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The '''list of ship launches in 1855''' includes a chronological list of some [[ships]] launched in 1855.

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! Date
! Country
! Builder
! Location
! Ship
! Class 
! Notes
|-----
! 3 January
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Donald McKay]]
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''''McKay'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[James Baines & Co.|Black Ball Line]].<ref name=LM190155>{{Cite news |title=Another Clipper Ship for the "Black Ball" Line |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 January 1855 |issue=2656 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons
| [[South Shields]]
| '''''Mary Russell Mitford'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. T. Metcalfe & Sons.<ref name=NC120155>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 January 1855 |issue=9397 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Wigram's
| [[Poplar, London|Poplar]]
| '''''Southern Cross'''''
| [[Missionary ship]]
| For [[George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield)|George Selwyn]].<ref name=DN050155>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Southern Cross." |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 January 1855 |issue=2693 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Charles Hill & Sons
| [[Bristol]]
| '''''Naparina'''''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. Scrutton, Son, & Co.<ref name=BM060155>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=6 January 1855 |issue=3381 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 January
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Thomas Stack
| [[Williamsburg, New York]]
| '''{{ship||Ellwood Walter||2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For John B. Sandy.<ref name=LM020255>{{Cite news |title=Foreign Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 February 1855 |issue=2660 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{ship|HMY|Victoria and Albert|1855|2}}'''
| [[Royal yacht]]
| For [[Queen Victoria]].<ref name=Times150155>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=15 January 1855 |page=10 |issue=21951 |column=C-D }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Cork Steamship Company
| [[cork (city)|Cork]]
| '''{{SS|Dodo|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC230155>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Cork of the Dodo |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 January 1855 |issue=27481 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Richard Wilkinson
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Agamemnon''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Potts Bros.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ200155/>
|-----
! 18 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James & R. Mills
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Bosworth''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Wood, Spence & Blair.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep069>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland069.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 23 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Sir James''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Tyler & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NC260155>{{cite news |title=Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 January 1855 |issue= |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/sirjames1.jpg }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. Sykes & Garbutt
| Hylton <!--North or South-->
| '''''Snaresbrook''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For John Briggs.<ref name=NJ200155/><ref name=NC260155/>
|-----
! 18 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Wearmouth|1855|2}}''' 
| [[collier (ship type)|Collier]]
| For Bell & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ200155/><ref name=NC260155/><ref name=Searlep061/>
|-----
! 19 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Napier
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Fiery Cross|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Matheson & Co.<ref name=GH220155>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 January 1855 |issue=5424 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Tod & McGregor|Messrs. Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|City of Baltimore|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].<ref name=CM220155>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Largest Ship ever Built in Scotland |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 January 1855 |issue=20469 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 January
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Jacob Aaron Westervelt]]
| [[New York City]]
| '''{{SS|Arago|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company.
|-----
! 29 January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Dewdney
| [[Brixham]]
| '''''Dauntless'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=TEFP010255>{{Cite news |title=Brixham |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=1 February 1855 |issue=4633 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Hardie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alma''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Haddock & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ200155>{{cite news |title=Ship Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 January 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/alma1.jpg }}</ref><ref name=Searlep059>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland059.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 17 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. Mills Brothers
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Bosworth''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs Woods, Spence and Blair.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! January
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| 
| [[Quebec City]]
| '''''Chance'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH120155>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 January 1855 |issue=5421 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Donald McKay]]
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Donald McKay|clipper|2}}'''
| [[clipper|Extreme clipper]]
| For [[James Baines & Co.|Black Ball Line]].
|-----
! January 
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Donald McKay]]
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''''[[Great Republic]]'''''
| [[clipper|Extreme clipper]]
| Relaunched, having caught fire December 27, 1853, shortly after first launch.<ref>{{Cite news | title = 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. | newspaper = The New York Times | location = New York | page = 1 | date = December 28, 1853 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E7D6143EE13AA1575BC2A9649D946292D7CF | accessdate = 15 March 2010 }}
</ref>{{sfn|Crothers|1997|p=not cited}}
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Petrie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Henrietta Brewis''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Robert Brewis.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[River Clyde]]
| '''''Napoleon III'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH190155>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 January 1855 |issue=5423 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| T. D. Marshall
| [[South Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Propeller|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=DN090155>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 January 1855 |issue=2696 }}</ref>
|-----
! January
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Fleetwood]]
| '''''Wyre'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=PC270657>{{Cite news |title=Fleetwood |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=27 June 1857 |issue=2339 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Jackal|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC090255>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 February 1855 |issue=9401 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 February
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[New York Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Sabine|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Brandywine|frigate}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 5 February
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Rodeur|1855|2}}'''
| [[Aviso]]
| For French Navy.<ref name=Times191155>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=19 November 1855 |page=8 |issue=22215 |column=A-B }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Albert White
| [[Waterford]]
| '''''Avoca'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FJ210255>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Avoca |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=21 February 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Cunningham
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''''Kensington'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC230255>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 February 1855 |issue=9403 }}</ref><ref name=NC230255a>{{Cite news |title=Newcastle - Exports - Continued |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 February 1855 |issue=9403 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 February
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Santee|1855|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]]
|-----
! 17 February
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest Arsenal]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Bretagne|1855|2}}'''
| [[Ship of the Line]]
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 17 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Parry
| [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Hirael]]
| '''''Maid of Glan Ogwen'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC240255>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=24 February 1855 |issue=1459 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Scott
| [[Inverkeithing]]
| '''''Precursor'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=CM220255>{{Cite news |title=Inverkeithing |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 February 1855 |issue=20478 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Liverpool]]<!--Dingle Yard-->
| '''{{HMS|Resolute|1855|2}}'''
| [[Troopship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times060455>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=6 April 1855 |page=10 |issue=22021 |column=A-B }}</ref><ref name=LM200255>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Admiralty Troop Ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1855 |issue=2666 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Worthy
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''William Leckie''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep095/>
|-----
! 23 February
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[New York Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Niagara|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steam frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 27 February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
|
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Victor Emmanuel|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Agamemnon|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! February
| {{flag|Portugal|1830}}
| 
| [[Caminha]]
| '''''Dipomata'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM300856>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=30 August 1856 |issue=3467 }}</ref>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Barclay Curle|R. Barclay & Curle]]
| [[Stobcross]]
| '''{{SS|White Eagle|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH190255>{{Cite news |title=Avertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 February 1855 |issue=5432 }}</ref>
|-----
! February
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons
| [[Kelvinside, Glasgow|Kelvinside]]
| '''''White Eagle'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH020355>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 March 1855 |issue=5435 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bank Quay Foundry Company
| [[Warrington]]
| '''''Startled Fawn'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM050355>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1855 |issue=2669 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. A. Duthie & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Heather Bell'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ070355>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=7 March 1855 |issue=5591 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Watt
| [[Dysart, Fife|Dysart]]
| '''Saint Clair'''
| [[Barque]]
| For Fraser, Murdoch & Boyd.<ref name=CM260656>{{Cite news |title=Law Reports |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=26 June 1856 |issue=20826 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Turnbull & Craggs
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''''Euxine'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For Mr. Hutton.<ref name=NC160355>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 March 1855 |issue=9406 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| J. & R. White
| [[West Cowes]]
| '''{{HMS|Grinder|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dapper|gunboat}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 16 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Richard Williamson & Sons
| [[Harrington, Cumberland|Harrington]]
| '''''Herald of Fame'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC230355>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 March 1855 |issue=9407 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[William Denny and Brothers|Messrs. William Denny & Bros]].
