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The list of ship launches in 1781 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1781.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
5 January  United States James Hackett Portsmouth, New Hampshire Alexander Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[1]
5 January  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Blonde Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.[2]
20 January  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Brune Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.
23 February  Kingdom of France Rochefort Illustre Magnamine-class ship of the line For French Navy.
26 February  Spain El Ferrol Santo Domingo Fourth rate For Spanish Navy.[3]
5 March  Kingdom of France Toulon La Belette Coquette-class Corvette For French Navy.[4]
7 March  Great Britain Randall & Brent River Thames King George Merchantman For Hudson's Bay Company.
10 March  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard Dolphin Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.[5]
10 March  Kingdom of France Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkerque Lézard Cerf-class cutter For French Navy.
12 March  Great Britain Peter Baker Liverpool Assistance Portland-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
12 March  Kingdom of France Dunkerque Le Malin Cert-class cutter For French Navy.[6]
13 March  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Earl of Chesterfield East Indiaman For British East India Company.
13 March  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Earl of Hertford East Indiaman For British East India Company.
13 March  Great Britain Edward Greaves Limehouse Latona Fifth rate For Royal Navy.
22 March  Kingdom of France Toulon Poulette Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.
26 March  Great Britain John Wells Deptford Deptford East Indiaman For British East India Company.
26 March  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips & George White Portsmouth Dockyard Eurydice Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.
10 April  Great Britain Henry Adams Bucklers Hard Agamemnon Ardent-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
10 April  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Arethusa Minerva-class frigate For Royal Navy.[7]
10 April  Great Britain John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe Perseverance Fifth rate For Royal Navy.
10 April  Great Britain John Sutton Liverpool Success Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
11 April  Great Britain Adams & Barnard Deptford Africa Inflexible-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[8]
12 April  Dutch Republic Jacob Spaan Dordrecht Hercules Third rate For Dutch Navy.[9]
24 April  Great Britain George White Portsmouth Dockyard Crocodile Porcupine-class post ship For Royal Navy.[10]
1 May  Dutch Republic P. Glavimans Harlingen Pallas Frigate For Dutch Navy.[11]
1 May  Spain El Ferrol Santa Sabina Fifth rate For Spanish Navy.[12]
8 May  Great Britain John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard Sampson Intrepid-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[13]
9 May  Great Britain Plymouth Dockyard Narcissus Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.
9 May  Great Britain Henry Ladd Dover Tisiphone Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[14]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Nadezhda Modified Pavel-class frigate For Navy.[15]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Podrazhislav Modified Pavel-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[16]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Slava Modified Pavel-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Sviatoslav Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Trekh Sviatitelei Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
22 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Vysheslav Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
24 May  Great Britain George Parsons Bursledon Quebec Active-class frigate For Navy.
26 May  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Alecto Tisiphone-class fireship For Royal Navy.[21]
May  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Pigmy Unrated Alert-class Cutter (boat) For Royal Navy.[22]
5 June  Kingdom of France Jean-Denis Chevilard Rochefort Argonaute Argonaute-class ship of the line For French Navy.[23]
6 June  Kingdom of France Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort Brave Argonaute-class ship of the line For French Navy.[24]
7 June  Great Britain John Baker & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne Argo Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
8 June  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Le Chameau Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.[25]
8 June  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Sceptre Inflexible-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
9 June  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Myrmidon Sixth rate For Royal Navy.[26]
22 June  Kingdom of France Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkerque Espion Levrette-class cutter For French Navy.
22 June  Spain El Ferrol San Felipe Apóstol Fourth rate For Spanish Navy.[27]
23 June  Kingdom of France Dunkerque La Fanfaron Cerf-class Cutter (boat) For French Navy.[28]
3 July  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Cockatrice Alert-class cutter For Royal Navy.
8 July  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Kortenaer Third rate For Dutch Navy.[29]
13 July  Great Britain John Barnard Deptford Dutton East Indiaman For British East India Company.
24 July  Great Britain Robert Fabian East Cowes Astraea Active-class frigate For Royal Navy.
14 August  Kingdom of France Toulon Durance Rhône-class scow For French Navy.
19 August  Kingdom of France Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo Cléopâtre Vénus-class frigate For French Navy.[30]
22 August  Great Britain Barnard Deptford Warren Hastings East Indiaman For British East India Company.
August  Kingdom of France Brest Couronne Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line For French Navy.
4 September  Great Britain John Henslow Plymouth Dockyard Anson Intrepid-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[31]
19 September  Great Britain Webb Fearon Liverpool Ceres Active-class frigate For Royal Navy.[32]
15 October  Kingdom of France Brest Pégase Pégase-class ship of the line For French Navy.[33]
18 October  Great Britain Peter Baker Liverpool Ariel Zebra-class sloop For Royal Navy.[34]
18 October  Great Britain Hilhouse Bristol Diomede Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.
18 October  Great Britain George White Portsmouth Dockyard Warrior Alfred-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[35]
19 October  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Goliath Arrogant-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[36]
29 October  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Iris Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.[37]
October  Great Britain John Fisher Liverpool Racehorse Sloop of war For Royal Navy.[38]
October  Great Britain Robert Fabian East Cowes Swallow Cutter For Royal Navy.[39]
4 November  Russia I. V. James Saint Petersburg Gektor Sixth rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[40]
4 November  Russia I. V. James Saint Petersburg Provornyi Evangelist Mark-class frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[41]
17 November  Great Britain William Barnard Deptford Andromache Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
16 December  Dutch Republic J. Swerus Harlingen Harlingen Fifth rate For Dutch Navy.[42]
December  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Autruche Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.
