List of ship launches in 1778

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The list of ship launches in 1778 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1778.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
28 February  Kingdom of France Rochefort Courageuse Concorde-class frigate For French Navy.
February  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Indien Frigate For Deane, Franklin & Lee.
2 March  Great Britain John Fisher Liverpool Hyaena Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.
16 March  Kingdom of France Lemarchand Saint-Malo Résolue Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.
26 March  Kingdom of France Gilles Cambry Lorient Surveillante Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[1]
March  Kingdom of France Rochefort Junon Charmante-class frigate For French Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Marion Brillantais Saint-Malo Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[2]
11 April  United States Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[3]
25 April  Russia S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[4]
28 April  United States William & James K. Hackett Amesbury, Massachusetts Hancock Frigate For Continental Navy.
28 April  Great Britain James Martin Hillhouse Bristol Medea Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
28 April  Great Britain John Barnard Ipswich Savage sloop For Royal Navy.[5]
11 May  Kingdom of France Fromy Dupuy Saint-Malo Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[6]
13 May  Great Britain John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe Jupiter ship of the line For Royal Navy.
14 May  Great Britain Robert Batson Limehouse Janus Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
15 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Modified frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[7]
15 May Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Fifth rate For Venetian Navy.[8]
15 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Modified frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[9]
21 May  Russia V.Gunion Archangelsk frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[10]
26 May Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Fourth rate For Venetian Navy.[11]
27 May  Great Britain Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard Nymph sloop For Royal Navy.
28 May  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Amphitrite Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.
May  Kingdom of France Nantes Deane Fifth rate For Continental Navy.[12]
May Spain Cuba Havana Fifth rate For Spanish Navy.[13]
18 June  Kingdom of France Beaurgard de Segray Saint-Malo Gentille Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[14]
25 June  Great Britain Peter Baker Liverpool Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.[15]
9 July  Kingdom of France Fromy Dupuy Saint Malo Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[16]
28 July  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard Fortune sloop For Royal Navy.[17]
1 August  Kingdom of France Toulon Magicienne Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.
3 August  Great Britain Henry Ladd Dover Cutter (boat) For Royal Navy.[18]
4 August  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Sprightly Cutter (boat) For Royal Navy.
10 August  Great Britain Perry Blackwall Earl Talbot East Indiaman For British East India Company.
10 August  Great Britain John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe Resource Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
20 August  Kingdom of France Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec Brest Third rate For French Navy.[19]
22 August  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Bellone Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.
22 August  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.[20]
24 August  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard East Indiaman For British East India Company.[21]
27 August Kingdom of Great Britain Balearic Islands Port Mahon Xebec For Royal Navy.[22]
7 September  Great Britain James Mentone & Son Limehouse Childers brig-sloop For Royal Navy.
9 September  Ireland King's Yard Dublin Fame Privateer For private owner.[23]
18 September  Kingdom of France Leon-Michel Guignace Brest Auguste Ship of the line For French Navy.[24]
19 September  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Scipion-class ship of the line For French Navy.[25]
20 September  Kingdom of France Leon-Michel Guignace Saint-Malo Médée Iphigénie-class frigate For French Navy.[26]
22 September  Great Britain Thomas Raymond Southampton Pomona Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
5 October  Kingdom of France Jacques-Noël Sané Brest Annibal Annibal-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[27]
5 October  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Scipion-class ship of the line For French Navy.[28]
8 October  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Alexander Alfred-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[29]
8 October  Great Britain John Barnard Harwich Charon Fifth rate For Royal Navy.[30]
22 October  Great Britain Joseph Harris, William Gray, & Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard Alfred Alfred-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
22 October  Great Britain John Wells Deptford Ganges East Indiaman For British East India Company.
24 October  Great Britain John Jenner Sheerness Dockyard sloop For Royal Navy.[31]
5 November  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Scipion-class ship of the line For French Navy.[32]
7 November  Great Britain Edward Greaves Limehouse sloop For Royal Navy.[33]
8 November  United States Jedidiah Willetts Norwich, Connecticut Confederacy Frigate For Continental Navy.[34]
13 November  Dutch Republic John May Amsterdam Third rate For Dutch Navy.[35]
November  Kingdom of France Dunkerque Mutin Cutter (boat) For French Navy.
November  Kingdom of France Jacques & Danie Denys Dunkerque Pilote Cutter (boat) For French Navy.
30 December  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Third rate For French Navy.[36]
December  Kingdom of France Dunkerque Le Tapageur Cutter (boat) For French Navy.[37]
Unknown date Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Xebec For Venetian Navy.[38]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Américaine Privateer For Bretel, Ernouf & La Houssaye.
Unknown date Sweden Sweden-Finland Djurgårdsvarvet Stockholm Amphion Turuma For Gustav III.
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Nantes Astrée Privateer For Guilliaume et fils.
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date  United States Massachusetts Bunker Hill Privateer For Bartholomew Putnam & Jacob Ashton.
Unknown date  Great Britain Folkestone Cutter For Royal Navy.[40]
Unknown date Ottoman1517.png Ottoman Empire Kalas Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[41]
Unknown date Ottoman1517.png Ottoman Empire Kalas Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date  Great Britain Henry Adams Bucklers Hard East Indiaman For British East India Company.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Wells Halsewell East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain Adams & Barnard Deptford Dockyard Sixth rate For Royal Navy.[44]
Unknown date  Great Britain Peter Everett Mestaer Rotherhithe Fireship For Royal Navy.[45]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Fireship For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Jacques Denys Dunkerque La Comtesse de Provence Privateer For private owner.[47]
Unknown date Spain Viceroyalty of New Spain San Blas La Princesa Corvette or frigate For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Boulogne La Princesse de Robecq Frigate For private owner.[48]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Saint-Malo Corvette For French Navy.[49]
Unknown date  Konbaung Dynasty Rangoon Lawriston Corvette For French East India Company.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Le Duc de Mortemart Privateer For Claude Dubois Le Jaune.[50]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Le Monsieur Privateer For private owners.[51]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Fireship For Royal Navy.[52]
Unknown date Ottoman1517.png Ottoman Empire Constantinople Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[53]
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay Mermaid Pilot boat For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Ottoman1517.png Ottoman Empire Constantinople Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[54]
Unknown date Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice Xebec For Venetian Navy.[55]
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay Panther Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam East Indiaman For Dutch East India Company.[56]
Unknown date Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg Dutch East Indies Java Patna Sloop For Bombay Pilot Service.
Unknown date  Great Britain Princess Royal Sloop For private owner.
Unknown date Ottoman1517.png Ottoman Empire Constantinople Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy.[57]
Unknown date Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg India Bombay Seahorse Pilot boat For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Portugal Portuguese India Daman Fifth rate For Portuguese Navy.[58]
Unknown date  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Brigantine For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

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  13. ^ "Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Matilda' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  18. ^ "British cutter 'Expedition' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  25. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Scipion' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  28. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Hercule' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  29. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Alexander' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  30. ^ "British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Charon' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  31. ^ "British sloop 'Fairy' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  32. ^ "French third rate ship of the line 'Le Pluton' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  33. ^ "British sloop 'Delight' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  34. ^ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Confederacy' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  36. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Héros' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  44. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Hydra' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  46. ^ "British fireship 'Infernal' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  47. ^ "French Privateer 'La Comtesse de Provence' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  54. ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Nasır-ı Bahri' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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Ship events in 1778
Ship launches: 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783
Ship commissionings:
Ship decommissionings:
Shipwrecks: 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783
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