List of ship launches in 1781
The list of ship launches in 1781 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1781.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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5 January | United States | James Hackett | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Alexander | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[1] |
5 January | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Blonde | Coquette-class corvette | For French Navy.[2] |
20 January | Kingdom of France | Havre de Grâce | Brune | Coquette-class corvette | For French Navy. | |
23 February | Kingdom of France | Rochefort | Illustre | Magnamine-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
26 February | Spain | El Ferrol | Santo Domingo | Fourth rate | For Spanish Navy.[3] | |
5 March | Kingdom of France | Toulon | La Belette | Coquette-class Corvette | For French Navy.[4] | |
7 March | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | River Thames | King George | Merchantman | For Hudson's Bay Company. |
10 March | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Chatham Dockyard | Dolphin | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy.[5] |
10 March | Kingdom of France | Daniel & Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Lézard | Cerf-class cutter | For French Navy. |
12 March | Great Britain | Peter Baker | Liverpool | Assistance | Portland-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
12 March | Kingdom of France | Dunkerque | Le Malin | Cert-class cutter | For French Navy.[6] | |
13 March | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall | Earl of Chesterfield | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
13 March | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall | Earl of Hertford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
13 March | Great Britain | Edward Greaves | Limehouse | Latona | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
22 March | Kingdom of France | Toulon | Poulette | Coquette-class corvette | For French Navy. | |
26 March | Great Britain | John Wells | Deptford | Deptford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
26 March | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips & George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Eurydice | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | Agamemnon | Ardent-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Arethusa | Minerva-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[7] |
10 April | Great Britain | John Randall & Co. | Rotherhithe | Perseverance | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | Great Britain | John Sutton | Liverpool | Success | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
11 April | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Africa | Inflexible-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
12 April | Dutch Republic | Jacob Spaan | Dordrecht | Hercules | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[8] |
24 April | Great Britain | George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Crocodile | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[9] |
1 May | Dutch Republic | P. Glavimans | Harlingen | Pallas | Frigate | For Dutch Navy.[10] |
1 May | Spain | El Ferrol | Santa Sabina | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy.[11] | |
8 May | Great Britain | John Jenner | Woolwich Dockyard | Sampson | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[12] |
9 May | Great Britain | Plymouth Dockyard | Narcissus | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. | |
9 May | Great Britain | Henry Ladd | Dover | Tisiphone | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy.[13] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Nadezhda | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Navy.[14] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Podrazhislav | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[15] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Slava | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[16] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Sviatoslav | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[17] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Trekh Sviatitelei | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18] |
22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Vysheslav | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[19] |
24 May | Great Britain | George Parsons | Bursledon | Quebec | Active-class frigate | For Navy. |
26 May | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Alecto | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy.[20] |
May | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Pigmy | Unrated Alert-class Cutter (boat) | For Royal Navy.[21] |
5 June | Kingdom of France | Jean-Denis Chevilard | Rochefort | Argonaute | Argonaute-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[22] |
6 June | Kingdom of France | Jean-Denis Chevillard | Rochefort | Brave | Argonaute-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[23] |
7 June | Great Britain | John Baker & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Argo | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
8 June | Kingdom of France | Havre de Grâce | Le Chameau | Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy.[24] | |
8 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Sceptre | Inflexible-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
9 June | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Myrmidon | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[25] |
22 June | Kingdom of France | Daniel & Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Espion | Levrette-class cutter | For French Navy. |
22 June | Spain | El Ferrol | San Felipe Apóstol | Fourth rate | For Spanish Navy.[26] | |
23 June | Kingdom of France | Dunkerque | La Fanfaron | Cerf-class Cutter (boat) | For French Navy.[27] | |
3 July | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Cockatrice | Alert-class cutter | For Royal Navy. |
8 July | Dutch Republic | Rotterdam | Kortenaer | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[28] | |
13 July | Great Britain | John Barnard | Deptford | Dutton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
24 July | Great Britain | Robert Fabian | East Cowes | Astraea | Active-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
14 August | Kingdom of France | Toulon | Durance | Rhône-class scow | For French Navy. | |
19 August | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Cléopâtre | Vénus-class frigate | For French Navy.[29] |
22 August | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Warren Hastings | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
August | Kingdom of France | Brest | Couronne | Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
4 September | Great Britain | John Henslow | Plymouth Dockyard | Anson | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[30] |
19 September | Great Britain | Webb Fearon | Liverpool | Ceres | Active-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[31] |
15 October | Kingdom of France | Brest | Pégase | Pégase-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[32] | |
