:List of ship launches in 1856

| For Mr. Porter.{{Cite news |title=Lauch of a Barque |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=2 January 1856 |issue=12341 }}

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! 1 January

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| James R. & George Steers

| Williamsburg, New York

| {{ship

Widgeon|pilot boat|2}}

| For Daniel Edgar.

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! 4 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Maesygarnedd

| Lloyd Jones

| For Lloyd Portmadoc.{{Cite news |title=Dolgelly |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=12 January 1856 |issue=1505 }}

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! 5 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. W. & W. J. Hall

| John Temperley

| For Messrs. Hall & Temperley.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 January 1856 |issue=3009 }}

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! 5 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall

| Sunshine

| For Messrs. Harrison & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=9 January 1856 |issue=5635 }}

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! 8 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thompson

| {{SS|Express|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1856 |issue=5552 }}

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! 8 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Baillie Stangor

| Stromness

| {{SS|Royal Mail|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Orkney Mail Steamer |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 January 1856 |issue=20695 }}

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! 9 January

| 22px India

| Bombay

| Georgiana

| For British East India Company.{{sfn|Wadia|1986|p=352}}

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! 9 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Peile, Scott & Co.

| Carlisle

| Mary Ann Wilson

| For John Sparks.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1856 |issue=2773 }}

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! 11 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Young, Magnay & Co

| {{HMS|Mohawk|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 16 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Evans

| Aberystwyth

| Cambrian Bell

| Brig

| For Richard Delahoyde.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=19 January 1856 |issue=1506 }}

19 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Pioneer|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Intrepid|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

22 January

| {{flag|France}}

| Brest

| {{ship|French frigate|Audacieuse|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Ardente|frigate}}

| For French Navy.

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! 24 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Severn|1856|2}}

| Fourth rate

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=24 January 1856 |page=8 |issue=22272 |column=F }}

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! 25 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Barr & Shearer

| Ardrossan

| Victor Emmanuel

| For Messrs. Henry Moore & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Ardrossan |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 January 1856 |issue=5560 }}

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! 26 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & R. White

| West Cowes

| {{HMS|Lapwing|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=30 January 1856 |issue=27799 }}

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! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Briggs & James Briggs

| Low Southwick

| {{HMS|Magnet|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 29 January

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Manly|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=31 January 1856 |page=9 |issue=22278 |column=F }}

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! 1 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Green's

| Messrs. William Denny & Bros.

| {{HMS|Violet|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=2 February 1856 |page=12 |issue=22280 |column=B }}

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! 2 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Dumbarton

| {{SS|North American|1856|2}}

| For Montreal Ocean Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the North American |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1856 |issue=2782 }}

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! 4 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Pile Jr.

| West Hartlepool

| {{SS|Demetrius|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. Spartelli & Co.{{Cite news |title=West Hartlepool |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=7 February 1856 |issue=6439 }}

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! 6 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Pile

| West Hartlepool

| {{SS|Istamboul|1856|2}}

| For Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company |date=29 October 1856 |page=9 |issue=22511 |column=C-D }}{{Cite news |title=Home Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 September 1856 |issue=20890 }}

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! 8 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Tovill

| The Hythe

| Minniehaha

| Yacht

| For John Mann.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Minniehaha" at Colchester |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=10 February 1856 |issue=907 }}

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ritson & Co.

| Maryport

| Aladdin

| For John Aikin.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 February 1856 |issue=2788 }}

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Jones

| Kleimjee Oodhowjee

| For Edward Bates.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1856 |issue=2786 }}

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Nettle|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Pet|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=From Our Correspondents |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 February 1856 |issue=3439 }}

9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Young, Magnay & Co.

| {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Westcott

| Barnstaple

| Star of Peace

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Barnstaple |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=14 February 1856 |issue=4688 }}

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! 9 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ballment

| Barnstaple

| Two Brothers

| For private owner.

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! 11 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Beacon|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of Two Gunboats |date=12 February 1856 |page=10 |issue=22288 |column=C }}

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! 11 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Brave|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 13 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. Young & Sons

| South Shields

| Edgar Atheling

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=By Electric Telegraph |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=15 February 1856 |issue=9451 }}

13 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. & W. Smith

| {{HMS|Sepoy|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Green

| {{HMS|Fervent|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=18 February 1856 |page=12 |issue=22293 |column=A-B }}

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! 16 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Green

| {{HMS|Forester|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 20 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Row

| Topsham

| Eleanor

| For William Sheppard.{{Cite news |title=Topsham. - Ship Launch |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=28 February 1856 |issue=4690 }}

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! 21 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Edward Potts

| Seaham

| Salacia

| Snow

| For Dent& Lawson.{{cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland Advertiser |location=South Shields |date=28 February 1856 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/salacia1.jpg }}

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! 22 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & R. White

| Cowes

| {{HMS|Ringdove|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 22 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Siegmund Robinow|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. H. Seligmann & William Connal.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 February 1856 |issue=5572 }}

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Brazen|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Two more Gunboats on the Mersey |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1856 |issue=2791 }}

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Blazer|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 25 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Bullfinch|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 February 1856 |issue=2792 }}

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Eupatoria|1856|2}}

| Collier

| For General Screw Collier Company.

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| {{SS|Paris|1856|2}}

| Passenger ship

| For private owner.

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! 23 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. Mitchell & Co.

| Richardson, Duck and Company

| Unnamed

| Steam yacht

| For George Bidder.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Three Iron Screw Steamers |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=29 February 1856 |issue=9453 }}{{Cite news |title=Iron Shipbuilding on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 March 1856 |issue=9457 }}

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! 28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigram & Son

| Northam

| {{HMS|Opossom|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=1 March 1856 |issue=2943 }}

28 February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Stockton-on-Tees

| Tasmanian Maid

| For F. A Ducroz.

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kelly

| Sandhurst

| Crocodile

| Brig

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Dartmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=28 February 1856 |issue=4690 }}

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{HMS|Lively|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=28 February 1856 |issue=6448 }}

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! February

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{HMS|Spider|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 1 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Hill & Sons

| Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

| {{HMS|Hardy|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

4 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship||Waldensian|ship|2}}

| For Rennie Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches at Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 March 1856 |issue=5578 }}

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! 6 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Rhuddlan

| Catherine Maria

| For Edward Roberts.{{Cite news |title=Rhuddlan. - Ship Launch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=15 March 1856 |issue=1520 }}

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! 6 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.

| {{PS|Inca|1856|2}}

| For Pacific Steam Navigation Co.{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 March 1856 |issue=5578 }}

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! 6 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigram & Sons

| Southampton

| {{HMS|Opossum|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=1 March 1856 |page=5 |issue=22304 |column=A }}

