List of ship launches in 1817
The list of ship launches in 1817 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1817.
| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January | Linnet | Quail-class schooner | Deptford Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[1] | |
| 3 January | Quail | Quail-class schooner | William Stone | Deptford Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
| January | Milo | Brig | James Crown | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For James Crown.[2][3] |
| 1 February | Thetis | Leda-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 4 February | Alert | Whaler | John Hutcheon & Co. | Peterhead | United Kingdom | For private owner.[4] |
| 15 February | Swift | Quail-class schooner | Henry Canham | Woolwich Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[5] |
| 16 February | Espérance | Corvette | Dunkirk | France | For French Navy.[6] | |
| 17 February | Melville | Black Prince-class ship of the line | Bombay Dockyard | India | For Royal Navy. | |
| 18 February | Redbreast | Quail-class schooner | Henry Canham | Deptford Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[7] |
| 15 March | Almorah | Full-rigged ship | John Foster | Selby | United Kingdom | For private owner.[8] |
| 19 March | Agincourt | Vengeur-class ship of the line | Edward Churchill | Plymouth Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[9] |
| 22 March | Defiance | Paddle steamer | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Lochgoil Co.[10] |
| March | Mary | Schooner | Robert Davy | Topsham | United Kingdom | For private owner.[11] |
| 1 April | Cléopâtre | Armide-class frigate | Jean Michel Segondat | Cherbourg | France | For French Navy.[12] |
| 2 April | Hashemy | Full-rigged ship | Michael Smith | Howrah | India | For private owner. |
| 17 April | Belle Alliance | Merchantman | James Macrae | Chittagong | India | For private owner. |
| April | Apollo | Brig | United Kingdom | For private owner.[13] | ||
| April | Success | Sloop | Garmouth | United Kingdom | For private owner.[14] | |
| 3 May | Starling | Cutter | George Parkin | Chatham Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy.[15] |
| 11 May | Tug | Paddle tug | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For London, Leith, Edinburgh & Glasgow Shipping Co.[16][17] |
| 17 May | Kamchatka | Kamchatka-class frigate | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18] |
| 17 May | Tees | Conway-class post ship | William Taylor | Bideford | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 May | Réal Ferdinand | Steamship | Seville | Spain | For private owner.[19][20] | |
| 15 June | Olimp | Feniks-class sloop | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[21] |
| 26 June | Traveller | Brig | Jabez Bayley | Ipswich | United Kingdom | For private owner.[22] |
| June | Broughton | Brig | Metcalf | Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom | For private owner.[23] |
| June | Perkins | Brig | Steemson | Hull | United Kingdom | For private owner.[23] |
| 15 July | Brampton | East Indiaman | William Bottomley | King's Lynn | United Kingdom | For private owner.[24] |
| 15 July | Kains | Indiaman | James Evans | South Shields | United Kingdom | For private owner.[25] |
| 16 July | Catherine | Indiaman | Richard Bulmer | South Shields | United Kingdom | For private owner.[25][26] |
| 17 July | Royal George | Royal yacht | Deptford | United Kingdom | For George III. | |
| 27 July | Arethusa | Leda-class frigate | Pembroke Dockyard | United Kingdom | For Royal Navy. | |
| 30 July | Prince of Cobourg | Steam packet | J. & H. Smith | Gainsborough | United Kingdom | For private owner.[27] |
| 31 July | Emulous | Brig | Chapman & Campion | Whitby | United Kingdom | For Chapman & Co. |
| July | Polyphème | Téméraire-class ship of the line | Schuyt | Amsterdam | Netherlands | For French Navy. |
| 4 August | Fershampenuaz | Trekh Sviatitlei-class ship of the line | I. S. Razumov | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[28] |
| 12 August | Prince Regent | Royal yacht | Portsmouth Dockyard | United Kingdom | For George III.[29] | |
| 13 August | Pomona | Sixth rate | A. M. Kurochkin | Arkhangelsk | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[30] |
| August | Caroline | Brig | United Kingdom | For private owner.[31] | ||
| 1 September | Gektor | Provornyi-class frigate | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[32] |
| 17 September | Eol | Vestnik-class cutter |
B. F. Stoker | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[33] |
| 29 September | Glasgow | Merchantman | Robert Steel & Co. | Greenock | United Kingdom | For private owner.[34] |
| 7 October | Asia | Brig | Richard Bulmer & Co. | South Shields | United Kingdom | For W. Stoveld. |
| 7 October | Evstafii | Fourth rate | M. K. Surovtsov | Kherson | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[35] |
| 9 October | Andrei | Tender | A. I. Melikhov | Nikolaev | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[36] |
| 11 October | Dionissi | Tender | Tarusov | Sevastopol | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[37] |
| 12 October | Trincomalee | Leda-class frigate | Wadia Group | Calcutta | India | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 October | Dunira | East Indiaman | Robert Wigram | Blackwall Yard | United Kingdom | For British East India Company.[38] |
