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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