6 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Money Wigram & Sons

| Blackwall Yard

| {{HMS|Surprise|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 7 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Duthie & Cochar

| Montrose

| City of Quebec

| For Messrs. Donaldson, Rose & Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Aberdeen Vessel at Montrose |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=12 March 1856 |issue=5644 }}

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! 7 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. Hope & Co.

| Fleetwood

| The Fleetwood

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Fleetwood |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=15 March 1856 |issue=2272 }}

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! 7 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Roberts

| Holyhead

| Ziska

| For Mr. Glynne.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch at Holyhead |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=15 March 1856 |issue=1520 }}

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Angler|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{SS|Beyrout|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Drake|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 March 1856 |issue=3062 }}

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Bishton

| Chester

| Eliza Bond

| For Messrs. Roper & Co.{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 March 1856 |issue=2799 |edition=Thirds }}

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charles Birnie

| Montrose

| Emigrant

| For Charles Birnie.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Emigrant |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 May 1858 |issue=5923 }}

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship|ST|Fury|1856|2}}

| Tug

| For Steam Tug Company.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 March 1856 |issue=2797 }}

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Janus|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 8 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Stephen

| Arbroath

| Neville

| For Messrs. Woods, Spence & Co.{{Cite news |title=Arbroath |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=12 March 1856 |issue=5644 }}

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! 11 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Redbreast|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Gun and Mortar Boats |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 March 1856 |issue=2798 }}

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! 12 March

| {{flag|Austrian Empire}}

| Venice

| {{SMS|Prince Eugene of Savoy|1856|2}}

| For Austrian Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign Intelligence |date=24 March 1856 |page=10 |issue=22323 |column=C-E }}

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! 14 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fletcher's

| Woolwich

| {{HMS|Cormorant|1856|2}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=15 March 1856 |page=12 |issue=22316 |column=C }}

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! 15 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Drake|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=20 March 1856 |page=12 |issue=22320 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Jackson's Oxford Journal |location=Oxford |date=22 March 1856 |issue=5369 }}

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! 15 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Janus|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 18 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. & W. Smith

| {{HMS|Surly|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 20 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co.

| {{HMS|Alacrity|1856|2}}

| Despatch vessel

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Law Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 March 1856 |issue=3069 }}

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! 20 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hill & Sons

| {{HMS|Havock|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albarcore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Gun-Boat |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=22 March 1856 |issue=3444 }}

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! 20 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co.

| {{HMS|Vigilance|1856|2}}

| Despatch vessel

| For Royal Navy.

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! 21 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.

| City of Delhi

| For Messrs. Georges Smith & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Greenock & Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 March 1856 |issue=5585 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Ant|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=5 March 1856 |page=12 |issue=22307 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 March 1856 |issue=3073 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. Duthie & Co.

| Austral

| For private owners.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=26 March 1856 |issue=5646 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Redhead

| {{PS|Elizabeth|1856|2}}

| Paddle Steamer

| For J. Demantino.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Birkenhead |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=29 March 1856 |issue=732 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Scott Russell & Co.

| {{HMS|Roebuck|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Intrepid|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Gunboat |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 March 1856 |issue=3074 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Spanker|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 March 1856 |issue=27842 }}

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! 22 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Thrasher|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 24 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Samuelson

| Hull

| {{SS|Napoleon|1856|2}}

| For French-Anglo Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=New Screw Steamer |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=29 March 1856 |issue=27850 }}

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! 25 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pitcher

| {{HMS|Procris|1856|2}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=25 March 1856 |page=9 |issue=22324 |column=B }}

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! 27 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| M. Pearson

| River Ouse

| Charity

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 April 1856 |issue=3717 }}

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! 29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Patterson

| {{HMS|Earnest|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Government Gunboats |date=23 April 1860 |page=9 |issue=23601 |column=A }}

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! 29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Brundrit & Whiteway

| Runcorn

| Edward Whitley

| Mersey flat

| For William Griffith.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&a1Page=2&ref=229105&vessel=EDWARD+WHITLEY |title=Edward Whitley |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

29 March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Money Wigram & Sons

| {{HMS|Grappler|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Owen

| Teignmouth

| Annie

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Teignmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=6 March 1856 |issue=4691 }}

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! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ingram's

| {{HMS|Delight|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=17 March 1856 |issue=27839 }}

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! March

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Griffiths

| Port Madoc

| Sydney Jones

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(advertisement) |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=9 April 1864 |issue=1905 }}

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! 3 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John & Robert White

| Cowes

| {{HMS|Albacore|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=5 April 1856 |issue=2948 }}

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! 3 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Astræa

| Messr. William Denny & Bros.

| For Messrs. Joseph Heap & Sons.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1856 |issue=2809 |edition=Fourth }}

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! 3 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Dumbarton

| {{SS|Min|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 3 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Young, Son & Magnay

| {{HMS|Onyx|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 3 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Young, Son, & Magnay

| {{HMS|Pert|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=12 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22333 |column=C }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Aetna|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Aetna|ironclad floating battery|1}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 April 1856 |issue=3085 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Auchneagh

| For private owner{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 April 1856 |issue=5593 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co.

| {{SS|Genova|1856|2}}

| Passenger ship

| For Genoese Transatlantic Steam Packet Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Several Vessels |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=20 March 1856 |issue=27842 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. C. J. Mare & Co.

| {{PS|Havre|1856|2}}

| For London and South Western Railway.{{Cite news |title=Launches at Messrs. Mare's, Blackwall |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 April 1856 |issue=3085 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Roberts

| Hirael

| Marion

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=12 April 1856 |issue=1524 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall

| Kittywake

| For Marquis of Ailsa.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the "Kittywake" |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=9 April 1856 |issue=5648 }}

----

! 5 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. P. C. Chaloner, Sons, & Co.

| The Peveril of the Peak

| For Messrs. Barnes, Brookes & Co.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 April 1856 |issue=2809 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| George Steers

| {{SS|Adriatic|1856|2}}

| For Collins Line.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=21 April 1856 |page=9 |issue=22347 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Steamer Adriatic |date=22 April 1856 |page=5 |issue=22348 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=The Adriatic Steamship |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=12 December 1857 |issue=1609 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Calman & Martin

| Corriemulzie

| For Isaac Cruickshank.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Dundee |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=9 April 1856 |issue=5648 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Victoria Foundry Company

| {{HMS|Fidget|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay Bros.

| {{SS|London|1856|2}}

| For Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of two Vessels |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 April 1856 |issue=123817 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Spalding

| Red Rover

| Yacht

| For H. Bugg{{Cite news |title=New Yacht |newspaper=The Era |location=London |date=13 April 1856 |issue=916 }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Spey|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=5 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22334 |column=E }}

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Tilbury|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 7 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Victoria Foundry Company

| Greewich

| {{SS|Victor Emmanuel|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Victor Emmanuel and the Gun-Boat Fidget |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=8 April 1856 |issue=27858 }}

----

! 19 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Napier & Sons

| {{HMS|Erebus|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Erebus|ironclad floating battery|1}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=21 April 1856 |page=9 |issue=22347 |column=C-D }}

----

! 21 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Blossom|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 21 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Gadfly|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 21 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Scott Russell & Co

| {{HMS|Nimrod|1856|2}}

| Despatch vessel

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=19 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22346 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=22 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22348 |column=D }}

----

! 21 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Rocket|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Gunboats |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 April 1856 |issue=2815 }}

----

! 21 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Rose|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 22 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Parkinson

| Hull

| Lady Londesborough

| For William Standering.

