwing'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. M. Courtald.<ref name=IJ060872>{{Cite news |title=Wivenhoe |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=6 August 1872 |issue=7030 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Haswell
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Olaveaga|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Burgess & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep045>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland045.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 6 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Messina|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 10 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Abbey Tower|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For M. J. Wilson.<ref name=GH120872>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 August 1872 |issue=10177 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 August
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| [[William Cramp & Sons]]
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{SS|Pennsylvania|1872|2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[American Line]].
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Celerity|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Banks & Mitchell.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! 19 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Louisiana|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Lewis T. Merrow & Co Ltd.<ref name=GH200872>{{Cite news |title=The New "State Line" of Steamships between Glasgow and America |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1872 |issue=10184 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & Co
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Maas|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messsrs. Plate, Reuchline & Co.<ref name=GH220872/>
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Cid|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. MacAndrew & Co.,<ref name=LM210872>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Seacombe |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=21 August 1872 |issue=10722 }}</ref> of J. Roca y Compagnia.<ref name=Cid>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200124&vessel=CID |title=Cid |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 August
| [[File:Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg|22px]] [[Trieste]] 
| [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]]
| [[Trieste]]
| '''{{SMS|Custoza||2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]]
| For [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]].
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Emmy|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gourlay, Bros., & Co
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Kenilworth|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Williamson, Milligan & Co.<ref name=GH220872/>
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Moselle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]].<ref name=GH210872>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 August 1872 |issue=10185 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Prague|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Company.<ref name=GH220872>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 August 1872 |issue=10186 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| King Iron Works
| [[Buffalo, New York]]
| '''{{SS|Russia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Lake freighter]]
| For Charles Ensign.
|-----
! 20 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Solunto|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For La Trinacria Societa di Navigazione a Vapeur.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 21 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Schlesinger, Davis & Co.
| [[Wallsend]]
| '''{{SS|John Dixon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Kirby & Gillies.<ref name=NC230872>{{Cite news |title=Iron Shipbuilding on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 August 1872 |issue=10313 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. M'Millan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Texas|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool & Mississippi Steamship Co.<ref name=GH220872/>
|-----
! 23 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Prince Edward|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. John Pitcairn & Co.<ref name=GH240872>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 August 1872 |issue=10188 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 August
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| [[Admiralty Yard]]
| [[Saint Petersburg]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ironclad|Petr Veliky||2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].
|-----
! 28 August
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| 
| [[New York City]]
| '''{{SS|Capron|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Imperial Japanese Government.<ref name=Times110972>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=11 September 1872 |page=12 |issue=27479 |column=A-B }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|F. T. Barry|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM120972>{{Cite news |title=Middlesbrough Chamber of Commerce |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=12 September 1872 |issue=10741 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Hilda|Backhouse & Dixon, 1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM120972/>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Tate
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Perseverance''''' 
| [[Sloop]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=BM180173>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=18 January 1873 |issue=4319 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Santorin|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Robert Todd Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep092>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland092.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
| [[kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''''Cecile'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For [[Lord Alfred Paget|Lord Paget]].<ref name=Times050972>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Steam Yacht |date=5 September 1872 |page=5 |issue=27474 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Simon & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Glamorgan|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times050972a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Cardiff and New York |date=5 September 1872 |page=5 |issue=27474 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Hilda|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 5 September
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| John Elder & Company
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Koning der Nederlanden||2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland]].
