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 | ![]() |
James Hackett | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[1] | |
5 January | ![]() |
Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Blonde | corvette | For French Navy.[2] |
20 January | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | Brune | corvette | For French Navy. | |
23 February | ![]() |
Rochefort | Illustre | ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
26 February | ![]() |
El Ferrol | Fourth rate | For Spanish Navy.[3] | ||
5 March | ![]() |
Toulon | Corvette | For French Navy.[4] | ||
7 March | ![]() |
Randall & Brent | River Thames | King George | Merchantman | For Hudson's Bay Company. |
10 March | ![]() |
Nicholas Phillips | Chatham Dockyard | Dolphin | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy.[5] |
10 March | ![]() |
Daniel & Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Lézard | cutter | For French Navy. |
12 March | ![]() |
Peter Baker | Liverpool | Assistance | ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
12 March | ![]() |
Dunkerque | cutter | For French Navy.[6] | ||
13 March | ![]() |
John Perry | Blackwall | Earl of Chesterfield | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
13 March | ![]() |
John Perry | Blackwall | Earl of Hertford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
13 March | ![]() |
Edward Greaves | Limehouse | Latona | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
22 March | ![]() |
Toulon | Poulette | corvette | For French Navy. | |
26 March | ![]() |
John Wells | Deptford | Deptford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
26 March | ![]() |
Nicholas Phillips & George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Eurydice | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | ![]() |
Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | Agamemnon | Ardent-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | ![]() |
Hilhouse | Bristol | Arethusa | Minerva-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[7] |
10 April | ![]() |
John Randall & Co. | Rotherhithe | Perseverance | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
10 April | ![]() |
John Sutton | Liverpool | Success | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
11 April | ![]() |
Barnard | Deptford | Africa | Inflexible-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
12 April | ![]() |
Jacob Spaan | Dordrecht | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[8] | |
24 April | ![]() |
George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy.[9] | |
1 May | ![]() |
P. Glavimans | Harlingen | Pallas | Frigate | For Dutch Navy.[10] |
1 May | ![]() |
El Ferrol | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy.[11] | ||
8 May | ![]() |
John Jenner | Woolwich Dockyard | Sampson | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[12] |
9 May | ![]() |
Plymouth Dockyard | Narcissus | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. | |
9 May | ![]() |
Henry Ladd | Dover | fireship | For Royal Navy.[13] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Modified frigate | For Navy.[14] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Modified frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[15] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Modified frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[16] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[17] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18] | |
22 May | ![]() |
M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[19] | |
24 May | ![]() |
George Parsons | Bursledon | Quebec | Active-class frigate | For Navy. |
26 May | ![]() |
Thomas King | Dover | fireship | For Royal Navy.[20] | |
May | ![]() |
Thomas King | Dover | Unrated Cutter (boat) | For Royal Navy.[21] | |
5 June | ![]() |
Jean-Denis Chevilard | Rochefort | Argonaute | Argonaute-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[22] |
6 June | ![]() |
Jean-Denis Chevillard | Rochefort | Brave | Argonaute-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[23] |
7 June | ![]() |
John Baker & Co. | Newcastle upon Tyne | Argo | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
8 June | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | Flûte (ship) | For French Navy.[24] | ||
8 June | ![]() |
John Randall | Rotherhithe | Sceptre | Inflexible-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
9 June | ![]() |
Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[25] | |
22 June | ![]() |
Daniel & Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Espion | cutter | For French Navy. |
22 June | ![]() |
El Ferrol | For Spanish Navy.[26] | |||
23 June | ![]() |
Dunkerque | Cutter (boat) | For French Navy.[27] | ||
3 July | ![]() |
Thomas King | Dover | Cockatrice | cutter | For Royal Navy. |
8 July | ![]() |
Rotterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[28] | ||
13 July | ![]() |
John Barnard | Deptford | Dutton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
24 July | ![]() |
Robert Fabian | East Cowes | Astraea | Active-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
14 August | ![]() |
Toulon | Durance | scow | For French Navy. | |
19 August | ![]() |
Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Cléopâtre | frigate | For French Navy.[29] |
22 August | ![]() |
Barnard | Deptford | Warren Hastings | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
August | ![]() |
Brest | Couronne | Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line | For French Navy. | |
4 September | ![]() |
John Henslow | Plymouth Dockyard | Anson | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[30] |
19 September | ![]() |
Webb Fearon | Active-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[31] | ||
15 October | ![]() |
Brest | Pégase | Pégase-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[32] | |
18 October | ![]() |
Peter Baker | Liverpool | sloop | For Royal Navy.[33] | |
18 October | ![]() |
Hilhouse | Bristol | Diomede | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
18 October | ![]() |
George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Warrior | Alfred-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[34] |
19 October | ![]() |
Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Goliath | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[35] |
29 October | ![]() |
Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Iris | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy.[36] |
October | ![]() |
John Fisher | Liverpool | Sloop of war | For Royal Navy.[37] | |
October | ![]() |
Robert Fabian | East Cowes | Swallow | Cutter | For Royal Navy.[38] |