----

! 22 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| M. Simpson

| Lancaster

| Margaret Porter

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Lancaster |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=26 April 1856 |issue=2278 }}

----

! 22 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Samuda Bros.

| {{HMS|Thunderbolt|1856|2}}

| Floating battery

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Launch of a Floating Battery on the Thames |date=24 April 1856 |page=9 |issue=22350 |column=A }}

----

! 22 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|Trent|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 April 1856 |issue=3720 }}

----

! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fenton & Smeaton

| Perth

| Lord Rollo

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=25 April 1856 |issue=20773 }}

----

! 23 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Mare's

| Blackwall, London

| {{HMS|Reynard|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Vigilant|gunvessel}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=24 April 1856 |page=10 |issue=22350 |column=B }}

----

! 24 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer Brothers

| Jarrow

| {{HMS|Terror|1856|2}}

| Floating battery

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=26 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22352 |column=A }}

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messr. Earle's

| Hull

| {{SS|Neva|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss Of The Neva, Hull and St. Petersburg Steamer |date=6 December 1856 |page=8 |issue=22544 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=The Neva |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 April 1856 |issue=3720 }}{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 May 1856 |issue=3721 }}

----

! 26 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. W. Hoby & Co.

| Renfrew

| {{SS|William France|1856|2}}

| For William France.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=30 April 1856 |issue=123833 }}

----

! 29 April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hill & Sons

| William Denny and Brothers

| {{HMS|Highlander|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Gunboat |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=3 May 1856 |issue=3450 }}

April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Dumbarton

| {{SS|Anglo Saxon|1856|2}}

| For Montreal Ocean Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Shipbuilding in Dumbarton |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=29 March 1856 |issue=20750 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mansfield

| Teignmouth

| Haberdine

| East Boston, Massachusetts

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Teignmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=24 April 1856 |issue=4698 }}

----

! April

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Donald McKay

| Minniehaha

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Commercial Intelligence |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 April 1856 |issue=123829 }}

----

! April

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Peacock|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=18 April 1856 |page=12 |issue=22345 |column=D-E }}

----

! April

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of New Brunswick

| Saint John

| Xiphias

| Messrs. Tod & MacGregor

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 June 1856 |issue=5626 }}

----

! 3 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Deptford Dockyard

| {{HMS|Camel|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 May 1856 |issue=27881 }}

----

! 3 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Partick

| {{SS|Druid|1856|2}}

| For Cambria Company.{{Cite news |title=A New Steamer to Sail between Liverpool and the Menai Straits |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 May 1856 |issue=2823 |edition=Fourth }}

----

! 3 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Stonehouse

| Jane Lacy

| For Mr. Lacy.{{cite news |title=Launches on the Wear |newspaper=Newcastle Journal |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 May 1856 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images15/janelacy1.jpg }}

----

! 5 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Robinson

| Deptford

| Anne Cropton

| For Thomas Cropton.

----

! 5 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Briggs & Sons

| Pallion

| Sea Breeze

| For Miles & Kingston.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pile Jr.

| Alnwick Castle

| For R. Green.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Vernon

| Canute

| For Messrs. Hunter & Erichsen.{{Cite news |title=Launch on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 May 1856 |issue=9463 }}

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Smith

| Marsh End

| Henry and Ellen

| For James Ashcroft.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=10 May 1856 |issue=2280 }}

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Devonport Dockyard

| {{HMS|Liffey|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Liffey|frigate}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. George Milne & Co.

| Lochiel

| For private owner.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Green, Robinson & Co

| Hylton

| Robert Adamson

| Brig

| For Mr. Adamson.

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.

| Wave of Life

| For Aberdeen Clipper Line.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=7 May 1856 |issue=5652 }}

----

! 6 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thompson

| Unnamed

| For private owner.

----

! 7 May

| 22px India

| Bombay

| Charlotte

| For British East India Company.{{Sfn|Wadia|1986|p=352}}

----

! 7 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Sykes & Co.

| North Hylton

| Lord Clarendon

| Brig

| For R. L. Barnett.

----

! 8 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Curling & Young

| {{HMS|Midge|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Gun-Boats |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=9 May 1856 |issue=27885 }}

----

! 8 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Curling & Young

| {{HMS|Tiny|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

12 May

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| William Jones

| Black River, Ohio

| {{ship||Kyle Spangler|schooner|2}}

| For B. L Spangler Company.

15 May

| {{flag|France}}

| Arsenal de Toulon

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|Eylau|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Hercule|ship of the line}}

| For French Navy

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John & Robert White

| Cowess

| {{HMS|Amelia|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Cowes |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=24 May 1856 |issue=2955 }}

----

! 19 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Willimett

| River Usk

| Dundrenna

| For J. N. Knapp.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=24 May 1856 |issue=3453 }}

20 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Alert|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cruizer|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy

----

! 20 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Cadmus|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 20 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Wilkinson

| Pallion

| Lancastria

| Day, Summers and Company

| For John Longton.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland095.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 36 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Northam

| Delta

| Passenger ship

| For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Southampton, Saturday, May 24, 1856 |newspaper=Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=24 May 1856 |issue=2955 }}

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co.

| Hull

| Frolic

| Steam yacht

| For Martin Samuelson.

----

! 21 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|Sephora|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 May 1856 |issue=3724 }}

----

! 22 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robinson & Co.

| Cork

| {{SS|Aurora|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=26 May 1856 }}

----

! 22 May

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Prince Edward Island

| James Mucklejohn

| Union

| Messrs. William Simons & Co'

| For James Mucklejohn.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Romance of the Sea |date=8 August 1857 |page=10 |issue=22754 |column=B }}

----

! 22 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Vivandiere|1856|2}}

| For private owners.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 May 1856 |issue=5611 }}

----

! 24 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Pheasant|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=27 May 1856 |page=12 |issue=223 78|column=A }}

----

! 24 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Primrose|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Cowley Miller

| Toxteth

| {{HMS|Clown|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Gunbots |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 May 1856 |issue=2828 }}

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Patterson & Son

| {{HMS|Escort|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=(untitled |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=31 May 1856 |issue=3454 }}

----

! 26 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Cowley Miller

| Toxteth

| {{HMS|Kestrel|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 31 May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Pickle|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=3 June 1856 |page=12 |issue=22384 |column=A }}

----

! May

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Strathmore

| For Alex Fotheringham and Richard Young.{{Cite news |title=Bankruptcy Proceedings |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 November 1857 |issue=5838 }}

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigram's

| {{HMS|Quail|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 2 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigram's

| {{HMS|Ripple|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 3 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Rodgerson

| Sir John Moore

| For Neil Mathieson.

