The list of ship launches in 1848 includes a non-exhaustive, chronological list of ships launched in 1848. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 8 January Paddle steamer John Laird Birkenhead For Chester and Holyhead Railway. 8 January Margaret Schooner Messrs. J. Dawson & Co. Liverpool For private owner. 8 January Steamship Messrs. Tod & McGregor Partick For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. 19 January Andrew Foster Packet ship Williamsburgh, New York For private owner. 20 January Montreal Full-rigged ship Messrs. Denny & Rankin Dumbarton For Messrs. James & Alexander Allan. 21 January Empress Schooner John Anderton Runcorn For John Anderton, or Messrs. Giaive & partners. 21 January Steamship Robert Napier and Sons Govan For private owner. January Steamship Messrs. Caird & Co. Greenock For private owner. January Pilot Fish Full-rigged ship A. Halls & Co. Aberdeen For B. Darbyshire. January Saint Abbs Barque Austin & Mills Sunderland For J. Willis. 3 February Barque Messrs. John Scott & Sons Greenock For British Government. 5 February Brig Bombay India For Royal Navy. 7 February Bull Float Lightship Messrs. Gibsons, Clifford, and Brown Hull For Trinity House. 7 February Paddle sloop Oliver W. Lang Jr. Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 February Garland Merchantman James Laing Sunderland For James Laing. 15 February Tuscarora Full-rigged ship Vaughan & Lynn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Messrs. Cope's Liverpool Line. 21 February James Watt Steamboat Anderson North Shields For private owner. 22 February Steamship Messrs. Smith & Rodger Govan For private owner. February Isabella Walker Merchantman builder Sunderland For T. Walker. February Tertia Snow E. Brown Sunderland For Potts & Co. 3 March Kerslaw Barque Messrs. Barr & Shearer Ardrossan For private owner. 7 March Judy Schooner Messrs. Holman & Waters Topsham For Messrs. Treatt & Bicknell. 7 March Bombay Dockyard India For Royal Navy. 7 March Lady Montague East Indiaman Vaux Northam For private owner. 8 March Steamship Messrs. Smith & Rodger Govan For Andrew Greig. 8 March Fourth rate Thomas Blake Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 13 March Bordeaux For French Navy. 21 March Screw sloop Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 23 March Steamship Messrs. Tod and MacGregor Partick For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 28 March Asia Barque Mr. Stephen Dundee For private owner. 31 March Steamship Messrs. Denny Bros. Dumbarton For Dundee, Leith and London Shipping Company. 31 March Steamship Messrs. Denny Bros. Dumbarton For Dundee, Leith and London Shipping Company. March Isabella Muston Schooner W. & J. Pile Sunderland For Mr. Atkinson. 3 April Sophia Schooner Messrs. Eyton & Co. Mostyn For private owner. 4 April Devonport Dockyard for Royal Navy. 5 April Frigate Fincham Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 5 April Commerce Clipper Messrs. Geddes & Young Kingston on Spey For private owners. 5 April Research vessel Money Wigram & Sons Blackwall For Royal Navy. 5 April Screw sloop Fincham Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 6 April Panic Barque Messrs. Cato & Miller Liverpool For Thomas Ripley. 7 April Steamship Messrs. Denny Bros Dumbarton For Campbeltown Company. 8 April De Witt Clinton Packet ship Messrs. Perrine, Patterson & Stack New York For Black Star Line. 12 April Schah Jehan Full-rigged ship Messrs. Denny & Rankin Dumbarton For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co. 14 April Steamship Glasgow For British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. 17 April Charlotte Jane Full-rigged ship William Patterson Bristol For private owner. 28 April The Duke Schooner Messrs. Brindrit and Whiteway Runcorn For private owner. April Amaranth Merchantman William Carr Sunderland For Booth & Co. April Garrell Schooner William Napier Sr. Glasgow For Forth & Clyde Canal Company. April Luggie Schooner William Napier Sr. Glasgow For Forth & Clyde Canal Company. April Shirva Schooner William Napier Sr. Glasgow For Forth & Clyde Canal Company. 