Created by Ajay Kumar
Last edited January 15, 2026


The list of ship launches in 1824 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1824.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
16 January Spitfire Steamship Harwich File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[1]
19 January Asia -class ship of the line Bombay Dockyard India For Royal Navy.
January Addison Snow Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Addison Brown.[2][3]
Unknown date Bon Accord Brigantine Richard Bussell Lyme Regis File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Aberdeen & London Shipping Co.[4]
3 February Lord Amherst Passenger ship Wigram & Green Blackwall File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[5][6]
7 February North Star -class corvette Woolwich Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
16 February Unnamed State barge Thomas Courthorpe London File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.[7]
17 February Meteor -class paddle steamer Oliver Lang Deptford or Woolwich File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[8][9]
26 February Eleanor Merchantman Green Bristol File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[10]
February Brack Merchantman James Crown Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For John Cropton.[2][11]
13 March Fauvette -class schooner Bayonne  France For French Navy.[12]
13 March Aigrette -class schooner Bayonne  France For French Navy.[13]
16 March Turquoise -class schooner Bayonne  France For French Navy.[14]
30 March Marquis of Lansdown Merchantman John Scott & Co. Calcutta India For private owner.
30 March Unicorn Modified -class frigate Chatham Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
March Gilmore Barque Gilmore & Co. Sulkea India For Gilmore & Co.
March Perfection Merchantman J. Burdon Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Butcher & Co.[2]
14 April Formidable -class ship of the line Jean Charles Antoine Barrallier Toulon File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For French Navy.[15][16][17]
5 May Carn Brea Castle East Indiaman Wigram & Green Blackwall Yard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Messrs. Huddart Brothers.
14 May Smirnyi Sixth rate Saint Petersburg File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
24 May al-Ihsaniyya Fourth rate Rhodes Template:Country data First Hellenic Republic For Egyptian Navy.[19]
27 May Kniaz Vladimir -class ship of the line A. M. Kurochkin Arkhangelsk File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
27 May Konstantin Fifth rate A. M. Kurochkin Arkhangelsk File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[21]
31 May Champion -class ship-sloop Portsmouth Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[22]
31 May Emma Merchantman Farrington & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[23]
31 May Orestes -class ship-sloop Portsmouth Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[24]
31 May Shtandart Fourth rate A. K. Kaverznev Kherson File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[25]
19 June Bordelaise -class gun-brig Cherbourg  France For French Navy.[26]
19 June Champenoise -class gun-brig Cherbourg  France For French Navy.[27]
29 June Pylades Sloop Woolwich Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
30 June Template:PS Paddle steamer Bland & Challoner Liverpool File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Liverpool & Belfast Steam Packet Co.[28]
June Hellespont Brig Liverpool File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[29]
June Sir Charles Forbes Barque A. Hall & Co. Aberdeen File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Mr M'Innes.
June Return Merchantman John M. & William Gales Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For H. Magee.[2][30]
19 July Queen of the Netherlands Steamship Wigram & Green Blackwall Yard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Rotterdam Steam Packet Company.[31]
26 July Cybele Lisbon  Portugal For Portuguese Navy.[32]
26 July Endymion Brig Lorient  France For French Navy.
27 July Vengeance -class ship of the line Pembroke Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
28 July Columbus Disposable ship Charles Wood Quebec United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lower Canada For private owner.
29 July Emmanuil Third rate B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[33]
9 August Daphné -class schooner Lorient  France For French Navy.[34]
25 August Duperré -class ship of the line Brest  France For French Navy.[35][36]
26 August The City of Rochester East Indiaman Brindley & Co. Rochester File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Macqueen and Palmer.[37][38]
9 September Thisbe Modified -class frigate Pembroke Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
13 September Astrakhan Brig Astrakhan File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[39]
13 September Revel Sloop B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[40]
16 September Template:HDMS Ship of the line Holmen Naval Base  Denmark For Royal Danish Navy.
9 October Talbot -class corvette Pembroke Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
22 October Hearty -class brig-sloop Chatham Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[41]
October Cynthia Merchantman J. Allison Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Allison & Co.[2]
8 November Surat Castle Full-rigged ship Wigram's & Green Blackwall File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Johnson & Meaburn.
10 November Template:HSwMS Ship of the line Karlskrona Naval Shipyard  Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy.
