List of ship launches in 1779

The list of ship launches in 1779 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1779.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
2 January  Great Britain Henry Adams Bucklers Hard Sibyl Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
4 January  Great Britain Wells Deptford Walpole East Indiaman For British East India Company.
18 January  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Diane Sibylle-class frigate For French Navy.[1]
January  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Duguay-Trouin Privateer For Thieulent Colleville.[2]
January  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Le Jean Bart Privateer For Colleville et Reverdin.[3]
1 February  Spain Reales Astilleros de Esteiro El Ferrol Miño Third rate For Spanish Navy.[4]
3 February  Kingdom of France Bordeaux Le Baleine Baleine-class gabarre For French Navy.[5]
7 February  Great Britain builder location Neptune East Indiaman For private owner.
13 February  Kingdom of France Toulon Jason Third rate For French Navy.[6]
17 February  Great Britain James Betts Mistley Thorn Swan-class sloop For Royal Navy.[7]
18 February  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Batavier Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[8]
1 March  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Le Cerf Cerf-class cutter For French Navy.[9]
1 March  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Le Chevreuil Cerf-class cutter For French Navy.[10]
4 March  Great Britain Randall & Brent Rotherhithe Serapis Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
5 March  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce L'Outarde Baleine-class gabarre For French Navy.[11]
18 March  Kingdom of France Mackenzie Sime Leith Fury Swan-class sloop For Royal Navy.[12]
20 March  Kingdom of France André-François Normand Honfleur Duc de la Vauginon Privateer For private owner.[13]
31 March  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Triomphant Ship of the line For French Navy.[14]
March  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Crescent Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
1 April  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo L'Hussard Cerf-class cutter For French Navy.[15]
3 April  Kingdom of France Dunkerque Le Serpent Cerf-class cutter For French Navy.[16]
14 April  Russia S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya Desiatyi Vosmoi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
15 April  Russia S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya Deviatyi Vosmoi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
16 April  Kingdom of France Dunkerque La Levrette Cutter For French Navy.[19]
19 April  Russia S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya Odinnadtsatyi Vosmoi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
28 April  Kingdom of France Rochefort, Charente-Maritime Hermione Concorde-class frigate For French Navy.
29 April  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Bonetta Swan-class sloop For Royal Navy.[21]
April  United States Salem, Massachusetts Wild Cat Privateer For John Fisk et al.[22]
14 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Patrikii Modified Pavel-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[23]
16 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Simion Modified Pavel-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[24]
17 May  Great Britain John Barnard Ipswich Champion Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.[25]
17 May  Great Britain Adams & Barnard Deptford Pandora Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.
18 May  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Thunder Etna-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[26]
31 May Republic of Venice Zuanne Seibezzi Venice Galatea Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line For Venetian Navy.[27]
31 May  Kingdom of France Geoffroy Saint-Malo Néréide Sibylle-class frigate For French Navy.
May  Great Britain Henry Ladd Dover Drake Brig-sloop For Royal Navy.
1 June  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Pegasus Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.[28]
2 June  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Terror Etna-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[29]
15 June  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Prins Frederik Third rate For Dutch Navy.[30]
21 June Republic of Venice Venice Fenice Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line For Venetian Navy.[31]
24 June  Russia Joseph Noy Saint Petersburg Spiridon Slava Rossii-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[32]
24 June  Russia M. D. Portnov Saint Petersburg Tsar Konstantin Tsar Konstantin-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[33]
28 June  Kingdom of France Rochefort, Charente-Maritime Galathée Galathée-class frigate For French Navy.
30 June  Great Britain George White Deptford Dockyard Edgar Arrogant-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[34]
14 July  Great Britain John Fisher Liverpool Ulysses Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
15 July  Great Britain Henry Adams Bucklers Hard Brilliant Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
15 July  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Cerberus Active-class frigate For Royal Navy.[35]
29 July  Great Britain John Baker Newcastle upon Tyne Siren Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.[36]
30 July  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Alcide Albion-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[37]
31 July  Great Britain James Menetone & Son Limehouse Cyclops Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
July  United States Marshfield, Massachusetts Active Brigantine For Continental Navy.
