List of ship launches in 1821

The list of ship launches in 1821 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1821.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
15 January Clorinde Fourth rate Cherbourg France For French Navy.[1]
19 January Surprise Steamship James Lang Dumbarton  United Kingdom For private owner.[2]
27 January Ogle Castle Merchantman Thomas White Cowes  United Kingdom For Mr. Brown.
January Terrys Full-rigged ship Fishburn & Brodrick Witby  United Kingdom For private owner.[3]
16 February Mountaineer Steamship R. & A. Carswell Greenock  United Kingdom For private owner.[4]
3 March Orfei Brig A. I. Melikhov Nicholaieff  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[5]
29 March Alligator Atholl-class corvette India Cochin  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
4 April Tourist Steam yacht James Brown Perth  United Kingdom For Leith and Aberdeen Steam Yacht Company.[6][7][8]
7 April City of Edinburgh Paddle steamer Wigram & Green Blackwall  United Kingdom For private owner.[9][10]
19 April Majestic Steamship John Scott & Co. Greenock  United Kingdom For Glasgow and Liverpool Steam Packet Company.[11][12]
April Lady Frances Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland  United Kingdom For R. Scurfield & Co.[13][14]
April Macduff Sloop Macduff  United Kingdom For private owner.[15]
1 May Velocity Steam yacht William Denny Dumbarton  United Kingdom For Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Company.[16][17]
2 May Ellen Mar Full-rigged ship Humble and Hurry Liverpool  United Kingdom For private owner.[18]
3 May Hardware Brig Clarke and Dixon Liverpool  United Kingdom For private owner.[18]
3 May Pacific Brig James Liverpool  United Kingdom For private owner.[18]
4 May Eleanor Merchantman Sulkea India For private owner.
7 May Apollon Sloop B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
7 May Riga Sloop K. A. Glazyrin Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
8 May James Cropper Merchantman Sidney Wright New York United States For private owner.[21]
15 May Baku Brig A. P. Antipev Kazan  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[22]
16 May Muravei Tender Kazan  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[23]
17 May Shark Schooner Washington Navy Yard United States For United States Navy.[24]
18 May Kreiser Provornyi-class frigate A. M. Kurochkin Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[25]
18 May Martin Martin-class sloop Portsmouth Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[26]
18 May Sviatoi Andrei Selafail-class ship of the line A. M. Kurochkin Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[27]
31 May Lyonnaise Iris-class schooner Bayonne France For French Navy.[28]
31 May The Liverpool Full-rigged ship Cortney Chester  United Kingdom For private owner.[29]
May Hope Schooner  United Kingdom For private owner.[30]
1 June Lyra Cherokee-class brig-sloop Plymouth Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[31]
1 June Rose Sloop Portsmouth Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[32]
2 June Brilliant Steam yacht James Lang Dumbarton  United Kingdom For Leith and Aberdeen Steam Yacht Company.[33]
9 June Highland Lassy Yacht Richards Hythe  United Kingdom For General Mackenzie.[34]
14 June Provencale Iris-class schooner Bayonne France For French Navy.[35]
16 June Latona Leda-class frigate George Parkin Chatham Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[36]
17 June Queen Margaret Steamship Menzies & Son Leith  United Kingdom For private owner.[37]
18 June James Watt Paddle steamer J. Wood & Co. Port Glasgow  United Kingdom For London and Edinburgh Steam Packet Company.[38][39][10]
20 June Eclipse Steamship R. Steele & Son Greenock  United Kingdom For Napier & Langtry.[40]
23 June Dolphin Schooner Philadelphia Navy Yard United States For United States Navy.
25 June Imperator Frants First rate A. I. Mekikhov Kherson  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[41]
29 June Lady Stanley Steamship Smith Eastham  United Kingdom For private owner.[42]
30 June Plover Cherokee-class brig-sloop Portsmouth Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[43]
June Relief Brig  United Kingdom For private owner.[44]
1 July Amazone Jeanne d'Arc-class frigate Brest France For French Navy.[45]
17 July Edward Protheroe Merchantman Buckle and Davies Chepstow  United Kingdom For private owner.[46]
20 July Nereus Modified Leda-class frigate Pembroke Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
31 July Woodlark Quail-class schooner Deptford Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[47]
7 August Sokol Cutter I. Y. Osminin Sevastopol  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[48]
11 August Alexander Nevskii Provornyi-class frigate B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[49]
15 August George the Fourth Packet ship Francis Symons Falmouth  United Kingdom For private owner.[50]
27 August Algiers Frigate Amsterdam  Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[51]
28 August Pomone Pomone-class corvette Cherbourg France For French Navy.[52]
29 August Sovereign Steam yacht Sandon Stourport-on-Severn  United Kingdom For Captain Sandon.[53][54]
August Cecrops Full-rigged ship Philip Laing Sunderland  United Kingdom For Fletcher Bros.[13]
August Grampus Schooner Washington Navy Yard United States For Royal Navy.