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Caledonia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Miller & Sons.<ref name=GH190355>{{Cite news |title=Another Auxiliary to the Transport Service - Launch at Dumbarton |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 March 1855 |issue=5440 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 March
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad floating battery|Tonnante||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dévastation|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times210355>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=21 March 1855 |page=9 |issue=22007 |column=B-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 March
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Étincelle|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Étincelle|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times210355/>
|-----
! 19 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Watson & Allsup
| [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| '''{{SS|Lady Lindsay1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Pearce, Rawcliffe & Co.<ref name=PC170355>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the First Iron Screw Steamer Built in Preston |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=17 March 1855 |issue=2220 }}</ref><ref name=PC240355>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Lady Lindsay." |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=24 March 1855 |issue=2221 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Harvey & Co.
| [[Hayle]]
| '''''Nicholas Harvey'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC230355/>
|-----
! 19 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Volta|1855|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times230355>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=23 March 1855 |page=7 |issue=22009 |column=E-F }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. P. Chaloner, Sons, & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''West Derby'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Brown & Co.<ref name=LM200355>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 March 1855 |issue=2673 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flag|France}}
| Toulon Naval Yard
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Arcole|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Algésiras|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]]. Also reported as built at [[Cherbourg]].<ref name=Times191155/>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Conquest'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM230355>{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 March 1855 |issue=2674 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| David Griffiths
| [[Cardigan, Ceredigion|Cardigan]]
| '''''Elizabeth Anne'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC230355/>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John & Robert White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Heroes of Alma'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For James Shepherd.<ref name=HPT180355>{{Cite news |title=Isle of Wight |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=18 March 1855 |issue=2893 }}</ref><ref name=MC230355>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=23 March 1855 |issue=27532 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Lord Cardigan|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Gee & Co.<ref name=HP230355>{{Cite news |title=Iron Steam Ship Launches |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 March 1855 |issue=3663 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{PS|Lord Worsley|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle Steamer]]
| For [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]].<ref name=HP230355/>
|-----
! 27 March
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Jacob Aaron Westervelt|Jacob A. Westervelt, Sons, & Co]].
| [[New York City|New HYork]]
| '''{{ship||Edwin Forrest|pilot boat|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For New York Pilots.
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Neptune Iron Works
| [[Waterford]]
| '''{{SS|Norah|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Waterford Steamship Company.<ref name=DN060455>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Steam-ship at Waterford |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 April 1855 |issue=2771 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Money, Wigram & Son
| [[Blackwall Yard]]
| '''{{HMS|Surly|1855|2}}'''
| [[Bomb vessel]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! March
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Arsenal de Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Algésiras|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Algésiras|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! March
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Irons & Grinell
| [[Mystic, Connecticut]]
| '''{{ship||Andrew Jackson|clipper|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For John H. Brower & Co.
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[River Tyne]]
| '''{{PS|Camoens|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Tagus Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=NC160355/>
|-----
! March
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French ship|Flamme|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Étincelle|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC100455>{{Cite news |title=Express from Paris |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 April 1855 |issue=27547 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Watson & Allsop
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Lady Lindsay|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Rawcliffe, Pease, Whitehead and Moore & Sons.<ref name=LM091155>{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Preston Steamer and Fourteen Lives |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=9 November 1855 |issue=2745 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Michael Byers
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Northumbrian''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Scott & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep049>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland049.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 9 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=26 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[scotts of Greenock|Messrs. John Scott & Sons]]
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Oneida|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Canada Ocean Steamship Company.<ref name=GH160756>{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 July 1856 |issue=5633 }}</ref>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Jarrow]]
| '''{{SS|Rosedal|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC160355/>
|-----
! March
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Mare & Co.
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Transit|1855|2}}'''
| [[Troopship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HP300355>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=30 March 1855 |issue=3664 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company|C. J. Mare]]
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Urgent|1855|2}}'''
| [[Troopship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. Leighton & Co.
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Providence''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NJ070455/>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[New South Wales]]
| Cuthberts Shipyard
| [[Port Jackson]]
| '''{{HMCS|Spitfire||2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[Colony of New South Wales]].
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French ship|Tempête|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times070455/>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Tocsin|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bombe|mortar vessel}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC100455/><ref name=Tocsin>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30524 |title=French mortar vessel 'Le Tocsin' (1855) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=28 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French ship|Tourmente|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times070455>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=7 April 1855 |page=7 |issue=22022 |column=A-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''Not named'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM060455>{{Cite news |title=Launches by Mr. Laird |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 April 1855 |issue=2678 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Sebastian''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Joyce & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ070455/>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Alexander Hall & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{ship||Schomberg|1855|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[James Baines & Co.|Black Ball Line]].<ref name=AJ040455>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Australian Clipper-ship "Schomberg," the largest ever built in Aberdeen |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 April 1855 |issue=5595 |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Liverpool]]<!--Dingle Yard-->
| '''{{SS|Assistance|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For British Government.<ref name=Times170955a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=17 September 1855 |page=10 |issue=22161 |column=B-C }}</ref><ref name=LM060455/>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Pickersgill & Miller
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Enchantress''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. A. Marks.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ070455>{{cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 April 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/enchantress2.jpg }}</ref><ref name=Searlep073/>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Scott & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{ship||Madagascar|1855 ship|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[John T. Rennie|J. Rennie & Co]].<ref name=Madagascar>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=19941 |title=Madagascar |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=26 June 2019}}</ref>
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Schomberg'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[James Baines & Co.|Black Ball Line]].<ref name=Times090455>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch at Aberdeen of the Schomberg |date=9 April 1855 |page=9 |issue=22023 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Carbon|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC100455a>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 April 1855 |issue=27547 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Rodgers
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Armenian|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Lewis Potter & Co.<ref name=LM200455a>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 April 1855 |issue=2682 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Marne|1855|2}}'''
| [[Transport ship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT210455/>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Haswell
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''''Caribbean'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For John Hay.<ref name=NC200455>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 April 1855 |issue=9411 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad floating battery|Dévastation||2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Dévastation|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times191155/>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Mare & Co.
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Meteor|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN180455>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 April 1855 |issue=2781 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Derwenlas]]
| '''''Miss Evans'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For R. Evans.<ref name=NW210455a>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Machynlleth |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=21 April 1855 |issue=1467 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Sutlej|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Constance|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 17 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. C. J. Mars & Sons
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Thunder|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN180455/>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Aln'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For G. Bowman & T. Drummond.<ref name=Aln>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=204979&vessel=ALN |title=Aln |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Eclair|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times191155/>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. & H. Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Glatton|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN180455/><ref name=HPT210455>{{Cite news |title=The Baltic Fleet |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=21 April 1855 |issue=2898 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mr. Thomas
| [[conwy|Conway]]
| '''''Penelope'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Cropper & Bell.<ref name=NWC210455>{{Cite news |title=Conway. - Launch of the "Penelope." |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=London |date=21 April 1855 |issue=1467 }}</ref>
|-----
! 18 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. R. & H. Green<!--per HPT210455-->
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Trusty|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN180455/>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Bombe|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Bombe|mortar vessel}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times230455>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=23 April 1855 |page=9 |issue=22035 |column=C-E }}</ref><ref name=Bombe>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30522 |title=French mortar vessel 'La Bombe' (1855) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=28 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer Bros.
