List of ship launches in 1818

The list of ship launches in 1818 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1818.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
8 January  United Kingdom Jean Michel Segondat Cherbourg Centaure Bucentaure-class ship of the line For French Navy.[1]
9 January  United Kingdom John Warwick Rotherhithe Isabella Full-rigged ship For private owner.
January  United Kingdom J. Morrice Sunderland Agenoria Brig For J. Barker.[2][3]
24 February  United Kingdom Messrs. Smith Gainsborough William Etherington Full-rigged ship For private owner.[4]
February  United Kingdom Aberdeen Barbara Brig For private owner.[5]
February  United Kingdom Aberdeen Castle Forbes Full-rigged ship For private owner.[5]
February  United Kingdom Liverpool Mary Ann Schooner For private owner.[6]
February  United Kingdom Aberdeen Norval Brig For private owner.[5]
February  United Kingdom Aberdeen Resolution Brig For private owner.[5]
2 March  United Kingdom James Shepherd Paull Sesostris Merchantman For Mr. Staniforth.
21 March  France Aimé Jean Louis Nicholas René Le Dean Lorient Neptune Bucentaure-class ship of the line For French Navy.[7]
23 March  United Kingdom John & Mark Richards Southampton Lucy Davidson Indiaman For private owner.[8]
24 March  United Kingdom Mottershead & Heyes Liverpool George Canning Merchantman For private owner.[9]
6 April  France Rochefort L'Iris Iris-class schooner For French Navy.[10]
8 April  United Kingdom Philip Laing Sunderland Rockingham East Indiaman For John Laing.
27 April  United Kingdom Steemson Hull Sisters Brig For John Marshall.[11]
27 April  United Kingdom Lyme Regis Stedcombe Schooner For private owner.
1 May  Russia B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg Oktrytie Kamchatka-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[12]
2 May  United Kingdom Thomas White Cowes Olive Branch Snow For Brown Mount.
7 May  Russia A. I. Melikhov Nicholaieff Flora Fourth rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[13]
8 May  Russia M. K. Surovtsov Kherson Skoryi Anapa-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
14 May  United Kingdom Messrs. Wilson & Smillie Falkirk Vulcan Steamboat For Forth & Clyde Canal Co.[15]
20 May  Russia A. M. Kurochkin Archangelsk Retvizan Selafail-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[16]
28 May  United States Noah Brown Black Rock, New York Walk-in-the-Water Paddle steamer For Lake Erie Steamboat Company.
May  United Kingdom Monkwearmouth Fanny Brig For private owner.[17]
3 June  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Racer Nightingale-class cutter For Royal Navy.
3 June  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Sprightly Nightingale-class cutter For Royal Navy.
10 June  Russia A. M. Kurochkin Archangelsk Diana Amfitrada-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
18 June  France Aimé Jean Louis Nicholas René Le Dean Rochefort Duc de Berry Téméraire-class ship of the line For French Navy.[19]
18 June  Russia Y. A. Kolodkin Lodeynoye Pole Ladoga Transport ship For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
24 June Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples Unnamed Steamship For private owner.[21]
June  United Kingdom J. Watson & P. Mills Sunderland Ann Merchantman For R. Denton.[2][22]
June  United Kingdom Antelope Sailboat For private owner.[23]
June India Michael Smith Howrah Barretto Junior Merchantman For R. Ford & Co.
1 July  Russia B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg Raduga Schooner For Imperial Russian Navy.[24]
4 July  United Kingdom Gibson Hull Guard Schooner For Gee, Loft & Co.[25]
4 July  Russia B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg Vostok Sloop-of-war For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
15 July  Denmark Copenhagen Diana Frigate For Royal Danish Navy.[27]
27 July  Russia A. I. Melikhov Saint Petersburg Gonets Feniks-class sloop For Imperial Russian Navy.[28]
July  United States Forman Cheeseman Corlear's Hook, New York Curacio Corvette For Paul Delano.
July  France Nantes Hippomene Merchantman For private owner.[29]
3 August  Russia Y. A. Kolodkin Lodeynoye Pole Svir Mirnyi-class transport ship For Imperil Russian Navy.[30]
5 August  United Kingdom Steemson Hull Dauntless Merchantman For Messrs. Eggington & Beadle.[31]
17 August  Russia B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg Pegas Vestnik-class
cutter 		For Imperial Russian Navy.[32]
August  United Kingdom J. Bell Sunderland Emulous Brig For B. Roberts & Co.[2][33]
August  France Brest La Constance Frigate For French Navy.[34]
August  United States Fickett & Crockett New York Savannah Paddle steamer For Savannah Steamship Company.