|-----
! 5 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''''Lady Belhaven'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. Hamilton, Adam & Co.<ref name=GH060972>{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 September 1872 |issue=10199 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Theban|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 7 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Bylgia|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Lastangare A/B Aegir.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 7 September 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Miguel Saenz|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Serapio Acebal y Compagnia.<ref name=MS>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200434&vessel=MIGUEL+SAENZ |title=Miguel Saenz |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Mitidjah|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Compagnie de Navigation Mixte.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! 9 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Banks
| [[Selby]]
| '''''Economy'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For The North Sea Fishing Co. Ltd.<ref name=Economy>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12502&ref=233046&vessel=ECONOMY |title=Economy |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Queen Elizabeth|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Queen Steamship Company (Limited).<ref name=GH180972>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 September 1872 |issue=10209 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Gomos|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 18 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''''Loch Fleet'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. D. & J. Sproat.<ref name=GH190972>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 September 1872 |issue=10210 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Saxon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. John Macfarlane & Co.<ref name=GH190972/>
|-----
! 18 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Strauss|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 21&nbsp;September
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Harland and Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Gaelic|1872|2}}'''
| Passenger and cargo ship
| For [[White Star Line]].
|-----
! 21 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Murray & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Marguerite|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Marquer Frères.<ref name=GH220972>{{Cite news |title=General Shipping Items |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 September 1872 |issue=10213 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co.
| [[Middleton, Hartlepool|Middleton]]
| '''{{SS|Penedo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 21 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Quarta|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 22 September
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Harland and Wolff]]
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Traffic|1872|2}}'''
| [[ship's tender|Tender]]
| For [[White Star Line]].
|-----
! 23 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Huddersfield|1872|2}}'''
| [[steamship]]
| For [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]].
|-----
! 24 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Ready|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Frolic|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times070972>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval And Military Intelligence |date=7 September 1872 |page=10 |issue=27476 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Barter & Son
| [[Brixham]]
| '''''Mary Varwell'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For William Varwell and others.<ref name=MV>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12411&ref=234088&vessel=MARY+VARWELL |title=Mary Varwell |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=27 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Whitehaven]]
| '''{{SS|Asiatic|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Union Royal Mail Co.<ref name=Times300972>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=30 September 1872 |page=5 |issue=27495 |column=A-B }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|Messrs. Laird Bros]].
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Corcovado|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=LM120273>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 February 1873 |issue=7820 }}</ref><ref name=LM280573>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1873 |issue=7910 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Gardner
| Hylton <!--North or South?-->
| '''''Kishon''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Richardson & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! 2 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. M'Fayden & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Furness Abbey|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For North Lonsdale Steamship Company,<ref name=GH031072/> or Messrs. Mories, Munro & Co.<ref name=GH141072>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1872 |issue=10231 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Sorata|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH031072>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 October 1872 |issue=10222 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. M'Kellar, M'Millan & Co.
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Georgette||2}}'''
| [[collier (ship type)|Collier]]
| For M. Lowden Jr.<ref name=GH051072>{{Cite news |title=Dumbarton - Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 October 1872 |issue=10224 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. & J. Inglis
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Java|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British India Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH041072>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 October 1872 |issue=10223 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Norden|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH071072>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 October 1872 |issue=10225 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|San Jacinto|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool and Texas Steamship Co.<ref name=GH081072>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 October 1872 |issue=10226 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henderson, Coulbourn & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Svend|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Mr. Carl.<ref name=GH091072>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Renfrew |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 October 1872 |issue=10227 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 October
| {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
| Újpesti Shipyard
| [[Budapest]]
| '''{{SMS|Leitha||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Leitha|river monitor}}
| For [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]].
|-----
! 17 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Lottie|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 17 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Carl Christian|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 19 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company (Limited)
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Glenlyon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Allan C. Gow & Co.<ref name=GH211072a>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Glenlyon" |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 October 1872 |issue=10237 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Barr & Shearer
| [[Ardrossan]]
| '''''Maggie Douglas'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For William M'Jannet.<ref name=GH211072>{{Cite news |title=Ardrossan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 October 1872 |issue=10237 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Pelayo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Serapio Acebal y Compagnia.<ref name=Pelayo>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200440&vessel=PELAYO |title=Pelayo |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas B. Seath & Co.
