List of ship launches in 1831
The list of ship launches in 1831 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1831.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January | Rapid | Passage boat | Wilson | Tophill | United Kingdom | For private owner.[1] |
| 30 January | Saracen | Cherokee-class brig-sloop | Plymouth Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 31 January | Actaeon | Sixth rate | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| January | Earl Grey | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For White & Sons.[2][3] |
| January | Jane Dunn | Merchantman | John M. Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For W. Dunn.[2][3] |
| January | William Lee | Whaler | Dickes & Gibson | Hull | United Kingdom | For Lee & Co.[4] |
| 15 February | Nicholas the First | Steamship | Wallace | Blackwall, London | United Kingdom | For Lubec Steamship Company.[5] |
| 16 February | Transit | Steamship | Richard Pearson & Co. | Thorne | United Kingdom | For private owner.[6] |
| 28 February | Charybdis | Cherokee-class brig-sloop | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[7][8] | |
| 28 February | Duke of Northumberland | Full-rigged ship | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | For T. & W. Smith.[9] | |
| 28 February | Fanny | Yacht | Portsmouth Dockyardd | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[8] | |
| February | John White | Merchantman | J. Brunton | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For White & Co.[2] |
| 14 March | Calcutta | Second rate | Bombay Dockyard | India | For Royal Navy. | |
| 14 March | Surprise | Paddle steamer | Henry Gilbert | Parramatta River | New South Wales | For private owner. |
| 16 March | Amulet | Brig | Dikes and Gibson | Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom | For Ralph Wilkinson & Son.[10] |
| 30 March | Francis Jeffrey | Schooner | Adamson | Grangemouth | United Kingdom | For private owner.[11] |
| March | Peg a Ramsey | Schooner yacht | Horatio Ross | United Kingdom | For Horatio Ross.[12] | |
| March | Reform | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Gales & Co.[2] |
| March | Thomas & Joseph | Merchantman | William Gales | South Hylton | United Kingdom | For Parkin & Co.[2][3] |
| 9 April | Belgrave | Merchantman | Okell | Northwich | United Kingdom | For private owner.[13] |
| 9 April | Grosvenor | Merchantman | Okell | Northwich | United Kingdom | For private owner.[13] |
| 13 April | Elizabeth | Brig | Young & Son | South Shields | United Kingdom | For Messrs. Drybrough & Co.[14] |
| 13 April | Lord John Russel | Merchantman | George Kell & Sons | South Shields | United Kingdom | For private owner.[15] |
| 13 April | Speedwell | Merchantman | Young & Sons | South Shields | United Kingdom | For private owner.[15] |
| 14 April | Cordelia | East Indiaman | Steele & Co. | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For private owner.[16] |
| 14 April | Duke of Buccleugh | East Indiaman | Green, Wigram's & Green | Blackwall | United Kingdom | For Robert Green. |
| 14 April | Water Witch | Yacht | Ritchie & McLaine | Belfast | United Kingdom | For John Echlin Matthews.[17] |
| 26 April | Sovereign | Steamship | Bolton & Humphrey | Hull | United Kingdom | For Messrs. Robert Keddy & Co.[18] |
| 27 April | Royal William | Paddle steamer | George Black and John Saxton Campbell | Quebec | Upper Canada | For Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company. |
| 28 April | Pluto | Paddle steamer | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[19] | |
| 29 April | William the Fourth | Steamship | Duffus & Co. | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | For private owner.[20] |
| April | Adelaide | Snow | United Kingdom | For private owner.[21] | ||
| April | Sophia | Schooner | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | For private owner.[20] | |
| April | William | Schooner | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | For private owner.[20] | |
| 12 May | Viper | Cockatrice-class schooner | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 27 May | Queen Adelaide | Brig | R. & N. Campion | Whitby | United Kingdom | For private owner.[22] |
| 30 May | Don Juan | Schooner | Holme | Belfast | United Kingdom | For private owner.[23] |
| 16 June | Adelaide | Steamship | H. Smith | Gainsborough | United Kingdom | For private owner.[24] |
| 24 June | Imogene | Conway-class corvette | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 5 July | Albion | Steamship | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Bristol Steam Packet Company.[25] | |
| 11 July | Firebrand | Firebrand-class paddle steamer | Limehouse | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 27 July | Frank | Brig | Chaloner, Son & Co. | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For private owner.[26] |
| 27 July | Mona | Paddle steamer | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
| Unknown date | Mazeppa | Brig | T. & J. Brocklebank | Whitehaven | United Kingdom | For Thomas & John Brocklebank.[27] |
| 8 August | Lapwing | Schooner | William Mulvey | Chester | United Kingdom | For private owner.[28] |
| 23 August | Sapho | Ariane-class corvette | Saint Servan | France | For French Navy.[29] | |
| 24 August | Hornet | Schooner | Chatham Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[30][8] | |
| 25 August | Fly | Fly-class ship-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 26 August | Phœnix | Steamship | Smith | Gainsborough | United Kingdom | For private owner.[31] |
| August | Eleanor | Merchantman | George Frater & Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Mr. Ledbetter.[2][3] |
| August | Thomas & Hannah | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Mr. Longstaff.[2][3] |
| 7 September | Matthew Plummer | Barque | Edwards | South Shields | United Kingdom | For Plummer & Greenwell.[32] |
| 22 September | Thunderer | Canopus-class ship of the line | woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 23 September | Généreux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | Cherbourg | United Kingdom | For French Navy. | |
| 23 September | Magnet | Brig | Henry & George Barrick | Whitby | United Kingdom | For Gideon Smales.[33] |
| 24 September | Ocean Queen | Full-rigged ship | John Longhorne & Co. | Hull | United Kingdom | For private owner.[33] |
| 6 October | Galathea | Corvette | Andreas Schifter | Gammelholm | Denmark | For Royal Danish Navy. |
| 22 October | Jupiter | Bucentaure-class ship of the line | Jean Michel Segondat | Cherbourg | France | For French Navy.[34] |
