The list of ship launches in 1780 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1780. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 23 January Jolly, Leathers & Barton Liverpool For Royal Navy. 24 January Peter Baker Liverpool For Royal Navy. 27 January Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 11 February Privateer Dujardin Saint-Malo For Clonard. 22 February East Indiaman John Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 6 March Saint-Malo For French Navy. 7 March Barnard Harwich For Royal Navy. 20 March First rate Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort For French Navy. 20 March Fifth rate Lorient For French Navy. 20 March Ship of the line Pierre-Alexander Forfait Brest For French Navy. 20 March East Indiaman Wells Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 23 March John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 10 April Sloop-of-war Wharton & Humphries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Continental Navy. 19 April Fifth rate Charles Etienne Bombelle Rochefort For French Navy. 20 April John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. April Privateer Saint-Malo For private owner. April Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. April Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 3 May Jacques-Noël Sané Brest For French Navy. 6 May Fifth rate Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 10 May Sixth rate Jonathon Coleman Carleton Island Province of Georgia For Provincial Marine. 12 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 12 May I. V. James Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 16 May Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest For French Navy. 20 May John Fisher Liverpool For Royal Navy. 2 June George Parsons Bursledon For Royal Navy. 2 June Adams & Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 3 June John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 3 June Deptford For Royal Navy. 5 June John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 16 June Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 18 June Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 1 July Fourth rate Israel Pownoll & Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 6 July A. S. Katsanov Kronstadt For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 July Le Comte d'Avaux Privateer Boulogne For private owner. 5 August François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Toulon For French Navy. 11 August Chevalier Antoine Groignard Toulon For French Navy. 30 August Fifth rate Edward Hunt Northam For Royal Navy. 31 August William Cleverley Gravesend For Royal Navy. August Privateer For United States Navy. August Sloop-of-war Joshua Stewart Sandgaet For Royal Navy. 16 September Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 16 September A. S. Katsanov Kronstadt For Imperial Russian Navy. 20 September James Betts Mistleythorn For Royal Navy. 21 September Second rate Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec Brest For French Navy. 30 September Robert Batson & Co. Limehouse For Royal Navy. 14 October Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 14 October Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 16 October Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 28 October Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. October East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. October Sloop-of-war Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. October East Indiaman Perry, or Randall Blackwall For British East India Company. 11 November John Fisher Liverpool For Royal Navy. 13 November Arnous-Dessaulays Lorient For French Navy. 17 November Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 28 November Fabian East Cowes For Royal Navy. November East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 21 December Toulon For French Navy. 27 December Fifth rate Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 31 December East Indiaman Barnard For British East India Company. December East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. Unknown date Packet ship River Thames For Post Office Packet Service. Unknown date Galley Unknown For Royal Navy. Unknown date Letter of marque For Mungo Mackay & Thomas Dennie. Unknown date Berwick Full-rigged ship Watson Rotherhithe For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman John Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. Unknown date Merchantman Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman Rotterdam For Dutch East India Company. Unknown date Defence Luggage boat Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Privateer Havre de Grâce For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Whitby For Leighton & Co. Unknown date East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. Unknown date Hannibal Privateer Newburyport, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Fourth rate builder Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Hornby full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner. Unknown date Snow Bombay India For Bombay Marine. Unknown date West Indiaman Bristol For J. Collard. Unknown date L'Epervier Privateer Saint-Malo For Cornich, Cornic & Le Jeune. Unknown date Le Pilote Privateer Saint-Malo For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman Perry Blackwall Yard For British East India Company. Unknown date Rattlesnake Privateer John Peck Plymouth, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date Rhodes Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date Russian Merchant Merchantman Whitby For Leighton & Co. Unknown date Sixth rate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calvert & Co. Shoreham-by-Sea For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Glasgow For Mr. Crosbie. Unknown date Fourth rate builder Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Packet ship Calcutta India For British East India Company. Unknown date Full-rigged ship J. Hand Enkhuizen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Unnamed Bomb vessel Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Folkestone For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Arkhangelsk For private owner. Unknown Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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