List of ship launches in 1778

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

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
28 February Courageuse Concorde-class frigate Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
2 March Hyaena Porcupine-class post ship John Fisher Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
16 March Résolue Iphigénie-class frigate Lemarchand Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.
26 March Surveillante Iphigénie-class frigate Gilles Cambry Lorient Kingdom of France For French Navy.[1]
March Junon Charmante-class frigate Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
Unknown date Prudente Iphigénie-class frigate Marion Brillantais Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[2]
11 April Angelica Privateer United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[3]
25 April Vosmoi Vosmoi-class frigate S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[4]
28 April Hancock Frigate William & James K. Hackett Amesbury, Massachusetts United States For Continental Navy.
28 April Medea Enterprise-class frigate James Martin Hillhouse Bristol  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
28 April Savage Swan-class sloop John Barnard Ipswich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
11 May Amazone Iphigénie-class frigate Fromy Dupuy Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[6]
13 May Jupiter Portland-class ship of the line John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 May Janus Roebuck-class ship Robert Batson Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
15 May Alexander Modified Pavel-class frigate M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[7]
15 May Brilliante Fifth rate Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[8]
15 May Voin Modified Pavel-class frigate M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[9]
21 May Mariia Pavel-class frigate V.Gunion Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[10]
26 May Sirena Fourth rate Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[11]
27 May Nymph Swan-class sloop Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
28 May Amphitrite Porcupine-class post ship Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
May Deane Fifth rate Nantes Kingdom of France For Continental Navy.[12]
May Santa Matilda Fifth rate Havana Cuba For Spanish Navy.[13]
18 June Gentille Iphigénie-class frigate Beaurgard de Segray Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[14]
25 June Penelope Porcupine-class post ship Peter Baker Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[15]
9 July Gloire Iphigénie-class frigate Fromy Dupuy Saint Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[16]
28 July Fortune Swan-class sloop Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[17]
1 August Magicienne Magicienne-class frigate Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
3 August Expedition Sprightly-class Cutter (boat) Henry Ladd Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[18]
4 August Sprightly Sprightly-class Cutter (boat) Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 August Earl Talbot East Indiaman Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
10 August Resource Enterprise-class frigate John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
20 August Neptune Third rate Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[19]
22 August Bellone Iphigénie-class frigate Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.
22 August Précieuse Magicienne-class frigate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[20]
24 August Atlas East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For British East India Company.[21]
27 August Minorca Xebec Port Mahon Balearic Islands For Royal Navy.[22]
7 September Childers Childers-class brig-sloop James Mentone & Son Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 September Fame Privateer King's Yard Dublin  Ireland For private owner.[23]
18 September Auguste Ship of the line Leon-Michel Guignace Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[24]
19 September Scipion Scipion-class ship of the line François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[25]
20 September Médée Iphigénie-class frigate Leon-Michel Guignace Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[26]
22 September Pomona Enterprise-class frigate Thomas Raymond Southampton  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
5 October Annibal Annibal-class ship of the line Jacques-Noël Sané Brest Kingdom of France For Royal Navy.[27]
5 October Hercule Scipion-class ship of the line François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[28]
8 October Alexander Alfred-class ship of the line Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[29]
8 October Charon Fifth rate John Barnard Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[30]
22 October Alfred Alfred-class ship of the line Joseph Harris, William Gray, & Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
22 October Ganges East Indiaman John Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
24 October Fairy Swan-class sloop John Jenner Sheerness Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[31]
5 November Pluton Scipion-class ship of the line François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[32]
7 November Delight Swan-class sloop Edward Greaves Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[33]
8 November Confederacy Frigate Jedidiah Willetts Norwich, Connecticut United States For Continental Navy.[34]
13 November Admiraal de Ruiter Third rate John May Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[35]
November Mutin Mutin-class Cutter (boat) Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
November Pilote Mutin-class Cutter (boat) Jacques & Danie Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
18 December Bellona Frigate Mr. Pye Stockton-on-Tees  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[36]
30 December Héros Third rate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[37]
December Tapageur Mutin-class Cutter (boat) Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.[38]
Unknown date Achille Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[39]
Unknown date Américaine Privateer Kingdom of France For Bretel, Ernouf & La Houssaye.
Unknown date Amphion Turuma Djurgårdsvarvet Stockholm Sweden For Gustav III.
Unknown date Amphitrite East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date Astrée Privateer Nantes Kingdom of France For Guilliaume et fils.
Unknown date Bencoolen East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date Britannia East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date Bunker Hill Privateer Massachusetts United States For Bartholomew Putnam & Jacob Ashton.
Unknown date Busy Cutter Folkestone  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[41]
Unknown date Burc-i Zafer Fourth rate Kalas Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date Ejder Başlı Fourth rate Kalas Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[43]
Unknown date General Barker East Indiaman Henry Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For British East India Company.[44]
Unknown date Halsewell East Indiaman Wells  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Hydra Sixth rate Adams & Barnard Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[45]
Unknown date Incendiary Fireship Peter Everett Mestaer Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date Infernal Fireship John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[47]
Unknown date La Comtesse de Provence Privateer Jacques Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For private owner.[48]
Unknown date La Princesa Corvette or frigate San Blas Viceroyalty of New Spain For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date La Princesse de Robecq Frigate Boulogne Kingdom of France For private owner.[49]
Unknown date Valeur Corvette François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[50]
Unknown date Lawriston Corvette Rangoon Konbaung dynasty For French East India Company.
Unknown date Le Duc de Mortemart Privateer Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For Claude Dubois Le Jaune.[51]
Unknown date Le Monsieur Privateer Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For private owners.[52]
Unknown date Lucifer Fireship John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[53]
Unknown date Melikü'l Bahr Third rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[54]
Unknown date Mermaid Pilot boat Bombay India For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date Nasır-ı Bahri Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[55]
Unknown date Nettuno Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[56]
Unknown date Panther Sloop-of-war Bombay India For Royal Navy.
Unknown date Parel East Indiaman Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch East India Company.[57]
Unknown date Patna Sloop Java Dutch East Indies For Bombay Pilot Service.
Unknown date Princess Royal Sloop  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Raad-ı Bahri Sixth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[58]
Unknown date Seahorse Pilot boat Bombay India For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date Shaftesbury Cutter Nicholas Bools Bridport  Great Britain For Carter Bros.[59]
Unknown date Temível Portuguesa Fifth rate Daman Portuguese India For Portuguese Navy.[60]
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Brigantine Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Kingdom of France For private owner.

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  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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  45. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Hydra' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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