List of ship launches in 1781

The list of ship launches in 1781 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1781.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Alexander Privateer James Hackett Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[1]
5 January Blonde Coquette-class corvette Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[2]
20 January Brune Coquette-class corvette Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.
23 February Illustre Magnamine-class ship of the line Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
26 February Santo Domingo Fourth rate Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[3]
5 March Belette Coquette-class Corvette Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[4]
7 March King George Merchantman Randall & Brent River Thames  Great Britain For Hudson's Bay Company.
10 March Dolphin Roebuck-class ship Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
10 March Lézard Cerf-class cutter Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
12 March Assistance Portland-class ship of the line Peter Baker Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
12 March Malin Cert-class cutter Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.[6]
13 March Earl of Chesterfield East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
13 March Earl of Hertford East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
13 March Latona Fifth rate Edward Greaves Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
22 March Poulette Coquette-class corvette Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
26 March Deptford East Indiaman John Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
26 March Eurydice Porcupine-class post ship Nicholas Phillips & George White Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Agamemnon Ardent-class ship of the line Henry Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Arethusa Minerva-class frigate Hilhouse Bristol  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
10 April Perseverance Fifth rate John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Success Amazon-class frigate John Sutton Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
11 April Africa Inflexible-class ship of the line Adams & Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[8]
12 April Hercules Third rate Jacob Spaan Dordrecht Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[9]
24 April Crocodile Porcupine-class post ship George White Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[10]
1 May Pallas Frigate P. Glavimans Harlingen Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[11]
1 May Santa Sabina Fifth rate Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[12]
8 May Sampson Intrepid-class ship of the line John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[13]
9 May Narcissus Sphinx-class post ship Plymouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 May Tisiphone Tisiphone-class fireship Henry Ladd Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[14]
22 May Nadezhda Modified Pavel-class frigate M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
22 May Podrazhislav Modified Pavel-class frigate M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[16]
22 May Slava Modified Pavel-class frigate M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
22 May Sviatoslav Aziia-class ship of the line M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
22 May Trekh Sviatitelei Aziia-class ship of the line M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[19] 24 May Quebec Active-class frigate George Parsons Bursledon  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
26 May Alecto Tisiphone-class fireship Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[20]
May Pigmy Unrated Alert-class Cutter (boat) Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[21]
5 June Argonaute Argonaute-class ship of the line Jean-Denis Chevilard Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[22]
6 June Brave Argonaute-class ship of the line Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[23]
7 June Argo Roebuck-class ship John Baker & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
8 June Chameau Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.[24]
8 June Sceptre Inflexible-class ship of the line John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 June Myrmidon Sixth rate Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[25]
22 June Espion Levrette-class cutter Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.
22 June San Felipe Apóstol Fourth rate Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[26]
23 June Fanfaron Cerf-class Cutter (boat) Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.[27]
3 July Cockatrice Alert-class cutter Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
8 July Kortenaer Third rate Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[28]
13 July Dutton East Indiaman John Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
24 July Astraea Active-class frigate Robert Fabian East Cowes  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 August Durance Rhône-class flûte (ship) Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
19 August Cléopâtre Vénus-class frigate Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For French Navy.[29]
22 August Warren Hastings East Indiaman Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
August Couronne Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.
4 September Anson Intrepid-class ship of the line John Henslow Plymouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[30]
19 September Ceres Active-class frigate Webb Fearon Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[31]
15 October Pégase Pégase-class ship of the line Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[32]
18 October Ariel Zebra-class sloop Peter Baker Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[33]
18 October Diomede Roebuck-class ship Hilhouse Bristol  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
18 October Warrior Alfred-class ship of the line George White Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[34]
19 October Goliath Arrogant-class ship of the line Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[35]
29 October Iris Magicienne-class frigate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.[36]
October Racehorse Sloop of war John Fisher Liverpool  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[37]
October Swallow Cutter Robert Fabian East Cowes  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[38]
4 November Gektor Sixth rate I. V. James Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[39]
4 November Provornyi Evangelist Mark-class frigate I. V. James Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[40]
17 November Andromache Amazon-class frigate William Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
16 December Harlingen Fifth rate J. Swerus Harlingen Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[41]
December Autruche Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.
