List of ship launches in 1853

The list of ship launches in 1853 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1853.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Owner Notes
30 April  United States William H. Webb New York City Young America Extreme clipper George B. Daniels, New York
4 October  United States Donald McKay Boston Great Republic Extreme clipper Donald McKay Largest wooden clipper ship ever built.
4 October  Jersey Clark Jersey Matilda Wattenbach Full-rigged ship Ran aground on launching, later refloated.[1]
2 November  United States George Thomas, Rockland, ME Red Jacket Extreme clipper Seacomb & Taylor, Boston Named after Seneca Indian chief Sagoyewatha
19 December  United States Robert E. Jackson East Boston, Mass. Challenger Extreme clipper W. & F.H. Whittemore, Boston Designer, Samuel Hartt Pook
December  United States Hayden & Cudworth, Medford, Mass. Herald of the Morning Medium clipper Thatcher Magoun & Co Designer, Samuel Hartt Pook
Date unknown  United Kingdom River Clyde, Glasgow Balbec Steamer Cunard Stranded on 28 March 1884 and sold by auction on 5 April at Nanjizal, Cornwall.[2][3]
Date unknown  Jersey Fred Clark[4] Geffrard Brig Wrecked off the coast of Western Australia on 13 June 1875.
Date unknown  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Jacob Strader Steamboat U.S. Mail Line Dismantled in Madison, Indiana in 1866.
Date unknown  United States Hayden & Cudworth Medford, Mass. White Swallow Extreme clipper William Lincoln and Co., Boston

References
  1. "Ship News". The Morning Post (24897). London. 7 October 1853. p. 8.
  2. "Total Wreck Of A Cunard Steamer At The Land's End". The Cornishman (298). 3 April 1884. p. 6.
  3. "For The Benefit Of All Concerned". The Cornishman (298). 3 April 1884. p. 1.
  4. Henderson, Graeme; Henderson, Kandy-Jane (1980). Unfinished Voyages. University of Western Australia Press. OL 4731124W.
Ship events in 1853
Ship launches: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Ship commissionings: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Ship decommissionings: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
Shipwrecks: 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858
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