| [[Rutherglen]]
| '''''Red Rose'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For [[John Lancaster (MP)|John Lancaster]].<ref name=GH241072>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 October 1872 |issue=10240 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Dunluce Castle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. William and Montgomery Patterson.<ref name=GH241072/>
|-----
! 26 October
| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
| [[Kaiserliche Werft Danzig|Kaiserliche Werft]]
| [[Danzig]]
| '''{{SMS|Hansa|1872|2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]]
| For ''[[Kaiserliche Marine]]''.
|-----
! 28 October
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}}
| [[Imperial Arsenal]]
| [[Golden Horn]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ironclad|Mukaddeme-i Hayir||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Feth-i Bülend|Ironclad}}
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].
|-----
! 30 October
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| [[William Cramp & Sons]]
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{SS|Ohio|1872|2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[American Line]].
|-----
! 31 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[barclay Curle|Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co]].
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Colina|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Donaldson Bros.<ref name=GH011172>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 November 1872 |issue=10247 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Davison & Stokoe
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''{{SS|Annan|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For S. J. Glover & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Annan>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images18/AnnanDavison_Stokoe1872BillSwiftStudyApl2019.pdf |title=SS Annan |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|Messrs. Laird Bros]].
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Santa Rosa|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=LM030173>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Steamship Colombia |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1873 |issue=7786 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Jackson & Blake
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{SS|Teluk Mayer|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LIN031172>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Steamer |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=3 November 1872 |issue=1563 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Scallan
| [[Ringsend]]
| '''{{SS|The Crusader|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FJ151072>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Ringsend |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=15 October 1872 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Cortes|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Penelope|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Humphrey & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Portsoy'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Mr. Baxter and Mr. Robbie.<ref name=AJ061172a>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Jourlan |location=Aberdeen |date=6 November 1872 |issue=6513 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{SS|Ruthven|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ061172>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 November 1872 |issue=6513 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Esbjerg|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Esbjerg Dampskibsskelskabet.<!--per Danish shipping register 1873, given as "Esbjerg Steamship Company" by source--><ref name=GH061172/>
|-----
! 5 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|German Empire|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co.<ref name=NE010173/><ref name=NE130173>{{Cite news |title=Trial Trip of the Screw Steamer "German Empire" |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=13 January 1873 |issue=943 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Hamilton & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Harrington|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Commercial Steamship Co.<ref name=GH061172/>
|-----
! 5 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Wingate
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Minnesota|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For State Line Steamship Co. (Limited).<ref name=GH061172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 November 1872 |issue=10251 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. Simons & Co
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{SS|Ibrahimieh|1872|2}}'''
| [[Dredger]]
| For [[Isma'il Pasha of Egypt|Khedive of Egypt]].<ref name=GH071172/>
|-----
! 6 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Aitken & Mansel
| [[Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow|Kelvinhaugh]]
| '''{{SS|Mallard|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For John C. Aitken.<ref name=GH071172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 November 1872 |issue=10252 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Denny and Brothers|Messrs. William Denny & Bros]].
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Mandalay|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Patrick Henderson & Co.<ref name=GH141172/>
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Pachino|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For La Trinacria Societa di Navigazione a Vapeur.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. Stephen & Sons
| [[Linthouse]]
| '''{{SS|Pow An|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH141172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 November 1872 |issue=10258 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Easby|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 16 November
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| builder
| [[Chester, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{SS|Calima|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=Times051272>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=5 December 1872 |page=8 |issue=27552 |column=C-D }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''''Don'a Juana'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH181172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 November 1872 |issue=10261 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Lady Clare|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 16 November
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| Withy, Alexander & Co
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Memphis|1872|2}}'''
| [[Cargo ship]]
| For Cosmos Steam Shipping Co.<ref name=LM181172>{{Cite news |title=Local and General |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=18 November 1872 |issue=10798 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 November 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Ponce|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For F. A. de Albizuri.<ref name=Ponce>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200441&vessel=PONCE |title=Ponce |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Huntcliffe|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 18 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Fullarton & Co.
