List of ship launches in 1783

The list of ship launches in 1783 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1783.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
6 January  Great Britain Batson Limehouse Dictator Inflexible-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
20 January  Great Britain Adams Bucklers Hard Gladiator Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
21 January  Great Britain Dudman Deptford Wharf Carnatic Courageux-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
3 February  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Dryade Hébé-class frigate For French Navy.
22 March  Great Britain Francis S. Willson Sandgate Rattler Echo-class sloop For Royal Navy.
23 March  Kingdom of France Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Le Désirée Seine-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.[1]
March  Kingdom of France Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grace La Seine Seine-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.[2]
3 April  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Powerful Elizabeth-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
4 April  Russia O. Matveev Gnilotonskaya Chetyrnadsatye Vosmoi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[3]
18 April  Great Britain Andrew Hills Sandwich Weazle Childers-class sloop For Royal Navy.[4]
2 May  Great Britain Balthazar Adams Deptford Iris Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.[5]
4 May  Russia O. Matveev Gnilotonskaya Shestnadtsatyi Vosmoi-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[6]
11 May  Russia V. A. Selyaninov Saint Petersburg Grom Perun-class bomb vessel For Imperial Russian Navy.[7]
16 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Boleslav Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[8]
16 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Mecheslav Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[9]
16 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Vozmislav Modified Pavel-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[10]
17 May  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Charon Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.[11]
May  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Le Nécéssaire Seine-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.[12]
May  Great Britain Stephen Teague Ipswich Megaera Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[13]
9 June  Russia V. A. Selyaninov Saint Petersburg Ioann Krestitel Ches'ma-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
15 June  Kingdom of France Hubert Pennevert Rochefort La Favourite Fifth rate For French Navy.[15]
16 June  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Culloden Ganges-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
16 June  Great Britain Teast, Tombes & Blaming Bristol Druid Hermione-class frigate For Royal Navy.
30 June  Spain Francisco Gautier El Ferrol San José First rate For Spanish Navy.[16]
20 June  Portugal Lisbon Tritão Fifth rate For Portuguese Navy.[17]
June  Kingdom of France Bayonne L'Étoile Seine-class Flûte (ship) For Navy.[18]
1 July  Great Britain Stewart and Hall Sandgate Rose Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
5 July  Kingdom of France Toulon Séduisant Séduisant-class ship of the line For French Navy.
15 July  Great Britain George Parsons Bursledon Phoenix Perseverance-class frigate For Royal Navy.
19 July  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Prins Willem Third rate For Dutch Navy.[19]
19 July Sweden Sweden Karlskrona Venus Bellona-class frigate For Royal Swedish Navy.
31 July  United States Cotton John Chatham, Connecticut Bourbon Frigate For Continental Navy.[20]
4 August  Kingdom of France Toulon Mercure Séduisant-class ship of the line For French Navy.
9 August Denmark Denmark-Norway Henrik Gerner Copenhagen Prindsesse Lovisa Augusta Indfødsretten-class ship of the line For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[21]
15 August  Great Britain Liverpool Princess Royal Full-rigged ship For Baker & Dawson.
2 September Sweden Sweden Frederik Henrik af Chapman Karlskrona Rättvisan Third rate For Royal Swedish Navy.[22]
9 September  Great Britain Perry & Hankey, or Randall Blackwall Berrington East Indiaman For British East India Company.
9 September  Great Britain Perry & Co. Blackwall Yard Hillsborough East Indiaman For British East India Company.
12 September  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Leda Perseverance-class frigate For Royal Navy.[23]
12 September  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Prins Maurits Third rate For Dutch Navy.[24]
12 September  Great Britain Shoreham-by-Sea Vulcan Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[25]
16 September  Russia S. I. Afanaseyev Kherson Slava Ekateriny Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
26 September  Great Britain Henry Peake Woolwich Dockyard Europa Portland-class frigate For Royal Navy.[27]
26 September  Russia I. V. James Saint Petersburg Trekh Ierarkhov Ches'ma-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[28]
27 September  Great Britain Edward Graves Deptford Calypso Echo-class sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
September  Great Britain Adams & Barnard, or Randall Deptford Middlesex East Indiaman For British East India Company.
