List of ship launches in 1780

The list of ship launches in 1780 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1780.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
23 January  France Jolly, Leathers & Barton Liverpool Nemesis Enterprise-class frigate For Royal Navy.
24 January  Great Britain Peter Baker Liverpool Adamant Portland-class frigate For Royal Navy.
27 January  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Terrible Terrible-class ship of the line For French Navy.[1]
11 February  Kingdom of France Dujardin Saint-Malo Aigle Privateer For M. Clonard.
22 February  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Bellmont East Indiaman For British East India Company.[2]
7 March  Great Britain Barnard Harwich Inflexible Inflexible-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
20 March  Kingdom of France Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort Invincible First rate For French Navy.[3]
20 March  Kingdom of France Lorient La Friponne Fifth rate For French Navy.[4]
20 March  Kingdom of France Pierre-Alexander Forfait Brest Royal Louis Ship of the line For French Navy.[5]
20 March  Great Britain Wells Rotherhithe Vansittart East Indiaman For British East India Company.
23 March  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Fortitude Albion-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
10 April  United States Wharton & Humphries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saratoga Sloop-of-war For Continental Navy.
19 April  Kingdom of France Charles Etienne Bombelle Rochefort La Fée Fifth rate For French Navy.[6]
20 April  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Assurance Roebuck-class ship For Royal Navy.[7]
April  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Duc de Chartres Privateer For private owner.[8]
April Republic of Venice Cupid Xebec For Venetian Navy.[9]
April Republic of Venice Mercurio Xebec For Venetian Navy.[10]
3 May  Kingdom of France Jacques-Noël Sané Brest Northumberland Annibal-class ship of the line For French Navy.[11]
6 May  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Flora Fifth rate For Royal Navy.[12]
10 May Kingdom of Great Britain Province of Georgia Jonathon Coleman Carleton Island Ontario Sixth rate For Provincial Marine.[13]
12 May  Russia M. D. Portnov Archangelsk Ne Tron Menia Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
12 May  Great Britain I. V. James Archangelsk Sviatoi Ianuarii Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
16 May  Kingdom of France Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest Astrée Nymphe-class frigate For French Navy.[16]
20 May  Great Britain John Fisher Liverpool Daedalus Active-class frigate For Royal Navy.
2 June  Great Britain George Parsons Bursledon Fox Active-class frigate For Royal Navy.
2 June  Great Britain Adams & Barnard Deptford Orpheus Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
3 June  Great Britain John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard Minerva Minerva-class frigate For Royal Navy.[17]
3 June  Great Britain Deptford Orpheus Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.[18]
5 June  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Belliqueux Ardent-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
16 June  Kingdom of France Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkerque Pandour Mutin-class Cutter (boat) For French Navy.
18 June  Kingdom of France Denys Dunkerque Clairvoyant Mutin-class Cutter (boat) For French Navy.
1 July  Great Britain Israel Pownoll & Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard Leander Fourth rate For Royal Navy.
6 July  Russia A. S. Katsanov Cronstadt Perun Perun-class bomb vessel For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
19 July  Kingdom of France Boulogne Le Comte d'Avaux Privateer For private owner.[20]
5 August  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Toulon La Badine Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.[21]
11 August  Kingdom of France Chevalier Antoine Groignard Toulone La Semillante Coquette-class corvette For Navy.[22]
30 August  Great Britain Edward Hunt Northam Active Fifth rate For Royal Navy.[23]
31 August  Great Britain William Cleverley Gravesend Zebra Zebra-class sloop For Royal Navy.
August  United States Fair American Privateer For Navy.[24]
August  Great Britain Joshua Stewart Sandgaet Fortune Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.[25]
16 September  Kingdom of France Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Abondance Baleine-class gabarre For French Navy.