| [[Merksworth]]
| '''{{SS|Namaqua|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH191172>{{Cite news |title=Paisley |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 November 1872 |issue=10262 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dobie & Co
| [[Govan]]
| '''''Isle of Anglesea'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For S. Martin.<ref name=GH211172>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 November 1872 |issue=10265 }}</ref><ref name=GH161272>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1872 |issue=10285 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Rifleman|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Frolic|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times121072>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=12 October 1872 |page=5 |issue=27506 |column=C-D }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cunliffe & Dunlop
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Mersey|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. James & Alexander Allan.<ref name=GH221172>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 November 1872 |issue=10265 }}</ref>
|-----
! 23 November
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| Morley & Hill
| [[Marine City, Michigan]]
| '''{{SS|Jarvis Lord||2}}'''
| [[Lake freighter]]
| For John W. Moore & H. H. Brown.
|-----
! 26 November
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| 
| [[Delaware River]]
| '''{{SS|Acapulco|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]].<ref name=Times121272>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=12 December 1872 |page=10 |issue=27558 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Allsup
| [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| '''{{SS|Blende|1872|2}}'''
| [[Cargo ship]]
| For Laxey Steam Ship Co.<ref name=Blende>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10500&a1Page=2&ref=205510&vessel=BLENDE |title=Blende |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|Guayacan|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 3 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Pointhouse]]
| '''{{SS|Nelusko|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH041272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 December 1872 |issue=10275 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hanna, Donald & Wilson
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{SS|Peloro|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH041272a>{{Cite news |title=Paisley |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 December 1872 |issue=10275 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Reid & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Erna|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Charles Henderson & Co.<ref name=GH051272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 December 1872 |issue=10276 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 December
| {{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
| John Cuthbert
| [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]]
| '''{{HMS|Sandfly|1872|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 12 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Baron Selbourne|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For James MacCunn & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep095>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland095.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 36 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Denton, Gray & Co.
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Nellie Wise|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 12 December
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| Naval Dockyard
| [[Copenhagen]]
| '''{{HDMS|Odin|1872|2}}'''
| [[Ironclad]]
| For [[Royal Danish Navy]].
|-
! 14 December
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| C Mitchell & Co.
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Dunraven||2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For W Milburn.
|-----
! 14 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Nor|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 14 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richardson, Duck & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees|South Stockton]]
| '''{{SS|Wimbledon|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! 16 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Illimani|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Pacific Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH171272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 December 1872 |issue=10286 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 December
| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
| [[Kaiserliche Werft Danzig|Kaiserliche Werft]]
| [[Danzig]]
| '''{{SMS|Luise||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Ariadne|corvette}}
| For ''[[Kaiserliche Marine]]''.
|-----
! 17 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. Swan
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|America|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Black Diamond Line.<ref name=GH181272>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 December 1872 |issue=10287 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Charles Connell & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Castalia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Handyside & Henderson.<ref name=GH181272a/>
|-----
! 17 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Elder & Co.
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Halifax|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]].
|-----
! 17 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| J. G. Lawrie
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Marienburg|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Danzig Shipping Co.<ref name=GH181272a>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location= |date= 1872 |issue= }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Son
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Simeto|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Trinacria Steamship Company.<ref name=GH181272a/>
|-----
! 18 December
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Caird & Company]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Bokhara||2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].
|-----
! 18 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Chatham Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Zephyt|1872|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Ariel|gunboat}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times121072/>
|-----
! 20 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Alfred Simey & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Broomside|1872|2}}''' <!--listed under 1873-->
| [[Steamship]]
| For H. T. Morton.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep082>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland082.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 31 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=3 April 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 December
| {{flag|France}}
| Arsenal de Cherbourg
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad|Suffren||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Océan|ironclad}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 28 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.
