| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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| 5 January | UKGBI}} | Portsmouth Dockyard | Portsmouth | {{HMS>Dauntless|1847|2}} | Frigate | For Royal Navy |
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| 22 February | United States|1846}} | Stackhouse and Tomlinson | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | {{USS>Allegheny|1847|2}} | Steamship | For United States Navy |
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| 29 July | UKGBI}} | Pembroke Dockyard | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire | {{HMS>Lion|1847|2}} | Vanguard|ship of the line}} | For Royal Navy |
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| 15 August | France}} | Brest Shipyard | Brest | {{ship>French ship|Tage | 2} | Hercule|ship of the line}} | For French Navy |
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| 28 August | France}} | Lorient | {{ship>French ship|Bayard|1847|2}} | Suffren|ship of the line}} | For French Navy |
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| 25 September | France}} | Brest Shipyard | Brest | {{ship>French ship|Valmy|1847|2}} | First rate ship of the line | For French Navy |
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| 29 September | UKGBI}} | Chatham Dockyard | Chatham, Kent | {{HMS>Elk|1847|2}} | Acorn|brig-sloop}} | For Royal Navy |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | New Kent County, Virginia | Augusta | For Henry Grinnell |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} | Ditchburn and Mare | Blackwall | {{PS>Anglia | 2} | Paddle steamer | For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} | Sunderland, County Durham | {{ship | ship|2} | Barquentine | For A. Ridley |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | Algiers, Louisiana | Ocean | Paddle steamer |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | New York City | {{USS>Henry Andrew|1847|2}} | Brig |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} | Thomas Vernon | Liverpool | {{PS>Hibernia|1847|2}} | Paddle steamer | For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | New York City | {{USS>Iris|1847|2}} | Paddle steamer |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} Van Diemen's Land | Port Arthur | Lady Denison | Barque | For Nathan, Moses and Company |
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| Unknown date | France}} | Brest | {{ship>French frigate|Némésis|1847|2}} | Artémise|frigate}} | For French Navy |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | William H. Brown | New York City | {{SS>Northerner | 2} | Paddle steamer | For Spofford & Tileston |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | Donald McKay | East Boston, Massachusetts | {{ship | barque|2}) | Barque | For White Diamond Line |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI|civil}} | Caird & Co | Greenock | {{ship | paddle steamer|2} | Paddle steamer |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} New South Wales | Thomas Chownew | Pyrmont | {{ship | ferry|2} | Paddle steamer | For John and Joseph Gerard |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} | Money and Wigrams, Blackwall Yard | Blackwall | {{SS>Scotia|1847|2}} | Paddle steamer | For Chester and Holyhead Railway |
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| Unknown date | UKGBI}} | Fenwick & Co. | {{ship | 1847 ship|2} | Barque | For Wills, Gunn & Co |
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| Unknown date | United States|1847}} | Westervelt & MacKay | New York City | {{ship | 1847|2} | Full-rigged ship | For Robert Kermit |
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| Date Unknown | United States|1847}} | New York City | {{USS>Wyandank|1847|2}} | Paddle steamer |
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