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The list of ship launches in 1855 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1855.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
6 January
United Kingdom
George Kelson Stothert & Co.
Bristol
Meander
Passenger ship
For James Moss & Co.
27 January
United States
Jacob Aaron Westervelt
New York City
Arago
Paddle steamer
For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company.
January
United States
Donald McKay
East Boston, Massachusetts
Great Republic
Extreme clipper
Relaunched, having caught fire December 27, 1853, shortly after first launch.[1] [2]
3 February
United States
New York Navy Yard
New York City
Sabine
Brandywine -class frigate
For United States Navy .
16 February
United States
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Santee
Frigate
For United States Navy
17 February
France
Brest Arsenal
Brest
Bretagne
Ship of the Line
For French Navy .
23 February
United States
New York Navy Yard
New York City
Niagara
Steam frigate
For United States Navy .
27 February
United Kingdom
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke
Repulse
Agamemnon -class ship of the line
For Royal Navy .
7 March
United Kingdom
J & R White
West Cowes
Grinder
Dapper -class gunboat
For Royal Navy .
March
France
Toulon Naval Yard
Toulon
Algésiras
Algésiras -class ship of the line
For French Navy .
March
United States
Irons & Grinell
Mystic, Connecticut
Andrew Jackson
Clipper
For J. H. Brower & Co.
March
United Kingdom
Watson & Allsop
Liverpool
Lady Lindsay
Steamship
For Rawcliffe, Pease, Whitehead and Moore & Sons.[3]
2 April
United Kingdom
C. J. Mare
Blackwall
Urgent
Troopship
For Royal Navy
3 April
New South Wales
Cuthberts Shipyard
Port Jackson
Spitfire
Gunboat
For Colony of New South Wales .
5 April
United Kingdom
Scott & Co.
Greenock
Madagascar
Steamship
For J. Rennie & Co.[4]
17 April
United Kingdom
Pembroke Dock
Pembroke
HMS Sutlej
Constance -class frigate
For Royal Navy .
25 April
United States
Hayden & Cudworth
Medford, Massachusetts
Thatcher Magoun
Extreme clipper
For Thatcher Magoun.[2] [5]
2 May
United Kingdom
Devonport Dockyard
Devonport
Conqueror
Conqueror -class ship of the line
For Royal Navy .
3 May
United Kingdom
Tod & McGregor
Glasgow
Ava
Passenger ship
For Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company .
20 May
France
Toulon Naval Yard
Toulon
Arcole
Algésiras -class ship of the line
For French Navy .
31 May
United Kingdom
Samuda Brothers
Cubitt Town
Alhambra
Steamship
For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company .
5 June
France
Lorient Naval Yard
Lorient
Lave
Dévastation -class ironclad floating battery
For French Navy .
10 June
France
Toulon Naval Yard
Toulon
Flèche
Étincelle -class gunboat
For French Navy
15 June
United States
Boston Navy Yard
Boston, Massachusetts
Merrimack
Steam frigate
For United States Navy .
26 June
United Kingdom
William Pitcher
Northfleet
Esmeralda
Corvette
For Chilean Navy .
30 June
United Kingdom
London
Victoria
Sloop of War
For Colony of Victoria
16 July
United Kingdom
James Laing
Sunderland
La Hogue
Full-rigged ship
For Duncan Dunbar.
31 July
United Kingdom
River Dee
Royal Charter
Steamship
Sank on being launched. Later refloated.[6]
24 August
Prussia
Lübke
Wolgast
Frauenlob
Schooner
For Prussian Navy .
12 September
United Kingdom
Chesapeake
Forte -class frigate
For Royal Navy .
13 September
United Kingdom
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich
Pearl
Pearl -class corvette
For Royal Navy .
17 September
Russia
New Admiralty Shipyard
Saint Petersburg
Retvizan
Ship of the line
For Imperial Russian Navy .
18 September
British North America
Quebec City
Tchernaya
Full-rigged ship
Ran aground on being launched.[7]
24 October
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wabash
Colorado -class frigate
For United States Navy .