| [[Footdee]]
| '''{{SS|Vanguard|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Punton & Mun.<ref name=AJ010173>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=1 January 1873 |issue=6521 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Ayr Shipbuilding Co.
| [[Ayr]]
| '''{{SS|Leopard|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Walter Grieve, Son, & Co.<ref name=GH311272/>
|-----
! 30 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. Stephen & Sons
| [[Dundee]]
| '''{{SS|Neptune|1872|2}}'''
| [[Whaler]]
| For Messrs. Job Bros.<ref name=GH311272/>
|-----
! 30 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[tod and macgregor|Messrs. Tod & MacGregor]]
| [[Partick]]
| '''{{SS|Santiago|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Ryde Line.<ref name=GH311272>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 December 1872 |issue=10298 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Denny and Brothers|Messrs. William Denny & Bros]].
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Venetia|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH311272/>
|-----
! 31 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Kinghorn]]
| '''{{SS|African|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Union Mail Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=GH020173>{{Cite news |title=Kirkcaldy |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 January 1873 |issue=10300 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| M. Pearse & Co.
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''{{SS|King Ermyn|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. G. T. Harper & Co.<ref name=NE010173/><ref name=NE020173>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Stockton |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=2 January 1873 |issue=934 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Archibald M'Millan & Sons
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|San Antonió|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool and Texas Steamship Co.<ref name=LM010173>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 January 1873 |issue=7784 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
| John Cuthbert
| [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]]
| '''{{HMS|Beagle|1872|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Beagle|schooner}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Montana|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM100680>{{Cite news |title=Advertisments & Notices |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 June 1880 |issue=10113 }}</ref>
|-----
! Summer
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Fife
| [[Fairlie, Ayrshire|Fairlie]]
| '''''Clarisse'''''
| [[cutter (ship)|Cutter]]
| For [[Lord Henry Lennox]].<ref name=GH190873>{{Cite news |title=Yachting Notes |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 August 1873 |issue=10496 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Denniston
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Acadian''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Allan Bros.<ref name=Searlep125>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland125.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1870s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Alonzo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Leetham Bros.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Edward Lindsay
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Alpha|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. R. Fell, Jr., & Co.<ref name=NC290372>{{Cite news |title=Trial Trip |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 March 1872 |issue=10292 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
| Thomas Davis
| [[Terrigal]]
| '''{{ship||Advance|1872|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Cairncross & Rooke.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alice Otto''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For George Otto.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ambassador''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. & J. Harrison.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Amboto''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Yturriaga & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company]]
| [[Hebburn-on-Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Antenor|1872|2}}'''
| Cargo ship
| For [[Ocean Steam Ship Company]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Davison & Stokoe
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Arbitrator''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. & J. Harrison.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Haswell
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ardmore''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Ross & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gilbert & Cooper
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Argyle|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Bailey & Leetham.<ref name=HP030173a/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Osbourne, Graham & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Almeria|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| Built on speculation. Subsequently sold to J. Hunter.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Argentino''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For River Parana Steam Ship Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Aristocrat''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Thomas Day & Co., or Day & Farlan.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Benton''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Hindhaugh & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Beulah''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. F. Middleton & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Bewick''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Joseph Heald.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph L. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Borthwick''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Michael Murphy.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Brighton''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Commercial Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Buenos Aires''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For [[Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft]].<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph L. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Buitron''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For John Tully & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Burlington''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Glove & Steel.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. H. Pearson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Catarina Sevastopulo''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Sevastopulo.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep071>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland071.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 24 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Gardner
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Charity''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Smith.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Charlaw|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Charles Albert|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Huart & {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Osborne, Graham & Co. Ltd
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Chillingham Castle|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. Hall.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|City of Dublin|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''City of Waterford''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For D. Carigan.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Osbourne, Graham & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Coanwood''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Alex Dick.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Colomba|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Porteous & Senier.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Colombo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co]].<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Consett''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. T. Morton.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Coromandel''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. & J. Wait.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Dawn|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Daybreak|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Delta|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Smith, Hill & Co.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Democrat''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Day & Farlan.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Don Mariano|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Dorcas''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For A. Smith and partners.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Crown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eagle''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For C. Hodgson.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| George Bidder
| [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]
| '''''Edith'''''
| [[fishing trawler|Steam trawler]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Edith>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11566&ref=226749&vessel=EDITH |title=Edith |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Banks Jr.
