The list of ship launches in 1849 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1849.
| Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Owner |
Notes |
| 27 January |
 United Kingdom |
Ditchburn & Mare |
Blackwall, Middlesex |
Vulcan |
Troopship |
Admiralty |
For Royal Navy |
| 1 February |
.svg.png) United States |
Brown & Bell |
New York |
Pacific |
Sidewheel steamer |
Collins Line |
|
| 7 March |
United Kingdom |
John Penn & Son / Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke Dock |
Magicienne |
Magicienne-class paddle frigate |
Admiralty |
For Royal Navy |
| 22 May |
 United Kingdom |
William Fairburn |
Millwall |
Megaera |
Frigate |
Admiralty |
For Royal Navy |
| 20 June |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke Dock |
Arethusa |
Constance-class frigate |
Admiralty |
For Royal Navy |
| 5 July |
 France |
|
Toulon |
Capricieuse |
Corvette |
|
For French Navy |
| 12 August |
United States |
Edward Everett Company |
Benicia, California |
Pioneer |
Sidewheeler |
Edward Everett Company |
|
| 5 September |
United States |
J. A. Westervelt |
New York |
Active |
survey ship |
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
| 18 September |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Plymouth |
Niobe |
Diamond-class frigate |
Admiralty |
Never commissioned into Royal Navy |
| 1 December |
United Kingdom |
Chatham Dockyard |
Chatham, Kent |
Tiger |
Steam sloop |
Admiralty |
For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date |
British North America |
|
Point Brenley, Nova Scotia |
Agnes |
Brigantine |
|
|
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Aberdeen |
Centaur |
Brigantine |
David and Thomas Blaikie |
|
| Date unknown |
United States |
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Corwin |
Gunboat |
United States Coast Survey |
|
| Unknown date |
British North America |
|
Saint John, New Brunswick |
Earl of Charlemont |
Full-rigged passenger ship |
|
|
| Unknown date |
United States |
Thomas Colver |
|
El Dorado |
Sidewheeler |
|
Sold on stocks to Howland & Aspinwall |
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
R. Hutchinson |
Sunderland, County Durham |
Fatima |
Barque |
|
|
| Unknown date |
United States |
William H. Webb |
New York |
Goliah |
Paddle tug |
|
|
| Unknown date |
United States |
J. O'Connor |
Mill Point, Michigan |
Lizzie Throop |
Schooner |
Nathan Throop |
|
| Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
|
Sunderland, County Durham |
Randolph |
Full-rigged ship |
|
|
| Unknown date |
United States |
|
Williamsburg, New York |
Ticonderoga |
Clipper |
|
|
| Unknown date |
.svg.png) Prussia |
Hilbert Shipyard |
Kiel |
Von der Tann |
Gunboat |
Schleswig-Holstein Navy |
|
| Unknown date |
United States |
|
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Yankee |
Paddle tug |
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