25 October
France
Rochefort
Redoutable
Algésiras -class ship of the line
For French Navy .
2 November
United Kingdom
Money, Wigram & Son
Blackwall
Victor
Intrepid -class gunvessel
For Royal Navy .
13 November
United Kingdom
Wigram
London
Intrepid
Intrepid -class gunboat
For Royal Navy .
17 November
United States
Hayden & Cudworth
Medford, Massachusetts
Electric Spark
Extreme clipper
For Thatcher Magoun & Son.[2] [5]
20 November
United States
Paul Curtis
East Boston, Massachusetts
Golden Fleece
Clipper
24 November
United Kingdom
Portsmouth Dockyard
Portsmouth
Shannon
Liffey -class frigate
For Royal Navy .
1 December
United States
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, D.C.
Minnesota
Steam Frigate
For United States Navy .
8 December
United Kingdom
W & H Pitcher
Northfleet
Forward
Albacore -class gunboat
For Royal Navy .
13 December
United States
New York Navy Yard
New York City
Roanoke
Merrimack -class frigate
For United States Navy .
Unknown date
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arctic
Steamship
For United States Navy .
Unknown date
United States
Amesbury, Massachusetts
Arthur
Barque
Unknown date
Japan
Edo
Asahi Maru
Full-rigged ship
For Imperial Japanese Navy .
Unknown date
United States
Montell & Co.
Baltimore, Maryland
Carrier Dove
Clipper
For Trask & Dearborn.
date
United States
John Gunder North
San Francisco, California
Colorado I
Sternwheeler
For George A. Johnson & Company .
Unknown date
United States
James O. Curtis
Medford, Massachusetts
Enoch Train
Icebreaker
For Boston Stea Tow-boat Co.
Unknown date
United States
Morgan L. Taylor
New York City
J. A. Smith
Canal boat
Unknown date
New South Wales
Sydney
Herald
Paddle steamer
For North Shore Steam Company.
Unknown date
United States
Greenpoint, New York
Island Home
Steamboat
For New Haven Steamboat Company.
Unknown date
United States
Cincinnati, Ohio
Lancaster Number 3
Tow boat
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Sandycroft Ironworks
Deeside
Royal Charter
Auxiliary clipper
For Liverpool & Australian Steamship Navigation Company.
Unknown date
United States
Hayden & Cudworth
Medford, Massachusetts
Sancho Panza
Medium clipper
For John Ellerton Lodge .[5]
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Alexander Hall & Co.
Aberdeen
Schomberg
Clipper
For James Baines & Co.
Unknown date
United States
New York City
Shawsheen
Tugboat
Unknown date
United States
Shpusetown, Pennsylvania
Sovereign
Paddle steamer
Unknown date
Switzerland
Stadt Zürich
Steamboat
For Swiss Northeastern Railway .
Unknown date
United States
Hayden & Cudworth
Medford, Massachusetts
Thatcher Magoun
Clipper
For Thatcher Magoun & Sons
Unknown date
United States
Kensington, Pennsylvania
Victoria
Steamship
Unknown date
United States
Young America
Steamship
References
^ "THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION.; THREE CLIPPER-SHIPS DESTROYED. TOTAL LOSS OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC. Burning of the White Squall, and Joseph Walker. NINE BUILDINGS DESTROYED ON FRONT-ST. LOSS, $1,500,000. INSURANCE, $500,000 to $700,000. Additional Fire--Incendiarism, & c." The New York Times . New York. December 28, 1853. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2010 .
^ a b c Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details . Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-07-014501-6 .
^ "Supposed Loss of a Preston Steamer and Fourteen Lives". Liverpool Mercury etc . No. 2745 (Second ed.). Liverpool. 9 November 1855.
^ "Madagascar" . Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 26 June 2019 .
^ a b c Gleason, Hall (1937). Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford . Medford, MA: J.C. Miller. p. 78.
^ "Ship News". The Standard . No. 9690. London. 29 August 1855.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury etc . Liverpool. 6 October 1855.