List of ship launches in 1863
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2020) |
The list of ship launches in 1863 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1863.
| Date | Country | Builder and location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January |  United States
|
Keyport, New Jersey | Oleander | Ram | |
| 13 January | United States
|
F Z Tucker, Brooklyn, New York | Mendota | ||
| 13 January | United States
|
Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri | Osage | Monitor | |
| 17 January | United States
|
Reaney, Son, & Archibold, Chester, Pennsylvania | Lehigh | Passaic-class monitor | |
| 17 February | United States
|
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Tallapoosa | ||
| 18 February | United States
|
George C Bester, Peoria, Illinois | Ozark | Monitor | |
| 18 February | United States
|
Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri | Neosho | Monitor | |
| February | United States
|
J J Abrahams, Baltimore, Maryland | Eutaw | ||
| February | United States
|
Boston, Massachusetts | Niphon | ||
| February |  Confederate States of America
|
H D Bassett, Selma, Alabama | Tennessee | Ironclad Ram | |
| 4 March | United States
|
Paul Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts | Chicopee | ||
| 7 March | United States
|
Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York | Metacomet | ||
| 8 March | United States
|
Curtis & Tilden, Boston, Massachusetts | Massasoit | ||
| 17 March | United States
|
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Shamrock | ||
| 19 March | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Agamenticus | Miantonomoh-class Monitor | |
| 19 March | United States
|
J Simonson, Greenpoint, New York | Chenango | ||
| 19 March |  United Kingdom
|
Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, England | Ocean | Prince Consort-class ironclad | |
| 23 March | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts | Monadnock | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
| 31 March | United States
|
J A & D D Westerveldt, New York, New York | Otsego | ||
| 3 April | United States
|
H A Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio | Kenwood | ||
| 4 April | United States
|
G W Jackson, Newburyport, Massachusetts | Ascutney | Gunboat | |
| 16 April |  France
|
Charles Brun, Rochefort | Plongeur | Submarine | First mechanically propelled submarine |
| 17 April | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Shawmut | Gunboat | |
| 21 April | United States
|
G W Lawrence, Portland, Maine | Agawam | Gunboat | |
| 22 April | United States
|
New York, New York | Mackinaw | ||
| 6 May | United Kingdom
|
Cowper Phipps Coles, Glasgow, Scotland | Rolf Krake | Ironclad | Denmark's first ironclad warship |
| 7 May | United States
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tacony | ||
| 9 May | United Kingdom
|
James Trahey, Alexandria, British Columbia, Canada | Enterprise | ||
| 12 May | United States
|
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wyalusing | Gunboat | |
| 29 May | United States
|
Curtis & Tilden, Boston, Massachusetts | Osceola | Gunboat | |
| 4 June | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Pequot | ||
| 15 June | United States
|
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Nipsic | Gunboat | |
| 29 June | Confederate States of America
|
William Graves, Richmond, Virginia | Virginia II | Ironclad ram | |
| 30 June | Confederate States of America
|
H F Willink, Savannah, Georgia | Savannah | Ironclad | |
| June | United Kingdom
|
Samuda Brothers, Poplar, London, England | Tamar | Troopship | |
| 2 July |  Japan
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Ishikawajima, Tokyo | Chiyodagata | Gunboat | |
| 3 July | United States
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New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Maumee | Gunboat | |
| 4 July | United States
|
Union Iron Works, St. Louis, Missouri | Winnebago | Monitor | |
| 4 July | United States
|
Laird, Son & Co, Birkenhead, England | Scorpion | Ironclad | |
| 29 July | United States
|
Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York | Onondaga | ||
| 30 July | United States
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Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Winooski | ||
| July | Confederate States of America
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Hunley, McClintock, and Watson, Mobile, Alabama | H. L. Hunley | Submarine | |
| July | United States
|
East Albany, New York | Mary Cook | ||
| 1 August | United States
|
Harrison Loring, Boston, Massachusetts | Canonicus | Canonicus-class monitor | lead ship of her class[1] |
| 6 August | United States
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D S Mainthon, Bordentown, New Jersey | Mingoe | ||
| 12 August | United States
|
Reany, Son, and Archibold, Chester, Pennsylvania | Wateree | ||
| 15 August | United States
|
New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York | Miantonomoh | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
| 15 August | United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke, Wales | Research | Sloop | |
| 24 August | United States
|
Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Carnation | ||
| 28 August | United States
|
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Saco | Gunboat | |
| 29 August | United Kingdom
|
Laird, Son & Co, Birkenhead, England | Wivern | Ironclad | |
| August | United Kingdom
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Glasgow, Scotland | Sea King | ||
| 12 September | United States
|
Secor and Company, Jersey City, New Jersey | Tecumseh | Monitor | |
| 29 September | United States
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Kansas | Gunboat | |
| September | United States
|
Vicksburg | Tugboat | ||
| 3 October | United Kingdom
|
Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire, Wales | Alberta | Royal yacht | |
| 14 October | United States
|
Perine, Secor & Co., New York, New York | Manhattan | Monitor | |
| 14 October | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks, Leamouth, London, England | Valiant | Hector-class ironclad | |
| 19 October |  Ottoman Empire
|
Taşkızak Shipyard, Golden Horn | Ertuğrul | Frigate | |
| 20 October | United States
|
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Peoria | ||
| October | Confederate States of America
|
Berry & Brothers, Wilmington, North Carolina | North Carolina | Ironclad gunboat | |
| 11 November | France
|
Rochefort | Euryale | brig | For French Navy |
| 13 November | United States
|
West Brownsville, Pennsylvania | J T Stockdale | ||
| 14 November | United Kingdom
|
Gibson, McDonald & Arnols, Ramsey, Isle of Man | Euterpe | Windjammer | for Wakefield Nash & Company |
| 12 December | United Kingdom
|
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London, England | Minotaur | Minotaur-class ironclad | |
| 16 December | United States
|
Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware | Saugus | Monitor | [2] |
