List of ship launches in 1797

The list of ship launches in 1797 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1797.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
12 January Earl Talbot East Indiaman Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
28 January Ceres East Indiaman Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
28 January Eendracht Fifth rate Rotterdam Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.[1]
28 January Neptune Neptune-class ship of the line Deptford Dockyard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
28 January Oldenbarneveldt Third rate Rotterdam Batavian Republic For Dutch East India Company.[2]
29 January Pigot East Indiaman Randall & Brent Rotherhithe  Great Britain Purchased by Royal Navy.
7 February Crash Acute-class gunbrig Mrs Frances Barnard & Co. Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
13 February Cambrian Fifth rate George Parsons Bursledon  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
13 February Coutts East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For British East India Company.
13 February Ganges East Indiaman John Wells Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.[3]
22 February Selimiye First rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[4]
27 February Naiad Amazon-class frigate Hall & Co. Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
11 March Victor Snake-class sloop Josiah & Thomas Brindley King's Lynn  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[6]
13 March GB No. 10 Acute-class gunbrig Richard Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
13 March Hope Merchantman Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Alexander Hume.
13 March Hydra Fifth rate William Cleverley Gravesend  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 March Acasta Acasta-class frigate John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy
14 March Centaur Mars-class ship of the line Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 March Ethalion Artois-class frigate Joseph Graham Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
14 March Eurydice Merchantman John Troughton Chester  Great Britain For John St Barbe.
29 March Endymion Endymion-class frigate John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
29 March GB No. 22 Courser-class gunbrig John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[8]
31 March GB No. 23 Courser-class gunbrig John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[9]
1 April GB No. 24 Courser-class gunbrig John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[10]
4 April Northumberland Merchantman Temple shipbuilders South Shields  Great Britain For J. Lyall.
5 April Crash Acute-class gunbrig Mrs. Frances Barnard & Co. Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Asp Acute-class gunbrig John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Furnace Courser-class gunbrig Perry & Co. Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April GB No. 4 Acute-class gunbrig John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[11]
10 April Griper Courser-class gunbrig Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
10 April Growler Courser-class gunbrig Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
11 April GB No. 9 Acute-class gunbrig Richard Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[12]
11 April GB No. 11 Acute-class gunbrig Richard Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[13]
11 April GB No. 16 Acute-class gunbrig Frances Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[14]
12 April Admiral Gardner East Indiaman Melhuish Limehouse  Great Britain For British East India Company.
12 April Boadicea Frigate Balthazar Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[15]
12 April Sirius Fifth rate John Dudman Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[16]
14 April Blazer Acute-class gunbrig John Dudman & Co. Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
15 April GB No. 30 Courser-class gunbrig William Cleverley Gravesend  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[17]
22 April GB No. 17 Acute-class gunbrig Frances Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[18]
24 April GB No. 18 Acute-class gunbrig Frances Barnard Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[19]
24 April GB No. 19 Courser-class gunbrig Hill & Mellish Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
25 April GB No. 20 Courser-class gunbrig Robert Hill Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[20]
25 April Cracker Acute-class gunbrig John Dudman & Co. Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
28 April Clinker Acute-class gunbrig Sunderland  Great Britain For Royal Navy. Subcontracted from John Dudman, Deptford.[21][22]
April Acute Acute-class gunbrig John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
April GB No. 7 Acute-class gunbrig John Randall Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
April GB No. 8 Acute-class gunbrig Richard Wells Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[23]
April GB No. 28 Courser-class gunbrig Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[24]
April GB No. 29 Courser-class gunbrig Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[25]
April GB No. 31 Courser-class gunbrig William Cleverley Gravesend  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[26]
1 May GB No. 44 Gunvessel John Nicholson Rochester  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
2 May GB No. 32 Courser-class gunbrig John Wilson & Co. Frindsbury  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[27]
2 May Severnyi Oryol Iaroslav-class ship of the line G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[28]
10 May United States Heavy frigate Joshua Humphreys Philadelphia United States For United States Navy
21 May Defender Courser-class gunbrig Hill & Mellish Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy
26 May Pobeda Aziia-class ship of the line G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk  Russia For French Navy.[29]
25 June Franklin Third rate Jean-Jacques Aubazir Toulon France For French Navy.[30]
27 June Créole Frigate Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes France For French Navy.
29 June Crescent Fifth rate Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States For Algerian Navy.[31]
June GB No. 33 Courser-class gunbrig John Wilson & Co Frindsbury  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[32]
June L'Oiseau Privateer France For private owner.[33]
19 July Simion i Anna Sviatoi Pyotr-class ship of the line A. S. Katsanov Kherson  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[34]
22 August Muiron Frigate Venice Republic of Venice For French Navy
7 September Constellation Frigate David Stodder Baltimore United States For United States Navy
11 September Tigress Courser-class gunbrig Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
22 September Furieuse Seine-class frigate Cherbourg France For French Navy.
September Echo Echo-class brig Thomas King Dover  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
5 October Hercule Téméraire-class ship of the line Lorient France For French Navy.
7 October Osprey Sloop-of-war Thomas Pitcher Northfleet  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[35]
17 October Franchise Coquille-class frigate Bayonne France For French Navy.
21 October Constitution United States-class frigate Edmund Hartt Boston United States For United States Navy
30 November Amphitrite Fifth rate Amsterdam Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.[36]
3 November Buffalo Storeship John Dudman Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 November Medea Fifth rate Julian Martin de Retamosa Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[37]
20 November Busy Brig-sloop Joseph Graham Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
24 November Spartiate Téméraire-class ship of the line Toulon France For French Navy.
November Confiance Corvette Bordeaux France For French Navy.