16 September  Russia A. S. Katsanov Cronstadt Sviatoi Georgii Pobedonosets Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
20 September  Great Britain James Betts Mistleythorn Iphigenia Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
21 September  Kingdom of France Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest Sceptre Second rate For French Navy.[27]
30 September  Great Britain Robert Batson & Co. Limehouse Juno Amazon-class frigate For Navy.
14 October  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Vestale Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.[28]
14 October  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Magnanime Intrepid-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[29]
16 October  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce La Nourrice Baleine-class gabarre For French Navy.[30]
28 October  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Alceste Magicienne-class frigate For French Navy.[31]
October  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Essex East Indiaman For British East India Company.
October  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Merlin Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.[32]
October  Great Britain Perry, or Randall Blackwall Valentine East Indiaman For British East India Company.
11 November  Great Britain John Fisher Liverpool Alligator Swan-class sloop For Royal Navy.[33]
13 November  Kingdom of France Arnous-Dessaulays Lorient Téméraire Facteur-class Cutter (boat) For French Navy.
17 November  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Majestueux Terrible-class ship of the line For French Navy.[34]
28 November  Great Britain Fabian East Cowes Repulse Intrepid-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.
November  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Asia East Indiaman For British East India Company.
21 December  Kingdom of France Toulon Naïade Coquette-class corvette For French Navy.
27 December  Great Britain Chatham Dockyard Amphion Fifth rate For Royal Navy.
31 December  Great Britain Barnard Antelope East Indiaman For British East India Company.
December  Great Britain Wells Deptford Northumberland East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames Antelope Packet ship For Post Office Packet Service.
Unknown date Unknown Arbuthnot Galley For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  United States Aurora Letter of marque For Mungo Mackay & Thomas Dennie.
Unknown date  Great Britain Watson Rotherhithe Berwick Full-rigged ship For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Blandford East Indiaman For British East India Company.[35]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Bordeaux Brutus Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Rotterdam Catharina Wilhelmina East Indiaman For Dutch East India Company.[36]
Unknown date India Bombay Defence Luggage boat For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date Denmark Denmark-Norway Ditmarsken Indfødsretten-class ship of the line For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[38]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Dolfijn Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Duc de Chartres Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Fishburn Merchantman For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date  Great Britain Wells Deptford Fortitude East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  United States Newburyport, Massachusetts Hannibal Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[39]
Unknown date India Bombay Hermanis East Indiaman For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date Ottoman Greece builder Rhodes Hifz-i Huda Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[40]
Unknown date India Bombay Hornby full-rigged ship For private owner.[37]
Unknown date India Bombay Intrepid Snow For Bombay Marine.
Unknown date  Great Britain Bristol Kingston West Indiaman For J. Collard.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo L'Epervier Privateer For Cornich, Cornic & Le Jeune.[41]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Le Pilote Privateer For private owner.[42]
Unknown date  Great Britain Wells Deptford Osterley East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain Perry Blackwall Yard Pigot East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  United States John Peck Plymouth, Massachusetts Rattlesnake Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.
Unknown date  United States Rhodes Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Russian Merchant Merchantman For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date  Spain El Ferrol Santa Natalia Sixth rate For Spanish Navy.[44]
Unknown date  Russia Kazan Ship Sloop No. 3 Caspian Sea-class ship sloop For Imperial Russian Navy.[45]
Unknown date  Great Britain Calvert & Co. Shoreham-by-Sea Surprize Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of Great Britain Glasgow Tarleton Merchantman For Mr. Crosbie.
Unknown date Ottoman Greece builder Rhodes Tevfikü'llah Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[46]
Unknown date India Calcutta Trial Packet ship For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Saint-Malo Vénus Vénus-class frigate For French Navy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic J. Hand Enkhuizen Vlieger Full-rigged ship For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date  Russia Kazan Unnamed Bomb vessel For Imperial Russian Navy.[48]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Folkestone Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Russia Archangelsk Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown  Spain 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date Unknown Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

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  13. ^ "British sloop 'Ontario' (1780)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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  30. ^ "French Sixth Rate gabarre 'La Nourrice' (1780)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  31. ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'Alceste' (1780)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  32. ^ "British sloop 'Merlin' (1780)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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