| [[Kilpin Pike]]
| '''''Edward & Esther'''''
| [[Fishing trawler]]
| For Edward Cornell.<ref name=EE>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11625&ref=233054&vessel=EDWARD+%26+ESTHER |title=Edward & Esther |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Edward Eccles''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For E. Eccles & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pickersgill
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Elizabeth Taylor''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Seed.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eliza Hunting''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For A. Strong.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Emerald''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. Weatherley & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| builder
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Emma|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For C. Wachter.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep048>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland048.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 8 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ennerdale''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Milburn Bros.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gilbert & Cooper
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Envoy|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Gee & Co.<ref name=HP030173a/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Ernst Moritz Arndt|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For {{ill|Baltischer Lloyd|de}}.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep071/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
| John Cuthbert
| [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]]
| '''[[HMS Alacrity (1872)|''Ethel'']]'''
| [[Yacht]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Eunice|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Thomas G. Greenwell and partners.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}
| [[Motala Verkstad]]
| [[Norrköping]]
| '''{{HSwMS|Fenris||2}}'''
| {{sclass|John Ericsson|monitor|1}}
| For [[Royal Swedish Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|F. T. Barry|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Gamma|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Smith, Hill & Co.<ref name=HP030173a/><ref name=HP030173>{{Cite news |title=Iron Shipbuilding |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=3 January 1873 |issue=4591 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pickersgill
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''George Booth''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Seed.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|George Elliot|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For William S. Hunter and Henry S. Pringle.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Georgian''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For John Lacy.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''German Emperor''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. S. Barwick & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gilston''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. D. Hill & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Norway|1844}}
| Knut Johannesson Skaale
| [[Rosendal, Norway|Rosendal]]
| '''{{ship||Gjøa||2}}'''
| [[Sloop]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Allsup
| [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| '''''Goldfinch'''''
| [[Steam yacht]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Goldfinch>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10500&ref=205509&vessel=GOLDFINCH |title=Goldfinch |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 September 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Gomes|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For H. Briggs.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{SS|Graphic|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ231072>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=23 October 1872 |issue=6511 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Great Western|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Great Western Steamship Line.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep075>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland075.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 26 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Gunga|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Rawson & Robinson.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Hadji|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship Co. Ltd.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep060>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland060.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 18 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=27 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Hamburg|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| 
| [[Cowes]]
| '''{{HMS|Harrier|1881|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date <!--April or May-->
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Harold Haarfanger|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BDP140572>{{Cite news |title=Middlesbrough |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=14 May 1872 |issue=4314 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Harry S. Edwards''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. S. Edwards.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Harton''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. Philipson.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Norway|1844}}
| Jørgensen & Knudsen
| [[Drammen]]
| '''{{ship||Hekla|barque|2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For S. S. Svendsen.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Gardner
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Helens''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Smith.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph L. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Henry Scholefield''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For John Tully & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''''Hercules'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Messrs. Houlder, Bros. & Co.<ref name=Times020173>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=2 January 1873 |page=2 |issue=27578 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| A. Simey & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Herman Edgar''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Henry E. Fry & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Hidalgo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Messrs Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co]].<ref name=HP030173a>{{Cite news |title=Steamers Added to the Port |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=3 January 1873 |issue=4591 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gilbert & Cooper
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Hilda|Gilbert & Cooper, 1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Grotrian & Co.<ref name=HP030173a/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Hindoo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Messrs Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co]].<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| 
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{ship||Iron Mountain|riverboat|2}}'''
| [[Stern-wheeler]]
| For Mound City Ice Company.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Denny and Brothers]]
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Jeddah||2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Singapore Steamship Company.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| [[Short Brothers of Sunderland|Short Bros]].