27 October  Great Britain John Barton Liverpool Penelope Hermione-class frigate For Royal Navy.[29]
28 October  Great Britain John Pelham Shoreham-by-Sea Conflagration Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[30]
28 October  Great Britain William Barnard Deptford Inconstant Perseverance-class frigate For Royal Navy.
11 November  Great Britain Moses Game Harwich Comet Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[31]
13 November  Great Britain John & William Wells Deptford Thunderer Culloden-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
25 November  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Thisbe Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
26 November  Dutch Republic Harlingen Oostergo Third rate For Dutch Navy.[32]
10 December  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Defiance Elizabeth-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
11 December  United Kingdom James Betts Mistley Greyhound Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.[33]
23 December Republic of Venice Andrea Chiribiri Venice Vittoria Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line For Venetian Navy.[34]
December  Great Britain Barnard Deptford Lord Camden East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date Denmark Denmark-Norway Henrik Gerner Åbenrå Æolus West Indiaman For Butz & Partners.
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Albion Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Swansea Atlantic Merchantman For John St Barbe & Co.
Unknown date Spain Cuba Havana Bahama Ship of the line For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Benjamin Sloop For Thomas Ford.[35]
Unknown date Ottoman Greece Rhodes Berid-i Zafer Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[36]
Unknown date  Great Britain Hill Limehouse Boyd West Indiaman For private owner.[37]
Unknown date  Great Britain Maryport Britannia Brig For Mr. Younghusband.
Unknown date  Great Britain Saltcoats Britannia Brig For Bent & Salisbury.
Unknown date  Great Britain Sunderland Britannia Brig For John St Barbe & Co.
Unknown date  Great Britain Bridport Britannia Whaler For Samuel Enderby & Sons.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Britannia Full-rigged ship For Mr. Le Messurier.[38]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic De Hoog & De Wit Delfshaven Delft Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Jacob Spaans Dordrecht Dordrecht Third rate For Dutch Navy.[39]
Unknown date  Great Britain Bristol Duchess of Portland West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames Duckenfield Hall West Indiaman For [Mr. Nesbit.
Unknown date  Great Britain Yarmouth Duke of Buccleugh Merchantman For Mr. Thompson.
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Elliott Slave ship For F. Ingram & Co.
Unknown date  Great Britain John & William Wells Rotherhithe Fletcher East Indiaman For British East India Company.
unknown date Denmark Denmark-Norway Henrik Gerner Copenhagen Friderichsværn Frigate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic J. Swerus Harlingen Friesland Third rate For Dutch Navy.[40]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Hersteller Third rate For Dutch Navy.[41]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Hoop Third rate For Dutch Navy.[42]
Unknown date  Great Britain Sunderland Horn Full-rigged ship For private owner.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Iris Slave ship For Backhouse et al.
Unknown date Kingdom of Great Britain Newfoundland Harbour Grace Jenny Schooner For John Clements.
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames King George West Indiaman For Neave & Co.
Unknown date  Russia Gnilotonskaya Kurer Kurer-class schooner For Imperial Russian Navy.[44]
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Lord Donoughmore Cutter For Mr. O'Conner.[45]
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Lord Mulgrave Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Sunderland Margaret and Ann Brig For private owner.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Nancy Sloop For Robert Thorne & Thomas Ford.[46]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Noord Holland Third rate For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date  Russia Gnilotonskaya Piadnadtsatyi Vosmoi-class Frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[48]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Post Brig For Dutch Navy.[49]
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Rachel Brig For Coulson, Holt & Lacy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Rotterdam Third rate For Dutch Navy.[50]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Salamander Cutter For Dutch Navy.[51]
Unknown date  Spain Pasaia San Sebastián San Fermin-class ship of the line For Spanish Navy.[52]
Unknown date Malta Valetta Sante Elisabeth Frigate For Navy of the Order of Saint John.
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Sinop Semend-i Bahri Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[53]
Unknown date  Russia Gnilotonskaya Sokol Kurer-class schooner For Imperial Russian Navy.[54]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Statenjacht Jacht For Dutch Navy.[55]
Unknown date Ottoman Greece Rhodes Tılsım-ı Bahri Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[56]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Vliegende Vis Full-rigged ship For Dutch Navy.[57]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic location Vrijheid Third rate For Dutch Navy.[58]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Medemblik Westfriesland Third rate For Dutch Navy.[59]
Unknown date  Great Britain Yarmouth Westmoreland Merchantman For T. Mangles.
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Windsor Castle West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Zeven Provincien Third rate For Dutch Navy.[60]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Brig For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Southampton Name unknown Full-rigged ship For private owner.

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