List of ship launches in 1823

The list of ship launches in 1823 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1823.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
1 January  United Kingdom Bridgend Bridgend Brig For George Hurlow.[1]
30 January  United Kingdom Samuel Standidge-Walton Hull William Mab Snow For private owner.[2]
16 February  Spain Cartagena La Cazelda Corvette For Spanish Navy.[3]
22 February  United States Brown & Bell Manhattan Island, New York Canada Packet ship For private owner.[4]
26 February  United Kingdom Gravesend Don Giovanni Yacht For private owner.[5]
27 February India Bombay Dockyard Palinurus Survey ship For Bombay Marine.
11 March  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Kingfisher Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[6]
13 March  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Magnet Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[7]
17 March  United Kingdom Plymouth Netley Cutter For Board of Customs.[8]
19 March  United Kingdom Dover Britannia Steamship For private owner.[9]
1 April  France Lorient La Vénus Vestale-class frigate For French Navy.[10]
12 April  United Kingdom W. and C. Boulton Hull Fairy Brig For private owner.[11]
12 April  United Kingdom Brodrick Whitby John & Mary Full-rigged ship For Thomas Marshall.[12]
12 April  France Jean-Baptiste Hubert Rochefort Magicienne Armide-class frigate For French Navy.[13][14]
12 April  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Prince Regent Caledonia-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
13 April  France Cherbourg La Bressanne Alsacienne-class gun-brig For French Navy.[15]
13 April  France Cherbourg L'Alsacienne Alsacienne-class gun-brig For French Navy.[16]
14 April  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Tweed Atholl-class corvette For Royal Navy.[17]
22 April  France Lorient La Malouine Alsacienne-class gun-brig For French Navy.[18]
23 April  France Lorient La Lilloise Alsacienne-class gun-brig For French Navy.[19]
28 April  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Philomel Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[17]
April  France Toulon La Toulonnaise Iris-class schooner For French Navy.[20]
7 May  Russia A. A. Popov Saint Petersburg Predpriiatie Sixth rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[21]
10 May  United Kingdom Mottershead & Heyes Liverpool Emerald Isle Steamship For St. George Steam Packet Company.[22]
12 May  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Royalist Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[17]
22 May  Russia B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg Kastor Provornyi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[23]
23 May  Russia A. M. Kurochkin Archangelsk Prokhor Selafail-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[24]
May  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Echo Merchantman For John M. & William Gales.[25][26]
May  Russia A. M. Kurochkin Archangelsk Vind Khund Provornyi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[27]
8 June  France Bayonne L'Antilope Gazelle-class schooner For French Navy.[28]
10 June  United Kingdom Deptford Dockyard Algerine Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.[29]
21 June  United Kingdom William Ruff Cardiff The Glamorgan Schooner For private owner.[30]
25 June  France Bayonne La Dauphinoise Iris-class schooner For French Navy.[31]
25 June  France Bayonne L'Artésienne Iris-class schooner For French Navy.[32]
25 June  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Meteor Hecla-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.
26 June  United Kingdom Morton Leith Norna Merchantman For private owner.[33]
26 June  United Kingdom Sime & Rankine Leith Quentin Durward Paddle steamer For R. Ogilvie & G. Crichton.
10 July  United Kingdom Wilson & Co. Liverpool Henry Bell Steamship For private owner.[34]
12 July India Kyd & Co Kidderpore Diana Paddle steamer For British East India Company.
12 July  Russia I. V. Kurepanov Saint Petersburg Mirnyi Bodryi-class rowing frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[35]
15 July  United Kingdom Blackwall Soho Steamship For London and Edinburgh Steam Packet Company.[36]
19 July  United Kingdom Thomas Barrick Whitby Cicero Brig For George Stephens.[37]
23 July  United Kingdom Plymouth Sir Francis Drake Steamship For private owner.[38]
25 July  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Hamadryad Modified Leda-class frigate For Royal Navy.
25 July  France Garnier Saint-Maurice & Pestel Toulon Sirène Vestale-class frigate For French Navy.
July  France Toulon La Mesange Iris-class schooner For French Navy.[39]
