List of ship launches in 1776
The list of ship launches in 1776 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1776.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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24 January | Great Britain | Edward Hunt | Portsmouth Dockyard | Cygnet | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[1] |
January | Thirteen Colonies | Rhode Island | Washington | Galley | For Rhode Island General Assembly. | |
8 March | Great Britain | Adams & Barnard | Deptford | Hound | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[2] |
18 March | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | Vulture | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
19 March | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Hornet | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[3] |
20 March | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Perseus | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[4] |
21 March | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Woolwich Dockyard | Daphne | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[5] |
21 March | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Galatea | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[6] |
23 March | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Unicorn | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[7] |
30 March | Spain | Carthagena | San Dámaso | San Joaquin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy.[8] | |
6 April | Great Britain | Edward Greaves | Limehouse | Spy | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[9] |
20 April | Great Britain | Israel Pownoll | Chatham Dockyard | Camilla | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[10] |
2 May | United States | Sachem | Sloop-of-war | For Continental Navy.[11] | ||
8 May | Kingdom of France | Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Le Coureur | Lugger | For French Navy.[12] |
18 May | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Culloden | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[13] |
21 May | Great Britain | John Barnard | Harwich | Cormorant | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[14] |
21 May | Thirteen Colonies | James Hackett | Kittery, Maine | Raleigh | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
May | Thirteen Colonies | Silvester Bowes | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
3 June | Thirteen Colonies | Stephen & Ralph Cross | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Boston | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
3 June | Thirteen Colonies | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Hancock | Frigate | For Continental Navy. | |
13 June | Thirteen Colonies | Uriah Hayden | Oliver Cromwell | Corvette | For Connecticut State Navy. | |
20 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Aetna | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[15] |
3 July | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Vesuvius | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[16] |
10 July | United States | Wharton & Humphreys | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Randolph | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
26 July | United States | Manuel Eyre | Kensington, Philadelphia | Bulldog | Galley | For Pennsylvania State Navy.[17] |
27 July | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | La Favorite | Corvette | For French Navy.[18] |
July | United States | Warwick Coates | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Delaware | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
July | United States | Salisbury, Massachusetts | Tyrannicide | Brigantine | For Massachusetts State Navy. | |
3 August | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | Officeuse | Storeship | For French Navy. |
7 August | United States | Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Washington | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
12 August | United States | George Wells | Fells Point, Maryland | Virginia | Frigate | For Continental Navy.[19] |
August | United States | Hermanus Schuyler | Skenesborough, New York | Philadelphia | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
5 September | United States | John Cotton | Chatham, Connecticut | Trumbull | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
10 September | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Trumbull | Galley | For Continental Navy. | |
14 September | Great Britain | George White | Sheerness Dockyard | Fly | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
27 September | Kingdom of France | François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers | Rochefort | La Ménagère | Sixth rate | For French Navy.[20] |
September | Kingdom of France | Rochefort | Fendant | Ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
September | United States | New York | Row Galley Number One | Galley | For Royal Navy.[21] | |
September | United States | New York | Row Galley Number Two | Galley | For Royal Navy.[22] | |
September | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Washington | Galley | For Continental Navy.[23] | |
October | United States | Lancaster Burling | Poughkeepsie, New York | Montgomery | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
29 October | United States | Lancaster Burling | Skenesborough, New York | Congress | Galley | For Continental Navy.[24] |
7 November | United States | Joseph Grice | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Effingham | Fifth rate | For Continental Navy.[25] |
25 November | Kingdom of France | Chevalier Antoine Groignard | Rochefort | Réfléchi | Solitaire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[26] |
26 November | Great Britain | Whitby | Lynx | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
26 November | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Woolwich Dockyard | Ruby | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[27] |
27 December | Great Britain | William Pownall | Chatham Dockyard | Ariadne | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[28] |
27 December | Great Britain | William Pownall | Chatham Dockyard | Pegasus | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy.[29] |
December | United States | New York | Row Galley Number Three | Galley | For Royal Navy.[30] | |
December | United States | New York | Row Galley Number Four | Galley | For Royal Navy.[31] | |
Spring | Thirteen Colonies | New York | Lady Washington | Galley | For Continental Navy. | |
Summer | United States | Lancaster Birling | Poughkeepsie, New York | Congress | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
Summer | Thirteen Colonies | Jeduthan Baldwin | Fort Ticonderoga, New York | Revenge | Schooner | For Continental Navy. |
Summer | United States | Lake Champlain, New York | New York | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. | |
Summer | United States | Jeduthan Baldwin | Fort Ticonderoga, New York | Revenge | Schooner | For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Toulon | Aimable | Alcmène-class frigate | For French Navy. | |
Unknown date | United States | America | Sloop | For Connecticut State Navy.[32] | ||
Unknown date | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Boston | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. | |
Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Britannia | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Bristol | Chambers | West Indiaman | For Dinham & Co. | |
Unknown date | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Connecticut | Gondola | For Continental Navy.[33] | |
Unknown date | United States | Lake Champlain | Gates | Lugger | For Continental Navy.[34] | |
Unknown date | United States | East Greenwich, Rhode Island | Greenwich | Privateer | For Nathaniel Greene & Co. | |
Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | Rhodes | Hümay-ı Bahri | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[35] | |
Unknown date | United States | Independence | Galley | For Continental Navy. | ||
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Indus | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service.[36] | |
Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Infodsretten | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[37] | ||
Unknown date | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Jersey | Gondola | For Continental Navy.[38] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Mountfield | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Nerbudda | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service.[36] | |
Unknown date | United States | Lake Champlain | New Haven | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. | |
Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Sinop | Nüvid-i Fütuh | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy.[39] | |
Unknown date | United States | Skenesborough, New York | Providence | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. | |
Unknown date | United States | Putnam | Brig | For New Hampshire State Navy.[40] | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | Rose | Cutter | For Board of Customs. | ||
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Bordeaux | Sartine | Frigate | For Compagnie de la Guyane.[41] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Shark | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
Unknown date | United States | J. Lester | Norwich, Connecticut | Shark | Galley | For Connecticut State Navy.[42] |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Brest | Sphinx | Ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | Rhode Island | Spitfire | Galley | For Rhode Island General Assembly. | |
date | United States | Lake Champlain | Spitfire | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Liverpool | Thomas Hall | West Indiaman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | Sylvester Bowers | Providence, Rhode Island | Warren | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Whitby | Yorkshire | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | River Thames | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
References
- ^ "British sloop 'Cygnet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Hound' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Hornet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Perseus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Daphne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Galatea' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Unicorn' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Dámaso' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Spy' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Camilla' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American sloop 'Sachem' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "French lugger 'Le Coureur' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Culloden' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Cormorant' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Aetna' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Vesuvius' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American galley 'Bulldog' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "French corvette 'La Favorite' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American Sixth Rate frigate 'Virginia' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "French Sixth Rate flûte 'La Ménagère' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number One' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Two' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "American galley 'Washington' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Congress' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Effingham' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Réfléchi' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ruby' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Ariadne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Pegasus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Three' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Four' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "American Privateer sloop 'America' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American gondola 'Connecticut' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American lugger 'Gates' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Hümay-ı Bahri' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 333.
- ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Infodsretten' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American gondola 'Jersey' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Ottoman Third Rate ship of the line 'Nüvid-i Fütuh' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American Privateer brig 'Putnam' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "French Merchant frigate 'La Sartine' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "American galley 'Shark' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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