List of ship launches in 1780

The list of ship launches in 1780 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1780.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
23 January Nemesis Enterprise-class frigate Jolly, Leathers & Barton Liverpool  France For Royal Navy.
24 January Adamant Portland-class frigate Peter Baker Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
27 January Terrible Terrible-class ship of the line Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[1]
11 February Aigle Privateer Dujardin Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For M. Clonard.
22 February Bellmont East Indiaman John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.[2]
6 March Vénus Vénus-class frigate Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.
7 March Inflexible Inflexible-class ship of the line Barnard Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
20 March Invincible First rate Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[3]
20 March Friponne Fifth rate Lorient Kingdom of France For French Navy.[4]
20 March Royal Louis Ship of the line Pierre-Alexander Forfait Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[5]
20 March Vansittart East Indiaman Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.
23 March Fortitude Albion-class ship of the line John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Saratoga Sloop-of-war Wharton & Humphries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Continental Navy.
19 April Fée Fifth rate Charles Etienne Bombelle Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[6]
20 April Assurance Roebuck-class ship John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
April Duc de Chartres Privateer Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For private owner.[8]
April Cupid Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[9]
April Mercurio Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[10]
3 May Northumberland Annibal-class ship of the line Jacques-Noël Sané Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[11]
6 May Flora Fifth rate Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[12]
10 May Ontario Sixth rate Jonathon Coleman Carleton Island Province of Georgia For Provincial Marine.[13]
12 May Ne Tron Menia Aziia-class ship of the line M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
12 May Sviatoi Ianuarii Aziia-class ship of the line I. V. James Arkhangelsk  Great Britain For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
16 May Astrée Nymphe-class frigate Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[16]
20 May Daedalus Active-class frigate John Fisher Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
2 June Fox Active-class frigate George Parsons Bursledon  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
2 June Orpheus Amazon-class frigate Adams & Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
3 June Minerva Minerva-class frigate John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[17]
3 June Orpheus Amazon-class frigate Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[18]
5 June Belliqueux Ardent-class ship of the line John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
16 June Pandour Mutin-class Cutter (boat) Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
18 June Clairvoyant Mutin-class Cutter (boat) Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
1 July Leander Fourth rate Israel Pownoll & Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
6 July Perun Perun-class bomb vessel A. S. Katsanov Kronstadt  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
19 July Le Comte d'Avaux Privateer Boulogne Kingdom of France For private owner.[20]
5 August Badine Coquette-class corvette François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[21]
11 August Sémillante Coquette-class corvette Chevalier Antoine Groignard Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[22]
30 August Active Fifth rate Edward Hunt Northam  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[23]
31 August Zebra Zebra-class sloop William Cleverley Gravesend  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
August Fair American Privateer United States For United States Navy.[24]
August Fortune Sloop-of-war Joshua Stewart Sandgaet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[25]
16 September Abondance Baleine-class gabarre Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.
16 September Sviatoi Georgii Pobedonosets Aziia-class ship of the line A. S. Katsanov Kronstadt  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
20 September Iphigenia Amazon-class frigate James Betts Mistleythorn  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
21 September Sceptre Second rate Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[27]
30 September Juno Amazon-class frigate Robert Batson & Co. Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 October Vestale Magicienne-class frigate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[28]
14 October Magnanime Intrepid-class ship of the line Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[29]
16 October Nourrice Baleine-class gabarre Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.[30]
28 October Alceste Magicienne-class frigate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[31]
October Essex East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
October Merlin Sloop-of-war Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[32]
October Valentine East Indiaman Perry, or Randall Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
11 November Alligator Swan-class sloop John Fisher Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[33]
13 November Téméraire Facteur-class Cutter (boat) Arnous-Dessaulays Lorient Kingdom of France For French Navy.
17 November Majestueux Terrible-class ship of the line Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[34]
28 November Repulse Intrepid-class ship of the line Fabian East Cowes  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
November Asia East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
21 December Naïade Coquette-class corvette Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
27 December Amphion Fifth rate Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
31 December Antelope East Indiaman Barnard  Great Britain For British East India Company.
December Northumberland East Indiaman Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Antelope Packet ship River Thames  Great Britain For Post Office Packet Service.
Unknown date Arbuthnot Galley Unknown For Royal Navy.
Unknown date Aurora Letter of marque United States For Mungo Mackay & Thomas Dennie.
Unknown date Berwick Full-rigged ship Watson Rotherhithe  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Blandford East Indiaman John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.[35]
Unknown date Brutus Merchantman Bordeaux Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Catharina Wilhelmina East Indiaman Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch East India Company.[36]
Unknown date Defence Luggage boat Bombay India For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date Ditmarsken Indfødsretten-class ship of the line Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[38]
Unknown date Dolfijn Sixth rate Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date Duc de Chartres Privateer Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Fishburn Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date Fortitude East Indiaman Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Hannibal Privateer Newburyport, Massachusetts United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[39]
Unknown date Hermanis East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date Hifz-i Huda Fourth rate builder Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[40]
Unknown date Hornby full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner.[37]
Unknown date Intrepid Snow Bombay India For Bombay Marine.
Unknown date Kingston West Indiaman Bristol  Great Britain For J. Collard.
Unknown date L'Epervier Privateer Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For Cornich, Cornic & Le Jeune.[41]
Unknown date Le Pilote Privateer Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For private owner.[42]
Unknown date Osterley East Indiaman Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Pigot East Indiaman Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Rattlesnake Privateer John Peck Plymouth, Massachusetts United States For Massachusetts State Navy.
Unknown date Rhodes Privateer United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[43]
Unknown date Russian Merchant Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date Santa Natalia Sixth rate Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[44]
Unknown date Ship Sloop No. 3 Caspian Sea-class ship sloop Kazan  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[45]
Unknown date Surprize Merchantman Calvert & Co. Shoreham-by-Sea  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Tarleton Merchantman Glasgow Kingdom of Great Britain For Mr. Crosbie.
Unknown date Tevfikü'llah Fourth rate builder Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[46]
Unknown date Trial Packet ship Calcutta India For British East India Company.
Unknown date Vlieger Full-rigged ship J. Hand Enkhuizen Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date Unnamed Bomb vessel Kazan  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[48]
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Folkestone  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Arkhangelsk  Russia For private owner.
Unknown Name unknown Merchantman Spain For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.

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