7 August  United Kingdom Cordingley Ipswich Deft Schooner For private owner.[40]
7 August  United Kingdom Hull Lowther Paddle steamer For private owner.[41]
12 August  United Kingdom Jabez Bayley Ipswich Tagus Schooner For private owner.[40]
21 August  France Lorient Algésiras Bucentaure-class ship of the line For French Navy.
21 August  United Kingdom William Bailey Woodbridge Mary Sloop For private owner.[42]
21 August  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Thames Fifth rate For Royal Navy.[43]
22 August  United Kingdom Edward Churchill Plymouth Dockyard Lancaster Southampton-class frigate For Royal Navy.[44][45]
August  United Kingdom Grimsby Active Sloop For John Todd & Co.[46]
2 September  Russia A. K. Kaverznev Kherson Pimen Third rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[47]
6 September  United Kingdom Mottershead & Heyes Liverpool Boode West Indiaman For Sandbach, Tinne & Co.[48]
19 September  United Kingdom Deptford Dockyard Lightning Lightning-class paddle steamer For Royal Navy.[49]
20 September  United Kingdom White Cowes Sandwich Brig For Joseph Marryatt.[50]
22 September  United Kingdom J. & R. Fisher Liverpool Elizabeth Full-rigged ship For Messrs. C. Fletcher & Co.[51]
22 September  France Rochefort Triton Téméraire-class ship of the line For French Navy.
24 September  Russia I. Y. Osminin Sevastopol Diana Sloop For Imperial Russian Navy.[52]
27 September  United Kingdom R. Symons Falmouth, Cornwall Lord Melville Packet ship For Admiralty.[53]
4 October  United Kingdom Dawson and Pearson Liverpool City of Dublin Steamship For private owner.[54]
7 October  United Kingdom Newport Eclipse Schooner For Messrs. Jones & Co.[55]
10 October  Austrian Empire de Girard Tischamend Francis I Steamboat For private owner.[56]
18 October  Russia I. S. Razumov Nicholaieff Parmen Third rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[57]
21 October  United Kingdom James Taylor Portsmouth Dockyard Carnatic Third rate For Royal Navy.[58]
October  United Kingdom "Low Lights" Alice Sloop For private owner.[59]
1 November  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Zephyr Cherokee-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.
12 November  United Kingdom Easton Hereford Helen Brig For private owner.[60]
18 November  United Kingdom Adamson Aberdeen John Catto Brig For private owner.[61]
19 November  United Kingdom Gatenby Selby Grocer Sloop For private owner.[62]
20 November  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Rainbow Sixth rate For Royal Navy.[63]
24 November  United Kingdom Simmons Little Falmouth Aladdin Steamship For private owner.[64]
4 December  United Kingdom Jabez Bayley Ipswich The Mary of London Schooner For private owner.[65]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Auspicious Merchantman For E. B. Ord & Co.[25]
Unknown date  France Dunkerque Bellona Fourth rate For Royal Netherlands Navy.[66]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Good & Son Hyther Catherine Brig For private owner.[67]
Unknown date  United Kingdom L. Crown Sunderland Charles Henry Merchantman For Lees & Co.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Columbine Barque For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John Bowlt Newcastle upon Tyne Dandy Paddle steamer For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Decoy Full-rigged ship For United States Navy.[68]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Philip Laing Sunderland Diadem Merchantman For Mr. Scaling.[25]
Unknown date  United States New York Diamond Full-rigged ship For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Effort Snow For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Henry Snow For Thomas Young & others.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Philip Laing Sunderland Henry Seton Merchantman For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Hope Snow For J. Ormiston.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M & William Gales Sunderland Hylton Brig For Gales & Co.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Redbridge Isabella Brig For Mr. Maughan.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Dublin Maria Brigantine For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Bristol New York Packet Barque For private owner.
Unknown date  United Kingdom Sunderland Paragon Merchantman For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Hall Sunderland Pero Brig For W. Rutter.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Earton Hereford Pomona Schooner For private owner.[69]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Philip Laing Sunderland Plutus Merchantman For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Thorne Prince Frederick Steamship For private owner.[70]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Storey Sunderland Rebecca Brig For Storey & Co.[25]
Unknown date India J. Scott & Co Calcutta Research Survey ship For British East India Company.
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland Russell Snow For R. Scurfield.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom T. Elliot Sunderland Sons of the Wear Merchantman For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Wigram & Green Blackwall Sprightly Paddle tug For Royal Navy.[71]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Monkwearmouth Starling Snow For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Watson Sunderland Thorny Close Snow For private owner.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Oswald Partis Sunderland Unity Snow For Mr. Havelock.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Philip Laing Sunderland Vesper Merchantman For Philip Laing.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland White Snow For John Robinson.[25]
Unknown date  United Kingdom John M. & William Gales Sunderland XL Snow For John M. & William Gales.[25]
Unknown date  Netherlands Zeemeeuw Full-rigged ship For Royal Netherlands Navy.[72]

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