3 May Antoine Auriol Rochefort For French Navy. 3 May Ochtertyre Barque Messrs. Lunnan & Robertson Peterhead For private owner. 4 May Speculator Schooner Mason Runcorn For private owner. 4 May Victoria Schooner Mr. Duncan Kingston on Spey For Messrs. Forbes, Milne & Co. 5 May Corvette Cherbourg For French Navy. 13 May Steamship Messrs. Smith & Son Gainsborough For Gainsborough Steam Packet Company. 17 May Nantes For French Navy. 18 May Frigate Bombay India For British East India Company. 18 May Mosquito Yacht Messrs. Ditchburn & Mare Blackwall For private owner. 19 May Paddle steamer William H. Webb New York For Pacific Mail Steamship Company. 20 May Nantes For French Navy. May Amelia Gordon Brig Pictou Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. May Edward Barque Pictou Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. May Hardwicke Merchantman Ralph Hutchinson Sunderland For Nicholson & Thorman. 1 June Pembroke Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 June Steamship Messrs. Robert Steel & Co. Greenock For British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. 2 June Hugh Roberts Schooner William Roberts Nevin For private owner. 2 June Jane Schooner William Roberts Nevin For private owner. 2 June The Gem Schooner Innes Leith For private owner. 3 June Bonigta Clipper Messrs. Hall & Sons Footdee For William Killey. 3 June Jean Baudet Paimbœuf For French Navy. 3 June Helen Wallace East Indiaman Joseph Steel Liverpool For private owner. 20 June Don Quixote Schooner J. Roberts Pwllheli For W. Massey Williams. 29 June Kelvin Schooner Messrs. Napier & Crichton Glasgow For Forth & Clyde Canal Co. 30 June Airdrie Schooner Messrs. Napier & Crichton Glasgow For Forth & Clyde Canal Co. June Bonaparte Schooner Uddevalla For private owner June Arnaud Chaigneau Bordeaux For French Navy. June Ottawa Brig Pictou Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. 1 July Steamship Cork Steam Ship Company Cork For Cork Steam Ship Company. 1 July Jane Brigantine Bay of Fundy Colony of New Brunswick For private owner. 1 July Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 4 July Mona Yacht Quine Ramsey For William Drinkwater. 4 July Trafalgar East Indiaman Messrs. R. & H. Green Blackwall For Messrs. R. & H. Green. 17 July Mariner Snow J. King Sunderland For Mr. Thompson. 17 July Waterford Brig River John Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner. 29 July Corvette Bordeaux For French Navy. 31 July Joseph Germain Chéri Fauveau Brest, Finistère For French Navy. 31 July Brig Lorient For French Navy. July Arethusa Schooner William Jones Caernarfon For private owner. July Blenheim East Indiaman Newcastle upon Tyne For Messrs. T. & W. Smith. July Gwen Jones Schooner Mr. Christian Port Madoc For private owner. July Frigate Lorient For French Navy. July Margaret Merchantman South Shields For private owner. July Petilla Brigantine W. & J. Pile Sunderland For Tarbit & Co. 1 August Steamship Toulon For French Navy. 1 August Corvette Brest For French Navy. 15 August Balgownie Barque Messrs. Walter Hood & Co. Aberdeen For private owner. 16 August Saint-Malo For French Navy. 17 August Ardencraig Merchantman Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. Cannon, Miller & Co. 17 August Robina Mitchell Full-rigged ship Messrs. Archibald McMillan & Son Dumbarton For Thomas Mitchell. 22 August Paddle sloop Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 23 August Naomi Chinaman Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. Liverpool For Messrs. Pryde, Jones & Co. 28 August Jamestown Merchantman Ridgway Dungarvan For Michael Mahoney. 30 August Steamship Messrs. White Cowes Built for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, but sold to the Sicilian Government. 31 August Steamship C. Mare & Co. Hull For General Steam Navigation Company. 31 August Steamship New York For Ocean Navigation Steam Company. 31 August Steamship Messrs. Thos. Wingate & Co. Whiteinch For Hull & Leith Steam Packet Company. 