The list of ship launches in 1776 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1776. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 24 January Edward Hunt Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. January Galley Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Rhode Island General Assembly. 8 March Adams & Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 18 March John & William Wells Deptford For Royal Navy. 19 March John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 20 March John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 21 March Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 21 March Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 23 March John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 30 March Carthagena For Spanish Navy. 6 April Edward Greaves Limehouse For Royal Navy. 20 April Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 2 May Sloop-of-war For Continental Navy. 8 May Lugger Jacques Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 18 May Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 21 May John Barnard Harwich For Royal Navy. 21 May Frigate James Hackett Kittery, Maine Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. May Frigate Silvester Bowes Providence, Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. 3 June Frigate Stephen & Ralph Cross Newburyport, Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. 3 June Frigate Newburyport, Massachusetts Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. 13 June Corvette Uriah Hayden Thirteen Colonies For Connecticut State Navy. 20 June John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 3 July John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 10 July Frigate Wharton & Humphreys Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Continental Navy. 26 July Galley Manuel Eyre Kensington, Philadelphia For Pennsylvania State Navy. 27 July Corvette Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce For French Navy. July Frigate Warwick Coates Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Continental Navy. July Brigantine Salisbury, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. 3 August Storeship Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 7 August Frigate Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Continental Navy. 12 August Frigate George Wells Fells Point, Maryland For Continental Navy. August Gundalow Hermanus Schuyler Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. 5 September Frigate John Cotton Chatham, Connecticut For Continental Navy. 10 September Galley Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. 14 September George White Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 27 September Sixth rate François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort For French Navy. September Ship of the line Rochefort For French Navy. September Row Galley Number One Galley New York For Royal Navy. September Row Galley Number Two Galley New York For Royal Navy. September Galley Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. October Frigate Lancaster Burling Poughkeepsie, New York For Continental Navy. 29 October Galley Lancaster Burling Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. 7 November Fifth rate Joseph Grice Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Continental Navy. 25 November Chevalier Antoine Groignard Rochefort For French Navy. 26 November Merchantman Whitby For private owner. 26 November Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 27 December William Pownall Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 27 December William Pownall Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. December Row Galley Number Three Galley New York For Royal Navy. December Row Galley Number Four Galley New York For Royal Navy. Spring Galley New York Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. Summer Frigate Lancaster Birling Poughkeepsie, New York For Continental Navy. Summer Schooner Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. Summer Gundalow Lake Champlain, New York For Continental Navy. Summer Schooner Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York For Continental Navy. Unknown date Toulon For French Navy. Unknown date Sloop For Connecticut State Navy. Unknown date Gundalow Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. Unknown date Britannia Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thirteen Colonies For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Bristol For Dinham & Co. Unknown date Gondola Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. Unknown date Lugger Lake Champlain For Continental Navy. Unknown date Privateer East Greenwich, Rhode Island For Nathaniel Greene & Co. Unknown date Fourth rate Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Galley For Continental Navy. Unknown date Indus Schooner Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Third rate Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Gondola Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. Unknown date Mountfield Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Nerbudda Schooner Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Gundalow Lake Champlain For Continental Navy. Unknown date Third rate Sinop Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Gundalow Skenesborough, New York For Continental Navy. Unknown date Brig For New Hampshire State Navy. Unknown date Ranger Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For D. Wincey. Unknown date Cutter For Board of Customs. Unknown date Frigate Bordeaux For Compagnie de la Guyane. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. Unknown date Galley J. Lester Norwich, Connecticut For Connecticut State Navy. Unknown date Ship of the line Brest For French Navy. Unknown date Galley Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Rhode Island General Assembly. date Gundalow Lake Champlain For Continental Navy. Unknown date Thomas Hall West Indiaman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Frigate Sylvester Bowers Providence, Rhode Island Thirteen Colonies For Continental Navy. Unknown date Yorkshire Merchantman Whitby For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman River Thames For private owner.
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