| [[Jarrow]]
| '''{{SS|Elba|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. R. S. Newall & Co.<ref name=DN260455>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 April 1855 |issue=2788 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Alloa]]
| '''''George Kydd'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Bailie Kydd.<ref name=CM300455>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 April 1855 |issue=20497 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Harvest Home'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co.<ref name=LM200455>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Harvest Home |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 April 1855 |issue=2682 }}</ref><ref name=MT210455/>
|-----
! 19 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. George Milne & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Nightingale'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ250455>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 April 1855 |issue=5598 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Fournaise|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bombe|mortar vessel}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times270455>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=27 April 1855 |page=7 |issue=22039 |column=B-C }}</ref><ref name=Fournaise>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30523 |title=French mortar vessel 'La Fournaise' (1855) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=28 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|St. Louis|1855|2}}'''
| [[Ship of the line]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times070156>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=7 January 1856 |page=7 |issue=22257 |column=A-F |edition=Third }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Hayden & Cudworth
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Thatcher Magoun|clipper|2}}'''
| [[clipper|Extreme clipper]]
| For Thatcher Magoun.{{sfn|Crothers|1997|p=not cited}}{{sfn|Gleason|1937|p=78}}
|-----
! 26 April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Edward Potts
| [[Seaham]]
| '''''Wynyard''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For M. Moore.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! 30 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Poudre|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT050555>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=5 May 1855 |issue=2900 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 April
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Sainte Barbe|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT050555/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Empress Eugenie|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For North and West of France Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=MT210455/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Scotts of Greenock|Messrs. Scott & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|European|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=DN250555>{{Cite news |title=The Court |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 April 1855 |issue=2787 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Fusileer'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. Colesworth, Wynne & Lyne.<ref name=MT210455/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| 
| '''''Glenalmond'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH090156>{{Cite news |title=Aedvertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1856 |issue=5552 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Jourdain|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales]].<ref name=MT210455/>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| T. D. Marshall
| [[South Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Powerful|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For North of Europe Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=NC200455a>{{Cite news |title=Iron Shipbuilding |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 April 1855 |issue=9411 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Tayleur & Co
| [[Warrington]]
| '''{{SS|Retreiver|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MT210455>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches on the Mersey |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=21 April 1855 |issue=675 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| T. D. Marshall
| [[South Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Urina|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC200455a/>
|-----
! 1 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Lance|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT050555/>
|-----
! 1 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Redoute|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT050555/>
|-----
! 1 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Torche|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bombe|mortar vessel}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT050555/><ref name=Torche>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30525 |title=French mortar vessle 'La Torche' (1855) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=28 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI|}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Conqueror|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Conqueror|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Whitehaven]]
| '''''John O'Gaunt'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM050555b>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 May 1855 |issue=2687 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Alarme|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times050555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=5 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22046 |column=E-F }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Ava|1855|2}}'''
| [[Passenger ship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Arrow Leithead
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Coringa''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For John Hay.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep068/>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Ernestine|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HP040555>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Ernestine |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 May 1855 |issue=3669 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co.
| [[Millwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Etna|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[Royal Navy]]. Caught fire and self-launched, damaged beyond repair.<ref name=Times040555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Great Fire At Millwall |date=4 May 1855 |page=10 |issue=22045 |column=E }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Meurthe|1855|2}}'''
| [[Transport ship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times050555/>
|-----
! 3 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Ferguson, McCallum, & Baird
| [[Flint, Flintshire|Flint]]
| '''''Sarah Ellen'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM080555a>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 May 1855 |issue=2687 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Watson
| [[Banff, Aberdeenship|Banff]]
| '''''The Banffshire'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ160555>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Banff |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 May 1855 |issue=5601 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. C. Hill & Sons
| [[Bristol]]
| '''''Fontabelle'''''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Charles Dawson.<ref name=BM050555>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=5 May 1855 |issue=3398 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son
| [[Toxteth]]
| '''{{SS|Labuan|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Eastern Archipelago Company.<ref name=LM080555>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Steam-ship Labuan |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 May 1855 |issue=2687 }}</ref>
|-----
! 5 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Trombe|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Bombe|mortar vessel}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=GH110655>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 June 1855 |issue=5464 }}</ref><ref name=Trombe>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=30526 |title=French mortar vessel 'La Trombe' (1855) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=28 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 May
| {{flag|France}}
| Toulon Naval Yard
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French gunboat|Flèche|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alarme|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times140555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=14 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22063 |column=D-F }}</ref><ref name=DN140555>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Daily News |location=Londopn |date=14 May 1855 |issue=2803 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Holyhead]]
| '''''The Mermaid'''''
| [[Yacht]]
| For Thomas Hirste.<ref name=NWC120555>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=12 May 1855 |issue=1470 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Alerte|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alerte|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times140555/>
|-----
! 12 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Bourrasque|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alerte|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT190555>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=19 May 1855 |issue=2902 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 May
| {{flag|France}}
| {{abbr|M.|Monsieur}} Normand
| [[Havre de Grâce]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Dragonne|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times160555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=16 May 1855 |pages=9-10 |issue=22055 |column=F, A }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 May
| {{flag|France}}
| {{abbr|M.|Monsieur}} Normand
| [[Havre de Grâce]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Aigrette|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Alarme|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times160555/>
|-----
! 15 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Roberts
| [[Holyhead]]
| '''''Jane and Anne'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For W. Hurlbutt.<ref name=NWC190555>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=19 May 1855 |issue=1471 }}</ref><ref name=NWC260555>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=London |date=26 May 1855 |issue=1472 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Couleuvrine|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alerte|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times210555/>
|-----
! 16 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Fusée|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times210555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=21 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22059 |column=B-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. White
| [[East Cowes]]
| '''''Cecile'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham|Marquess of Conynghm]].<ref name=FJ210555>{{Cite news |title=Aquatics |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=21 May 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Toward
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{ship|ST|Great Conquest|1855|2}}'''
| [[tugboat|Tug]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NC250555>{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 May 1855 |issue=9416 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Kelso''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For John R. Kelso.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep075>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland075.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 26 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=26 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Liverpool]] <!--Dingle Yard-->
| '''{{SS|Marquez d'Olinda|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For R. Rawsthorne.<ref name=LM180555>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1855 |issue=2690 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Robinson, or J. & J. Robinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Viscount Canning''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For J. Prowse.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep076>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland076.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 27 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=26 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co.
| [[Renfrew]]
| '''{{ship|ST|Rattler|1855|2}}'''
| [[tugboat|Tug]]
| For Liverpool Tug Company.<ref name=GH210555>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Renfrew |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 May 1855 |issue=5458 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 May
| {{flag|France}}
| {{abbr|M.|Monsieur}} Normand
| [[Havre de Grâce]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Fulminante|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alarme|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=MC250555>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 May 1855 |issue=27585 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| George Cox
| [[Bideford]]
| '''''Sarah Newmann'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For John Leech.<ref name=DN260555>{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in Devonshire |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 May 1855 |issue=2814 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Napier
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Earl of Erne|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool and Dundalk Steam Packet Company.<ref name=LM290555>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer for the Dundalk Trade |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 May 1855 |issue=2693 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Havre de Grâce]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Avalanche|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alarme|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times290555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=29 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22066 |column=E-F }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 May
| {{flag|France}}
| Lorient Naval Yard
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad floating battery|Lave||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dévastation|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times280555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=29 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22065 |column=A-B |edition=Second }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Samuda Brothers]]
| [[Cubitt Town]]
| '''{{ship||Alhambra|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company]].