| 26 October | Enterprise | Schooner | New York Navy Yard | United States | For United States Navy. | |
| October | Catherine | Snow | George Kell | South Shields | United Kingdom | For private owner.[35] |
| October | Echo | Merchantman | J. Burdon | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2][36] |
| 8 November | Harrier | Fly-class ship-sloop | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 21 November | St. George | Steamship | Wilson & Sons | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For St. George Steam Packet Company.[37][38] |
| 22 November | Boxer | Schooner | Boston Navy Yard | United States | For United States Navy. | |
| 22 November | Seagull | Schooner | Chatham Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[8] | |
| November | Maria | Market boat | United Kingdom | For private owner.[39] | ||
| November | Sarah | Sloop | United Kingdom | For private owner.[40] | ||
| Unknown date | Abeona | Sternwheeler | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Africaine | Barque | Robert & Thomas Brown Jr. | Jarrow | United Kingdom | For Mr. Fenwick. |
| Unknown date | Alston | Snow | W. and A. Adamson & Bell | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For W. Bell.[2] |
| Unknown date | Beatitude | Snow | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For .[2] |
| Unknown date | Berbice | Barque | Messrs. Wilsons | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For private owner.[41] |
| Unknown date | Blackaller | Merchantman | North Hylton | United Kingdom | For Mr. Blackaller.[2][42] | |
| Unknown date | Boreas | Sloop | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom | For Robert Hurrell and others.[43] |
| Unknown date | Castor | Merchantman | Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Philip Laing.[2] |
| Unknown date | Eleanor | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Mr. Smith.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Eliza Ann | Merchantman | J. Brunton | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Frederick VI | Second rate | Denmark | For Royal Danish Navy.[44] | ||
| Unknown date | Guiana | Merchantman | Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Philip Laing.[2] |
| Unknown date | Hamilton | Cutter | New York Navy Yard | United States | For United States Revenue Cutter Service.[45] | |
| Unknown date | Happy Return | Sloop | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom | For William Blackmore.[46] |
| Unknown date | Ianthe | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Robert Ord.[2] |
| Unknown date | Jane Shirrefs | Merchantman | Hylton | United Kingdom | For Smith & Co.[2] | |
| Unknown date | John Frederick | Schooner | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For William Gales.[2] |
| Unknown date | Kent | Fishing trawler | Frederick Baddeley | Brixham | United Kingdom | For William White.[47] |
| Unknown date | Lady Brougham | Schooner | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom | For Thomas Forbes & others.[48] |
| Unknown date | Lavinia | Merchantman | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Lord Brougham | Merchantman | Allison | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Mary Ann | Schooner | Michael McDonald | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Morris | Morris-Taney-class cutter | Webb and Allen | New York | United States | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | Naiad | Snow | W. Chilton | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Hunter & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | North America | Packet ship | New York | United States | For Liverpool and Havre Line.[49] | |
| Unknown date | Osbert | Merchantman | Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Philip Laing.[2] |
| Unknown date | Pearl | Schooner | William Bonker | Salcombe | United Kingdom | For Robert Hurrell and others.[50] |
| Unknown date | Pilot | Paddle tug | G. Potts | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Red Rover | Brig | Rowntree | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Redwing | Snow | William Potts | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For William Potts.[2] |
| Unknown date | Reliance | Merchantman | Bristol | United Kingdom | For G. Hilhouse & Co. | |
| Unknown date | Renovation | Brig | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Mr. Young.[2] |
| Unknown date | Reward | Brig | J. Hall | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Parker & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | Robert Raikes | Snow | Peter Austin | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Thomas Speeding.[2] |
| Unknown date | Robert Taylor | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Rose | Merchantman | William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For John Thompson.[2] |
| Unknown date | Royal Mint | Barque | W. and A. Adamson & Bell | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Bell & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | Rush | Morris-Taney-class cutter | Webb and Allen | New York | United States | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | Sarah Ann | Schooner | Dorgin & Baily | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Sedgefield | Merchantman | W. Wilkinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For T. Reed.[2][51] |
| Unknown date | Sharp | Snow | J. Watson | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For C. Sharp.[2] |
| Unknown date | Spring | Snow | J. Hutchinson | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Hick & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | Sylph | Opium clipper | Currie & Co | Sulkea | India | For Rustomjee Cowasjee and others. |
| Unknown date | Theodosia | Snow | L. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For H. Metcalf.[2] |
| Unknown date | Thomas Ferguson | Snow | William Potts | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Traveller | Sloop | John Ball Jr. | Salcombe | United Kingdom | For Mr. Blackmore.[52] |
| Unknown date | William the Fourth | Paddle steamer | Marshall & Lowe | Erringhi | New South Wales | For Joseph Hickey Grose. |
| Unknown date | Willey | Snow | L. Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For M. Willey.[2] |
| Unknown date | William Henry | Snow | Harrison & Oliver | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Wolcott | Morris-Taney-class cutter | Webb and Allen | New York | United States | For United States Revenue Cutter Service. |
| Unknown date | Zaan | Fourth rate | Dunkerque | France | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[53] |
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