4 November | ![]() |
I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[39] | |
4 November | ![]() |
I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[40] | |
17 November | ![]() |
William Barnard | Deptford | Andromache | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
16 December | ![]() |
J. Swerus | Harlingen | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy.[41] | |
December | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | Autruche | Flûte (ship) | For French Navy. | |
December | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | Flûte (ship) | For French Navy.[42] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Sunderland | Achilles | Merchantman | For Michael Humble and Stephen Todd. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Fishburn & Brodrick | Whitby | Ann and Amelia | Merchantman | For John Julius Angerstein. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Paul | Boston, Massachusetts | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[43] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
River Thames | Boddington | West Indiaman | For Mr. Boddington. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
P. van Zwijndregt | Rotterdam | Braak | Cutter | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Brooks | Slave ship | For J. Brook. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rotterdam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[44] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Chambers | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
John Wells | Deptford | East Indiaman | For .[45] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
John Perry | Blackwall | Europa | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Frigate | For Dutch Navy.[46] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
For Dutch Navy.[47] | ||||
Unknown date | ![]() |
John Barnard | Rotherhithe | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[48] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[49] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Barnard | General Coote | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Vlissingen | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[50] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Thomas Barstow | Hanover, Massachusetts | Privateer | For Massachusetts State Navy.[51] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Privateer | For Virginia State Navy.[52] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bristol | Hector | West Indiaman | For John Maxse. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Hercules | Privateer | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Constantinople | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[53] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
P. van Zwijndrecht | Rotterdam | Kemphaan | Aviso | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Wells | Deptford | Kent | East Indiaman | For William Moffatt. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Saint-Malo | La Marquise de St. Pern | Privateer | For private owner.[54] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Dunkerque | La Royale | Privateer | For private owner.[55] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bordeaux | Privateer | For private owner.[56] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Mars | Privateer | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
For Dutch Navy.[57] | ||||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Mercuur | Cutter | For Dutch Navy. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
New England | Mentor | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Nantes | Musette | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Folkstone | Nimble | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Philemon Jacobs | Folkstone | Cutter | For Royal Navy.[58] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Calcutta | Nonsuch | Merchantman | For John Canning & Henry Watson. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bristol | Orange Valley | West Indiaman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rotterdam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[59] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rotterdam | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[60] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Medemblik | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[61] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[62] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[63] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Virginia | Privateer | For private owner.[64] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
For Dutch Navy.[65] | ||||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Zwindrecht | Rotterdam | Wassenaar | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Whitby | William and Ann | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[66] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Unrated | For Dutch Navy.[67] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Unrated | For Dutch Navy.[68] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rotterdam | Cutter | For Dutch Navy.[69] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | West Indiaman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | For unknown owner. | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. | ||
Unknown date | Unknown | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
References[]
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- ^ "French Sixth Rate frigate 'La Blonde' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Spanish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Santo Domingo' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "French Sixth Rate corvette 'La Belette' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dolphin' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "French cutter 'Le Malin' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Arethusa' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Crocodile' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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- ^ "Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Sabina' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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Ship events in 1781 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 |
Ship commissionings: | 1785 | 1786 | |||||||||
Ship decommissionings: | |||||||||||
Shipwrecks: | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 |
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