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Wilkinson
| [[Deptford, Sunderland|Deptford]]
| '''''Caroline Coventree''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Conventree Dundass.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ020655>{{cite news |title=Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 June 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/carolinecoventry1.jpg }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Gibson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Electra''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Joseph Shield, Son, & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ020655/>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Lightfoot
| Hylton Dene<!--North or South?-->
| '''''Gem of the Nith''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For John Morton.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ020655/>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Briggs
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Queen of the North''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Bradley & Potts.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ020655/>
|-----
! 31 May
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Queen of the South''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For John Morton,<ref name=NJ020655/> or Martin & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep095>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland095.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 36 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=26 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! May
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Le Mourillon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Mitraille|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Alarme|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=HPT020655>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=2 June 1855 |issue=2904 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 June
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French ship|Congreve|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dévastation|ironclad floating battery}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=GH110655/>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Brunswick|1855|2}}'''
| Modified {{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=CM080655>{{Cite news |title=The War |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 June 1855 |issue=20508 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Manchester|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]].<ref name=HP080655>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=8 June 1855 |issue=3674 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Strident|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=LM050655>{{Cite news |title=Foreign Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 June 1855 |issue=2695 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Vigo|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM050655a>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 June 1855 |issue=2695 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{PS|Ant|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Messrs. Hetherington.<ref name=LM150655>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Vessel for the Rock Ferry |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 June 1855 |issue=2698 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Robinson & Co.
| [[cork (city)|Cork]]
| '''{{SS|Flora|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Joseph Malcolmson.<ref name=FJ160655>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Cork |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=16 June 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 9 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Anderton
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Borland'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM150655a>{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 June 1855 |issue=2698 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Webster
| [[Fraserburgh]]
| '''''Florence Nightingale''''', or '''''Nightingale'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=AJ200655>{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=20 June 1855 |issue=5606 }}</ref><ref name=AJ200655a>{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=20 June 1855 |issue=5606 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 June
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Charleston Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Merrimack|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steam frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]].<ref name=Times020755a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=2 July 1855 |page=11 |issue=22095 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. James & George Thomson
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Clansman|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. David Hutcheson & Co.<ref name=GH180655>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 June 1855 |issue=5466 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Pile
| [[Hartlepool]]
| '''{{ship||Fanny Nicholson||2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For John McArthur & William Andrews.
|-----
! 18 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Follett
| [[Teighmouth]]
| '''''Ellen Radford'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=TEFP210655>{{Cite news |title=Teignmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=21 June 1855 |issue=4653 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{ship|Chilean corvette|Esmeralda||2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[Chilean Navy]].
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Harvey
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Inkermann'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=IJ070755>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=7 July 1855 |issue=6061 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Edward Jones
| [[Pwllheli]]
| '''''Newnham'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For Le Maistre & Co.<ref name=NWC070755>{{Cite news |title=Pwllheli - Ship Launch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=7 July 1855 |issue=1478 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Paisley
| [[Passage West]]
| '''''Queenstown'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Messrs. Scott & Co.<ref name=FJ030755>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Passage |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=dublin |date=3 July 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Thessalia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Papayanni & Mussabini.<ref name=CM030755>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 July 1855 |issue=20518 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Young, Magny & Co.
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''{{HMVS|Victoria|1855|2}}'''
| [[Sloop of War]]
| For [[Colonial navies of Australia#Victoria|Colony of Victoria]].<ref name=Times020755>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of an Australian War Steamer |date=2 July 1855 |page=10 |issue=22095 |column=D }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Wilkinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Catherine''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Ingram.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! June
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ironclad floating battery|Foudroyante||2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dévastation|ironclad floating battery|1}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times020655>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=2 June 1855 |page=9 |issue=22070 |column=A-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Stephen & Sons
| [[Dundee]]
| '''''Beemah'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Messrs. Willis and Company.<ref name=CM040755>{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in Dundee |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 July 1855 |issue=20519 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Robert Napier and Sons]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{RMS|Persia||2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For [[Cunard Line]].<ref name=GH290655>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 June 1855 |issue=5469 }}</ref><ref name=GH020755>{{Cite news |title=Approaching Launch of the Persia |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 July 1855 |issue=5470 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hall
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Sea Star'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For D. Louttit.<ref name=AJ040755>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 July 1855 |issue=5608 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Wingate & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Dredger No. 6|1855|2}}'''
| [[Dredger]]
| For Clyde Trust.<ref name=GH090755>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 July 1855 |issue=5473 }}</ref>
|-----
! 7 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Stothert & Fripp
| [[Hotwells]]
| '''{{SS|Araxes|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM140755>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Fine Iron Steamer |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=14 July 1855 |issue=3408 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[tod & McGregor|Messrs. Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{ship|SY|Finnart|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steam Yacht]]
| For Mr. McGregor.<ref name=CM140755>{{Cite news |title=New Screw Steam Yacht |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=14 July 1855 |issue=20528 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Richard Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''Agamemnon'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC160755>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Blackwall |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 July 1855 |issue=27629 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Durant|1855|2}}'''
| [[Transport ship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times190755>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=19 July 1855 |page= |issue=22110 |column=A-C }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Lawrence, Hill & Co.
| [[Port Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|Gambia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For African Steam Ship Company.<ref name=GH180755>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 July 1855 |issue=5477 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| James Geddie
| [[Garmouth]]
| '''''Grace'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Messrs. Forrest & Florence.<ref name=AJ250755>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 July 1855 |issue=5611 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{ship||La Hogue|1855|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Duncan Dunbar (junior)|Duncan Dunbar]].
|-----
! 16 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Humphrey & Son
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''''Robert Keddey'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Thomas Colgan.<ref name=HP200755>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a London Trader |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=20 July 1855 |issue=3680 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Eugenie'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Dawson & Co.<ref name=Eugenie>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207962&vessel=EUGENIE |title=Eugenie |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 21 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Alexander Denny
| [[Dumbarton]]
| '''{{SS|Rob Roy|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH270755>{{Cite news |title=New Steamer for Loch Katrine |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 July 1855 |issue=5481 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Cork Steamship Company
| [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
| '''{{SS|Osprey|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FH310755>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=31 July 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Henry Balfour & Co.
| [[Leven, Fife|Fife]]
| '''{{PS|Primer Argentino|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Messrs. Joseph Green & Co.<ref name=LM100855>{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 August 1855 |issue=2713 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Adamson
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Ann Adamson''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For William Adamson.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855>{{cite news |title=Ship Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 August 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/annadamson1.jpg }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Barker
| [[Monkwearmouth]]
| '''''Ann Elizabeth''''', or '''''Ann & Elizabeth''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Wright.<ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Michael Byers & Co.