22 November Royal Charlotte Yacht Woolwich File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[42]
30 November Panteleimon Third rate I. S. Razumov Nicholaieff File:Flag of The Russian Empire 1883.svg Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[43]
November Helen Sloop Arbroath File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[44]
November Providence Schooner George Hudson Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For George Hudson.[2][45]
2 December Vesuvio -class ship of the line Castellamare di Stabia File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Sicilian Navy.
8 December Hope -class brig-sloop Plymouth Dockyard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date Agenoria Brig North Hylton File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[2]
Unknown date Template:HNLMS Full-rigged ship Rotterdam Template:Country data United Kingdom of the Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[47]
Unknown date British Tar Barque Hylton Ferry File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For T. Forest.[2]
Unknown date Cadboro Schooner Rye File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For C. Hicks.
Unknown date Caledonia Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner.[48]
Unknown date Template:HSwMS Ship of the Line  Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy.[49]
Unknown date Template:PS Paddle steamer T. Brocklebank Deptford File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For T. Brocklebank.[50]
Unknown date Clairmont Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner.[48]
Unknown date Columbus Merchantman Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For G. Wood.[2]
Unknown date Daphne Merchantman John M. & William Gales Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For John M. & William Gales.[2]
Unknown date Darius Merchantman Newcastle upon Tyne File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.
Unknown date Diana Merchantman T. Broderick Whitby File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For John Braithwaite, Robert Braithwaite and J. Frankland.
Unknown date Template:HDMS Third rate  Denmark For Royal Danish Navy.[51]
Unknown date Template:PS Paddle steamer Benjamin Wallis Blackwall File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.
Unknown date Eliza Barque United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of Prince Edward Island For private owner.
Unknown date Ellice West Indiaman Philip Laing Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Ellice & Co.
Unknown date Elphinstone Sloop Bombay India For British East India Company.[48]
Unknown date Template:HSwMS Man of war  Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy.[49]
Unknown date Gratitude Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For John M. & William Gales.[2]
Unknown date Grecian Brig File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.
Unknown date Hendon Merchantman G. Kirkbride & Co. Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Mr. Scurfield.[2]
Unknown date Henry Eckford Paddle steamer Lawrence & Sneden New York  United States For Mowatt Brothers & Co.
Unknown date Hurrell Schooner William Bonker & James Vivian Salcombe File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Robert Hurrell and others.[52]
Unknown date Integrity Brig Redbridge File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.
Unknown date Jane Merchantman Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[2]
Unknown date Jane Merchantmen J. Hall Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[2]
Unknown date Jane Merchantman Philip Laing Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For G. Smith.[2]
Unknown date Template:HNLMS Frigate Template:Country data United Kingdom of the Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[53]
Unknown date Juliana East Indiaman File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For British East India Company.[54]
Unknown date Template:PS Paddle steamer File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.[9]
Unknown date Lord Eldon Merchantman Sunderland, County Durham File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For J. Noble.
Unknown date Mandalena Merchantman John M. & William Gales Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Thomas Cockerill.[2]
Unknown date Template:PS Paddle steamer File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.[9]
Unknown date Nereus Merchantman Philip Laing Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Philip Laing.[2]
Unknown date Nimrod Brig R. & A. Carsewell Greenock File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.
Unknown date Ocean Snow Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Skee & Co.[2]
Unknown date Template:HNLMS Sixth rate Rotterdam Template:Country data United Kingdom of the Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[55]
Unknown date Osprey Snow Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For T. B. Simey.[2]
Unknown date Security Merchantman Yarmouth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Upper Canada For Mr. Spencer.
Unknown date Simon Taylor Barque Blackwall Yard File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For S. Taylor.
Unknown date Sisters Barque John M. & William Gales Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For William Gales.[2]
Unknown date Tamerlane Merchantman St. Martins United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Upper Canada For Stewart & Co.
Unknown date Triton Merchantman L. Crown Sunderland File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For private owner.[2]
Unknown date Template:HNLMS Full-rigged ship Rotterdam Template:Country data United Kingdom of the Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[56]
Unknown date Template:HNLMS Third rate Template:Country data United Kingdom of the Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[57]
Unknown date William Salthouse Barque Salthouse & Co. Liverpool File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For Salthouse & Co.
Unknown date Zephyr Schooner Frederick Baddeley Brixham File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom For John C. Baddeley & Frederick Baddeley.[58]

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