The list of ship launches in 1779 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1779. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 2 January Henry Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 4 January East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 18 January Saint-Malo For French Navy. January Privateer Havre de Grâce For Thieulent Colleville. January Le Jean Bart Privateer Havre de Grâce For Colleville et Reverdin. 1 February Third rate Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 3 February Bordeaux For French Navy. 7 February East Indiaman builder location For private owner. 13 February Third rate Toulon For French Navy. 17 February James Betts Mistley For Royal Navy. 18 February Fourth rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. 1 March Cerf-class cutter Saint-Malo For French Navy. 1 March Cerf-class cutter Saint-Malo For French Navy. 4 March Randall & Brent Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 5 March Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 18 March Mackenzie Sime Leith For Royal Navy. 20 March Privateer André-François Normand Honfleur For private owner. 31 March Ship of the line Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. March Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 1 April Cerf-class cutter Saint-Malo For French Navy. 3 April Cerf-class cutter Dunkirk For French Navy. 14 April S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 15 April S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 16 April Cutter Dunkirk For French Navy. 19 April S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 April Rochefort, Charente-Maritime For French Navy. 29 April John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. April Wild Cat Privateer Salem, Massachusetts For John Fisk et al. 14 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 16 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 17 May John Barnard Ipswich For Royal Navy. 17 May Adams & Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 18 May John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 31 May Zuanne Seibezzi Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 31 May Geoffroy Saint-Malo For French Navy. May Brig-sloop Henry Ladd Dover For Royal Navy. 1 June Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 June John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 15 June Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. 21 June Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 24 June Joseph Noy Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 June M. D. Portnov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 June Rochefort, Charente-Maritime For French Navy. 30 June George White Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 14 July John Fisher Liverpool For Royal Navy. 15 July Henry Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 15 July John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 29 July John Baker Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy. 30 July Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 31 July James Menetone & Son Limehouse For Royal Navy. July Brigantine Marshfield, Massachusetts For Continental Navy. 11 August Jean-Jacques Maistral Rochefort For French Navy. 11 August Bordeaux For French Navy. 27 August Rochefort For French Navy. 28 August Edward Greaves Limehouse For Royal Navy. 28 August Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 28 August Toulon For French Navy. 29 August Xebec Port Mahon Balearic Islands For Royal Navy. 11 September Toulon For French Navy. 25 September Fifth rate Lisbon For Portuguese Navy. 1 October Cutter Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 12 October East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 23 November East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. 25 October Jean-Jacques Maistral Nantes For French Navy. 27 October Thomas Raymond Southampton For Royal Navy. October La Comtess dArtois Jacques Denys Dunkirk For private owner. October Le Stanislas Privateer M. Blanche Havre de Grâce For Robert Coppens. October Jacques Boux Amsterdam For French Navy. 11 November Carthagen For Spanish Navy. 26 November Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 9 December Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 11 December Toulon For French Navy. 23 December Fifth rate Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet Lorient For French Navy. 24 December First rate Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 24 December Robert & John Batson Limehouse For Royal Navy. 26 December Fourth rate Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. Unknown date Adventure Brig Nicholas Bools Bridport For Mr. Le Mesurier. Unknown date Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Cleminson Full-rigged ship Nicholas Bools Bridport For Ingram & Co. Unknown date East Indiaman Batson Limehouse For British East India Company. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Henry Ladd Dover For Royal Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate J. Hand Enkhuizen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman Hilhouse Bristol For A. Clibourn. Unknown date General Kepple Brig Nicholas Bools Bridport For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Bermuda Bermuda For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate Hoorn For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Newhaven For private owner. Unknown date Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date La Dunkerquoise Privateer Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date Le Duc d'Estissac Privateer Boulogne-sur-Mer For François-Régis Becquerel. Unknown date Fifth rate Bordeaux For French Navy. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. Unknown date Privateer Havre de Grâce For private owner. Unknown date Fourth rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Privateer Havre de Grâce For Deslandes, Laforterie-Valmont and de Vallefleur. Unknown date Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Frigate Sweden For Royal Swedish Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Sidmouth For John Mather. Unknown date Fourth rate J. Swerus Harlingen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Frigate Newburyport, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date Ship-sloop For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Thomas Allin Dover For Royal Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Rhodes Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Whaler River Thames For Samuel Enderby & Sons. Unknown date Packet ship Bombay dockyard India For British East India Company. Unknown date Two Brothers Merchantman John Brockbank Lancaster For private owner. Unknown date Unrated For Continental Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman Whitby For George Atty. Unknown date Sloop-of-War John Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Full-rigged ship Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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