| [[Monkwearmouth]]
| '''''Constantia''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For H. Parker.<ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. John Davidson & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''Cosmos'' 
| [[Barque]]
| For R. J. Brown.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. Sykes, Talbot & Sykes
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Day Star''''' 
| [[snow ship|Snow]]
| For William Allen.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Ray & Sons
| [[Portsmouth]]
| '''''Duchess of Marlborough'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC060855>{{Cite news |title=The Two "Marlboroughs." |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 August 1855 |issue=27647 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Thomas Henderson
| [[Pallion]]
| '''{{SS|Indomitable|1855|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For R. J. Brown.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Naizby
| Hylton <!--North or South?-->
| '''''Isabella''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For G. Smith.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Penguin''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. R. H. Potts & Bros.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Bartram & Sons
| [[South Shields]]
| '''''Progress''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For George Lawson.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 30 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. Forrest & Jackson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''Not named''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Forrest & Jackson.<ref name=NJ040855/>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Whitehaven]]
| '''''Cormorin'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times020855>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=2 August 1855 |page=12 |issue=22122 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Croiseur|1855|2}}'''
| [[Aviso]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times191155/>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mark Pearson
| [[Goole]]
| '''''Fanny'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM040855>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=4 August 1855 |issue=6359 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Marlborough|1855|2}}'''
| [[First rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 31 July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Sandycroft]]
|'''{{ship||Royal Charter|ship|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Australian Screw Steamship Company.<ref name=Times151255>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Auxiliary Steampower To Australia |date=15 December 1855 |page=7 |issue=22238 |column=F }}</ref> Sank on being launched. Later refloated.<ref name=S290855>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 August 1855 |issue=9690 }}</ref><ref name=TEFP201059>{{Cite news |title=Miscellanea |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=20 October 1859 |issue=4880 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Earle
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Alert|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Ringrose.<ref name=HP060755>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=6 July 1855 |issue=3678 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Bittern''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For William Snowball & John Murch.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep044>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland044.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 5 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Duthie & Cochar
| [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]]
| '''''Minorva'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Collie & Co.<ref name=MC020855>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 August 1855 |issue=27644 }}</ref>
|-----
! July
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Prince Edward Island]]
| 
| [[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island|Georgetown]]
| '''''Peri'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BNL310855>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=31 August 1855 |issue=12236 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon
| [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]]
| '''{{PS|Bee|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Messrs. Hetherington.<ref name=LM150655/><ref name=LM070855>{{Cite news |title=Launches on the Clyde |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1855 |issue=2712 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[tod & McGregor|Messrs. Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| '''{{SS|City of Washington|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Liverpool and Philadelphia Line.<ref name=GH300755>{{Cite news |title=Launch on Wednesday First |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1855 |issue=5482 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Whitehaven]]
| '''''Comorin''''', or '''''Coromine'''''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[Brocklebank Line|Messrs. Thomas Brocklebank & Co]].<ref name=LM020855/><ref name=MC020855/>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Rennie, Johnson & Rankin
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Fiery Cross'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Messrs. John & James Campbell.<ref name=LM020855/>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Fletchers
| [[Goole]]
| '''Lizzy'''
| [[Sloop]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM040855/>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{PS|Prince Patrick|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=LM310755>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 July 1855 |issue=2711 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bank Quay Foundry
| [[Warrington]]
| '''''Sarah Palmer'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Jones, Palmer & Co.<ref name=LM020855>{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 August 1855 |issue=2872 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Westaway
| [[Lowestoft]]
| '''''Pauline'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For Mr. Andrews and others.<ref name=IJ110855>{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=11 August 1855 |issue=6066 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Vedra|1855|2}}''' 
| [[collier (ship type)|Collier]]
| For W. Stobart.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA160855>{{cite news |title=Launch of the "Vedra," an Iron Collier |newspaper=North & South Shields Gazette, and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser |date=16 August 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images17/vedra6.jpg }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Dialmath|1855|2}}'''
| [[Aviso]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times180855/>
|-----
! 14 August
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| T. C. Lee
| Hare Point
| '''''Meteor'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Funck, Meinke & Co.<ref name=MC040955a>{{Cite news |title=Launch of First Vessel Built in Canada on Foreign Account |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 September 1855 |issue=27672 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 August
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Brest, France|Brest]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Podor|1855|2}}'''
| [[Aviso]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times180855>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=18 August 1855 |page=9 |issue=22136 |column=B-D }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & R. White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Red Coat'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT180855>{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=18 August 1855 |issue=2915 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Bayley & Sons
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Alarm'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Edward & George Johnson.<ref name=IJ180855>{{Cite news |title=Ipswich, Saturday, August 18 |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=18 August 1855 |issue=6067 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Brownlow & Lumsden
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Martlet|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Brownlow & Co.<ref name=HP170855>{{Cite news |title=Another Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=17 August 1855 |issue=3684 }}</ref><ref name=HP140955>{{Cite news |title=The Martlet Steamer |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 September 1855 |issue=3688 }}</ref><ref name=Martlet>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10034&ref=222703&vessel=MARTLET |title=Martlet |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{PS|Moss|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Moss Steamboat Company.<ref name=MC240855/>
|-----
! 17 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Nordstjernon|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Bergen Steam Packet Company.<ref name=MC240855>{{Cite news |title=Launches at Greenock |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=24 August 1855 |issue=27663 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 August
| {{flag|Prussia}}
| Lübke
| [[Wolgast]]
| '''{{SMS|Frauenlob||2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Prussian Navy]].
|-----
! 27 August
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Isère|1855|2}}'''
| [[Transport ship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times300855>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=30 August 1855 |page=7 |issue=22146 |column=C-E }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 august
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Earle
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|North Sea|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.<ref name=HP240855>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the North Sea |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=24 August 1855 |issue=3685 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Pile Jr.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{ship||Walmer Castle|1855 ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For Green & Co.
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| T. R. Carke Jr.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''''Georgina'''''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Messrs. Yates, Brown & Co.<ref name=LM310855>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 August 1855 |issue=2719 }}</ref><ref name=MC310855>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=31 August 1855 |issue=27669 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Hugh Banister
| [[Tarleton]]
| '''''Mary and Jane'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For Thomas Harrison & James Taylor.<ref name=PC010955>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=1 September 1855 |issue=2244 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Lugars
| [[King's Lynn]]
| '''''Royal Arthur'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC030955>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 September 1855 |issue=27671 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Bayled & Sons
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''''Siam'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=IJ010955>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=1 September 1855 |issue=6069 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Canada Works
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Victoria|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM040955>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 September 1855 |issue=2720 }}</ref>
|-----
! 30 August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Sandycroft Ironworks
| [[Deeside]]
| '''{{ship||Royal Charter|ship|2}}'''
| Auxiliary [[clipper]]
| For Liverpool & Australian Steamship Navigation Company.<ref name=Times300855a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Electric Telegraph Despatches |date=30 August 1855 |page=7 |issue=22146 |column=F }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Jobling & Co., or Jobling & Willoughby
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alliance''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Gray & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep060>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland060.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 18 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| 
| [[Lemmer]]
| '''''Eliza'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=IJ160256>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=16 February 1856 |issue=6093 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''''Emerald'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Howland & Ridgway.<ref name=MC040955>{{Cite news |title=The New Packet Ship Emerald |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=Londopn |date=4 September 1855 |issue=27672 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| 
| '''''Florence Nightingale'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH231155>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 November 1855 |issue=5532 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''''Princess Maria'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH190356>{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 March 1856 |issue=5582 }}</ref>
|-----
! August
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Mansfield
| [[Teignmouth]]
| '''''Regina'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=TEFP230855>{{Cite news |title=Teignmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=23 August 1855 |issue=4662 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Barcelona|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Linea de Vapores Correos Españoles Transatlanticos.<ref name=Times030955>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liverpool, Sept. 1 |date=3 September 1855 |page=9 |issue=22149 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Sandfly|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT010955>{{Cite news |title=Reinforcements and Supplies for the Crimea |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=1 September 1855 |issue=2917 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Sheldrake|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT010955/>
|-----
! 4 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Smith and Dimon Shipyard]]
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{SS|Fulton|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For New York and Havre Steam Navigation Company.
|-----
! 8 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Plover|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT080955/>
|-----
! 8 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Tickler|1855|2}}'''
| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=HPT080955>{{Cite news |title=Reinforcements and Supplies for the Crimea |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=8 September 1855 |issue=2918 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{HMS|Chesapeake|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Forte|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 12 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jessamine''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Watson & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep092/>
|-----
! 12 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Richardson
| [[East Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Sir Colin Campbell|Richardson, 1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Richard Young.<ref name=Times150955>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iron Shipbuilding at Hartlepool |date=15 September 1855 |page=9 |issue=22160 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times170955>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch Of An Iron Vessel |date=17 September 1855 |page=8 |issue=22161 |column=C }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Rawson & Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Chancellor''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Watson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! 13 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. P. Dennison & Co
| [[East Hartlepool]]
| '''''Elegant'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times170955/>
|-----
! 13 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| [[Woolwich]]
| '''{{HMS|Pearl|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Cato, Miller & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Test|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM180955>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 September 1855 |issue=2724 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 September
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| [[Admiralty Shipyard|New Admiralty Shipyard]]
| [[Saint Petersburg]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ship of the line|Retvizan|1855|2}}'''
| [[Ship of the line]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].
