List of ship launches in 1820

The list of ship launches in 1820 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1820.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
3 January	United Kingdom	George Gooch	Rotherhithe	Coromandel	Merchantman	For Scott& Co.
January	United Kingdom	Wilson & Co.	Liverpool	Helen Jane	East Indiaman	For Messrs. Gladstone & Co.[1]
January	United Kingdom	Mottershead & Heyes	Liverpool	Huskisson	East Indiaman	For Messrs. Tobins & Co.[1]
January	United Kingdom	Mulby and Evans	Liverpool	Packet	Merchantman	For Messrs. Kerslake & Co.[1]
2 February	United Kingdom	J. & W. Quirk	Liverpool	George the Fourth	Brig	For private owner.[2]
February	United Kingdom	J Hepton	Sunderland	Albion	Brig	For J. Hepton.[3][4]
10 March	United Kingdom	Ritchie and McLaine	Belfast	Belfast	Steamship	For George Langtry.[5]
16 March	United Kingdom	Henry Canham	Woolwich Dockyard	Hawke	Black Prince-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.[6]
24 March	United Kingdom	John Scott & Sons.	Greenock	Clyde	Merchantman	For John Scott & Sons.
March	United Kingdom	W. & J. Pile	Sunderland	Jesmond	Snow	For Mr. Anderson.[3][7]
25 April	United Kingdom	White	West Cowes	Unnamed	Brig	For private owner.[8]
April	United States			John and William	Schooner	For private owner.[9]
1 May	United Kingdom		Emsworth	Henry	Schooner	For private owner.[10]
3 May	United Kingdom	White	West Cowes	Trinity Buoy Yacht	Yacht	For private owner.[8]
4 May	Russia		Kazan	Gerkules	Ariadna-class corvette	For Imperial Russian Navy.[11]
5 May	Russia	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Aiaks	Aiaks-class sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy.[12]
5 May	Russia	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Ida	Aiaks-class sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy.[13]
7 May	Russia	I. Y. Osminin	Sevastopol	Merkurii	Brig	For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
11 May	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Beagle	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
13 May	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Barracouta	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.[15]
17 May	France		Bayonne	La Béarnaise	Iris-class schooner	For French Navy.[16]
24 May	Russia	A. I. Melikhov	Nicholaieff	Ganimed	Brig	For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
24 May	Russia	A. I. Melikhov	Nicholaieff	Nord Adler	Third rate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
30 May	United States	Henry Eckford	Brooklyn Navy Yard	Ohio	Third rate	For United States Navy.[19]
30 May	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Prince Regent	Royal yacht	For George IV.[20]
31 May	France		Bayonne	L'Hirondelle	Schooner	For French Navy.[21]
31 May	Russia	A. M. Kurohkin	Archangelsk	Merkurii	Spechnyi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[22]
May	United Kingdom	J. Hall	Sunderland	Albion	Brig	For Hall & Co.[3][4]
May	United Kingdom			Industry	Schooner	For private owner.[23]
8 June	Russia	Y. A. Kolodkin	Lodeynoye Pole	Ladoga	Sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy.[24]
10 June	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Falcon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
10 June	United Kingdom		Pembroke Dockyard	Frolic	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
13 June	United Kingdom	Nicholas Diddams	Portsmouth	Minerva	Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[25]
15 June	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Minerva	Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[26]