----

! 3 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Marshall

| Dublin

| Three Swans

| Cutter yacht

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=24 June 1856 }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Duthie

| Footdee

| Agnes

| Brig

| For Mr. Forbes and others.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 June 1856 |issue=5657 }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Sanderson & Leighton

| Amble

| Isabella & Mary

| Brig

| For Messrs. Heatley & Gibb.{{Cite news |title=Amble |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 June 1856 |issue=9468 }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. M. Samuelson & Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|Lucien|1856|2}}

| For Anglo-French Steam Ship Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=6 June 1856 |issue=3725 |edition=Second }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Thomas Vernon & Sons

| {{SS|Sovereign|1856|2}}

| For Liverpool and Bristol Channel Steamship Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 June 1856 |issue=2835 }}

----

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Smith

| {{HMS|Watchful|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Gun-Boats |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 June 1856 |issue=9468 }}

----

! 6 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Smith

| {{HMS|Woodcock|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 7 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Joyce

| {{HMS|Flirt|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cheerful|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch at the Victoria Foundry, Greenwich |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 June 1856 |issue=3139 }}

----

! 7 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Joyce

| {{SS|Fernando el Catolico|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Walter Hood & Co.

| Golden Fleece

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=25 June 1856 |issue=5659 }}

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Fyfe's

| Fairlie

| Oithona

| Cutter yacht

| For J. M. Rowan.{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 June 1856 |issue=5624 }}

----

! 18 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| {{SS|Rhone|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 June 1856 |issue=5622 }}

19 June

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Norfolk Navy Yard

| {{USS|Colorado|1856|2}}

| For United States Navy.

----

! 19 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Wright

| Aberdeebn

| George Canning

| For private owner.

----

! 19 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Scylla|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 21 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Scorgie

| Margarets

| For private owners.

----

! 25 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thompson

| {{PS|Brisbane|1856|2}}

| For Australasian Steam Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=27 June 1856 |issue=20827 }}

----

! 27 June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott & Co.

| {{SS|Malacho|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Greenock |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=30 June 1856 |issue=20829 }}

----

! June

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Nova Scotia

| New Glasgow

| Archibald Glen

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 November 1856 |issue=5691 }}

----

! June

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kelly

| Dartmouth

| Fruiter

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Dartmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=19 June 1856 |issue=4706 }}

----

! 2 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Duncan

| Speymouth

| Earl of Clarendon

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launces at Speymouth |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=11 July 1856 |issue=20840 }}

3 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Cordelia|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Racer|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy.

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! 3 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Samuelson

| Hul

| {{SS|Emma|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 July 1856 |issue=3731 }}

----

! 3 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Duncan

| Speymouth

| Margaret Edward

| For private owner.

----

! 3 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Geddie

| Kingston-upon-Spey

| Margaret Taylor

| For private owners.{{Cite news |title=Speymouth |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=9 July 1856 |issue=5661 }}

----

! 3 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. S. & H. Morton

| Leith

| {{SS|The Rapid|1856|2}}

| For London and Edinburgh Shipping Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Leith |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=4 July 1856 |issue=20833 }}

----

! 4 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Albert White

| Waterford

| Merrie England

| For James Beazley.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=7 July 1856 }}

----

! 15 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. William Simmons & Co.

| {{SS|Taurus|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=18 July 1856 |issue=20845 }}

----

! 17 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson

| {{SS|Governor Higginson|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 July 1856 |issue=5634 }}

----

! 17 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Belfast Shipbuilding Company

| Belfast

| Gyrn Castle

| For E. Bates.{{Cite news |title=Ship Building in Belfast - Launch of the Gyrn Castle |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=23 July 1856 }}

----

! 18 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Hickson & Co.

| Belfast

| {{SS|Circassian|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Circassia |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=16 July 1856 |issue=123898 }}{{Cite news |title=Launches |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 July 1856 |issue=123899 }}

----

! 18 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Deptford Dockyard

| {{HMS|Emerald|1856|2}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Military and Naval Intelligence |date=19 July 1856 |page=5 |issue=22424 |column=B-C }}

----

! 19 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. and W. Smith

| {{PS|Enterprise|1856|2}}

| For Dundalk and Midland Steam Packet Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Enterprise |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 July 1856 |issue=2855 }}

----

! 24 July

| {{flag|Denmark}}

| Nyholm

| {{HDMS|Heimdal|1856|2}}

| Corvette

| For Royal Danish Navy.{{Cite news |title=Germany and the Baltic |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=22 July 1856 |issue=20848 }}{{Cite news |title=Denmark and Sweden |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=22 July 1856 |issue=3183 }}

25 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Napier and Sons

| Glasgow

| {{RMS|Persia||2}}

| Ocean liner

| For Cunard Line.

----

! 31 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. D. Marshall

| South Shields

| {{SS|Jona|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 August 1856 |issue=9476 }}

----

! 31 July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kingston upon Hull

| {{SS|Sea Horse|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Lauches |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=1 August 1856 |issue=3734 }}

----

! July

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Nova Scotia

| Digby

| Arabell

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=23 October 1856 |issue=123982 }}

----

! July

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Nova Scotia

| Digby

| Hebe

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=19 October 1861 |issue=15100 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship|ST|Isabella|1856|2}}

| Tug

| For Mr. Murray.{{Cite news |title=North Shields |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 July 1856 |issue=9472 }}

----

! July

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Scott, Russell & Co

| Undine

| Steam yacht

| For Duke of Sutherland.{{Cite news |title=More Yacht Visitors to Russia |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=5 August 1856 |issue=20860 }}

----

! July

| {{flag|France}}

| Isigny-sur-Mer

| Vigilante

| For use as a floating church.{{Cite news |title=The Church Afloat |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 July 1856 |issue=27952 }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer Bros.

| {{SS|Balaklava|1856|2}}

| For British Government.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iron Shipbuilding on the Tyne |date=2 August 1856 |page=9 |issue=22436 |column=B }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hall

| Dorothy

| For Messrs. Charles Horsfall & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 August 1856 |issue=5665 }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Samuelson

| Hull

| {{SS|Emmeline|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. Z. C. Pearson, Coleman, & Co.{{Cite news |title=Lanch of a Steamer |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=9 August 1856 |issue=3735 }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson

| {{SS|Grange|1856|2}}

| For Carron Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 August 1856 |issue=5641 }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bowman and Drummond

| Blyth

| Maid of the Tyne

| For John Dryden.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207964&vessel=MAID+OF+THE+TYNE |title=Maid of the Tyne |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}

----

! 2 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Victoria Foundry Company

| {{SS|San Dionisio|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Spanish Steamer |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 August 1856 |issue=27960 }}

----

! 4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Blackwood & Gordon

| Gartvale

| {{SS|Alexander II|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Glasgow |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=8 August 1856 |issue=20863 }}

----

! 4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Cunningham

| British Lion

| For Mr. Avery.

