The list of ship launches in 1788 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1788. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 21 January Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. 24 January Gabarre Bayonne For French Navy. 26 January Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. January Bayonne For French Navy. 23 February West Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For Q. Dick. 23 February Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. 23 February Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. February Bayonne For French Navy. 27 March Fifth rate Antonio Chiribiri Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. March Bayonne For French Navy. 8 April Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. 21 April Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. 21 April Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. 26 April Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. April Bayonne For French Navy. 6 May Frigate Brest For French Navy. 7 May Sixth rate Gouet & Deros Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 7 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 7 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 7 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 8 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 8 May Cutter Pospelov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 8 May Bomb vessel S. Durakin Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 8 May Sixth rate M. Sarychev Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 14 May Cutter D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 20 May Bomb vessel D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 21 May Brest For French Navy. 21 May Rochefort For French Navy. 24 May Cutter Vasily Vlasov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 May Cutter Kronstadt For Imperial Russian Navy. 16 June Brest For French Navy. 20 June Frigate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. 20 June Third Rate Bilbao For Spanish Navy. June Galiot Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. June Galiot Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 4 July Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 5 July Plymouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 21 July Whaler William Barnard Deptford For Alexander & Benjamin Champion. 27 July Galiot Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 30 July Galiot Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 2 August Jonathan Coleman Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 2 August D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 2 August West Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For Mr. Mangles. 7 August Toulon For French Navy. 10 August Fifth rate I. V. Dolzhnikov Rogozhskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 10 August Fifth rate I. V. Dolzhnikov Rogozhskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 1 September Sixth rate D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 2 September Toulon For French Navy. 16 September First rate John Nelson Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 16 September Lorient For French Navy. 16 October Sixth rate Lisbon For Portuguese Navy. 16 October Warley East Indiaman Perry & Co. Blackwall For British East India Company. 24 October West Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For J. Christie. 27 October East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 30 October Brest For French Navy. 30 October East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 31 October Fifth rate Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet Lorient For French Navy. 20 December Third rate Carthagena For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Scotland For Hunter & Co. Unknown date Brig New Brunswick Province of Quebec For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman Rotterdam For Dutch East India Company. Unknown date Survey ship King Dover For Royal Navy. Unknown date Cyrene Full-rigged ship Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Dandy Schooner Nicholas Bools Bridport For Mr. Akin. Unknown date Good Intent Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For John Bagwall, Nicholas Bools, Joshua Gundry and Thomas Swain. Unknown date Bayonne For French Navy. Unknown date Packet ship Amsterdam For Dutch East India Company. Unknown date Sixth rate For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Margaret Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For Knight & Co. Unknown date Sixth rate Bayonne For French Navy. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For R. Fisher. Unknown date Myrtle Merchantman John Brockbank Lancaster For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Fifth rate Carthagena For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Third rate For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Pomona Brigantine Nicholas Bools Bridport For Nicholas Bools and William Rodden. Unknown date Merchantman William Rowe Newcastle upon Tyne For private owner. Unknown date Third rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Strangford For private owner. Unknown date Ranger Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For Daniel Vivian and Richard Vivian. Unknown date Cutter Nicholas Bools Bridport For HM Customs. Unknown date Royal Charlotte East Indiaman Northfleet For private owner. Unknown date Bomb vessel For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Sally Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For George French. Unknown date Bayonne For French Navy. Unknown date Fifth rate Castellammare del Golfo Kingdom of Sicily For Royal Sicilian Navy. Unknown date Bomb vessel For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Brig of war Vlissingen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Tweed Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date West Indiaman Liverpool For Moses Benson. Unknown date No. 2 chain boat Chain boat Batson Limehouse For Royal Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman South Shields For private owner.
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