31 August Peruvian Barque Messrs. A. Hall & Sons Aberdeen For private owner. August Ann Schooner J. Rodgerson Sunderland For Mr. M'Callum. August Durham Brigantine Pictou Colony of Nova Scotia For private owner August Industry Schooner Messrs. Lunnan & Robertson Peterhead For private owner. August steamship New York For private owner. 1 September Steamship Robert Napier and Sons Govan For Glasgow and Londonderry Steam Packet Company. 3 September Corvette Dunkerque For French Navy. 4 September Steamship Singapore Straits Settlements For Royal Navy. 5 September Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 14 September Paul Marie Leroux Cherbourg For French Navy. 15 September Boston Navy Yard For United States Navy 16 September Jægar East Indiaman Messrs. Clarke & Sons Liverpool For Messrs. Clarke & Sons. 16 September Steamship Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson & Co. Hull For Hull Steam Packet Co. 23 September Steamship Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Co. Blackwall For Edinburgh & Northern Railway Company. 26 September Pilot boat Jacob Aaron Westervelt New York For Josiah Johnson Sr. 29 September Steamship Messrs. John Reid & Co. Port Glasgow For the Duke of Sutherland and Mr. Matheson. September Granville Brig "Granville," Bay of Fundy Unknown For private owner September Henry Lawson Barque J. Mearns Sunderland For Mr. Lawson. September John Wood Full-rigged ship Messrs. Wood & Sons Marhport For private owner. September Madawska Merchantman Barclay, Curle & Co. Glasgow For private owner. September Utility Brigantine Rustico Colony of Prince Edward Island For private owner. 2 October Steamship Messrs. Pilcher Northfleet For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 10 October Orient Barque Walter Hood & Co. Aberdeen For private owner. 12 October Ariel Barque Messrs. Duthie Aberdeen For private owner. 30 October Sir Bevois Full-rigged ship Vaux Northam For private owner. October Jessie Barque Colony of New Brunswick For private owner. October Johnnes Freiderick Merchantman Memel For H. D. Bradhering. 2 November Vivid Schooner Messrs. Lunnan and Robertson Peterhead For Peterhead and London Shipping Company. 11 November Paddle steamer Bidwell & Banta Buffalo, New York For Charles M. Reed. 11 November Cursetjee Rostomjee Bombay India For Royal Navy. 13 November Steamship Messrs. Robinsons & Russel Poplar For Imperial Russian Government, or the Emperor of Russia. 14 November Sloop-of-war Portsmouth Navy Yard For United States Navy. 15 November The Black Prince Schooner William Jones Caernarfon For Mr. Jones. 19 November John Murray Merchantman Hylton Carr Hylton For S. Murray. 21 November Toulon For French Navy. 25 November Fourth rate Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 25 November Reindeer Merchantman Hall & Sons Footdee For private owner. 27 November Findhorn Brig J. Duncan Kingston on Spey For private owner. 28 November The Scotia Schooner John Duncan Kingston on Spey For Mr. Shand. 29 November Emma and Eliza Yorkshire Billyboy William Atkinson Goole For private owner. November James Heward Merchantman Margaret Reay Sunderland For B. Heward. November Myra Snow T. Tiffin Jr. & B. Tiffin Sunderland For Thomas & George Reed. 14 December Cyclops Schooner John Moore Castletown For Thomas Boyd. 27 December Tug Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co. Liverpool For private owner. 28 December Steamship Messrs. Greenstreet and Paton Liverpool For private owner. December Elizabeth Sloop Peterhead For private owner. Unknown date Man of war For Royal Swedish Navy. Unknown date Ann & Isabel Merchantman Sunderland For J. Robson. Unknown date Anne Snow W. Harty Sunderland For Robert Willerton. Unknown date Balmoral Schooner R. Forrest & Co Sunderland For R. Surtees. Unknown date Sidewheel steamer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Beatitude Snow Sunderland For Bird & Co. Unknown date Schooner Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy. Unknown date Bernicia Schooner R. Thompson Sunderland For Hay & Co. Unknown date Bernicia Barque James Laing Sunderland For Brodie & Co. Unknown date Black Friar Barque Sunderland For Mr. Greenwell. Unknown date Bounty of Providence Yorkshire Billyboy Edward Bannister Lincoln For private owner.