1 July	United Kingdom	James Tippett & Co.	Bristol	The Asia	Brig	For Mr. Scott.[27]
11 July	United Kingdom	Menzies	Leith	John Watson	Schooner	For private owner.[28]
11 July	United Kingdom	James Shepherd	Paull	Royal George	Merchantman	For Joseph Soames.
26 July	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Jasper	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.[29]
26 July	United Kingdom	George Parkin	Chatham Dockyard	Trafalgar	Second rate	For Royal Navy.[30]
27 July	United Kingdom		Carmarthen	David Walter	Brig	For private owner.[31]
27 July	United Kingdom	George Llewelling	Swansea	Villers	Brig	For private owner.[31]
28 July	United Kingdom		Deptford Dockyard	Ariel	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.[32]
10 August	United Kingdom	William Stone	Deptford Dockyard	Venus	Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[33][34]
18 August	United Kingdom	Edward Churchill	Pembroke Dockyard	Melampus	Modified Leda-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[35]
24 August	United Kingdom		Portsmouth	Britomart	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.[36]
25 August	France		Lorient	Jean Bart	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
7 September	United States	William Doughty	Philadelphia Navy Yard	North Carolina	Ship of the line	For United States Navy.
16 September	United Kingdom	Hilhouse & Co.	Wapping	Feliza	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.[37]
5 October	United Kingdom	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Sviatoi Lavrentii	Aiaks-class sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy.[38]
19 October	United Kingdom	William Patrick	Mirfield	Hopewell	Sloop	For private owner.[39]
20 October	United Kingdom		Devonport Dockyard	Britannia	Caledonia-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
21 October	United Kingdom		Norfolk Navy Yard	Delaware	North Carolina-class ship of the line	For United States Navy.[40]
21 October	Russia	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Provornyi	Spechnyi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[41]
24 October	United Kingdom	William Simons & Co.	Greenock	Wilberforce	East Indiaman	For John Robertson.[42]
October	United Kingdom	William Symons	Little Falmouth	Marquis of Salisbury	Packet ship	For Post Office Packet Service[43]
2 November	United States		Boston Navy Yard	Alligator	Schooner	For United States Navy.
7 November	United Kingdom		Annan	Henry Brougham	Sloop	For Messrs. Nicholson & Co.[44]
7 November	United Kingdom	William Stone	Deptford Dockyard	Southampton	Southampton-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[45]
27 November	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Niemen	Atholl-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[46]
29 November	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Atholl	Atholl-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[46]
5 December	United Kingdom	W. Smith & Co.	Newcastle upon Tyne	The Flotentia	East Indiaman	For private owner.[47]
6 December	United Kingdom	Wigram & Green	Blackwall	Kent	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
7 December	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Ranger	Atholl-class corvette	For Royal Navy.[48]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Horseley Ironworks	Tipton & London	Aaron Manby	Paddle steamer	For Aaron Manby.[49]
Unknown date	France		Dunkerque	Arend	Sixth rate	For Royal Netherlands Navy.[50]
Unknown date	Netherlands			Betsy en Carolina	Unrated	For Royal Netherlands Navy.[51]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Carley	Sloop	For private owner.[3]
Unknown date	United States		Baltimore, Maryland	Gata	Schooner	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Helen	Merchantman	For Mr. Ballantyne.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Plymouth	Henry	Sloop	For H. Rowe.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Hinde	Merchantman	For private owner.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Deptford	Hive	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Newcastle upon Tyne	Indefatigable	Packet boat	For private owner.[52]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Whitehaven	Indian	Merchantman	For Woods & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Johns	Snow	For John M. Gales.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Newby	Snow	For R. Scurfield.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Pauline	Snow	For John Grimshaw.[3]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Peyk i Mesiret	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy.[53]
Unknown date	United States		Portsmouth Navy Yard	Porpoise	Schooner	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Reaper	Brig	For John M. & William Gales.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Blent	Rotherhithe	Rising Star	Paddle steamer	For Thomas Cochrane.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Sea Flower	Brig	For B. robson.[3][54]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Sericca	Brig	For William Nicholson.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Milford Haven	Skylark	Cutter	For Board of Customs.[55]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Tiffin	Sunderland	Tarragona	Merchantman	For Mr. Tiffin.[3]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Philip Laing	Sunderland	Thisbe	Merchantman	For Philip Laing.[3]
Unknown date	Russia		Saint Petersburg	Uraniia	Malyi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[56]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Vigilant	Schooner	For British East India Company.[57]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	Vulcan	Snow	For Thomas Young.[3]

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