| 21 December | United States
|
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Algonquin | Gunboat | |
| 23 December | United Kingdom
|
Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England | Achilles | Broadside ironclad | |
| 29 December | United States
|
Delamater Iron Works, New York, New York | Dictator | Monitor | |
| unknown date | United States
|
S H Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut | Admiral | ||
| unknown date | United States
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Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ajax | ||
| unknown date | United States
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Albert de Groat | Tugboat | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Lewis Hagland, New Brunswick, New Jersey | Alfred A Wotkyns | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Alice Dean | ||
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Renfrew, Scotland | |||
| unknown date |  German Confederation
|
For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |||
| unknown date | United States
|
Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy | ||
| unknown date | United States
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Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy No.2 | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Mystic, Connecticut | Augusta Dinsmore | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
New Albany, Indiana | Avenger | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| unknown date | United States
|
Metropolis, Illinois | Benefit | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Ben Gaylord | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cleveland, Ohio | Clematis | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
New Orleans, Louisiana | Commodore | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Dai Ching | |||
| unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
T Stoney, Charleston, South Carolina | David | Torpedo boat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Emma Brown | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Fanny Barker | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Florence Miller II | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
S H Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut | Fort Morgan | ||
| unknown date |  Confederate States of America
|
Richmond, Virginia | Fredericksburg | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fred Wheeler | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Fincourt, New York, New York | Fuchsia | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Monongahela, Pennsylvania | General Grant | ||
| unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
Savannah, Georgia (U. S. state) | Georgia | Floating battery | |
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Greenock, Scotland | Gertrude | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Reany, Archibald & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Glide | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Van Deusen Bros, New York, New York | Glaucus | for the Neptune Steamship Company | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Murraysville, Virginia | Glide | Gunboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Hartford | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Portland, Maine | Harvest Moon | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Innes | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Gloucester, New Jersey | J E Bazely | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh, New York | John A Dix | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
New Brunswick, New Jersey | John T Jenkins | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lilac | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
River Clyde, Scotland | Lilian | ||
| unknown date | USA
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luke Hoyt | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Marigold | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cleveland, Ohio | Mary Grandy | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh, New York | Meteor | ||
| unknown date | Confederate States of America
|
Montgomery, Alabama | Nashville | Ironclad | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Naumkeag | ||
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Cutter | |||
| unknown date | United States
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New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Nereus | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania | Nyanza | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Nymph | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Harmer, Ohio | Ohio Valley | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Peter B Van Houten | ||
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Australian Steam Navigation Company, Sydney, Australia | Pioneer | Gunboat | for the New Zealand Colonial Government |
| unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Polar Star | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Wilmington, Delaware | Pontiac | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Freedom, Pennsylvania | Princess | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Rachel Miller | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | R F Loper | Tugboat and Torpedo boat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Rodolph | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
East Haddam, Connecticut | Sarah S B Gary | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Cincinnati, Ohio | Scioto | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
East Haddam, Connecticut | Signal | ||
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Robert Steele, Greenock, Scotland | Taeping | Clipper | |
| unknown date | United States
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Tallahatchie | ||
| unknown date | United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tonawanda | ||
| unknown date | France
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Ville de Bordeaux | Ville de Nantes|ship of the line}} | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Brooklyn, New York | Willett Rowe | ||
| unknown date | United Kingdom
|
Wolverine | Jason-class corvette | ||
| unknown date | United States
|
Newburgh, New York | Zouave | Tugboat | |
| unknown date | United States
|
Richmond, Maine | Ellen Southard | Full-rigged ship | Wrecked at Liverpool in 1875 |
References[]
- ^ "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships". hazegray.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (2 September 2015). "Saugus I (Monitor)". history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
| Ship events in 1863 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | ||||
| Ship decommissionings: | 1864 | 1865 | |||||||||
| Shipwrecks: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
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