3 September  United Kingdom John Scott & Sons Greenock Malay Merchantman For Roger Sinclair.
16 September India J. Thomas Howrah Bussorah Merchant Merchantman For W. Bruce & Co.
18 September Ottoman Empire Egypt Asiya Fifth rate For Egyptian Navy.[35]
September  United Kingdom Richard Bussell Lyme Regis Nimrod Smack For Thompson, Lumsden & Catto.[36]
1 October  United Kingdom John Blackett Poplar Thames East Indiaman For John Blackett.
2 October  United Kingdom Robert Steele Greenock Albion East Indiaman For private owner.[37]
2 October  United Kingdom John Scott & Sons Greenock Christian Merchantman For private owner.[37]
3 October  United Kingdom H. J. W. Pitcher Northfleet Fame Merchantman For private owner.
15 October  United Kingdom Henry Canham Woolwich Dockyard Talavera Repulse-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[38]
16 October  United Kingdom Nicholas Diddams Portsmouth Dockyard Waterloo Third rate For Royal Navy.[39]
29 October  United Kingdom Rolletts Grimsby Providence Good Intent Merchantman For private owner.[40]
31 October  United Kingdom Annan Well Annan Sloop For private owner.[41]
5 November  United Kingdom Henry & William Pitcher Northfleet Katherine Stewart Forbes Full-rigged ship For A. Chapman & Co.
November  United States Connecticut Steam Boat Company Hartford, Connecticut Enterprise Steamship For private owner.
12 December  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Bustared Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[42]
16 December  United Kingdom Jabez Bayley Ipswich Abberton West Indiaman For British East India Company.[43][44]
28 December India Bombay Dockyard Malabar Repulse-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
29 December  United Kingdom deptford Dockyard Alacrity Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[45]
December  United Kingdom Southwick Henry and William Brig For private owner.[46]
Unknown date  United Kingdom T. R. Greenwell Sunderland Acasta Brig For T. R. Greenwell.[2]
Unknown date  Spain Alejandro I Third rate For Royal Spanish Navy.[47]
Unknown date India James Macrae Chittagong Alfred Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Southampton Anglesea Yacht For Charles Paget.[48]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cochar & Hall. Aberdeen Asia Merchantman For George McInnes.[49][50]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Liverpool Bencoolen East Indiaman For Jones & Co.[51]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Brothers Snow For John M. & William Gales.[2]
Unknown date  United States New York Cadmus Merchantman For Whitlock Line.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Gibbon & Sons Aberdeen Castle Forbes Merchantman For Robert Gibbon & Sons.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Dart Brig For private owner.
Unknown date India John Peter Fearon Cochin Diana Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  France Dunkerque Dolfijn Sixth rate For Royal Netherlands Navy.[52]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Oswald Partis Sunderland Earl Strathmore Brig For John White.[2][53]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Plymouth Enchantress Merchantman For B. Roberts.
Unknown date  United Kingdom North Shields Exmouth Brig For Wright & Co.
Unknown date India James Macrae Chittagong Felicitas Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Monkwearmouth Friends Snow For J. Clyne & Co.[2]
Unknown date  France Dunkerque Galathe Sixth rate For Royal Netherlands Navy.[54]
Unknown date  Netherlands Rotterdam Gier Full-rigged ship For Royal Netherlands Navy.[55]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland John Snow For private owner.[2]
Unknown date  Netherlands Vlissingen Koerier Full-rigged ship For Royal Netherlands Navy.[56]
Unknown date  Netherlands Rotterdam Komeet Sixth rate For Royal Netherlands Navy.[57]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Levant Merchantman For John M. & William Gales.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom D. Brent Rotherhithe London Engineer Paddle steamer For T. Bramah, W. Bovill, A. Galloway and others.[58]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Lovely Ann Brig For Samuel Bryan.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M & William Gales Sunderland Luna Brig For Robert Knox.[2]
Unknown date  France Dunkerque Lynx Sixth rate For Royal Netherlands Navy.[59]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Mediterranean Brig For John M. & William Gales.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Reay Sunderland Milo Merchantman For private owner.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland New Albion Brig For John Bishop.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Southampton Orpheus Merchantman For John St Barbe & Co.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Placidia Snow For Mr. Oswald.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom William Denny Dumbarton Rob Roy Paddle steamer For David Napier.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Rosetta Snow For Ridley & Co.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom W. & J. Pile Sunderland Royalist Merchantman For Mr. Robson.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Holt & Richardson Whitby Skelton Merchantman For Dixon & Co.
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Thames Brig For John White.[2]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Southampton Union Yacht For Arthur Paget.[48]
Unknown date  Spain Velasco Third rate For Royal Spanish Navy.[60]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Elias Evans Frindsbury Victory Paddle steamer For Elias Evans.[61]
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Bermuda Bermuda William and Ann Snow For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland William Shand Merchantman For Lumsden & Co.[2]
Unknown date Unknown Zebra Full-rigged ship For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hull Zoroaster Merchantman For Eggington & Co.

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