List of ship launches in 1862

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The list of ship launches in 1862 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1862.

Date Country Builder and location Ship Class and type Notes
January 30  United States Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, New York (state) Monitor Ironclad warship
February 14  United States H.L and C.S. Bushnell, Mystic, Connecticut Galena Ironclad screw steamer
March 8  Confederate States of America Portsmouth, Virginia Virginia Ironclad warship Rebuilt from the wreck of the USS Merrimack
March 19  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard, Devonport, Devon Ocean Prince Consort-class ironclad
March 20  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Juniata Sloop-of-war
April 3  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton Memphis Cargo ship For Denny & Begbie
April 15  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine Sonoma Sidewheel gunboat
April 24  Confederate States of America J. T. Shirley, Memphis, Tennessee Arkansas Ironclad warship
April 28  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine Sacramento Sloop
May 1  United States Neafie & Levy, Kensington, Philadelphia Alligator Submarine First submarine of the United States Navy
May 1  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine Conemaugh Sidewheel steamer
May 6  Confederate States of America Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia Richmond Ironclad ram
May 10  United States William Henry Webb, New York City, New York Dunderberg Screw Frigate
May 10  United States William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Ironsides Broadside ironclad
May 31  United Kingdom , Jarrow, UK Cargo steamer Purchased 1869 William Thomas Henley, renamed La Plata fitted for cable laying. Sank 29 November 1874 with loss of most crew and entire cable engineering staff.[1][2]
June 26  United Kingdom Prince Consort Prince Consort-class ironclad
July 3  United Kingdom Caird and Co, Greenock, Scotland Lord Clyde Clyde packet Purchased by Confederate States Navy, captured by United States Navy
July 10  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monongahela Barkentine sloop-of-war
July 29  Confederate States of America John Laird Sons and Company, Birkenhead Alabama Sloop-of-war
August 9  United States New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York Lackawanna Sloop-of-war
August 30  United States Continental Iron Works, Greenport, New York Passaic Passaic-class monitor
September  Confederate States of America Cameron & Co, Charleston, South Carolina Palmetto State Ironclad ram
September 10  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent Royal Oak Prince Consort-class ironclad
September 26  United Kingdom Portsmouth Hector battleship
September 27  United States Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware Patapsco Passaic-class monitor
October 7  United States Harrison Loring, City Point Works, Boston, Massachusetts Nahant Passaic-class monitor
October 16  United States New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York Ticonderoga Sloop-of-war
October 24  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich Caledonia' Prince Consort-class ironclad
October 27  United States Reaney, Son & Archibald, Chester, Pennsylvania Sangamon Passaic-class monitor
November 5  United States Zeno Secor & Company, Jersey City, New Jersey Weehawken Passaic-class monitor
December 6  United States Atlantic Iron Works, Boston, Massachusetts Nantucket Passaic-class monitor
December 6  United States Charles W. Whitney, New York City, New York Keokuk Ironclad steamer
December 6  United States Continental Iron Works, Greenport, New York Catskill Passaic-class monitor
December 8  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shenandoah Screw sloop
December 23  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine Sassacus Sidewheel steamer
unknown date  United Kingdom Richard Tredwen, Padstow, Cornwall Mary Jane Schooner Known as The Sabbath Breaker as she became stuck on launch and freed herself the following Sunday

References[]

  1. ^ Robinson, George; Waller, David. "LA PLATA launched as ZARA". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Telegraphic Progress in 1874". Engineering. London. 19 (January 1875): 12–13. 1874. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
Ship events in 1862
Ship launches: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Ship commissionings: 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865
Shipwrecks: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
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