|-----
! 18&nbsp;September
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| 
| [[Quebec City|Quebec]]
| '''''Tchernaya'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| Ran aground on being launched.<ref name=LM061055>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=6 October 1855 |issue= }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith's
| [[North Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Gitana|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company.<ref name=NC280955>{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 September 1855 |issue=9431 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Penmaenpool]]
| '''''Robert Jones'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Robert Jones.<ref name=NWC290955a>{{Cite news |title=Penmaenpool, Dolgelly |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=29 September 1855 |issue=1489 }}</ref>
|-----
! 26 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Satellite|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 26 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''''Star of Peace'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[George Thompson (shipowner)|George Thompson Jr]].<ref name=AJ031055>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeem |date=3 October 1855 |issue=5621 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Liverpool]] <!--Dingle Yard-->
| '''{{SS|Borysthene|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales]].<ref name=LM280955>{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Screw Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 September 1855 |issue=2727 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Southwick, Sunderland|Southwick]]
| '''''Ceres''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For M. Sharp.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John T. Alcock
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''City of Durham''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Thomas Nicholson.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Robert Thompson Jr.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Graces'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For T. Coxon.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/><ref name=Searlep092/>{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=106-07}}
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Hannah Marks''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For A. J. Marks.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Ossian|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH280955>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 September 1855 |issue= }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Evan Ellis
| [[Porthdinllaen]]
| '''''Richard Roberts'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=NWC290955>{{Cite news |title=Porthdinllaen |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=29 September 1855 |issue=1489 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 September
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Repulse|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Agamemnon|ship of the line}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN011055>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 October 1855 |issue=2923 }}</ref>
|-----
! September
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| McCord
| [[Quebec City|Quebec]]
| '''''Ardmillan'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH281155>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 November 1855 |issue=5534 }}</ref><ref name=GH071255>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 December 1855 |issue=5538 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Messrs. John & James Robinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Glenealn''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For William Dixon.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 3 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Johnson
| [[coxgreen, Tyne and Wear|Coxgreen]]
| '''''Cadiz''''' 
| [[Snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Collingwood.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055>{{cite news |title=Launches on the Wear |newspaper=North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser |date=4 October 1855 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/cadiz1.jpg }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Wilkinson
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Nithsdale''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Watson & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 4 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Malakhoff|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Algesiras|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=DN111055>{{Cite news |title=Steamers to the United States |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 October 1855 |issue=2932 }}</ref><ref name=BM131055>{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=13 October 1855 |issue=3421 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Scowler
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''Unnamed''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For M. Tweddle.<ref name=NSSGNDA041055/>
|-----
! 6 October
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| 
| [[Copenhagen]]
| '''{{HDMS|Niels Juel|1855|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Royal Danish Navy]].<ref name=CM030955>{{Cite news |title=The Baltic |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=3 September 1855 |issue=20571 }}</ref>
|-----
! 6 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Green
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''Not named'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[Peruvian Navy]].<ref name=DN081055>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 October 1855 |issue=2929 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Thomas & Benjamin Tiffin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Juventa''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Wilson & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep092/>
|-----
! 11 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Allies|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For C. Baker.<ref name=Times151055/>
|-----
! 11 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Brenda|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Robinson & Co.<ref name=Times151055>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Progress Of Iron Shipbuilding |date=15 October 1855 |page=5 |issue=22185 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, & Co.
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
| '''{{SS|Brigadier|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. William Laing & Co.<ref name=Times151055/>
|-----
! 11 October
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''''Emily'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[British East India Company]].{{Sfn|Wadia|1986|p=352}}
|-----
! 11 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Wave'''''
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Simpson & Co.<ref name=Wave>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207942&vessel=WAVE |title=Wave |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. M. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Borussia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=HP191055>{{Cite news |title=The Borussia |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=19 October 1855 |issue=3693 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Teall
| [[Ringsend]]
| '''{{SS|Flower of the Sea|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FJ161055>{{Cite news |title=The Experimental Screw Steamer, Flower of the Sea |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=16 October 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 16 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Halpin
| [[Dublin]]
| '''''Relief'''''
| [[lightvessel|Lightship]]
| For [[Trinity House]].<ref name=FJ171055>{{Cite news |title=Ship Launces in Dublin |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=17 October 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Banterer|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN231055>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 October 1855 |issue=2942 }}</ref><ref name=HPT171155>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=17 November 1855 |issue=2928 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Bullfrog|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=DN231055/>
|-----
! 23 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Caird and Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Cartsdyke]]
| '''{{SS|Ganger Rolf|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For South of Norway Steamship Company.<ref name=MC261055>{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Screw Steamer Ganger Rolf |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 October 1855 |issue=27717 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 October
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{USS|Wabash|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Colorado|frigate}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 25 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Arrow Leithead
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Belle Alliance''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Mr. Richardson.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep068>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland068.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 22 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Fidus''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Mills.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep042>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland042.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 3 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. John & R. White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Plummer'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=HPT271055>{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=27 October 1855 |issue=2925 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 October
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Redoutable|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Algésiras|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 27 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Smith & Roger
| [[Govan]]
| '''{{SS|Spartan|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. H. Dixon & Co.<ref name=GH291055>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 October 1855 |issue=5521 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. W. Simmons & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''{{SS|Aberdeenshire|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owners.<ref name=MC021155>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=2 November 1855 |issue=27723 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Gardner
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Chowdean''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Tully.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep058>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland058.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 16 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| 
| [[Nicholaieff]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Dvenadtsat Apostolov|1855|2}}'''
| [[Ship of the line]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].<ref name=Times111055>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Nicholaieff, And The Way To It |date=11 October 1855 |page=9 |issue=22182 |column=A }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Hickson & Co.
| [[Belfast]]
| '''{{SS|Khersonese|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For British Government.<ref name=BNL151055>{{Cite news |title=Belfast Police Court |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=15 October 1855 |issue=12274 }}</ref><ref name=BNL090856>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=9 August 1856 |issue=123916 }}</ref>
|-----
! October
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| '''''Westminster'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC151055>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=15 October 1855 |issue=27707 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Blackwall Yard|Money, Wigram & Son]]
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Victor|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Intrepid|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 3 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Lumley, Kennedy & Co.
| [[Whitehaven]]
| '''{{SS|Valdivia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. Nicholson & McGill.<ref name=LM051155>{{Cite news |title=Launch. - The Valdivia |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 November 1855 |issue=2743 |edition=Third }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[tod & McGregor|Messrs. Tod & McGregor]]
| [[Kelvinside, Glasgow|Kelvinside]]
| '''{{SS|Edinburgh|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Glasgow and New York Steam Shipping Company.<ref name=Times131155>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of the Screw Steamer Edinburgh |date=13 November 1855 |page=8 |issue=22210 |column=A }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Stewart & Forbes
| [[Peterhead]]
| '''''Sea Sprite'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Messrs. George Craig & Co.<ref name=AJ211155>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Peterhead |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=21 November 1855 |issue=5628 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 November
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Yonne|1855|2}}'''
| [[Transport ship]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times051155>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=5 November 1855 |page=7 |issue=22203 |column=A-B }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Wigram
| [[London]]
| '''{{HMS|Intrepid|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Intrepid|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. H. Samuelson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Saxonia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Harburg English Steam Navigation Company.<ref name=HP161155>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=16 November 1855 |issue=3697 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Steele & Co.
| [[Greenock]]
| '''''Eugenie'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Baine & Johnston.<ref name=GH191155>{{Cite news |title=Launches at Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 November 1855 |issue=5530 }}</ref>
|-----
! 15 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Caird & Company|Messrs. Caird & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Maria|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Risca Steam Coal Co.<ref name=GH191155/>
|-----
! 17 November
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Hayden & Cudworth
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Electric Spark|clipper|2}}'''
| [[clipper|Extreme clipper]]
| For Thatcher Magoun & Son.{{sfn|Crothers|1997|p=not cited}}{{sfn|Gleason|1937|p=78}}
|-----
! 20 November
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Paul Curtis (shipbuilder)|Paul Curtis]]
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Golden Fleece|clipper|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! 21 November
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay]]
| '''{{SS|Goolanar|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[British East India Company]].{{Sfn|Wadia|1986|p=351}}
|-----
! 22 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. William Simons & Co.
| [[Whiteinch]]
| '''''Fort George'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Clint & Co.<ref name=GH261155>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Heral |location=Glasgow |date=26 November 1855 |issue=5533 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Portsmouth Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Shannon|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Liffey|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 24 November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[Scotts of Greenock|Messrs. Scott & Co]].
| [[Greenock]]
| '''{{SS|Thalia|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH051255>{{Cite news |title=Engineering Feat |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 December 1855 |issue=5537 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[Donald McKay]]
| [[East Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''''Abbott Lawrence'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM090856>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=9 August 1856 |issue=3464 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| John Duncay
| [[Speymouth]]
| '''''Arctic'''''
| [[Seal hunting|Sealer]]
| For private owners.<ref name=AJ051255>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Speymouth |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=5 December 1855 |issue=5630 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| W. C. Miller
| [[Toxteth]]
| '''{{SS|Destello|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC041155/>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. White
| [[Cowes]]
| '''''Dreadnought'''''
| [[lifeboat (rescue)|Lifeboat]]
| Broadstairs Lifeboat.<ref name=MC121155>{{Cite news |title=The Broadstairs Life-boat |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 November 1855 |issue=27731 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Waterford]]
| '''''Dutchman'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=FJ191155>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=19 November 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Meandria|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MC041155/>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Co.
