List of ship launches in 1815
The list of ship launches in 1815 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1815.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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25 January | India | Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia | Bombay | Sphynx | Sloop | For Royal Navy.[1][2] |
26 January | United Kingdom | Edward Sison | Woolwich Dockyard | Redoubtable | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[3] |
20 February | United Kingdom | Archibald Maclauchlan | Dumbarton | Dumbarton Castle | Paddle steamer | For Glasgow Castle Steam Packet Co.[4][5] |
24 February | United Kingdom | John Pelham | Frindsbury | Romney | Salisbury-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[6] |
24 February | India | Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia | Bombay Dockyard | Wellesley | Black Prince-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[7] |
25 February | United Kingdom | Rollett | Grimsby | Angerstein | Brig | For private owner.[8] |
25 February | United Kingdom | Steele & Carsewell | Greenock | Bengal | Merchantman | For Cropper, Benson & Co.[9] |
February | United Kingdom | John Hunter | Port Glasgow | Britannia | Paddle steamer | For Lewis MacLellan and A. McTaggart. |
11 March | United Kingdom | Thomas Roberts | Plymouth Dockyard | St Vincent | Nelson-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[10] |
28 March | United Kingdom | Robert Seppings | Chatham Dockyard | Howe | Nelson-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[11] |
March | United Kingdom | Pulteneytown | Duke of Wellington | Brig | For private owner.[12] | |
11 April | France | La Cybèle | Fifth rate | For French Navy.[13] | ||
12 April | India | J. Kyd & Co. | Kidderpore | Neptune | Merchantman | For Hook & Co. |
17 April | India | J. Kyd & Co., or Kyd & Richards | Kidderpore | East Indian | Merchantman | For private owner. |
18 April | French First Empire | Genoa | Genoa | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | |
25 April | United Kingdom | George Parkin | Chatham Dockyard | Defence | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[14] |
27 April | United Kingdom | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | Caledonia | Paddle steamer | For Caledonia Steam Boat Company. |
14 May | United Kingdom | Archibald McLauchlin & William Denny | Dumbarton | Margery | Paddle steamer | For private owner.[15] |
23 May | India | Michael Smith | Calcutta | Golconda | Merchantman | For private owner. |
26 May | France | Toulon | Hercule | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
May | United Kingdom | John Denny | Dumbarton | Greenock | Steamship | For Andrew Shearer.[16] |
7 June | United Kingdom | Fishburn & Broderick | Whitby | Woodford | West Indiaman | For Mr. Chapman. |
19 June | United Kingdom | W. S. Chapman & Co. | Whitby | Brothers | Full-rigged ship | For Aaron Chapman.[17] |
23 June | United Kingdom | William Stone | Deptford Dockyard | Cambridge | Third rate | For Royal Navy.[18] |
23 June | United Kingdom | Peter Blackburn | Plymouth | Waterloo | Merchantman | For Mr. Rutledge. |
13 July | Russia | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Merkurii | Spechnyi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[19] |
15 July | United Kingdom | Matthew & William Moody | Gainsborough | Perseverance | Sloop | For private owner.[20] |
19 July | United Kingdom | Duchy of Genoa | Genoa | Liguria | Galley | For Genoese Navy.[21] |
22 July | United Kingdom | Barkworth, Hawkes & Co. | Hessle | Hecla | Hecla-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[22] |
22 July | United Kingdom | George Hillhouse, Sons, & Co. | Bristol | Waterloo | Barque | For George Hillhouse, Sond, & Co. |
26 July | United Kingdom | Barkworth, Hawkes & Co | Hessle | Infernal | Hecla-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[22][23] |
July | United Kingdom | Bell and Grange | Grimsby | Duke of Wellington | Merchantman | For private owner.[22] |
July | United Kingdom | G. D. Smith | Scarborough | Editha | Snow | For private owner.[22] |
July | United Kingdom | Feetham | Sunderland | Lord Normanby | Brig | For private owner.[22] |
July | United Kingdom | Richard Walker | Grimsby | Morning Star | Merchantman | For private owner.[22] |
July | United Kingdom | Tindall | Scarborough | Pacific | Snow | For private owner.[22] |
7 August | United Kingdom | Stockton-on-Tees | Byron | Snow | For private owner.[24] | |
7 August | Upper Canada | George Moore | Chippawa | Tecumseh | Schooner | For Royal Navy.[25] |
21 August | United States | Samuel Humphreys & Charles Penrose | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Franklin | Ship of the line | For United States Navy.[26] |
29 August | United Kingdom | J. and H. Smith | Gainsborough | Tom Bowline | Merchantman | For private owner.[27] |
August | United Kingdom | J. Hutchinson | Sunderland | Erato | Barque | For private owner.[28][29] |
5 September | United Kingdom | George Parkin | Chatham Dockyard | Hercules | Vengeur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[30] |
5 September | United Kingdom | Bird | Tranmere | Mary | Brig | For private owner.[31] |
20 September | United Kingdom | Chapman & Ellis | Bideford | Waterloo | Merchantman | For William Fry. |
3 October | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Caledonia | East Indiaman | For Laing & Co.[28] |
5 October | India | Matthew Smith | Calcutta | Zenobia | Merchantman | For private owner. |
9 October | United Kingdom | Gill | Aberdeen | Bromby | Smack | For Aberdeen & Hull Shipping Company.[32] |
19 October | United Kingdom | James Birnie | Montrose | Stately | Smack | For Old Shipping Co.[33] |
October | United Kingdom | Corpach | Sir John Cameron | Brig | For private owner.[33][34] | |
1 November | United Kingdom | B. Heward | Sunderland, County Durham | Marquis of Anglesea | Merchantman | For private owner. |
7 November | Austrian Empire | Venice | Augustus | Frigate | For Austrian Navy.[35] | |
7 November | Austrian Empire | Venice | Cesare | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For Austrian Navy. | |
15 November | United Kingdom | J. Vellan | Leeds | Waterloo | Sloop | For H. Harrison.[36] |
16 November | United Kingdom | Edward Churchill | Plymouth Dockyard | Java | Fourth rate | For Royal Navy.[37][38] |