----

! 4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gaddy & Lamb

| Ravensworth

| For R. W. Hodgson.

4 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Caird & Company

| {{ship||Teutonia|ship|2}}

| For Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft.

----

! 15 August

| {{flag|France}}

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|Impératrice Eugénie|1856|2}}

| For French Navy.

----

! 15 August

| {{flag|France}}

| Cherbourg

| {{ship|French ship|Impétueuse|1856|2}}

| For French Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign Intelligence |date=21 August 1856 |page=8 |issue=22452 |column=A-D }}

----

! 16 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Methil

| Dalhousie

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Accident at a Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 August 1856 |issue=5648 }}

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Lesley

| Hebburn

| {{SS|General Williams|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Large Iron Screw Steam Ship |newspaper=North Shields Gazette |location=North Shields |date=18 August 1856 |url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/generalwilliams1856.html }}

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Smith

| Gosforth

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launches on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 August 1856 |issue=9478 }}

----

! 18 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. A. & R. Hopper

| Selma

| For Mark Thompson.

----

! 19 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Palmer Bros.

| {{SS|Moscow|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. De Jersey & Co.

----

! 19 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. C. Miller

| Toxteth

| Nauphante

| For Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, & Lyne.{{Cite news |title=Launches at the South End |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 August 1856 |issue=2867 }}

----

! 19 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. George Robinson & Co.

| Cork

| Spitfire

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of Two Vessels |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=22 August 1856 }}

----

! 19 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Westacott

| Barnstaple

| Thomas Daniel

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=21 August 1856 |issue=4715 }}

----

! 28 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle

| Hull

| {{SS|Cheviot|1856|2}}

| For private owners.{{Cite news |title=Ship Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=5 September 1856 |issue=3739 }}

----

! 28 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Scott & Co.

| {{SS|Courrier du Maroc|1856|2}}

| For Bazin, Leon, Gay & Co.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=19955&vessel=COURRIER+DU+MAROC |title=Courrier du Maroc |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |access-date=5 August 2019}}

----

! 30 August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wingate

| {{SS|St. Elmo|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 September 1856 |issue=5653 }}

----

! August

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of New Brunswick

| Saint John

| Agricola

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 September 1861 |issue=15076 }}

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Barkes

| Ellen Morrison

| For Mr Morrison.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Shields Daily Gazette |location=South Shields |date=2 September 1856 |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images16/ellenmorrison1.jpg }}

----

! August

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Province of Canada

| Forth

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1856 |issue=5679 }}

----

! August

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Gleaner

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Multum in Parvo |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 September 1856 |issue=2872 }}

----

! 1 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Langley

| Rotherhithe

| {{SS|Chili|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. Seymour, Peacock and Co.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Chili, one of the New Line of London and Valparaiso Steamers |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 September 1856 |issue=3212 }}

----

! 1 September

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Province of Canada

| Saint Charles River

| Sangeen

| Ran aground on being launched.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury etc |location=Liverpool |date=24 September 1856 |issue=2882 }}

----

! 5 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| {{SS|Blidah|1856|2}}

| For {{abbr|MM.|Monsieurs}} Marc Fressinet Père et Fils.

----

! 5 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Robert Steele & Co.

| {{PS|Panther|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. G. & J. Burns & Co.{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 September 1856 |issue=5657 }}

----

! 6 September

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Daniel Westervelt

| {{ship

George W. Blunt|1856|2}}

| For Joseph Henderson & James Callahan.

----

! 6 September

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| Rijkswerf

| Amsterdam

| {{HNLMS|Wassenaar|1856|2}}

| For Royal Netherlands Navy.

----

! 11 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. E. & R. Teale

| Harewood

| Ann and Charlotte

| Sloop

| For John Kirk and Mr. Eastwood.{{Cite news |title=Harewood |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=13 September 1856 |issue=6533 }}

----

! 15 September

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| William H. Webb

| Ocean Monarch

| For W. T. Frost.{{Cite news |title=The Ocean Monarch |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=12 November 1856 |issue=28044 }}

----

! 16 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Brundrit & Whiteway

| Runcorn

| Dennis Brundrit

| For Brundrit & Whiteway.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Dennis Brundrit |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 September 1856 |issue=2879 }}{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11562&a1Page=2&ref=229106&vessel=DENNIS+BRUNDRIT |title=Dennis Brundrit |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=6 October 2024 }}

----

! 16 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Canada Works

| {{PS|Elizabeth Jackson|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a New Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 September 1856 |issue=2879 }}

----

! 16 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Edward Potts

| Seaham

| Lumley

| Snow

| For Mr. Lumley.

----

! 16 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Anderson

| Granton

| Stag

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Granton |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=17 September 1856 |issue=20897 }}

----

! 17 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hull

| {{ship|ST|Ahti|1856|2}}

| Tug

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Steam-tug "Ahti! |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=19 September 1856 |issue=3741 }}

----

! 17 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Stephen & Sons

| Eastern Monarch

| For Messrs. Somes Bros.{{Cite news |title=The "Eastern Monarch" |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=6 September 1856 |issue=20888 }}{{Cite news |title="Eastern Monarch" |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 September 1856 |issue=5656 }}

----

! 27 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Webster

| Fraserburgh

| Admiral

| For John Webster Jr.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Fraserburgh |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=1 October 1856 |issue=5673 }}

----

! 28 September

| {{flag|France}}

| Nantes

| {{SS|François I|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Express from Paris |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 October 1856 |issue=28010 |edition=Second }}

30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Deptford Dockyard

| {{HMS|Fawn|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Cruizer|sloop}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! 30 September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Plynlymmon|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 October 1856 |issue=2886 |edition=Second }}

----

! September

| {{flag|Portugal|1830}}

| Alipede

| Brig

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Portuguese Brig Alipede |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 October 1863 |issue=5434 }}

----

! September

| {{flag|France}}

| Auguste

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=France |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 April 1858 |issue=3709 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of the French Vessel Auguste - Eight Lives Lost |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=6 April 1858 |issue=24843 }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pwllheli

| Empress

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Southampton |date=30 May 1868 |issue=2163 }}

----

! September

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Follett

| Exmouth

| Magna Bona

| East Boston, Massachusetts

| For Messrs. Thomas & Richard Redway.{{Cite news |title=Exmouth |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=4 September 1856 |issue=4717 }}

----

! September

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| George & Thomas Boole

| {{ship

Pomona|ship|2}}

| For Howland & Frothington.