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|John Adamson|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For John Westoll Line.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep079/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Goill
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Joinville''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Briandau & {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=LM180772>{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=18 July 1872 |issue=10693 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''José Baro''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For L. Soler y {{abbr|Cia|Compagnia}}.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowdler, Chaffer & Co.
| [[Seacombe]]
| '''{{SS|Jovellanos|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Serapio Acebal y Compagnia.<ref name=Jovellanos>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10008&a1Page=9&ref=200423&vessel=JOVELLANOS |title=Jovellanos |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| J. G. Lawrie
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Knight Templar|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Baird & Brown.<ref name=LM110273>{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Steamer Knight Templar |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1873 |issue=7819 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Denniston
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Kung Ring''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Angfartygs A/B Thule.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Lequeirio|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Roman de Anduiza.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph L. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lestris''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Cork Steamship Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Libeo''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Societa de Navigazione à Vapeur La Trinacria.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lise''''' <!--listed as Idlewild, launched as Lise per note-->
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Edward T. Gourley.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| Leopold Schwede
| [[Mykolaiv|Nikolaev]]
| '''{{ship|Russian yacht|Livadia|1873|2}}'''
| [[Royal yacht]]
| For [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. & J. Gibbon
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Live Oak''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For H. Egglestone.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Richardson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ljubidrag''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Bielovucich.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co,
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Lumley|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For H. T. Morton & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Luneburg''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. T. Morton & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Nicholas Scoble
| [[Truro]]
| '''{{ship||Malpas Belle||2}}'''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Mandingo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs Rawson & Robinson.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Marcasite|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. H. W. Culliford & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep048/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Osbourne, Graham & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Maria Louisa''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bluer & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Marion''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For H. Ellis & Son.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Marqués de Núñez''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Olavarria & Lozano.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|United States|1867}}  [[Washington Territory]]
| Joseph Spratt
| [[San Juan Island]]
| '''{{PS|Maude|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Canadian National Steamship Company]].<ref name=Searlep092/><!--see under Archer entry-->
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Osbourne, Graham & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mecca''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. M. Hudson & Partners.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Iliff
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Minnie Breslauer''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. Breslauer & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| Robinson Hoffmand & Co
| [[Chester, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{USS|Mistletoe|1872|2}}'''
| [[Lighthouse tender]]
| For [[United States Lighthouse Service]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Mont Cenis|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Moorsley''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. Sharp.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
| [[Caird & Company]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Mosel|1872|2}}'''
| Mail steamer
| <ref>{{cite news |title=A Steamer Grounded Off The Lizard |work=The Cornishman |issue=213 |date=10 August 1882 |page=5}}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Aitken & Mansel
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{USS|Nahunta||2}}'''
| [[Barge]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Newbiggin|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Geoffrey Robison Dawson.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep075/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Canada|Dominion of Canada]]
| Peter Baldwin
| [[Quebec City|Quebec]]
| '''{{SS|Newfoundland||2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Allan Line]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| [[Detroit Dry Dock Company]]
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
| '''{{ship||Niagara|tug|2}}'''
| [[tugboat|Tug]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Nio|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For D. G. Pinkney.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1867}}
| 
| [[Trenton, Michigan]]
| '''''[[Noquebay]]'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For T H Madden.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Normanby''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For E. Pope.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Nuphar''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Robinson & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Olivet''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Davison & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Pedro J. Pidal|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Oscar de Olivarria & {{abbr|Cia|Compagnia}}., or Olavarria y Lozand.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep075/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey|Thomas Brassey & Co]].