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{SS|Rota|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Messrs. W. J. Myers & Co.<ref name=MC041155>{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding on the Mersey |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=4 December 1855 |issue=27750 }}</ref>
|-----
! November
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Hylton Carr
| Hylton <!--North or South?-->
| '''''Percy''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Barry & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep049/><ref name=NC301155>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 November 1855 |issue=9440 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 December
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Washington Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Minnesota|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steam Frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 7 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Portland Shipbuilding Company
| [[Troon]]
| '''{{SS|Cora|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH141255>{{Cite news |title=Launch. - Troon, Dec. 7 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 December 1855 |issue=5541 }}</ref>
|-----
! 8 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| W. & H. Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Forward|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 11 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. M. Samueson & Co.
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{SS|Ernestine|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owners.<ref name=HP141255>{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 December 1855 |issue=3701 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Richardson Bros.
| [[Hartlepool]]
| '''{{SS|Florence Nightingale|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For Mr. Young.<ref name=Times131255>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch Of The Florence Nightingale |date=13 December 1855 |page=12 |issue=22236 |column=E }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 December
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[New York Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Roanoke|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Merrimack|frigate}}
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! 15 December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Webster
| [[Fraserburgh]]
| '''''Isabella'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. A. Flett.<ref name=AJ191255>{{Cite news |title=Launch at Fraserburgh |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=19 December 1855 |issue=5632 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 December
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[J.B & J.D. Van Deusen|J. B. & J. D. Van Deusen]]
| [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg, New York]]
| '''{{ship||John D. Jones|pilot boat|2}}'''
| [[Pilot boat]]
| For New York Pilots.
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Charger|1856|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Times191255>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=19 December 1855 |page=12 |issue=22241 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| J. Simonson
| [[New York City|New York]]
| '''{{PS|C. Vanderbilt|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=DN271255>{{Cite news |title=The New American Steamship C. Vanderbilt |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 December 1855 |issue=2998 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Pembroke Dockyard]]
| '''{{HMS|Flying Fish|1855|2}}'''
| [[Despatch boat]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=MC251255>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=25 December 1855 |issue=27768 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer Bros.
| [[Jarrow]]
| '''{{SS|Marmora|1855|2}}'''
| [[collier (ship type)|Collier]]
| For C. D. Barker.<ref name=NC040156/>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Palmer Bros.
| [[Jarrow]]
| '''{{SS|Minna|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For St. Petersburg Steam Ship Company.<ref name=NC040156>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 January 1856 |issue=9445 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| {{abbr|M.|Monsieur}} Guibert
| [[Nantes]]
| '''''Rubens'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For [[Compagnie Générale Maritime]].<ref name=FJ151255>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=15 December 1855 }}</ref>
|-----
! December
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[West Hartlepool]]
| '''''The Times Correspondent'''''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=JOJ151255>{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Jackson's Oxford Journal |location=Oxford |date=15 December 1855 |issue=5355 }}</ref>
|-----
! Spring
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[St. Mary's, Nova Scotia|St. Mary's]]
| '''''Brilliant'''''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=BM290955>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=29 September 1855 |issue=3419 }}</ref>
|-----
! Autumn
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| 
| [[Quebec City|Quebec]]
| '''''Brunelle'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH180856>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 August 1856 |issue=5647 }}</ref>
|-----
! Autumn
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Province of Canada]]
| 
| [[Quebec City|Quebec]]
| '''''Florence'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=GH200257>{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 February 1857 |issue=5727 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Pile & Smart
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Acastus''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. & J. S. Twizell.<ref name=Searlep123>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland123.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1850s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Pickersgill & Miller
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Aid''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For Gideon Smales.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep073>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland073.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 25 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Austin
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Aletheia''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For S. Austin.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Alliance''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For H. Tindall.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. H. Pearson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Allied Powers''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Jobling & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alma''''' 
| [[Sloop]]
| For G. Dowell.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammel Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Brikenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Alma|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]].<ref name=HPT310355>{{Cite news |title=Reinforcements and Supplies for the Crimera |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=31 March 1855 |issue=2895 }}</ref>
|----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Brundrit & Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Alma'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Brundrit & Whiteway.<ref name=Alma>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&a1Page=2&ref=229101&vessel=ALMA |title=Alma |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Stothard
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alpha''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Jackson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Rawson & Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Antias''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For G. Smales.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep092>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland092.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 35 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| E. Bailey
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Aphrogencia''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Leslie.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]]
| '''{{USS|Arctic|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Richard Wilkinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Armistice''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Longton.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Amesbury, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{USS|Arthur||2}}'''
| [[Barque]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
| 
| [[Edo]]
| '''{{ship|Japanese warship|Asahi Maru||2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James & R. Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Aurora''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For Dawson Bros.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Short
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Balaklava''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Mr. Greenwell.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Beatrice''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Stokoe & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Briggs
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Bellona''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For J. Allan.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|USCS|Benjamin Peirce||2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Black Diamond|1855|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. Hughes et al.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[Colony of Nova Scotia]]
| 
| [[Pictou]]
| '''''Black Watch'''''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Messrs. Andrew Stewart & Co.<ref name=DN070156>{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Black Watch |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1856 |issue=3007 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Austin & Mills
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''British Banner''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For B. Ward.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Montell & Co.
| [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
| '''{{ship||Carrier Dove|clipper|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For [[Benjamin H. Trask|Trask]] & Dearborn.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Duthie & Co.
