List of ship launches in 1862

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

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
30 January  United States Continental Iron Works Brooklyn, New York Monitor Ironclad warship
14 February  United States H.L and C.S. Bushnell Mystic, Connecticut Galena Ironclad screw steamer
8 March  Confederate States of America Portsmouth, Virginia Virginia Ironclad warship Rebuilt from the wreck of the USS Merrimack
20 March  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Juniata Sloop-of-war
3 April  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Memphis Cargo ship For Denny & Begbie
15 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arabian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Son.[1]
15 April  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sonoma Sidewheel gunboat
24 April  Confederate States of America J. T. Shirley Memphis, Tennessee Arkansas Ironclad warship
28 April  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sacramento Sloop
1 May  United States Neafie & Levy Kensington, Philadelphia Alligator Submarine First submarine of the United States Navy
1 May  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Conemaugh Sidewheel steamer
6 May  Confederate States of America Gosport Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia Richmond Ironclad ram
10 May  United States William Henry Webb New York Dunderberg Screw Frigate
10 May  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Ironsides Broadside ironclad
19 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Castilian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Sons.[2]
31 May  United Kingdom Palmer Bros & Co Jarrow Zara 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.[3][4]
26 June  United Kingdom Prince Consort Prince Consort-class ironclad
3 July  United Kingdom Caird and Co Greenock Lord Clyde Clyde packet Purchased by Confederate States Navy, captured by United States Navy
10 July  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monongahela Barkentine sloop-of-war
21 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Catalonian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Sons.[5]
29 July  Confederate States of America John Laird Sons and Company Birkenhead Alabama Sloop-of-war
9 August  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn. New York Lackawanna Sloop-of-war
30 August  United States Continental Iron Works Greenport, New York Passaic Passaic-class monitor
10 September  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Royal Oak Prince Consort-class ironclad
26 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Hector Hector-class battleship
27 September  United States Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Patapsco Passaic-class monitor
September  Confederate States of America Cameron & Co Charleston, South Carolina Palmetto State Ironclad ram
7 October  United States Harrison Loring, City Point Works Boston, Massachusetts Nahant Passaic-class monitor
9 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Star of Erin Sailing ship For J. P. Corry & Co.[6]
16 October  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Ticonderoga Sloop-of-war
21 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Recife Sailing ship For James Napier.[7]
24 October  United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Caledonia' Prince Consort-class ironclad
27 October  United States Reaney, Son & Archibald Chester, Pennsylvania Sangamon Passaic-class monitor
5 November  United States Zeno Secor & Company Jersey City, New Jersey Weehawken Passaic-class monitor
6 December  United States Atlantic Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts Nantucket Passaic-class monitor
6 December  United States Charles W. Whitney New York Keokuk Ironclad steamer
6 December  United States Continental Iron Works Greenport, New York Catskill Passaic-class monitor
8 December  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shenandoah Screw sloop
23 December  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sassacus Sidewheel steamer
December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Worrall Barque For James Worrall.[8]
Unknown date  United Kingdom A. & J. Inglis Ltd. Glasgow Blanche Steamship For private owner.[9]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Richard Tredwen Padstow Mary Jane Schooner Known as The Sabbath Breaker as she became stuck on launch and freed herself the following Sunday

References
  1. "Arabian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. "Castilian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. Robinson, George; Waller, David. "LA PLATA launched as ZARA". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. "Telegraphic Progress in 1874". Engineering. London. 19 (January 1875): 12–13. 1874. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. "Catalonian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. "Star of Erin". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. "Recife". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. "Worrall". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 282.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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