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''''Perseverance'''''
| [[Barge]]
| For [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Board]].<ref name=Perseverance>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=5042&ref=231107&vessel=PERSEVERANCE |title=Perseverance |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Backhouse & Dixon.
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Peter Jepsen|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NE010173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Queen Victoria''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Queen Steamship Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ravensworth Castle''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Northumberland Steam Shipping Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Joseph L. Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Red Sea''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Dent & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Regalia''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Hall & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Iliff
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Reindeer|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Cory, Lohden & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}
| R & J Evans & Co
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship|Chilean transporter|Rímac|1872|2}}'''
| Cargo ship
| For [[Compagñía Sudamericana de Vapores]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Rinaldo|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Messrs Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co]].<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Roma''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Lloyd Italiano.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Royal Minstrel|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For E. Shotton & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Rubens|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Lamport & Holt.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep060/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Davison & Stokoe
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Saint Andrew|1872|2}}''' <!--not St. Andrew-->
| [[Steamship]]
| For George Jinman & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sam Weller''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For G. Bell & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date <!--April or May-->
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Backhouse & Dixon
| [[Middlesbrough]]
| '''{{SS|Sandringham|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BDP140572/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Savernake''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For La Trinacria Societa di Navigazione a Vapeur.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| A. Simey & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Serantes''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Johnson & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Shamrock|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For George Jinman & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Bretland, or Bretland & Angel
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship|ST|Shamrock|1872|2}}'''
| [[tugboat|Tug]]
| For Thomas Miller.<ref name=Shamrock>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10575&ref=206744&vessel=SHAMROCK |title=Shamrock |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Silbury''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Charles J. Fox.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Silistria''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. T. Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Blumer & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''South''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mersey Steamship Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Steady|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For T. H. Lyon.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Gilbert & Cooper
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Stephenson|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Moran & Co.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Surfit|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| g. short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Tabor''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Westoll.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrys & Pearson
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Theotonio|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Norway|1844}}
| Horten Navy Yard
| [[Horten]]
| '''{{HNoMS|Thor|1872|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Thor|monitor|1}}
| For [[Royal Norwegian Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Torino''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Lloyd Italiano.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Toronto|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For James Henry Wood Culliford.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Ulleswater|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Strachan & Co.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|Urania|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP030173/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer & Co.
| [[Jarrow]]
| '''{{SS|Vanessa|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH280572>{{Cite news |title=New American Cable |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 May 1872 |issue=10112 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
| 
| [[Bremerhaven]]
| '''{{SS|Vega|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ventnor''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Hill.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Iliff & Mounsey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Vesta''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For R. H. Penney.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pickersgill
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Vick and Mebane''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For T. Seed.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Wensleydale|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For E. & S. Milburn.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Davison & Stokoe
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Westella|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Jackson & Beaumont,<ref name=Searlep125/> or Hornstedt & Garthorne.<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Westminster''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For George G. Dale.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Doxford
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''West Riding''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Pope & Pearson.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John & William Brocklebank
| [[Ulverston]]
| '''''William Brocklebank'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For William Brocklebank.<ref name=WB>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=12534&ref=235264&vessel=WILLIAM+BROCKLEBANK |title=William Brocklebank |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=4 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| A. Simer & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''William Dawson''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For W. Dawson.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company]]
| [[Leamouth]]
| '''{{ship|BAP|Yapura||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Yavari|gunboat}}
| For [[Peruvian Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{SS|York|1872|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Thomas Wilson Sons & Co.|Wilson Line]].<ref name=HP030173a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Bartram & Haswell
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Zeus''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For C. J. Brightwell & Clo.<ref name=Searlep125/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. R. Oswald
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Zanzibar|1872|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Union-Castle Line|Union Steamship Co. Ltd]].<ref name=Searlep125/><ref name=Searlep071/>
|}

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

{{shipevents|1872}}

[[Category:Lists of ship launches|1872]]
[[Category:1872 in transport|Ship launches]]
[[Category:1872 ships| ]]