The list of ship launches in 1847 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1847.
Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
5 January |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth |
Dauntless |
Frigate |
For Royal Navy |
22 February |
United States |
Stackhouse and Tomlinson |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Allegheny |
Steamship |
For United States Navy |
29 July |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire |
Lion |
Vanguard-class ship of the line |
For Royal Navy |
15 August |
France |
Brest Shipyard |
Brest |
Tage |
Hercule-class ship of the line |
For French Navy |
28 August |
France |
|
Lorient |
Bayard |
Suffren-class ship of the line |
For French Navy |
25 September |
France |
Brest Shipyard |
Brest |
Valmy |
First rate ship of the line |
For French Navy |
29 September |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham, Kent |
Elk |
Acorn-class brig-sloop |
For Royal Navy |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
New Kent County, Virginia |
Augusta |
|
For Henry Grinnell |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Ditchburn and Mare |
Blackwall |
Anglia |
Paddle steamer |
For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Sunderland, County Durham |
Artemisia |
Barquentine |
For A. Ridley |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Algiers, Louisiana |
Ocean |
Paddle steamer |
|
Unknown date |
United States |
|
New York City |
Henry Andrew |
Brig |
|
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Thomas Vernon |
Liverpool |
Hibernia |
Paddle steamer |
For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
New York City |
Iris |
Paddle steamer |
|
Unknown date |
Van Diemen's Land |
|
Port Arthur |
Lady Denison |
Barque |
For Nathan, Moses and Company |
Unknown date |
France |
|
Brest |
Némésis |
Artémise-class frigate |
For French Navy |
Unknown date |
United States |
William H. Brown |
New York City |
Northerner |
Paddle steamer |
For Spofford & Tileston |
Unknown date |
United States |
Donald McKay |
East Boston, Massachusetts |
Ocean Monarch) |
Barque |
For White Diamond Line |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Caird & Co |
Greenock |
Orion |
Paddle steamer |
|
Unknown date |
New South Wales |
Thomas Chownew |
Pyrmont |
The Brothers |
Paddle steamer |
For John and Joseph Gerard |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Money and Wigrams, Blackwall Yard |
Blackwall |
Scotia |
Paddle steamer |
For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Fenwick & Co. |
|
Victory |
Barque |
For Wills, Gunn & Co |
Unknown date |
United States |
Westervelt & MacKay |
New York City |
West Point |
Full-rigged ship |
For Robert Kermit |
Date Unknown |
United States |
|
New York City |
Wyandank |
Paddle steamer |
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