List of ship launches in 1856

The list of ship launches in 1856 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1856.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
19 January	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	Pioneer	Intrepid-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy.
22 January	France		Brest	Audacieuse	frigate	For French Navy.
9 February	United Kingdom	Young, Magnay & Co.	Limehouse	Sparrowhawk	Vigilant-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy.
13 February	United Kingdom	T. & W. Smith	North Shields	Sepoy	Albacore-class gunboat	For Royal Navy.
28 February	United Kingdom	Richardson, Duck and Company	Stockton-on-Tees	Tasmanian Maid	Paddle steamer	For F. A Ducroz.
6 March	United Kingdom	Money Wigram & Sons	Blackwall	Surprise	Vigilant-class gunvessel	For Royal Navy.
29 March	United Kingdom	Money Wigram & Sons	Blackwall	Grappler	Albacore-class gunboat	For Royal Navy.
12 May	United States	William Jones	Black River, Ohio	Kyle Spangler	Schooner	For B. L Spangler Company.
15 May	France			Eylau	Hercule-class ship of the line	For French Navy
20 May	United Kingdom	Royal Navy Dockyard	Pembroke Dock	Alert	Cruizer-class sloop	For Royal Navy
19 June	United States	Norfolk Navy Yard	Norfolk, Virginia	Colorado	Frigate	For United States Navy.
3 July	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke	Cordelia	Racer-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
25 July	United Kingdom	Robert Napier and Sons	Glasgow	Persia	Passenger liner	For Cunard Line.
4 August	United Kingdom	Caird & Company	Greenock	Teutonia	Steamship	For Hamburg-Brazilian Line.
28 August	United Kingdom	Scott & Co.	Greenock		Steamship	For Bazin, Leon, Gay & Co.[1]
1 September	British North America		Saint Charles River	Sangeen	Barque	Ran aground on being launched.[2]
30 September	United Kingdom	Deptford Dockyard	Deptford	Fawn	Cruizer-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
29 December	United States	William H. Webb	New York City		Medium clipper	For Bucklin & Crane, New York. Generally listed as launched in 1857.[3][4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Anglo Saxon	Steamship	For Montreal Ocean Steamship Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R. & H. Green	Blackwall	Banryū	Paddle steamer	For Tokugawa Navy.
Unknown date	United States		New Albany, Indiana	'Bloomer	Sternwheeler
Unknown date	United States		Williamsburg, New York	Bohio	Brig
Unknown date	United States	J. J. Abrahams	Baltimore, Maryland	Braziliera	Barque
Unknown date	United States		Keyport, New Jersey	Ceres	Paddle steamer
Unknown date	United States		New Albany, Indiana	Choctaw	Paddle steamer
Unknown date	United States	Harlan & Hollingsworth	Wilmington, Delaware	Curlew	Paddle steamer	For Thomas D. Warren.
Unknown date	United States	Samuel Sneden	Greenpoint, New York	Curlew	Steamboat	For Commercial Steamboat Company
Unknown date	United States		New York	Everglade	Steamship
Unknown date	United States		Mobile, Alabama	Florida	Coaster
Unknown date	United States	William Cheney	Vermillion, Ohio	F. T. Barney	Schooner	For Lewis Wells
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. & W. Smith	North Shields	Gosforth	East Indiaman
Unknown date	United States		McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Grampus	Sternwheeler
Unknown date	United States	D. Weymouth	Alna, Maine	King Philip	Medium clipper	For Glidden & William.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Pile	Sunderland	Lammermuir	Extreme clipper	For John Willis & Son.
Unknown date	United States		Cincinnati, Ohio	Laurent Millaudon	Steamboat
Unknown date	British North America	William and Richard Wright	Wilmot, Nova Scotia	Morning Light	Sailing ship	For William and Richard Wright.
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	M. W. Chapin	Tug
Unknown date	United States		New Albany, Indiana	New Era	Ferry
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Alexander Hall and Sons	Aberdeen	Robin Hood	Clipper
Unknown date	United States	Thomas Collyer	New York	Roebuck	Barque
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Henry Balfour	Methil	Santiago	Barque	For Balfour Williamson.
Unknown date	Norway			Skibladner	Paddle steamer
Unknown date	United States		Baltimore, Maryland	Two Sisters	Schooner
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Greenock	Waldensian	Steamship
Unknown date	United States		Brooklyn, New York	Western World	Steamship
Unknown date	United States	William Henry Webb	New York	William H. Webb	Steamship
Unknown date	Netherlands	C. Gips & Zonen	Dordrecht	Yedo	Corvette	For Tokugawa Navy.

References[]

• Crothers, William L. (1997). The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850–1856: Characteristics, Construction, Details. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-07-014501-6.
• Howe, Octavius T; Matthews, Frederick C. (1986) [Reprint of 1926–1927 ed.]. American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 1, Adelaide-Lotus. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486251158.