December Lourde Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) Havre de Grâce Kingdom of France For French Navy.[42]
Unknown date Achilles Merchantman Sunderland  Great Britain For Michael Humble and Stephen Todd.
Unknown date Ann and Amelia Merchantman Fishburn & Brodrick Whitby  Great Britain For John Julius Angerstein.
Unknown date Belisarius Privateer Paul Boston, Massachusetts United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[43]
Unknown date Boddington West Indiaman River Thames  Great Britain For Mr. Boddington.
Unknown date Braak Cutter P. van Zwijndregt Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date Brooks Slave ship  Great Britain For J. Brook.
Unknown date Centaurus Fourth rate Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[44]
Unknown date Chambers Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Duke of Atholl East Indiaman John Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.[45]
Unknown date Europa East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Expeditie Frigate Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[46]
Unknown date Faam Uitlegger Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date Fairford East Indiaman John Barnard Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.[48]
Unknown date Flying Fish Ketch Nicholas Bools Bridport  Great Britain For J. O'Neal.[49]
Unknown date Gelderland Third rate Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[50]
Unknown date General Coote East Indiaman Barnard  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Goes Fourth rate Vlissingen Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[51]
Unknown date Grand Turk Privateer Thomas Barstow Hanover, Massachusetts United States For Massachusetts State Navy.[52]
Unknown date Grand Turk Privateer United States For Virginia State Navy.[53]
Unknown date Hector West Indiaman Bristol  Great Britain For John Maxse.
Unknown date Hercules Privateer Amsterdam Dutch Republic For private owner.
Unknown date Hercules Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport  Great Britain For Mr. Bidgood.[54]
Unknown date Inayet-i Hakk Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[55]
Unknown date Kemphaan Aviso P. van Zwijndrecht Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date Kent East Indiaman Wells Deptford Kingdom of Great Britain For William Moffatt.
Unknown date La Marquise de St. Pern Privateer Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For private owner.[56]
Unknown date La Royale Privateer Dunkirk Kingdom of France For private owner.[57]
Unknown date Mars Privateer Dutch Republic For private owner.
Unknown date Meeuw Uitlegger Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[58]
Unknown date Mercuur Cutter Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date Mentor Merchantman New England United States For private owner.
Unknown date Musette Merchantman Nantes Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Nimble Merchantman Folkestone  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Nimble Cutter Philemon Jacobs Folkestone  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[59]
Unknown date Nonsuch Merchantman Calcutta India For John Canning & Henry Watson.
Unknown date Orange Valley West Indiaman Bristol  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Pollux Fourth rate Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[60]
Unknown date Snelheid Cutter Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[61]
Unknown date Snelheid Cutter Medemblik Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[62]
Unknown date Unie Third rate Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[63]
Unknown date Utrecht Third rate Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[64]
Unknown date Virginia Privateer  Great Britain For private owner.[65]
Unknown date Waakzaamheid Uitlegger Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[66]
Unknown date Wassenaar Third rate Zwindrecht Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date William and Ann Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Windhond Sixth rate Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[67]
Unknown date Zeebaars Unrated Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[68]
Unknown date Zeemeeuw Unrated Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[69]
Unknown date Zephier Cutter Rotterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[70]
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Amsterdam Dutch Republic For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown West Indiaman Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Kingdom of France For unknown owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Kingdom of France 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 United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Unknown For private owner.

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  14. ^ "British fireship 'Tisiphone' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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  16. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Podrazhislav' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Slava' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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  64. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Utrecht' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  65. ^ "British Privateer ship 'Virginia' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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