18 December Snake Snake-class brig-sloop Balthazar & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
20 December Cruizer Cruizer-class brig-sloop Stephen Teague Ipswich  Great Britain For Royal Navy
December Dédaigneuse Coquille-class frigate Jean Baudry Bayonne France For French Navy.
Unknown date Active Brigantine Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport  Great Britain For Arthur Wishart and others.[38]
Unknown date Albion Merchantman Sunderland  Great Britain For W. Robson.
Unknown date Alfred Brig John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For Matthew Robson.[21]
Unknown date Asia Full-rigged ship Bombay Dockyard India For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Auspicious East Indiaman W. J. Bottomley King's Lynn  Great Britain For S. Baker.[40]
Unknown date Badi-i Nusret Second rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[41]
Unknown date Bellone Sixth rate Bordeaux France For French Navy.
Unknown date Beşaretnüma Third rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date Bhavani Full-rigged ship Calcutta India For private owner.
Unknown date Brave Privateer Nantes France For Benoit Boucard and others.
Unknown date Caledonian Full-rigged ship Frances Barnard River Thames  Great Britain For Robert Charnock.[43]
Unknown date Cambridge Merchantman Whitby  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Cengaver Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[44]
Unknown date Commerce Brig Teignmouth  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Cornélie Virginie-class frigate France For French Navy.
Unknown date Dane Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland  Great Britain For private owner.[21]
Unknown date Dasher Dasher-class sloop John Outerbridge Bermuda For Royal Navy.[45]
Unknown date Driver Dasher-class sloop Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date Hannah Merchantman Liverpool  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Harbinger Brig Quebec City Lower Canada For Michel Hogan.
Unknown date Hassan Bashaw Sixth rate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Algerian Navy.[47]
Unknown date Hediyyetü'l Müluk Fifth rate Mustafa Molla Sinop Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[48]
Unknown date Herald Merchantman Newburyport, Massachusetts United States For private owner.
Unknown date Hermes Merchantman Thomas Hearn North Shields  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Hippomenes Corvette Vlissingen Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.
Unknown date Jane Whaler Aberdeen  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Juno Merchantman Lancaster  Great Britain For Mr. Hausman.
Unknown date Kongen af Assianthe Slave ship Umeå Sweden For Jeppe Prætorius & Co.
Unknown date Le Buonaparte Privateer São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos Brazil For private owner.[49]
Unknown date La Caroline Privateer France For private owner.[50]
Unknown date Laharpe Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[51]
Unknown date Beyrand Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[52]
Unknown date Stengel Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799.[53]
Unknown date Lelah Eisha Schooner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Algerian Navy.[54]
Unknown date Le President Parker Privateer France For private owner.[55]
Unknown date Lively Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport  Great Britain For John Bagwell, Nicholas Bools, William Good and Thomas Swain.[56]
Unknown date Malta Schooner United States For Spanish Navy.[57]
Unknown date Mildred Merchantman Hull  Great Britain For Moxon & Co.
Unknown date Millbrook Schooner Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[58]
Unknown date Neptune Merchantman Patrick Beatson Quebec City Lower Canada For Mr. Davidson.
Unknown date Nowa Merchantman Sunderland  Great Britain Forprivate owner.[21]
Unknown date Olive Branch West Indiaman Broadstairs  Great Britain For T. Brown.
Unknown date Otter West Indiaman Liverpool  Great Britain For Mr. Molyneux.
Unknown date Parr Slave ship John Wright Liverpool  Great Britain For Thomas Parr.
Unknown date Pérola Fifth rate Pará Brazil For Portuguese Navy.[59]
Unknown date Princesa Real Sixth rate Pará For Portuguese Navy.[60]
Unknown date Renard Privateer France For private owner.
Unknown date Roselle West Indiaman Hull  Great Britain For Sibbald & Co.
Unknown date Rutland Cutter Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport  Great Britain For N. Awigly.[61]
Unknown date Şahin-i Derya Fourth rate Dimitri Kalfa Ereğli Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[62]
Unknown date Sao Joao Magnânimo Sixth rate Pará Brazil For Portuguese Navy.[63]
Unknown date Sarah Merchantman Liverpool  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Sayyad-i Bahri Third rate Venetian Josef Kalfa Dardanelles Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[64]
Unknown date Scipio Corvette Rotterdam Batavian Republic For Batavian Navy.[65]
Unknown date Skjoldebrand Sixth rate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States For Algerian Navy.[66]
Unknown date Speculator Merchantman River Thames  Great Britain For private owner.
Unknown date Speedwell Cutter Cowes  Great Britain For Board of Customs.[67]
Unknown date St. Mary's Galley St. Marys, Georgia United States For United States Navy.
Unknown date Şuca-ı Bahri Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[68]
Unknown date Tiz Hareket Fifth rate Antuvan Kalfa Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy.[69]
Unknown date Vautour Privateer Bourmaud Frères Nantes France For private owner.
Unknown date Vigilant Cutter United States For Revenue-Marine.
Unknown date Virginia Cutter United States For Revenue-Marine.
Unknown date Wanton Schooner Province of Quebec For private owner.
Unknown date Whydah West Indiaman Whitby  Great Britain For Mr. Fletcher.
Unknown date Will Slave ship Liverpool  Great Britain For Aspinall & Co.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman France or Spain Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Batavian Republic For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Spain For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Plymouth, Massachusetts United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman South America Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman France For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman United States For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Full-rigged ship Stettin or Sweden Unknown For private owner.
Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Brazil For private owner.

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