----

! 1 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Hugh Bannister & Co.

| Lytham

| Confidence

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Lytham |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=London |date=4 October 1856 |issue=2301 }}

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{HMS|Diadem|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Diadem|frigate}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Launch of a Frigate at Pembroke Dockyard |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 October 1856 |issue=3251 }}

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Mr. Vivian

| Salcombe

| Eclipse

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Salcombe |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=23 October 1856 |issue=4724 }}

----

! 14 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Denton & Hewson

| Lebanon

| Snow

| For Eggleston & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland050.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 10 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! 15 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Josiah Jones Jr.

| {{ship

Lalla Rookh|1856 ship|2}}

| Tea clipper

| For William Prowse & Co.{{Cite news |title=Lauch of a New Iron Ship |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 October 1856 |issue=2892 |edition=Second }}

----

! 15 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Gourlay Bros.

| Mexicana

| Brig

| For private owners.{{Cite news |title=Provincial Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=20 October 1856 |issue=20925 }}

----

! 16 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bowman and Drummond

| Blyth

| Mantura

| For Reid, Hodgson & Crawford.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207965&vessel=MANTURA |title=Mantura |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}

----

! 28 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wiliam Simons & Co.

| {{SS|Tilsit|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Whiteinch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 October 1856 |issue=5678 }}

----

! 29 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Doxford

| Coxgreen

| Londesborough

| Brig

| For Messrs. Liversidge & Banks.{{Cite news |title=Selby |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=1 November 1856 |issue=6554 }}

----

! 29 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Hall & Sons

| Robin Hood

| Tea clipper

| For James Beazley.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=6 November 1856 |issue=5678 }}

----

! 30 October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Martin Samuelson & Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|Barnsley|1856|2}}

| For Anglo-French Company.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=31 October 1856 |issue=3747 }}

----

! October

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Bowman and Drummond

| Blyth

| Shields

| Brig

| For William Blenkinsop and Enoch Halder.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10061&a1Page=4&ref=207966&vessel=SHIELDS |title=Shields |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=3 October 2024 }}

----

! 1 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Brownlow & Co.

| Hull

| {{SS|Tiger|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=7 November 1856 |issue=3748 }}

----

! 2 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Caird & Co.

| Glasgow

| {{SS|Petropolis|1856|2}}

| For Hamburg and Brazil Navigation Company.{{Cite news |title=Greenock and Coast News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 November 1856 |issue=5680 }}

----

! 13 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Fairbairne

| For Potter, Brothers & Co.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iron Shipbuilding at Liverpool |date=14 November 1856 |page=8 |issue=22525 |column=E }}

----

! 15 November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Kirkham

| For W. T. Jacob.

----

! 21 November

| {{flagcountry|Austrian Empire}}

| Trieste

| {{SS|Verbano|1856|2}}

| Karlskrona Naval Shipyard

| For Österreichischer Lloyd.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Foreign Intelligence |date=1 December 1856 |page=8 |issue=22539 |column=A-F }}

----

! 29 November

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Karlskrona

| {{HSwMS|Stockholm|1856|2}}

| Ship of the line

| For Royal Swedish Navy.

----

! November

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Glasgow

| Osnabrück

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 November 1856 |issue=5689 }}{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 January 1857 |issue=5707 }}

----

! November

| {{flag|Spain|1785}}

| El Ferrol

| {{SS|Santa Teresa|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Spain |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=3 December 1856 |issue=28062 }}

----

! 2 December

| {{flag|France}}

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|La Foudre|1856|2}}

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=Express from Paris |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=5 December 1856 |issue=28064 |edition=Second }}

----

! 10 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Richardson & Duck

| Stockton-on-Tees

| Little Dorrit

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Stockton-on-Tees |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 December 1856 |issue=6573 }}

----

! 13 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas B. Seath

| Rutherglen

| Dove

| For James Steel & Sons.{{Cite news |title=Launch at Rutherglen |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 December 1856 |issue=5698 }}

----

! 14 December

| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}}

| Constantinople

| {{ship|Ottoman ship|Fethiyé|1856|2}}

| Ship of the line

| For Ottoman Navy.{{Cite news |title=Turkey |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=26 December 1856 |issue=28082 |edition=Second }}

----

! 14 December

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of New Brunswick

| Dover

| Prerogative

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=1 September 1857 |issue=12858 }}

----

! 20 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. J. & G. Thomson

| {{PS|Etna|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. Fiorio.{{Cite news |title=Launch |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1856 |issue=5701 }}

----

! 29 December

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| William H. Webb

| New York City

| {{ship

Black Hawk|clipper|2}}

| Medium clipper

| For Bucklin & Crane, New York. Generally listed as launched in 1857.{{Cite web |last=Bruzelius | first=Lars |title=Clipper Ships: "Black Hawk" (1856) |work=Black Hawk |publisher=The Maritime History Virtual Archives |date=20 February 1999 |url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Black_Hawk%281856%29.html |access-date=19 February 2010 }}{{sfn|Crothers|1997|p=xii}}

----

! 30 December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Woolwich Dockyard

| {{HMS|Scout|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Malcomson

| Waterford

| {{SS|Abeona|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=15 December 1856 }}

----

! December

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Sons

| Kelvinside

| Charlemagne

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 December 1856 |issue=5703 }}

----

! Spring

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{SS|Lyonnais|1856|2}}

| For Messrs. Gauthier, Frères et {{abbr|Cie|Compagnie}}.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of an Atlantic Ste3amer |date=1 December 1856 |page=7 |issue=22539 |column=D-F }}

----

! Spring

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Province of Canada

| Messrs. Robert McCord & Son

| Snowdrop

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisement & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 August 1856 |issue=5640 }}

----

! Spring

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Province of Canada

| Vortigern

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 February 1857 |issue=5725 }}

----

! Autumn

| {{flag|France}}

| Cherbourgh

| {{ship|French ship|Loiret|1856|2}}

| Transport ship

| For French Navy.

----

! Autumn

| {{flag|France}}

| Cherbourgh

| {{ship|French ship|Somme|1856|2}}

| Transport ship

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=Express from Paris |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=28 February 1857 |issue=28139 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Austrian Empire}}

| {{SMS|Adria|1856|2}}

| For Austrian Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=4 April 1856 |page=10 |issue=22333 |column=A-C }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Johnson

| Alacrity

| For T. Todd.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland123.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1850s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| {{ship|French ship|Alexandre|1856|2}}

| Ship of the line

| For French Navy.{{Cite news |title=The Steam Navy of France |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1859 |issue=6028 |author=E. J. Reed }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Hardie

| Alice

| For J. Ritson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Peter Austin

| Ampthill

| For Wilson Bros.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| P. Gibson

| Anne Lee

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pickersgill & Miller

| Anniversary

| Snow

| For John Snowdon.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland073.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 25 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Naizby

| Ardville

| For J. Lemon.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Chilton

| Areta

| For J. Clay.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Jopling & Willoughby

| Ark

| Snow

| For Mr. Jopling.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pickersgill & Miller

| Ashley Down

| Brig

| For Pickersgill & Co.