11 August  Kingdom of France Jean-Jacques Maistral Rochefort Fine Sibylle-class frigate For French Navy.[38]
11 August  Kingdom of France Bordeaux Railleuse Galatée-class frigate For French Navy.[39]
27 August  Kingdom of France Rochefort Magnanime Magnanime-class ship of the line For Navy.
28 August  Great Britain Edward Greaves Limehouse Endymion Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.[40]
28 August  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard Montagu Alfred-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[41]
28 August  Kingdom of France Toulon Sérieuse Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.
29 August Kingdom of Great Britain Balearic Islands Port Mahon Minorca Xebec For Royal Navy.
11 September  Kingdom of France Toulon Lutine Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.
25 September  Portugal Lisbon Nossa Senhora de Bom Fifth rate For Portuguese Navy.[42]
1 October  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Alert Cutter For Royal Navy.[43]
12 October  Great Britain Wells Deptford Lascelles East Indiaman For British East India Company.
23 November  Great Britain Barnard Deptford Ponsborne East Indiaman For British East India Company.
25 October  Kingdom of France Jean-Jacques Maistral Nantes Emeraude Sibylle-class frigate For French Navy.[44]
27 October  Great Britain Thomas Raymond Southampton Laurel Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
October  Kingdom of France Jacques Denys Dunkerque La Comtess d'Artois Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate For private owner.[45]
October  Kingdom of France M. Blanche Havre de Grâce Le Stanislas Privateer For Robert Coppens.[46]
October  Dutch Republic Jacques Boux Amsterdam Le Tigre Indien-class frigated For French Navy.[47]
11 November  Spain Carthagen San Justo San Joaquin-class ship of the line For Spanish Navy.[48]
26 November  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Cleopatra Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
9 December  Great Britain Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe Mercury Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
11 December  Kingdom of France Toulon La Coquette Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.[49]
23 December  Kingdom of France Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet Lorient La Capricieuse Fifth rate For French Navy.[50]
24 December  Spain Reales Astilleros de Esteiro El Ferrol Purísima Concepción First rate For Spanish Navy.
24 December  Great Britain Robert & John Batson Limehouse Vestal Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
26 December  Great Britain Adams Bucklers Hard Hannibal Fourth rate For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Adventure Brig For Mr. Le Mesurier.[51]
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Aurora Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Boyne Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Cleminson Full-rigged ship For Ingram & Co.[52]
Unknown date  Great Britain Batson Limehouse Contractor East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  United States Defence Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Henry Ladd Dover Drake Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.[53]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic J. Hand Enkhuizen Enkhuizen Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.[54]
Unknown date  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Fame West Indiaman For A. Clibourn.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport General Kepple Brig For private owner.[55]
Unknown date Kingdom of Great Britain Bermuda Bermuda Hazard Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Hoorn Hoorn Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.[56]
Unknown date  Great Britain Newhaven John Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Dunkerque La Comtesse de Provence Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate For private owner.[57]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Dunkerque La Dunkerquoise Privateer For private owner.[58]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Boulogne-sur-Mer Le Duc d'Estissac Privateer For François-Régis Becquerel.[59]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Bordeaux L'Espérance Fifth rate For French Navy.[60]
Unknown date  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Lively Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.[61]
Unknown date  Great Britain Perry Blackwall London East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Marquis de Seignelay Privateer For private owner.[62]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Maarten Harpentzoon Tromp Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[63]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Monsieur Privateer For Deslandes, Laforterie-Valmont and de Vallefleur.
Unknown date Denmark Denmark-Norway Oldenborg Indfødsretten-class ship of the line For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[64]
Unknown date Sweden Sweden Patrioten Frigate For Royal Swedish Navy.[65]
Unknown date  Great Britain Sidmouth Prince of Wales Merchantman For John Mather.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic J. Swerus Harlingen Prinses Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[66]
Unknown date  United States Newburyport, Massachusetts Protector Frigate For Massachusetts State Navy.
Unknown date  Spain San Fermín Ship-sloop For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Thomas Allin Dover Scourge Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.[67]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Rhodes Şehbaz-ı Bahri Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[68]
Unknown date  Russia Kazan Ship Sloop No 1 Caspian Sea-class ship sloop For Imperial Russian Navy.[69]
Unknown date  Russia Kazan Ship Sloop No 2 Caspian Sea-class ship sloop For Imperial Russian Navy.[70]
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames Speedy Whaler For Samuel Enderby & Sons.
Unknown date India Bombay dockyard Swallow Packet ship For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain John Brockbank Lancaster Two Brothers Merchantman For private owner.[71]
Unknown date  United States Vengeance Unrated For Continental Navy.[72]
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Young William West Indiaman For George Atty.
Unknown date  Great Britain John Barnard Deptford Zephyr Sloop-of-War For Royal Navy.[73]
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Deptford Dockyard Name unknown Full-rigged ship For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

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