18 November | United Kingdom | George Dobson & Joseph Wales | King's Lynn | Melpomene | Merchantman | For Mr. Vidal. |
November | United Kingdom | Foster & Co. | Selby | Waterloo | Packet ship | For private owner.[39] |
12 December | Russia | A. I. Melikhov | Sevastopol | Iason | Corvette | For Imperial Navy.[40] |
18 December | India | Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia | Bombay Dockyard | Zebra | Cruizer-class brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
19 December | United Kingdom | Thomas Owen | Topsham | Actaeon | Merchantman | For private owner. |
19 December | United Kingdom | Smith & Co. | Gainsborough | British Queen | Steamship | For private owner.[41] |
19 December | United Kingdom | Moody & Co | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire | Friend's Goodwill | Brig | For private owner.[41] |
December | United Kingdom | Bell & Grage | Grimsby | Industry | Brig | For private owner.[41] |
Unknown date | India | Calcutta | Actaeon | Merchantman | For J. Scott & Co. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Alliance | Merchantman | For private owner.[28] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | Ann & Dorothy | Merchantman | For John M. & Willia Gales.[28] |
Unknown date | India | Matthew Smith | Calcutta | Asia | Merchantman | For Charles A. Hackett. |
Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Constantinople | Burc i Zafer | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy.[42] | |
Unknown date | United States | Boston, Massachusetts | Avon | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Guernsey | Barry Patourel | Saint Peter Port | Belle Alliance | Merchantman | For J. Vidamour. |
Unknown date | United States | Boxer | Full-rigged ship | For United States Navy.[43] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Braddock | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Brigantine | Sloop | For Royal Navy.[1] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Holt & Richardson | Whitby | Cyrus | Whaler | For private owner. |
Unknown date | Netherlands | DBUS Tijger | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy.[44] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Liverpool | Dorothy | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Echo | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy.[45] | ||
Unknown date | Netherlands East Indies | Java | Eliza | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Elizabeth | Square | For private owner.[28] | |
Unknown date | Upper Canada | John Goodie | Quebec | Fame | Merchantman | For private owner. |
Unknown date | United States | Firebrand | Full-rigged ship | For United States Navy.[46] | ||
Unknown date | Burma | Rangoon | Four Sisters | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Norway | Frederiksvœrn | Brig | For Royal Norwegian Navy.[47] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Gallant | Snow | For private owner.[28] | |
Unknown date | United States | Quincy, Massachusetts | Garland | Privateer | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Port Glasgow | Glenbervie | Merchantman | For Douglas & Co. | |
Unknown date | United States | Nantucket, Massachusetts | Globe | Whaler | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | Hero | Merchantman | For Thomas Railston Cooper.[28] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Isabella | Merchantman | For Laing & Co.[28] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | James | Merchantman | For James Sheal.[28] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | A. Cockburn | Sunderland | John and Mary | Merchantman | For private owner.[28] |
Unknown date | India | James Scott & Co. | Calcutta | John Bull | Merchantman | For private owner. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Matthew & William Moody | Gainsborough | John Bull | Packet ship | For J. Bell & Co.[20] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | Lavinia | Snow | For private owner.[28] |
Unknown date | India | Michael Smith | Calcutta | Liverpool | Merchantman | For J. Green & Co. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Monkwearmouth | Margaret | Brig | For private owner.[48] | |
Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Eerğli | Necm i Sevket | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy.[49] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aberdeen | Nicholas | Snow | For private owner.[50] | |
Unknown date | United States | Lake Champlain Steam-boat Company | Vergennes, Vermont | Phoenix | Paddle steamer | For builder. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Bristol | Picton | Merchantman | For Josiah Gist, George Hilhouse, James Martin Hilhouse, and Robert Hilhouse. | |
Unknown date | India | Chittagong | Prince Blucher | Merchantman | For C. Blaney. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Thomas Brocklebank | Whitehaven | Princess Charlotte | Merchantman | For Thomas Brocklebank. |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | W. Feetham | Monkwearmouth | Providence | Snow | For private owner.[28] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Sea Flower | Merchantman | For B. Robson.[28] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | James Johnson | Sunderland | Spring | Snow | For private owner.[28] |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Thyatira | Brig | For private owner.[28] | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Torch | Lightship | For Bombay Pilot Service.[1] | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peterhead | Traveller | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | India | Calcutta | Triton | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | Unity | Snow | For John White.[28] |
Unknown date | Netherlands | Wesp | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy.[51] | ||
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Widdrington | Brig | For private owner.[28] | |
Unknown date | Upper Canada | St. Martin's | Waterloo | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Sunderland | Waterloo | Merchantman | For Mr. Grenville. | |
Unknown date | United Kingdom | Great Yarmouth | Waterloo | Merchantman | For Mr. Preston. |
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