----

! Unknownndate

| 22px India

| Bombay

| {{SS|Assaye|1856|2}}

| steam frigate

| For British East India Company.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Another Indiaman Wrecked |date=31 January 1865 |page=10 |issue=25096 |column=D }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Aurora Australis

| For Mr. McPherson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Bacchante

| For Mr. Beazeley.

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. & H. Green

| {{ship|Japanese warship|Banryū||2}}

| For Tokugawa Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Austin & Mills

| Birch Grove

| For S. & J. Pegg.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland044.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 5 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| New Albany, Indiana

| {{USS|Bloomer||2}}

| Sternwheeler

| For private owner.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Williamsburg, New York

| {{USS|Bohio|1856|2}}

| Brig

| For private owner.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| J. J. Abrahams

| Baltimore, Maryland

| {{USS|Braziliera|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of New Brunswick

| Saint John

| Broughton Hall

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1858 |issue=3123 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Barker

| Cactus

| Snow

| For William Tose.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Austrian Empire}}

| Pola

| {{SMS|Cæsar|1856|2}}

| For Austrian Navy.{{Cite news |title=Italy |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 October 1856 |issue=3238 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Bartram & Sons

| Canterbury

| For H. Cross.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Harkess

| Carausius

| For E. Oliver.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Castor

| Sloop

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Jobling & Hodgson

| Celandine

| Snow

| For Evans & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Keyport, New Jersey

| {{USS|Ceres|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Charlotte

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. Worthy

| Chili

| For Moon & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| New Albany, Indiana

| {{USS|Choctaw|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Creole

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notice |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 April 1856 |issue=5596 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Austin & Mills

| Chryseis

| For Clay & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Haswell

| Cincinattus

| For J. Hay.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{SS|City of Lyons|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| City of Nantes

| For E. T. Gourley et al.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Clarendon

| For Lonie & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. H. Pearson

| Cleadon

| For J. Y. Gourley & Son.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Green, Robinson & Co., or Green & Co.

| Coquetdale

| For Mr. Dobinson.

----

! Unknown date

| 22px Burma

| Moulmein

| {{ship

Cospatrick|ship|2}}

| For Duncan Dunbar.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Cumberland

| For E. Graham.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Harlan & Hollingsworth

| Wilmington, Delaware

| {{ship|CSS|Curlew||2}}

| For Thomas D. Warren.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Samuel Sneden

| Greenpoint, New York

| {{ship||Curlew|steamboat|2}}

| Steamboat

| For Commercial Steamboat Company

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Robinson

| Daniel Jefferies

| Snow

| For D. Jefferies.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Earle's

| Hull

| {{SS|De Cater|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Iron Shipbuilding |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 April 1856 |issue=3720 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Austrian Empire}}

| {{SMS|Donau|1856|2}}

| For Austrian Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hodgson & Gardner

| Dorothy

| Snow

| For J. Walker.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. W. & W. J. Hall

| Eastfield

| For Currie & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| M. Byers & Co

| Elizabeth

| Brig

| For Mr. Legender.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. Shevill

| Elizabeth Ann

| For William Sanderson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Eliza Sharp

| For Nicholson & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laurence, Hill, & Co.

| {{SS|England|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| {{SS|Enterprize|1856|2}}

| For Laing & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. T. & W. Smith

| {{HMS|Erne|1856|2}}

| {{Sclass|Albacore|gunboat

|1855}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Manufacture of Gunboats &c., on the Tyne |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=14 March 1856 |issue=9455 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Lawson Gales

| Erromanga

| For Fenwick & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| V. & J. Pratt

| Essays

| Snow

| For Cook & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Everglade

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Excelsior

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Barker

| Excelsior

| For T. White.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Y. Watson

| Excelsior

| For Rodham & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pile Jr.

| Faerie Queen

| For J. Kelso.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland097.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 37 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| L. & T. C. Gales

| Flora

| For Watson & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Mobile, Alabama

| Florida

| Coaster

| For Mobile Mail Line.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|Prussia}}

| Stettin

| Frederick Retzlaff

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=The Explosion in Cardiff Docks |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 October 1856 |issue=3262 }}

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| William Cheney

| Vermillion, Ohio

| {{ship||F. T. Barney|schooner|2}}

| For Lewis Wells.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. Seymour

| General Windham

| For B. Moir.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Jobung & Co

| George

| Snow

| For Charles Cairns.{{Cite news |title=From Our Correspondents |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=6 December 1856 |issue=3481 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Lister

| George Potts

| Snow

| For R. Wright.

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. & W. Smith

| {{ship||Gosforth|ship|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| P. Gibson

| Grace & Jane

| McKeesport, Pennsylvania

| For Elwin & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| {{ship|CSS|Grampus||2}}

| Sternwheeler

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| M. Byers & Co.

| Hadassah

| For Mr. Leadbitter.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Handy|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Clown|gunboat}}

| For Royal Navy.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=10 July 1856 |issue=27938 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| C. W. Crown

| Hannah Park

| For Duncan McBrayne Park.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Hardie

| Hartlepool

| Snow

| For Mr. Porteous.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Pitcher's

| {{HMS|Hearty|1856|2}}

| For Royal Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Davison

| Heather Bell

| For R. Hick.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. Naizby

| Helena

| For H. Smith.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thomson & Sons

| Helvellyn

| For E. Graham.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| A. Leithead

| Hermione

| For Mr. Richardson.

----

! Unknown date

| 22px Unknown

| {{HMS|Hong Kong|1857|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Barkes

| Hope-on

| Brig

| For J. Hunter.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Taylor & Scouler

| Hunter

| For Mr. Nicholson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|France}}

| Arsenal de Brest

| Brest

| {{ship|French ship|Impérial|1856|2}}

| {{sclass|Algéciras|ship of the line}}

| For French Navy.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Booth

| James Lemon

| For J. Lemon.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Thomas Stonehouse

| Jane Almond

| For J. Almond.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Booth

| John Purdie

| For W. Crowell.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Hodgson & Gardner

| John Robinson

| For J. Robinson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Sanderson

| Jolly's

| For R. Jolly.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Y. Watson

| Julia Augusta

| For W. Hopper.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Young, Son & Magnay

| {{SS|Jupiter|1856|2}}

| For Österreichischer Lloyd.{{Cite news |title=Launch of the Neptune for the Austrial Lloyd Steam Navigation Company |newspaper=Morning Chronicle |location=London |date=16 March 1857 |issue=28152 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Edward Bailey

| Kennington

| For Douglas & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. Gardner & Co.

| Kindrochat

| For G. Miller.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| D. Weymouth

| Alna, Maine

| {{ship||King Philip|clipper|2}}

| Medium clipper

| For Glidden & William.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pile

| {{ship

Lammermuir|1856 clipper|2}}

| Extreme clipper

| For John Willis & Son.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Richard Abbay

| Lansdowne

| For Mr. Vickermann.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Cincinnati, Ohio

| {{ship||Laurent Millaudon|1856|2}}

| Steamboat

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Rodgerson

| Legatus

| For Lonie & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland077.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 28 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Chilton

| Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd.

| Livingstone

| Snow

| For Mr. Redhead.