11 September Essex Lifeboat Harwich  United Kingdom For Harwich Lifeboat Company.[55][56]
13 September Sir David Scott East Indiaman Jabez Bayley Ipswich  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[57][58]
27 September William Fairlie East Indiaman Jabez Bayley Ipswich  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[59][60]
11 October Berwickshire East Indiaman Charles David Gordon Deptford  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[61][62]
12 October Ferret Cherokee-class brig-sloop Portsmouth Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[63]
13 October Macqueen East Indiaman Brindley Frindsbury  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[64][65]
18 October William Tell Merchantman New York United States For Samuel Hicks.[66]
26 October Reynard Cherokee-class brig-sloop Pembroke Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.
28 October Okhtenka Aiaks-class sloop B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[67]
30 October Recovery Merchantman J. Thomas Howrah India For private owner.
31 October Calder Brig India Calcutta  United Kingdom For Barretto & Sons.
October Storey Schooner W. Wake Sunderland  United Kingdom For private owner[13]
2 November Pospeshnyi Fourth rate A. I. Melikhov Nicholaieff  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[68]
10 November Duchess of Athol East Indiaman Money Wigram Blackwall Yard  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[69]
10 November Ganges Canopus-class ship of the line Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia Bombay Dockyard India For Royal Navy.
14 November Marchioness of Donegall Steamship Ritchie and Laine Lough Neagh  United Kingdom For private owner.[70]
November Erato Merchantman L. Crown Sunderland  United Kingdom For Blair & Co..[13][71]
11 December Nimrod Merchantman John Scott & Co. Calcutta India For John Scott & Co.
11 December Opossum Cherokee-class brig-sloop Sheerness Dockyard  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[72]
22 December Columbia Merchantman New York United States For private owner.[73]
25 December Florida Merchantman Smith, Blossom, and Denman New York United States For private owner.[73]
Unknown date Aaron Manby Paddle steamer Aaron Manby Tipton and Rotherhithe  United Kingdom For Charles Napier.
Unknown date Albany Schooner R. Spearman Sunderland  United Kingdom For private owner.[13]
Unknown date Bombay Gunboat Bombay India For British East India Company.[74]
Unknown date City of Kingston Schooner Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Eagle Paddle steamer T. Brocklebank Deptford  United Kingdom For C. Bell, T. Brocklebank and others.[75]
Unknown date Florentia Full-rigged ship Newcastle upon Tyne  United Kingdom For British East India Company.[76]
Unknown date Ford Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland  United Kingdom For Thomas Allen.[13]
Unknown date Hastings Frigate Bombay India For British East India Company.[74]
Unknown date Hekla Sixth rate Rotterdam  Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[77]
Unknown date Hero Paddle steamer J. Bankham Frindsbury  United Kingdom For W. Cawthorn, R. Cheeswright, J. Pearson & others.[78]
Unknown date Kemphaan Full-rigged ship Rotterdam  Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[79]
Unknown date Lady Louisa Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland  United Kingdom For John M. & William Gales.[13]
Unknown date Lightning Paddle steamer Elias Evans Frindsbury  United Kingdom For private owner.[10]
Unknown date Medusa Paddle steamer Elias Evans Frindsbury  United Kingdom For private owner.[10]
Unknown date Meteor Paddle steamer Elias Evans Frindsbury  United Kingdom For private owner.[10]
Unknown date Monkey Paddle tug Mr. Evans Rotherhithe  United Kingdom For Royal Navy.[10]
Unknown date Nepos Merchantman Philip Laing Sunderland  United Kingdom For Trader & Co.[13]
Unknown date Pellikaan Full-rigged ship Dunkirk France For Royal Netherlands Navy.[80]
Unknown date Phoenix Whaler Rochester, Massachusetts United States For private owner.
Unknown date Prince Regent Packet ship Falmouth  United Kingdom For Post Office Packet Service.
Unknown date Proserpina Sixth rate Rotterdam  Netherlands For Royal Netherlands Navy.[81]
Unknown date Rose Brig T. Burn Sunderland  United Kingdom For G. Hogg.[13]
Unknown date Sisters Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland  United Kingdom For John M. & William Gales.[13]
Unknown date Susan Merchantman Southwick  United Kingdom For private owner.[13]
Unknown date Sylph brig W. Adamson Sunderland  United Kingdom For W. Adamson.[13]
Unknown date Union Paddle steamer Elias Evans Frindsbury  United Kingdom For private owner.[10]
Unknown date Vasic Snow John M. & William Gales Sunderland  United Kingdom For R. Scurfield[13]
Unknown date Zeno Merchantman Philip Laing Sunderland  United Kingdom For Mr. Murray.[13]

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