List of ship launches in 1787
The list of ship launches in 1787 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1787.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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20 January | Great Britain | Hill & Mellish | Limehouse | Marquis of Lansdown | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
22 January | Great Britain | Thomas Calhoun | Bursledon | Blonde | Frigate | For Royal Navy.[1] |
5 February | Great Britain | Caleb Crookenden & Co. | Itchenor | Hartwell | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[2] |
6 March | Great Britain | Deptford Dockyard | Vanguard | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | |
7 March | Great Britain | William Cleverley | Gravesent | Nottingham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
31 March | Denmark-Norway | Copenhagen | Fyen | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[3] | |
4 April | Great Britain | William Cleverley | Gravesend | Colossus | Courageux-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
4 April | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | Swiftsure | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
18 April | Great Britain | Philemon Jacobs | Sandgate | Alligator | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
18 April | Great Britain | Crookenden & Taylor | Itchenor | Belvedere | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
18 April | Kingdom of France | Rochefort | Orion | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
20 April | Kingdom of France | Hubert Pennevert | Rochefort | Alerte | Brig of war | For French Navy. |
2 May | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Salvador del Mundo | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
4 May | Kingdom of France | Raymond-Antoine Haran | Bayonne | Goéland | Goéland-class brick-aviso | For French Navy.[4] |
9 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Arhchangelsk | Arkhangel Gavriil | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[5] |
9 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Severnyi Oryol | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[6] |
15 May | Russia | S.I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Alexander Nevskii | Fourth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[7] |
15 May | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Sviatoi Vladimir | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[8] |
18 May | Kingdom of France | Joseph Niou | Rochefort | Gracieuse | Charmante-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
31 May | Ottoman Empire | Jean-Jacques Sébastien Le Roy | Constantinople | Mukaddeme-i Nusret | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy.[9] |
May | Kingdom of France | Raymond-Antoine Haran | Bayonne | La Mouche | brig of war | For French Navy.[10] |
1 June | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Orion | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
15 June | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Josif II | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[11] |
22 June | Kingdom of France | Brest | Léopard | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
11 July | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Impérieuse | Junon-class frigate | For French Navy.[12] |
16 July | Great Britain | Edward Hunt | Buckler's Hard | Sheerness | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy.[13] |
31 July | Great Britain | John Mackenzie | Rotherhithe | Harriot | West Indiaman | For Mr. Davidson. |
9 August | Kingdom of France | Toulon | Sensible | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy. | |
13 August | Portugal | Fenix | Fourth rate | For Portuguese Navy.[14] | ||
14 August | Great Britain | Fabian | East Cowes | Veteran | Third rate | For French Navy. |
14 September | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Justinian | West Indiaman | For Hamilton & Co. |
12 October | Kingdom of France | Lorient | Entreprenant | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. | |
25 October | Kingdom of France | Rochefort | Impétueux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[15] | |
27 October | Great Britain | John Perry | Blacwall | Albion | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
27 October | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | Rotherhithe | Lord Hawkesbury | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
October | Kingdom of France | Bayonne | Recherche | Marsouin-class scow | For French Navy. | |
4 November | Cuba | Havana | Real Carlos | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. | |
10 November | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Carnatic | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
10 November | Great Britain | Rotherhithe | Pacific | East Indiaman | For private owner.[16] | |
26 November | Great Britain | Robert Batson | Limehouse | Captain | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
26 November | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Triton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
27 November | Great Britain | Graham | Harwich | Excellent | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
28 November | Great Britain | Perry & Co. | Blackwall | Ceres | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
11 December | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Airly Castle | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
27 December | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Boddam | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
December | Kingdom of France | Lorient | Le Bretagne | East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes.[17] | |
Unknown date | Russia | Saint Petersburg | Aleksander Nevskii | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18] | |
Unknown date | Russia | Bityug | Unrated | For Imperial Russian Navy.[19] | ||
Unknown date | Duchy of Holstein | Dorf-Gården | Kiel | Bomb No. 1 | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[20] |
Unknown date | Duchy of Holstein | Dorf-Gården | Kiel | Bomb No. 2 | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[21] |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Cartier | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service.[22] | |
Unknown date | India | Surat | Cecilia | Merchantman | For Private owner.[23] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Ipswich | Ceres | Brig | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay Dockyard | Cornwallis | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[22] | |
Unknown date | Russia | Feniks | Brig of war | For Imperial Russian Navy.[24] | ||
Unknown date | Spain | Cádiz | Infante | Brig of war | For Spanish Navy. | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Jay | Snow | For Bombay Pilot Service.[22] | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Juno | Snow | For Bombay Pilot Service.[22] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Sunderland, County Durham | Kitty | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Lapwing | Sloop | For Granville Sharp. | ||
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Veere | Minerva | Brig of war | For Dutch Navy. | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Seahorse | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service.[22] | |
Unknown date | India | Bombay | Shaw Arsdeer | Full-rigged ship | For private owner.[22] | |
Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Copenhagen | Stege | Gunboat | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[25] | |
Unknown date | Great Britain | Tartar | Merchantman | For John St Barbe. | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | Thetis | Brig | For Taylor & Co. | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | William Wallis | Blackwall | No. 1 chain boat | Chain boat | For Royal Navy.[26] |
Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Vlissingen | Wilhelmina | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy. | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Great Britain | Parkgate | Name unknown | Schooner | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
References
- ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Blonde' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Extract of a letter from Chichester, dated Feb. 9". Daily Universal Register. No. 676. London. 15 February 1787. p. 3.
- ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Fyen' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "French brig 'Le Goéland' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Arkhangel Gavriil' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Severnyi Oryol' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Fourth Rate frigate 'Alexander Nevskii' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Sviatoi Vladimir' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Turkish Third Rate ship of the line 'Mukaddeme-i Nusret' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "French brig 'La Mouche' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Josif II' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Impérieuse' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Sheerness' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Portugese Fourth Rate frigate 'Fenix' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Impétueux' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "London". Daily Universal Register. No. 898. London. 12 November 1787. p. 2.
- ^ "French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Bretagne' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Aleksander Nevskii' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian 'Bityug' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Bomb No 1' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Bomb No 2' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 334.
- ^ "British Merchant merchantman 'Cecilia' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Russian brig 'Feniks' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Danish gunboat 'Stege' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "British Other Vessels chain boat 'No. 1 Chain Boat' (1787)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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