----

! Unknown date

| {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Lord of the Isles

| For private owner.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=375}}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Thompson Jr.

| Lowick

| For W. Allen.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Port Glasbow

| {{PS|Lusitania|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Booth

| Mahratta

| For Mr. McDonald.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pickersgill & Miller

| Margaret Knight

| For T. Knight.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| G. Gardner & Co.

| Marina

| For John Wheatley.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & R. Mills

| Mars

| For J. Allen.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| N. Stothard

| Martha Clay

| For H. Nelson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Forest & Co.

| Mary Jane

| For Mr. Denniston.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Hardie

| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| Mary & Kate

| Snow

| For Campbell & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Nova Scotia

| William and Richard Wright

| Wilmot

| {{ship||Morning Light|ship|2}}

| Sailing ship

| For William and Richard Wright.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| M. W. Chapin

| Tug

| private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Ryde & Co.

| {{SS|Mystery|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Auxiliary Steam-Power |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=8 March 1856 |issue=3442 }}

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| New Albany, Indiana

| New Era

| Ferry

| For private owner

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| John Watson

| Newton

| For Newton & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laurence, Hill, & Co.

| {{SS|Nina|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. Lightfoot

| North Hylton

| Norfolk

| For Scott & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William R. Abbay

| Ocean

| Snow

| For Catt & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| M. Clarke

| Olive Branch

| For T. Hick.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland049.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 9 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pile & Smart

| Osprey

| For Ingo & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Richard Wilkinson

| Pacific

| For J. Longton.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| {{ship|CSS|Pamlico

2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Lister

| Paul

| For W. Clough.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| R. Sanderson

| Pax

| Brig

| For Gideon Smales.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ratcliff & Spence

| Peace

| For Mears & Sons.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| Potosi

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. Seymour

| Princess Royal

| Snow

| For Jobling & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Todd & Brown

| Queen of Freedom

| For M. Aisbett.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Short

| Raby Castle

| For Mr. Greenwell.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Ratcliff & Spencer

| Reays

| For Mr. Reay.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| River Wear

| Regina

| Alexander Hall and Sons

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=North Shields |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=27 June 1856 |issue=9470 }}

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| {{ship||Robin Hood|ship|2}}

| J. Wade.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. R. Abbay & Co.

| Rocket

| Brig

| For W. & T. Adamson.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Thomas Collyer

| {{USS|Roebuck|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Taylor

| Royal Saxon

| For Mr. Rickinson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| C. W. Crown

| Russell Ellice

| For Mr. Nicholson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Watson

| San Fernando

| For Mr. Nicholson.

Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Henry Balfour

| Methil

| {{ship||Santiago|1856 ship|2}}

| For Balfour Williamson.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & R. Mills

| Sarah Jane

| Snow

| For Mr. Humble.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| N. Stothard

| Sarah Scott

| For Scott & Co.

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Haswell

| Sarepta

| For Haswell & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland059.html |title=Shipbuilders – Page 17 |publisher=Searle |accessdate=29 November 2023 }}

----

! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Colony of Nova Scotia

| Wallace

| Seaflower

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Avertisements & Notices |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1859 |issue=3442 }}

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Robert Thompson & Sons

| Sea Venture

| For J. Robinson.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Woods, Spence & Co

| Sedgemoor

| For Woods & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Laurence, Hill & Co.

| {{SS|Silloth|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Forrest & Co.

| Sirocco

| For James Hay.

Unknown date

| {{flag|Sweden|1844}}

| Motala Verkstad

| Motala

| Skibladner

| For private owner

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Pile Jr.

| Spartan

| For J. R. Kelso.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Syles & Co

| Sultan

| For R. Barnett.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Green, Robinson & Co

| Sunderland Packet

| For French & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Laing

| Sylph

| For J. & C. Robertson.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagicon|UKGBI}} Province of Canada

| W. H. Baldwin

| Tamahao

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Advertisements & Notices |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 July 1866 |issue=8275 }}

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. A. Douglass

| Thames

| For Bonus & Sons.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| D. A. Douglass

| Thames City

| For H. Rounthwaite.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. H. Pearson

| The Bride

| For Mr. Douglas.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| George Bartram & Sons

| Thoughtful

| snow

| For Riches & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| William Harkness

| Trio

| For Flett & Co.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Baltimore, Maryland

| {{USS|Two Sisters|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Rawson & Watson

| Una

| Snow

| For G. Smales.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. Hardie

| Urania

| Brig

| For W. Bird.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. John Reid & Co.

| {{PS|Valparaiso|1856|2}}

| For private owner.{{Cite news |title=Port-Glasgow |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=28 June 1856 |issue=20828 }}

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| T. Alcock

| Verbena

| For Henry Alcock.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| H. Carr

| Virgilia

| For M. Twedell.

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! Unknown date

| 22px Kingdom of Sardinia

| Genpa

| {{ship|Sardinian ship|Vittorio Emmannuele|1856|2}}

| For Royal Sardinian Navy.{{Cite news |title=The War |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=20 January 1856 |issue=284 }}

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| James Briggs & Co.

| Warrior Queen

| For Bradley & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Todd & Brown

| Washington

| For M. Tweddell, E. Tweddell, J. Todd & C. Brown.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| W. R. Abbay & Co.

| Waterlily

| For Farrow & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Edward Bailey

| Waterlily

| For Laing & Co.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Rawson & Watson

| Waterloo

| For W. Davison.

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| Brooklyn, New York

| {{USS|Western World|1856|2}}

| For private owner.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| J. & R. Bailey

| Shoreham-by-Sea

| Wild Dayrell

| For private owner.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=10178&ref=231303&vessel=WILD+DAYRELL |title=Wild Dayrell |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=26 September 2024 }}

Unknown date

| {{flag|United States|1851}}

| William Henry Webb

| William H. Webb

| For private owner.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Messrs. Wigram

| {{HMS|Wolfe|1856|2}}

| For Royal Navy.

Unknown date

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| C. Gips & Zonen

| Dordrecht

| Yedo

| Corvette

| For Tokugawa Navy.

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! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|UKGBI}}

| Pile & Smart