List of ship launches in 1796

The list of ship launches in 1796 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1796.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
11 January Raven Albatross-class sloop William Wallis Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[1]
9 February Shannon Maidstone-class frigate Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[2]
10 February Diane Fifth rate Toulon France For French Navy.[3]
10 February Libre Romaine-class frigate Le Havre France For French Navy.
23 February Cynthia Sloop-of-war Wells & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
24 February Princess Charlotte East Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.
24 February Trent Amazon-class frigate John Tovery Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[4]
February Harpy Diligence-class brig-sloop Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
February Watt West Indiaman Edward Grayson Liverpool  Great Britain For private owner.[5]
10 March Henry Addington East Indiaman Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
11 March Comète Romaine-class frigate Le Havre France For French Navy.
23 March Loire Frigate Nantes France For French Navy.
24 March Glenmore Amazon-class frigate John Tovey Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
24 March York Third rate Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
26 March Clyde Artois-class frigate Thomas Pollard and Edward Sisson Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
26 March Tamar Artois-class frigate Edward Sison Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[6]
7 April Bittern Bittern-class sloop Balthazar Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
9 April Ardent Third rate Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 April Cyane Bittern-class sloop William Wyatt Fridsbury  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[8]
22 April Thames East Indiaman Perry, Sons & Green Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
23 April Désirée Romaine-class frigate Dunkirk France For French Navy.
23 April Monmouth Third rate Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
23 April Plover Bittern-class sloop James Betts Mistley  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[9]
23 April Termagant Bittern-class sloop John Dudman Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 May Tellicherry Merchantman Joshua Young Rotherhithe  Great Britain For John St Barbe.
23 May Glatton East Indiaman John & William Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.
23 May Poursuivante Romaine-class frigate Dunkirk France For French Navy.
23 May Walmer Castle East Indiaman Frances Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
24 May Hound Diligence-class brig-sloop Thomas Hills Sandwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
1 June Merlin Merlin-class ship-sloop John Dudman Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
6 June Sir Stephen Lushington East Indiaman Randall, Brent & Sons Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.
7 June Volontaire Virginie-class frigate Bordeaux France For French Navy.
7 June Wellington Merchantman Hugh Edwards, Jonathan Gillett and Michael Larkins Calcutta India For private owner.
23 June Bellona Merchantman David Glass & John Wood Calcutta India For private owner.
June Foudre Aviso Toulon France For French Navy.[10]
5 July Martha Merchantman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Peter Everitt Mestaer.
7 July Princess Mary Merchantman Bernard & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For private owner.
23 July Agincourt Third rate Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
July Beresford Merchantman Liverpool  Great Britain For Messrs. Lake & Brown.[11]
Unknown date Pollux Brig Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy.[12]
9 August Washington Ship of the line R. Dorman Amsterdam Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.[13]
11 August Najaden Fifth rate Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
11 August Nymfen Fifth rate Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[14]
24 August Aziia Aziia-class ship of the line G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
5 September Triton Triton-class frigate Frances Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[16]
6 September Vsevolod Yaroslav-class ship of the line G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
9 October Sviatoi Konstantin Aleksandr-class rowing frigate D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
9 October Sviatoi Nikolai Aleksandr-class rpwing frigate D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
31 October Sviatoi Mikhail Fourth rate A. S. Katsanov Kherson  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
October Ajax Corvette Harlingen Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.[21]
15 November Warley East Indiaman Perry & Co. Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
29 November Stork Cormorant-class ship-sloop Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[22]
30 November Neptune East Indiaman Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.
15 December Earl of Abergavenny East Indiaman Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Admiral Kingsmill Brig  Great Britain For J. Roche.
Unknown date Affinity Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For J. Davie.[23]
Unknown date Alknomac Brig Boston, Massachusetts United States For Gairdner & Mitchell.
Unknown date Amphitrite Merchantman Hull  Great Britain For Mr. Atkinson.
Unknown date Armenia Merchantman Calcutta India For Mr. Walker.
Unknown date Arrow Dart-class sloop Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[24]
Unknown date Beaver Slave ship Liverpool  Great Britain For Mr Molineaux.
Unknown date Brilliant Schooner Itchen Ferry  Great Britain Purchased on the stocks by the Royal Navy.
Unknown date Bülheves Fifth rate Mustafa Molla Kalas Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[25]
Unknown date Ceres East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For British East India Company.[26]
Unknown date Cicero West Indiaman Sunderland  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Coutts East Indiaman  Great Britain For British East India Company.[27]
Unknown date Dart Privateer  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Dart Experimental sloop-of-war Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
Unknown date Deux Amis Privateer France For private owner.
Unknown date Dilgencia Fifth rate Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[28]
Unknown date Don Quixote Brig Nicholas Bools Bridport  Great Britain For Mr. Tremlett.[29]
Unknown date Eagle Brig United States For private owner.
Unknown date Earl Talbot East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard  Great Britain For British East India Company.[30]
Unknown date Eliza Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport  Great Britain For Joseph Down and others.[31]
Unknown date Galgo Sloop-of-war Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[32]
Unknown date Gemini Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For James Swan.[23]
Unknown date Hardi Privateer Bordeaux France For private owner.
Unknown date Harrington Brig Calcutta India For Bengal Pilot Service.
Unknown date Heybetendaz Third rate Nikoli Kalfa Bodrum Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[33]
Unknown date Hindostan East Indiaman  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Hypomenes Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For W. White.[23]
Unknown date L'Actif Privateer Mathurin Crucy Nantes France For [private owner.[34]
Unknown date Gaieté Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette Bayonne France For French Navy.[35]
Unknown date Libre Romaine-class frigate Le Havre France For French Navy.[36]
Unknown date La Nouvelle Eugenie Privateer Nantes France For Feliz Cossin de Chourses.[37]
Unknown date Mesken-i Gazi Fourth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[38]
Unknown date Mürg-ı Bahri Sixth rate Çamlicali Kalfa Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[39]
Unknown date Neptune Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For Peddie & Co.[23]
Unknown date Princess of Wales Hoy Barnstaple Broadstairs  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Rambler Cutter Thomas Jones King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[40]
Unknown date Rattler Collier  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Rehber-i Nusret Sixth rate Fredirk Ludwig af Klintberg Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[41]
Unknown date Rosina Merchantman James Walmsley North Shields  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Rover Sloop-of-war Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy.
Unknown date San José Polacca Spain For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date Şehper-i Zafer Fourth rate Antuvan Kalfa Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date Şevketnüma Fourth rate Filip Kalfa Lemnos Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[43]
Unknown date Stag Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport  Great Britain For William Styles and others.[44]
Unknown date Tarleton Slave ship Liverpool  Great Britain For Tarleton & Co.
Unknown date Vaillante Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette France For French Navy.
Unknown date Varuna Merchantman Calcutta India For Prinsep & Co.
Unknown date Zafer Küsa Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[45]
Unknown date Ziver-i Bahri Third rate Ahmed Hoca Kaptan Midilli Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[46]
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Batavian Republic or Denmark-Norway Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.

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