18 October | Great Britain | Peter Baker | Liverpool | Ariel | Zebra-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[33] |
18 October | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Diomede | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
18 October | Great Britain | George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Warrior | Alfred-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[34] |
19 October | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Goliath | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[35] |
29 October | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Iris | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy.[36] |
October | Great Britain | John Fisher | Liverpool | Racehorse | Sloop of war | For Royal Navy.[37] |
October | Great Britain | Robert Fabian | East Cowes | Swallow | Cutter | For Royal Navy.[38] |
4 November | Russia | I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | Gektor | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[39] |
4 November | Russia | I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | Provornyi | Evangelist Mark-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[40] |
17 November | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Andromache | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
16 December | Dutch Republic | J. Swerus | Harlingen | Harlingen | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy.[41] |
December | Kingdom of France | Havre de Grâce | Autruche | Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy. | |
December | Kingdom of France | Havre de Grâce | La Lourde | Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy.[42] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Sunderland | Achilles | Merchantman | For Michael Humble and Stephen Todd. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Fishburn & Brodrick | Whitby | Ann and Amelia | Merchantman | For John Julius Angerstein. |
Unknown date | United States | Paul | Boston, Massachusetts | Belisarius | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[43] |
Unknown date | Great Britain | River Thames | Boddington | West Indiaman | For Mr. Boddington. | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | P. van Zwijndregt | Rotterdam | Braak | Cutter | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Brooks | Slave ship | For J. Brook. | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Rotterdam | Centaurus | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[44] | |
Unknown date | United States | Chambers | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | John Wells | Deptford | Duke of Atholl | East Indiaman | For British Eas India Company.[45] |
Unknown date | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall | Europa | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Expeditie | Frigate | For Dutch Navy.[46] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Faam | Uitlegger | For Dutch Navy.[47] | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | John Barnard | Rotherhithe | Fairford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[48] |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Amsterdam | Gelderland | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[49] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Barnard | General Coote | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Vlissingen | Goes | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[50] | |
Unknown date | United States | Thomas Barstow | Hanover, Massachusetts | Grand Turk | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[51] |
Unknown date | United States | Grand Turk | Privateer | For Virginia State Navy.[52] | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | Bristol | Hector | West Indiaman | For John Maxse. | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Amsterdam | Hercules | Privateer | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Constantinople | Inayet-i Hakk | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[53] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | P. van Zwijndrecht | Rotterdam | Kemphaan | Aviso | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | Kingdom of Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Kent | East Indiaman | For William Moffatt. |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Saint-Malo | La Marquise de St. Pern | Privateer | For private owner.[54] | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Dunkerque | La Royale | Privateer | For private owner.[55] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Mars | Privateer | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Meeuw | Uitlegger | For Dutch Navy.[56] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Mercuur | Cutter | For Dutch Navy. | ||
Unknown date | United States | New England | Mentor | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Nantes | Musette | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Folkestone | Nimble | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Philemon Jacobs | Folkestone | Nimble | Cutter | For Royal Navy.[57] |
Unknown date | India | Calcutta | Nonsuch | Merchantman | For John Canning & Henry Watson. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Bristol | Orange Valley | West Indiaman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Rotterdam | Pollux | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[58] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Rotterdam | Snelheid | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[59] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Medemblik | Snelheid | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[60] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Amsterdam | Unie | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[61] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Amsterdam | Utrecht | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[62] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Virginia | Privateer | For private owner.[63] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Waakzaamheid | Uitlegger | For Dutch Navy.[64] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Zwindrecht | Rotterdam | Wassenaar | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Whitby | William and Ann | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Windhond | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[65] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Zeebaars | Unrated | For Dutch Navy.[66] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Zeemeeuw | Unrated | For Dutch Navy.[67] | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Rotterdam | Zephier | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[68] | |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Amsterdam | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | West Indiaman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | For unknown owner. | |||
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | United States | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | United States | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | United States | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Unknown | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
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