The list of ship launches in 1778 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1778. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 28 February Rochefort For French Navy. 2 March John Fisher Liverpool For Royal Navy. 16 March Lemarchand Saint-Malo For French Navy. 26 March Gilles Cambry Lorient For French Navy. March Rochefort For French Navy. Unknown date Marion Brillantais Saint-Malo For French Navy. 11 April Privateer For Massachusetts State Navy. 25 April S. I. Afanaseyev Novokhoperskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 April Hancock Frigate William & James K. Hackett Amesbury, Massachusetts For Continental Navy. 28 April James Martin Hillhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 28 April John Barnard Ipswich For Royal Navy. 11 May Fromy Dupuy Saint-Malo For French Navy. 13 May John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 14 May Robert Batson Limehouse For Royal Navy. 15 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 15 May Fifth rate Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 15 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 21 May V.Gunion Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 26 May Fourth rate Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 27 May Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 28 May Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. May Fifth rate Nantes For Continental Navy. May Fifth rate Havana Cuba For Spanish Navy. 18 June Beaurgard de Segray Saint-Malo For French Navy. 25 June Peter Baker Liverpool For Royal Navy. 9 July Fromy Dupuy Saint Malo For French Navy. 28 July Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 1 August Toulon For French Navy. 3 August Henry Ladd Dover For Royal Navy. 4 August Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 10 August East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 10 August John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 20 August Third rate Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec Brest For French Navy. 22 August Saint-Malo For French Navy. 22 August Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 24 August East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard For British East India Company. 27 August Xebec Port Mahon Balearic Islands For Royal Navy. 7 September James Mentone & Son Limehouse For Royal Navy. 9 September Fame Privateer King's Yard Dublin For private owner. 18 September Ship of the line Leon-Michel Guignace Brest For French Navy. 19 September François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort For French Navy. 20 September Leon-Michel Guignace Saint-Malo For French Navy. 22 September Thomas Raymond Southampton For Royal Navy. 5 October Jacques-Noël Sané Brest For Royal Navy. 5 October François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort For French Navy. 8 October Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 8 October Fifth rate John Barnard Harwich For Royal Navy. 22 October Joseph Harris, William Gray, & Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 22 October East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 24 October John Jenner Sheerness Dockyard For Royal Navy. 5 November François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort For French Navy. 7 November Edward Greaves Limehouse For Royal Navy. 8 November Frigate Jedidiah Willetts Norwich, Connecticut For Continental Navy. 13 November Third rate John May Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. November Dunkirk For French Navy. November Jacques & Danie Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 18 December Frigate Mr. Pye Stockton-on-Tees For Royal Navy. 30 December Third rate Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. December Dunkirk For French Navy. Unknown date Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. Unknown date Américaine Privateer For Bretel, Ernouf & La Houssaye. Unknown date Turuma Djurgårdsvarvet Stockholm Sweden For Gustav III. Unknown date East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Astrée Privateer Nantes For Guilliaume et fils. Unknown date East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Privateer Massachusetts For Bartholomew Putnam & Jacob Ashton. Unknown date Cutter Folkestone For Royal Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Kalas Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Kalas Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Henry Adams Bucklers Hard For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman Wells For British East India Company. Unknown date Sixth rate Adams & Barnard Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. Unknown date Fireship Peter Everett Mestaer Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. Unknown date Fireship John Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. Unknown date La Comtesse de Provence Privateer Jacques Denys Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date Corvette or frigate San Blas Viceroyalty of New Spain For Spanish Navy. Unknown date La Princesse de Robecq Frigate Boulogne For private owner. Unknown date Corvette François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Saint-Malo For French Navy. Unknown date Corvette Rangoon For French East India Company. Unknown date Le Duc de Mortemart Privateer Saint-Malo For Claude Dubois Le Jaune. Unknown date Le Monsieur Privateer Havre de Grâce For private owners. Unknown date Fireship John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. Unknown date Third rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Mermaid Pilot boat Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Xebec Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Bombay India For Royal Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Amsterdam For Dutch East India Company. Unknown date Sloop Java Dutch East Indies For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Sloop For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Seahorse Pilot boat Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Shaftesbury Cutter Nicholas Bools Bridport For Carter Bros. Unknown date Fifth rate Daman Portuguese India For Portuguese Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Brigantine For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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