The list of ship launches in 1798 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1798. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 3 January Africaine Rochefort For French Navy. 4 January East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 17 January Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 17 January John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 17 January East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 31 January Louis Crucy Nantes For French Navy. 1 February Lorient For French Navy. 2 February Barnard Deptford Wharf For Royal Navy. 3 March John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 3 March East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 19 March Fifth rate James Betts Mistleythorn For Royal Navy. 19 March Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 31 March East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 31 March Third rate Plymouth Dockyard Plymouth For Royal Navy. 2 April Third rate William Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 16 April Cleverley Bros. Gravesend For Royal Navy. 17 April Edwards Shoreham-by-Sea For Royal Navy. 23 April Third rate Peter Glavimans Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. 24 April A. G. Stepanov Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 April A. G. Stepanov Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. 29 April Corvette Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes For French Navy. April Gunboat Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. 2 May Corvette Honoré Garnier Saint-Maurice Toulon For French Navy. 2 May John Dudman Deptford Wharf For Royal Navy. 16 May Storeship Hill & Mellish Limehouse For Royal Navy. 19 May Armed storeship Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 May Fifth rate G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 May G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 7 June Unrated James Hacket Kittery, Maine For United States Navy. 20 June A. S. Katsanov Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 June Julian Martin de Retamosa Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 30 June Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch East India Company. June Privateer Snow Parker Liverpool Nova Scotia For Joseph Barss Sr., William Lawson, Snow Parker and Simeon Perkins. 14 July Merchantman Randall, Brent & Sons Rotherhithe For Robert Charnock. 28 July R. Dorman Amsterdam For Batavian Navy. 11 August Topsail schooner James Hackett Kittery, Maine For Revenue Cutter Service. 13 August Full-rigged ship Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia Bombay India For Bruce, Fawcett & Co. 13 August Charles-Henri Tellier Le Havre For French Navy. 18 August Biche Brest For French Navy. 2 September A. I. Melikhov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 September Le Décidé Privateer Saint-Malo For Havard et Compagnie. 11 September Chatham Dockyard Chatham For Royal Navy. 12 September East Indiaman Calcutta India For Lambert, Ross & Co. 24 September G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 26 September George Parsons Bursledon For Royal Navy. 27 September West Indiaman Randall & Brent Rotherhithe For Hayman & Co. 27 September Merchantman Randall & Brent Rotherhithe For Hibbert & Co. 12 October Sixth rate Association of Newburyport Shipwrights Newburyport, Massachusetts Presented to United States Navy. 20 October Sloop-of-war Almon Hill & Sons Limehouse For Royal Navy. 25 October Merchantman Lowdon Pictou Nova Scotia For private owner. October Third rate La Valette Valetta Malta For French Navy. October Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. 6 December East Indiaman Humble Liverpool For British East India Company. 8 December East Indiaman Humble Liverpool For British East India Company. 10 December East Indiaman Frances Barnard, Son, & Roberts Deptford For British East India Company. 22 December Argonaute Pierre-Elisabeth Rolland Lorient For French Navy. 22 December Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 22 December Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 22 December Second rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Merchantman For M. Warren. Unknown date Merchantman Edward Mosley North Shields For Mr. Holand. Unknown date Privateer Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date Slave ship Poole For John Anderson. Unknown date Merchantman Bermuda Bermuda For private owner. Unknown date Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Slave ship Dartmouth For Daniel Backhouse & John Tarleton. Unknown date Frigate Joseph Caverley Baltimore, Maryland For United States Navy. Unknown date Smack Berwick upon Tweed For Mr. Patterson. Unknown date Betsey Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For William Good and others. Unknown date West Indiaman Kirkcaldy For Mr. M'Neil. Unknown date Merchantman Leith For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman India For British East India Company. Unknown date Row galley Charleston, South Carolina For United States Navy. Unknown date Brig Bombay Dockyard India For Bombay Marine. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Patrick Beatson Quebec City Lower Canada For Beatson & Co. Unknown date Third rate Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Gunboat Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. Unknown date Schooner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Revenue Cutter Service Unknown date Merchantman = Gatcombe For Wade & Co. Unknown date Merchantman Great Yarmouth For J. Sayers. Unknown date Merchantman Hamburg For B. Bosen & Co. Unknown date Merchantman Bermuda Bermuda For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Thomas Haw Stockton-on-Tees For Robert Wigram. Unknown date Merchantman Great Yarmouth For Mr. Heathfield. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Bordeaux For French Navy. Unknown date Happy Return Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For William Barnes, Joseph Dason, William Ketteridge and Simon Lee. Unknown date West Indiaman Lancaster For Mr. Ritchie Unknown date Third rate Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For Lennox & Co. Unknown date Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Frigate Frantz Hohlenberg Nyholm Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For Mr. Thompson Unknown date Privateer Nantes For private owner. Unknown date La Cantabré Privateer Bayonne For private owner. Unknown date La Résolue Privateer For private owner. Unknown date La Ressource Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Le Baret Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Le Bordelais Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Le Dix Août Privateer Guadeloupe Guadeloupe For private owner. Unknown date Le Sauveur Privateer Guadeloupe Guadeloupe For private owner. Unknown date Le Scoevola Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Le Vigilant Privateer Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date L'Intrepide Privateer Guadeloupe Guadeloupe For private owner. Unknown date L'Invariable Privateer For private owner. Unknown date L'Invincible Général Bonaparte Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Thomas King Dover For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman New Brunswick For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For James Bold and Robert Bibby. Unknown date West Indiaman John Smith Gainsborough For private owner. Unknown date Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Third rate For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date First rate Jean-Baptiste Benoit Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Gunboat Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Third rate Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. Unknown date } Merchantman Edward Mosley & Co. Howdon For Francis & Thomas Hurry. Unknown date Sloop Norfolk Island Norfolk Island For John Hunter. Unknown date Brig Norfolk, Virginia For United States Navy. Unknown date Philip Dundas Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Topsail schooner Newburyport, Massachusetts For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Privateer Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes For private owner. Unknown date Gunboat Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. Unknown date Brig Norfolk, Virginia For United States Navy. Unknown date Privateer La Ciotat For private owner. Unknown date Sarah Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For Mr. Scaling. Unknown date Row galley John Patterson Savannah, Georgia For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date Gunboat Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard Kingston Upper Canada For Provincial Marine. Unknown date Sprightly Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Nicholas Bools and others. Unknown date Spring Brig J. Blenkinsop Monkwearmouth For J. Blenkinsop. Unknown date Brig For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Whitby For private owner. Unknown datedate Merchantman New Brunswick For Mr. Fleming. Unknown date Merchantman Ann Brodrick South Shields For Mr. Simpson. Unknown date Union Schooner Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Philip Head Jr., William Head and John Otton. Unknown date Vertumnus Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For J. Poditch. Unknown date Third rate Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Batavia Netherlands East Indies For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman France or Spain Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Ketch For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Boston, Massachusetts For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Schooner For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Snow New York For private owner.
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