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''Catherine Adamson'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Times111055a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=11 October 1855 |page=1 |issue=22182 |column=C }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Lister
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Catherine and Ann''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For W. Bunker.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. Thomas & William Smith
| [[South Shields]]
| '''{{SS|Chasseur|1855|2}}'''
| [[Repair ship]] and floating [[arsenal]]
| For unknown owner.<!--British Government?--><ref name=MC030855>{{Cite news |title=Floating Arsenal |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 August 1855 |issue=27645 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[John Gunder North]]
| [[San Francisco, California]]
| '''{{ship||Colorado I|sternwheeler|2}}'''
| [[Sternwheeler]]
| For [[George A. Johnson & Company]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| G. Gardener
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Courier''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Kelso & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Harkass
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Cresswell''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For C. Jenkins.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Rawson & Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Earl of Cromartie''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. Hill.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Robert Thompson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Edmund Graham''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Edmund Graham.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eliza''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| [[James O. Curtis (shipbuilder)|James O. Curtis]]
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''[[CSS Manassas|''Enoch Train'']]'''
| [[Icebreaker]]
| For Boston Steam Tow-boat Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| L. Gales
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Equinox''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For W. Milburn.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Eugenie''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French ship|Eylau|1859|2}}'''
| [[Ship of the line]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=GH130159>{{Cite news |title=The Steam Navy of France |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1859 |issue=6028 |author=E. J. Reed }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Forrest & Jackson, or Forrest & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Falcon''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For W. Hay.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Lister
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Fear Not''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. & E. Douthwaite.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| D. Douglass
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Forerunner''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For R. Hudson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}}
| 
| [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Gayvan Bakry|1856|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=DM250656>{{Cite news |title=Turkish Man-of-war in Liverpool |newspaper=Derby Mercury |location=Derby |date=25 June 1856 |issue=3374 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Geelong''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For G. Gray.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| R. Sanderson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''George and Maria''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For G. Downie.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Todd & Brown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Gharra''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Heald & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| M. Clarke
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Godavery''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For George Thompson & James Bambrough.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| John Smith
| [[Pallion]]
| '''''Greetings''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Peter Gibson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Guadiana''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For C. H. T. Borries, M. W. Sidney, J. Stevenson, and E. H. Watts.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Forrest & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Harriet''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For H. Henderson, T. Henderson & J. E. Henderson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''{{SS|Havannah|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LM050655a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| [[cammell Laird|John Laird]]
| [[Birkenhead]]
| '''''Hawk'''''
| [[Steam Yacht]]
| For [[Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill|Lord Hill]].<ref name=LM050655a/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
| 
| [[Heda, Shizuoka|Heda]]
| '''{{ship|Russian schooner|Heda||2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} [[New South Wales]]
| 
| [[Sydney]]
| '''{{PS|Herald||2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For North Shore Steam Company.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Seymour
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Industry''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For G. Forster.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| 
| '''{{PS|Iona|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For Nantucket and Cape Cod Steamboat Company.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Greenpoint, New York]]
| '''{{ship||Island Home|steamboat|2}}'''
| [[Steamboat]]
| For New Haven Steamboat Company.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Harkass
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jane Anna''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For G. Shotton.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Hume & Esson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jane Strong''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For A. Strong.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Morgan L. Taylor
| [[New York City]]
| '''[[CSS Forrest|''J. A. Smith'']]'''
| Canal boat
| For private owner
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Haswell
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Jubilant''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For James Hay.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''La Hogue''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[Duncan Dunbar (junior)|Duncan Dunbar & Sons]].<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep061>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland061.html |title=SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 19 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=26 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| '''[[USS Lancaster (1855)|''Lancaster Number 3'']]'''
| Tow boat
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| L. Gales
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Larissa''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Davison.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=NC150655>{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence - Continued |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=15 June 1855 |issue=9416 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| J. Stetson
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| '''''Light of the Age'''''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Marshall & Eldridge's Line.<ref name=Times310555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=(advertisement) |date=31 May 1855 |page=1 |issue=22068 |column=D }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. T. & C. Alcock
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Lobelia''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For J. Alcock.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Robinson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Loda''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Bowes.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Lowestoft|1855|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For J. V. Gooch & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep061/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Worthy
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Madeira''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Ord & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Harkass
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mangosteen''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For John Nicholson, William Nicholson & William Nicholson Jr.<ref name=Searlep123/><ref name=Searlep059/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bowman and Drummond
| [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]]
| '''''Marian'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For William MacKey and William Archibald MacKey.<ref name=Marian>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207943&vessel=MARIAN |title=Marian |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}</ref>
|----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Brundrit & Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Mary Houghton'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.<ref name=MH>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&a1Page=2&ref=229102&vessel=MARY+HOUGHTON |title=Mary Houghton |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hardie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Mary Louisa''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For James Hardie.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Pickersgill & Miller
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Meg Merillies''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For W. Doxford.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hardie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Miss Nightingale''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Haddock.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Rogerson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Napoleon III''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For A. Strong & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Northumbria's Daughter''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For W. Crawford.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| George Barker
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Orient''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Scofield & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Brundrit & Whiteway
| [[Runcorn]]
| '''''Penmaen'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For Brundrit & Whiteway.<ref name=Penmaen>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&a1Page=2&ref=229103&vessel=PENMAEN |title=Penmaen |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}
| Henderson Shipyard
| 
| '''{{ship||Panellinion|steamship|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For [[Royal Greek Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Messrs. H. Balfour & Co.
| [[Methil]]
| '''{{PS|Prince Argentino|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owners.<ref name=CM171255>{{Cite news |title=Iron Ship-building on the East Coast |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 December 1855 |issue=20661 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| William Pile Jr.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Queen of Greece|1855|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For G. Stavros.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| 
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Rafale|1855|2}}'''
| [[Gunboat]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times020555>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express from Paris |date=2 May 1855 |page=9 |issue=22043 |column=B }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Stonehouse
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Ravenswheel''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For T. Stonehouse.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{SS|Remi|1855|2}}''' 
| [[Steamship]]
| For Mr. Schmidt.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| Bank Quay Company
| [[Warrington]]
| '''''Retriever'''''
| [[Barque]]
| For Messrs. Leech, Harrison & Forewood.<ref name=LM070855a>{{Cite news |title=A New Iron Vessel Capsized in the River |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1855 |issue=2712 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Rival''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| James Robertson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Robert Hay''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For R. Hay.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Hayden & Cudworth
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Sancho Panza|clipper|2}}'''
| [[clipper|Medium clipper]]
| For John Ellerton Lodge.{{sfn|Gleason|1937|p=78}}
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Salve|1855|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Poudre|gunboat}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Times070655>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Express From Paris |date=7 June 1855 |page=7 |issue=22074 |column=B-D }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| T. Stonehouse
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sanderson''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Sanderson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Todd & Brown
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Sarah Kay''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For T. Kay.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Watson
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Savannah''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Bell & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[New York City]]
| '''{{USS|Shawsheen|1855|2}}'''
| [[Tugboat]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| G. Booth
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''[[Danmark (ship, 1855)|''Sir Colin Campbell'']]'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For W. H. Alexander.<ref name=Searlep123/><!--ref for builder-->
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Shpusetown, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{USS|Sovereign|1855|2}}'''
| [[Paddle steamer]]
| For private owner
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| [[Escher Wyss AG|Escher Wyss et Compagnie]]
| [[Escher Wyss (Zürich)|Escher Wyss]]
| '''{{ship||Stadt Zürich|ship, 1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamboat]]
| For [[Swiss Northeastern Railway]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Jobling, or Jobling & Co
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Surprize''''' <!--per Lloyd's Register-->
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Swinburn.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| H. Carr
| [[South Hylton]]
| '''''Tennessee''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For James Wilson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| Hayden & Cudworth
| [[Medford, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{ship||Thatcher Magoun|clipper|2}}'''
| [[Clipper]]
| For Thatcher Magoun & Sons
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hardie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Thomas Varcoe''''' 
| [[Schooner]]
| For J. Varcoe.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Ratcliff, Spence & Co.
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''United''''' 
| [[Snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Mr. Ratcliff.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Reay
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Vibilia''''' 
| [[snow (ship)|Snow]]
| For Reed & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| [[Kensington, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{USS|Victoria|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| W. Pile
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Walmer Castle''''' 
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Green & Co.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Hardie
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''William James''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For James Hardie.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| J. Barkes
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Witch of the Seas''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For Mr. Thompson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| M. Clarke
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Witch of the Seas''''' 
| [[Barque]]
| For J. Huntley.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1851}}
| 
| 
| '''{{USS|Young America|1855|2}}'''
| [[Steamship]]
| For private owner
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} 
| Hodgson & Gardener
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Zenobia''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Johnson.<ref name=Searlep123/>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}
| William Bonker
| [[Salcombe]]
| '''''Zouave'''''
| [[Schooner]]
| For Edward D. Glynn and others.<ref name=Zouave>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11996&a1Page=2&ref=231625&vessel=ZOUAVE |title=Zouave |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=2 October 2024 }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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