The list of ship launches in 1803 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1803. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 8 January East Indiaman Perry, Wells & Green Blackwall For British East India Company. 8 January East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 8 January East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 24 January Lorient For French Navy. 24 January Merchantman Bombay India For Bruce, Fawcett & Co. 25 January East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. January Charlotte Dundas Paddle steamer John Allan Glasgow For William Symington. 5 February East Indiaman Pitcher Northfleet For British East India Company. 7 February East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 8 February Merchantman Hudson, Bacon & Co Calcutta India For Buckles & Co. 8 February East Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For British East India Company. February Betsey and Sally Fishing vessel Whitby For private owner. February Brotherly Loves Increase Merchantman Whitby For private owner. February Nercus West Indiaman Whitby For private owner. February Neva Merchantman Whitby For private owner. February Resolution Whaler Whitby For private owner. February Robert and Ann Collier Whitby For private owner. February Sally Fishing vessel Whitby For private owner. February Sovereign Merchantman Whitby For private owner. February Visitor collier Whitby For private owner. 9 March East Indiaman Dudman Deptford For British East India Company. 22 April East Indiaman Grayson Liverpool For British East India Company. 22 April Patent Merchantman Mr. Bradley King's Lynn For private owner. 23 April Sir Henry Peake Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 7 May G. Ignatyev Solombala Shipyard, Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 6 June Balthazar & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 7 June East Indiaman Francis Hurry & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For British East India Company. 25 June Schooner William Price Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy. June Cumberland Merchantman W. & J. Richards Hythe For private owner. June Zephyrus Brig W. Potts Sunderland For private owner. 5 July Fifth rate Bursledon For Royal Navy. 13 July Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy. 18 July Pierre Ozanne Brest For French Navy. 20 July Frigate Mathurin Crucy Nantes For French Navy. 21 July Barnard and Roberts Deptford For Royal Navy. 26 July Second rate Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. July Expedition Full-rigged ship For private owner. July Isla Brig Lympstone For private owner. 6 August Merchantman Hudson, Bacon & Co. Calcutta India For private owner. 6 August Brig Nathaniel Hutton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For United States Navy. 9 August Name unknown Brig Thorpe St Andrew For private owner. 15 August Toulon For French Navy. 18 August Perry Blackwall For Royal Navy. 18 August Rochefort For French Navy. 21 August Brig Edmund Hartt Boston, Massachusetts For United States Navy. August Harmony Brigantine For private owner. 2 September Josiah and Thomas Brindley Frindsbury For Royal Navy. 3 September Randall & Brent Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 17 September Mathurin Crucy Lorient For French Navy. 24 September Third rate Pierre Ozanne Brest For French Navy. 24 September Merchantman Calcutta India For private owner. 1 October Full-rigged ship Breen Chittagong India For private owner. 1 October Brest For French Navy. 3 October Name unknown Merchantman Fletcher & Co. Maryport For private owner. 6 October Merchantman Simon Temple Jr. South Shields For private owner. 13 October Extremeña Schooner Guayaquil Viceroyalty of Peru For Spanish Navy. 15 October East Indiaman Perry, Wells & Green Blackwall For British East India Company. 17 October John King Dover For Royal Navy. 28 October 338 Pinnace Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 31 October West Indiaman Troughton Chester For Forbes & Co. 31 October Woodhouse Merchantman R. Reay South Hylton For Messrs. Terry & Sons. October Frigate Vlissingen For Batavian Navy. 14 November Frigate Amsterdam For Batavian Navy. 14 November Fifth rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. 15 November Fifth rate Antoine Geoffroy Lorient For French Navy. 30 November Merchantman Bombay India For private owner. 31 December Elisabeth Merchantman John Scott and Sons Greenock For Messrs. Stirling, Gordon & Co. December Name unknown Brigantine Southwold For private owner. Unknown date Active Brigantine Peterhead For private owner. Unknown date Lugger Dieppe For . Merlin-Dubreuil. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Bombay India For Charles Forbes & Co. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Ann Merchantman Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Cowes For private owner. Unknown date Cutter Cowes For Board of Customs. Unknown date Merchantman Location unknown For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Chittagong India For Hogur & Co. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Britannia Merchantman J. Laing Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Lockwood Brodrick South Shields For T. Forrest. Unknown date Buccleuch Ketch Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Liddle & Co. Unknown date Cambrian Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Francis Hurry Howdon For Lord Camelford. Unknown date Merchantman Bombay India For Alex Adamson. Unknown date Sloop Sydney New South Wales For Robert Inch. Unknown date Merchantman Henry Baldwin Quebec City Lower Canada For private owner. Unknown date Countess of Northesk Smack Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For James Johnson. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Transport ship Simon Temple South Shields For Mr. Duncan. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Brig For private owner. Unknown date Eliza Merchantman John Brockbank Lancaster For private owner. Unknown date Estombole Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Matthew Smith Calcutta India For private owner. Unknown date Fame Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Mr. Bell. Unknown date Forth Snow Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Leith Shipping Co. Unknown date Cutter Bools & Good Bridport For private owner. Unknown date Schooner Henry Kable & James Underwood Sydney New South Wales For Henry Kable & James Underwood. Unknown date Merchantman Broadstairs For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Holland Merchantman John Brockbank Lancaster For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Simon Temple Jr. South Shields For Simon Temple Jr. Unknown date Ship-sloop William Rowe Newcastle upon Tyne For W. Row. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Lady Nepean Cutter Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Gibbs & Co. Unknown date Le Courrier de Terre Neuve Privateer Jean-Baptiste Collet Saint-Servan For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman P. Tonks Cochin India For Bruce, Fawcett & Co. Unknown date Slave ship Lancaster For Mr. Taylor. Unknown date Mansfield Smack or sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Mr. Richardson. Unknown date Third rate For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Sloop Kable & Co Hawkesbury River New South Wales For private owner. Unknown date Nepean Cutter Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For George Browne. Unknown date Œconomy Merchantman builder Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Otter Merchantman John Brockbank Lancaster For private owner. Unknown date Collier Howdon Pans For private owner. Unknown date Pack-Horse Luggage boat Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Merchantman Portsmouth, New Hampshire For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman King's Lynn For Mr. Gillespie. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Dunkirk For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Hull For private owner. Unknown date Brig-sloop Cowes For Board of Customs. Unknown date Slave ship Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Liverpool For R. Kitchen. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Second rate Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Collier River Thames For private owner. Unknown date Thames Schooner Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Liddle & Co. Unknown date Thomas Schooner Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Thomas & Anne Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For Mr. Matthews. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Coaster Belfast For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Two Uncles Schooner Robert Newman Dartmouth For private owner. Unknown date Schooner Alexander Doeg Gateshead For private owner. Unknown date Ulysses Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For John & Philip Laing. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman South Shields For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman Liverpool For James Loughan. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Schooner For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Cowes For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Rotterdam For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Hull For private owner.

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