List of ship launches in 1776

The list of ship launches in 1776 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1776.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
24 January Cygnet Swan-class ship-sloop Edward Hunt Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[1]
January Washington Galley Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Rhode Island General Assembly.
8 March Hound Swan-class ship-sloop Adams & Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[2]
18 March Vulture Swan-class ship-sloop John & William Wells Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
19 March Hornet Swan-class ship-sloop John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[3]
20 March Perseus Sphinx-class post ship John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[4]
21 March Daphne Sphinx-class post ship Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
21 March Galatea Sphinx-class post ship Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[6]
23 March Unicorn Sphinx-class post ship John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
30 March San Dámaso San Joaquin-class ship of the line Carthagena Spain For Spanish Navy.[8]
6 April Spy Swan-class ship-sloop Edward Greaves Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[9]
20 April Camilla Sphinx-class post ship Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[10]
2 May Sachem Sloop-of-war United States For Continental Navy.[11]
8 May Coureur Lugger Jacques Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.[12]
18 May Culloden Culloden-class ship of the line Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[13]
21 May Cormorant Swan-class ship-sloop John Barnard Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[14]
21 May Raleigh Frigate James Hackett Kittery, Maine Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
May Providence Frigate Silvester Bowes Providence, Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
3 June Boston Frigate Stephen & Ralph Cross Newburyport, Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
3 June Hancock Frigate Newburyport, Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
13 June Oliver Cromwell Corvette Uriah Hayden Thirteen Colonies For Connecticut State Navy.
20 June Aetna Etna-class bomb vessel John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[15]
3 July Vesuvius Etna-class bomb vessel John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[16]
10 July Randolph Frigate Wharton & Humphreys Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Continental Navy.
26 July Bulldog Galley Manuel Eyre Kensington, Philadelphia United States For Pennsylvania State Navy.[17]
27 July Favorite Corvette Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.[18]
July Delaware Frigate Warwick Coates Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Continental Navy.
July Tyrannicide Brigantine Salisbury, Massachusetts United States For Massachusetts State Navy.
3 August Officeuse Storeship Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.
7 August Washington Frigate Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Continental Navy.
12 August Virginia Frigate George Wells Fells Point, Maryland United States For Continental Navy.[19]
August Philadelphia Gundalow Hermanus Schuyler Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.
5 September Trumbull Frigate John Cotton Chatham, Connecticut United States For Continental Navy.
10 September Trumbull Galley Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.
14 September Fly Swan-class ship-sloop George White Sheerness Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
27 September Ménagère Sixth rate François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[20]
September Fendant Ship of the line Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
September Row Galley Number One Galley New York United States For Royal Navy.[21]
September Row Galley Number Two Galley New York United States For Royal Navy.[22]
September Washington Galley Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.[23]
October Montgomery Frigate Lancaster Burling Poughkeepsie, New York United States For Continental Navy.
29 October Congress Galley Lancaster Burling Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.[24]
7 November Effingham Fifth rate Joseph Grice Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Continental Navy.[25]
25 November Réfléchi Solitaire-class ship of the line Chevalier Antoine Groignard Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[26]
26 November Lynx Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For private owner.
26 November Ruby Intrepid-class ship of the line Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[27]
27 December Ariadne Sphinx-class post ship William Pownall Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[28]
27 December Pegasus Swan-class ship-sloop William Pownall Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[29]
December Row Galley Number Three Galley New York United States For Royal Navy.[30]
December Row Galley Number Four Galley New York United States For Royal Navy.[31]
Spring Lady Washington Galley New York Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
Summer Congress Frigate Lancaster Birling Poughkeepsie, New York United States For Continental Navy.
Summer Revenge Schooner Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
Summer New York Gundalow Lake Champlain, New York United States For Continental Navy.
Summer Revenge Schooner Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Aimable Alcmène-class frigate Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
Unknown date America Sloop United States For Connecticut State Navy.[32]
Unknown date Boston Gundalow Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Britannia Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thirteen Colonies For private owner.
Unknown date Chambers West Indiaman Bristol  Great Britain For Dinham & Co.
Unknown date Connecticut Gondola Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.[33]
Unknown date Gates Lugger Lake Champlain United States For Continental Navy.[34]
Unknown date Greenwich Privateer East Greenwich, Rhode Island United States For Nathaniel Greene & Co.
Unknown date Hümay-ı Bahri Fourth rate Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[35]
Unknown date Independence Galley United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Indus Schooner Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service.[36]
Unknown date Infodsretten Third rate Denmark Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[37]
Unknown date Jersey Gondola Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.[38]
Unknown date Mountfield Merchantman  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Nerbudda Schooner Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service.[36]
Unknown date New Haven Gundalow Lake Champlain United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Nüvid-i Fütuh Third rate Sinop Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[39]
Unknown date Providence Gundalow Skenesborough, New York United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Putnam Brig United States For New Hampshire State Navy.[40]
Unknown date Ranger Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport  Great Britain For D. Wincey.[41]
Unknown date Rose Cutter  Great Britain For Board of Customs.
Unknown date Sartine Frigate Bordeaux Kingdom of France For Compagnie de la Guyane.[42]
Unknown date Shark Sloop-of-war Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
Unknown date Shark Galley J. Lester Norwich, Connecticut United States For Connecticut State Navy.[43]
Unknown date Sphinx Ship of the line Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.
Unknown date Spitfire Galley Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Rhode Island General Assembly.
date Spitfire Gundalow Lake Champlain United States For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Thomas Hall West Indiaman Liverpool  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Warren Frigate Sylvester Bowers Providence, Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Yorkshire Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman River Thames  Great Britain For private owner.

References

  1. ↑ "British sloop 'Cygnet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "British sloop 'Hound' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "British sloop 'Hornet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Perseus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Daphne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Galatea' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Unicorn' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Dámaso' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "British sloop 'Spy' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Camilla' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "American sloop 'Sachem' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "French lugger 'Le Coureur' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Culloden' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "British sloop 'Cormorant' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "British bomb vessel 'Aetna' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "British bomb vessel 'Vesuvius' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "American galley 'Bulldog' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "French corvette 'La Favorite' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "American Sixth Rate frigate 'Virginia' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "French Sixth Rate flûte 'La Ménagère' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "British galley 'Row Galley Number One' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  22. ↑ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Two' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "American galley 'Washington' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  24. ↑ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Congress' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  25. ↑ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Effingham' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  26. ↑ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Réfléchi' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  27. ↑ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ruby' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  28. ↑ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Ariadne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  29. ↑ "British sloop 'Pegasus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  30. ↑ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Three' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  31. ↑ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Four' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  32. ↑ "American Privateer sloop 'America' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  33. ↑ "American gondola 'Connecticut' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  34. ↑ "American lugger 'Gates' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  35. ↑ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Hümay-ı Bahri' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  36. 1 2 Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 333.
  37. ↑ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Infodsretten' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  38. ↑ "American gondola 'Jersey' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  39. ↑ "Ottoman Third Rate ship of the line 'Nüvid-i Fütuh' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  40. ↑ "American Privateer brig 'Putnam' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  41. ↑ "Ranger". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  42. ↑ "French Merchant frigate 'La Sartine' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  43. ↑ "American galley 'Shark' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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