| 28 October | Lady Patroness | Cutter | Charles Grayson | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For private owner.[39] |
| October | Salus | Merchantman | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For J. Gales.[2][40] |
| 14 November | Henry Porcher | Barque | Hilhouse, Sons & Co. | Bristol | United Kingdom | For Joseph Graves. |
| 15 December | Thalia | Full-rigged ship | Gibson | Hull | United Kingdom | For Joel Foster.[41] |
| Unknown date | Agenor | Brig | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Richard Clark.[2] |
| Unknown date | Amphitrite | Snow | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For John M. & William Gales.[2] |
| Unknown date | Aries | Merchantman | John & Philip Lain | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For H. Tanner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Borneo | Full-rigged ship | Richard Hare | Borneo | Netherlands East Indies | For Richard Hare. |
| Unknown date | Busy | Merchantman | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Mr. Everard.[2] |
| Unknown date | Calcutta | Merchantman | Chester | United Kingdom | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Columbus | Brigantine | United States | For private owner. | ||
| Unknown date | Danmark | Third rate | Denmark | For Royal Danish Navy.[42] | ||
| Unknown date | Darius | Brig | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Thomas Bonner.[2] |
| Unknown date | Diana | Paddle steamer | Elias Evans | Frindsbury | United Kingdom | For Elias Evans.[43] |
| Unknown date | Doris | Merchantman | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For John Laing.[2] |
| Unknown date | Dotterel | Brig | Coringa | India | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Duke of York | Barque | Bideford | United Kingdom | For J. Price. | |
| Unknown date | Factor | Brig | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For John M. & William Gales.[2] |
| Unknown date | Favorite | Paddle steamer | Elias Evans | Frindsbury | United Kingdom | For Elias Evans.[43] |
| Unknown date | Fredriksværn | Brig | Norway | For Royal Norwegian Navy.[44] | ||
| Unknown date | Henry Meriton | Brig | Bombay | India | For Bombay Pilot Service.[45] | |
| Unknown date | Hindostan | Merchantman | Liverpool | United Kingdom | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Holland | Second rate | Dunkirk | France | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[46] | |
| Unknown date | Kozak | Full-rigged ship | Dunkirk | France | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[47] | |
| Unknown date | King Charles III | Ship of the line | Karlskrona | Sweden | For Royal Swedish Navy.[48] | |
| Unknown date | Lady Raffles | East Indiaman | London | United Kingdom | For British East India Company.[49][50] | |
| Unknown date | Leopold | Brig | United Kingdom | For private owner.[51] | ||
| Unknown date | London | Paddle steamer | Elias Evans | Frindsbury | United Kingdom | For Elias Evans.[43] |
| Unknown date | Lyra | Brig | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For William Guest.[2] |
| Unknown date | Onslow | Merchantman | Onslow | Upper Canada | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Ontario | Paddle steamer | D. Boyd, J. DeGraff, E. Lusher, C. Smyth and A. Van Santvoord | Sacketts Harbor, New York | United States | For Ontario Steamboat Company. |
| Unknown date | Orient | Merchantman | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Prince Regent | Merchantman | King's County | Upper Canada | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Proteus | Merchantman | John Laing & Co | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Laing & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | Schelde | Pallas-class frigate | Rotterdam | Netherlands | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[52] | |
| Unknown date | Scotia | Brig | John M. & William Gales | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For W. Marshall.[2] |
| Unknown date | Severn | Snow | Chepstow | United Kingdom | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Shannon | Merchantman | John Laing & Co. | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For Kendall & Co.[2] |
| Unknown date | Sons of Commerce | Paddle steamer | Elias Evans | Frindsbury | United Kingdom | For Elias Evans.[43] |
| Unknown date | Thalia | Merchantman | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For J. Felt.[2] |
| Unknown date | Thomas & Ann | Snow | Sunderland | United Kingdom | For private owner.[2] | |
| Unknown date | Thomas & Nancy | Merchantman | John Brockbank | Lancaster | United Kingdom | For private owner.[53] |
| Unknown date | Transit | Full-rigged ship | Whitby | United Kingdom | For Francis Fisher. | |
| Unknown date | Vulkan | Vulkan-class bomb vessel | A. P. Antipev | Kazan | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[54] |
| Unknown date | Westmoreland | Full-rigged ship | Hull | United Kingdom | For private owner. | |
| Unknown date | Woods | Brigantine | John Wood & Co. | Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | For Bain & Co.[55] |
| Unknown date | Zefir | Cutter | B. F. Stoke | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy.[56] |
| Unknown date | Zwaluw | Full-rigged ship | Rotterdam | Netherlands | For Royal Netherlands Navy.[57] |
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