December  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce La Lourde Dromadaire-class Flûte (ship) For French Navy.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Sunderland Achilles Merchantman For Michael Humble and Stephen Todd.
Unknown date  Great Britain Fishburn & Brodrick Whitby Ann and Amelia Merchantman For John Julius Angerstein.
Unknown date  United States Paul Boston, Massachusetts Belisarius Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[44]
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames Boddington West Indiaman For Mr. Boddington.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic P. van Zwijndregt Rotterdam Braak Cutter For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Brooks Slave ship For J. Brook.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Centaurus Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[45]
Unknown date  United States Chambers Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain John Wells Deptford Duke of Atholl East Indiaman For British Eas India Company.[46]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Europa East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Expeditie Frigate For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Faam Uitlegger For Dutch Navy.[48]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Barnard Rotherhithe Fairford East Indiaman For British East India Company.[49]
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Flying Fish Ketch For J. O'Neal.[50]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Gelderland Third rate For Dutch Navy.[51]
Unknown date  Great Britain Barnard General Coote East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Vlissingen Goes Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[52]
Unknown date  United States Thomas Barstow Hanover, Massachusetts Grand Turk Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[53]
Unknown date  United States Grand Turk Privateer For Virginia State Navy.[54]
Unknown date  Great Britain Bristol Hector West Indiaman For John Maxse.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Hercules Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Hercules Sloop For Mr. Bidgood.[55]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Constantinople Inayet-i Hakk Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[56]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic P. van Zwijndrecht Rotterdam Kemphaan Aviso For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of Great Britain Wells Deptford Kent East Indiaman For William Moffatt.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo La Marquise de St. Pern Privateer For private owner.[57]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Dunkerque La Royale Privateer For private owner.[58]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Mars Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Meeuw Uitlegger For Dutch Navy.[59]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Mercuur Cutter For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  United States New England Mentor Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Nantes Musette Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Folkestone Nimble Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Philemon Jacobs Folkestone Nimble Cutter For Royal Navy.[60]
Unknown date India Calcutta Nonsuch Merchantman For John Canning & Henry Watson.
Unknown date  Great Britain Bristol Orange Valley West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Pollux Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[61]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Snelheid Cutter For Dutch Navy.[62]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Medemblik Snelheid Cutter For Dutch Navy.[63]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Unie Third rate For Dutch Navy.[64]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Utrecht Third rate For Dutch Navy.[65]
Unknown date  Great Britain Virginia Privateer For private owner.[66]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Waakzaamheid Uitlegger For Dutch Navy.[67]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Zwindrecht Rotterdam Wassenaar Third rate For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby William and Ann Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Windhond Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.[68]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Zeebaars Unrated For Dutch Navy.[69]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Zeemeeuw Unrated For Dutch Navy.[70]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Zephier Cutter For Dutch Navy.[71]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown For unknown owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date Unknown Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

References

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  1. ^ "American Privateer sloop 'Alexander' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ^ "French Sixth Rate frigate 'La Blonde' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Spanish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Santo Domingo' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. ^ "French Sixth Rate corvette 'La Belette' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dolphin' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ "French cutter 'Le Malin' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  7. ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Arethusa' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Africa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Hercules' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Crocodile' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate frigate 'Pallas' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Sabina' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  13. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Sampson' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  14. ^ "British fireship 'Tisiphone' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Nadezhda' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Podrazhislav' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Slava' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Sviatoslav' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Trekh Sviatitelei' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Vysheslav' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  21. ^ "British fireship 'Alecto' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  22. ^ "British cutter 'Pigmy' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  23. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Argonaute' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  24. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Brave' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  25. ^ "French flûte 'Le Chameau' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  26. ^ "British Sixth Rate post ship 'Myrmidon' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  27. ^ "Spanish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'San Felipe Apóstol' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  28. ^ "French cutter 'La Fanfaron' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Kortenaer' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  30. ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Cléopâtre' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  31. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Anson' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  32. ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Ceres' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  33. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Pégase' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  34. ^ "British sloop 'Ariel' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  35. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Warrior' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  36. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Goliath' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  37. ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Iris' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  38. ^ "British sloop 'Racehorse' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  39. ^ "British sloop 'Swallow' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  40. ^ "Russian Sixth Rate frigate 'Gektor' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  41. ^ "Russian Sixth Rate rowing frigate 'Provornyi' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  42. ^ "Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Harlingen' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  43. ^ "French flûte 'La Lourde' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  44. ^ "American Privateer ship 'Belisarius' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  45. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship 'Centaurus' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  46. ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Duke of Atholl' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  47. ^ "Dutch frigate 'Expeditie' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  48. ^ "Dutch uitlegger 'Faam' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  49. ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Fairford' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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  51. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Gelderland' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  52. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Goes' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  53. ^ "American Privateer 'Grand Turk' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  54. ^ "American Privateer brigantine 'Grand Turk' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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  56. ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Inayet-i Hakk' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  57. ^ "French Privateer lugger 'Marquise de St Pern' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  58. ^ "French Privateer brig 'La Royale' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  59. ^ "Dutch uitlegger 'Meeuw' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  60. ^ "British cutter 'Nimble' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  61. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate frigate 'Pollux' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  62. ^ "Dutch cutter 'Snelheid' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  63. ^ "Dutch 'Snelheid' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  64. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Unie' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  65. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Utrecht' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  66. ^ "British Privateer ship 'Virginia' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  67. ^ "Dutch uitlegger 'Waakzaamheid' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  68. ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate cutter 'Windhond' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  69. ^ "Dutch ship 'Zeebaars' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  70. ^ "Dutch ship 'Zeemeeuw' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  71. ^ "Dutch cutter 'Zephier' (1781)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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