The list of ship launches in 1781 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1781. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 5 January Privateer James Hackett Portsmouth, New Hampshire For Massachusetts State Navy. 5 January Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 20 January Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 23 February Rochefort For French Navy. 26 February Fourth rate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 5 March Toulon For French Navy. 7 March Merchantman Randall & Brent River Thames For Hudson's Bay Company. 10 March Nicholas Phillips Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 10 March Cerf-class cutter Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 12 March Peter Baker Liverpool For Royal Navy. 12 March Cert-class cutter Dunkirk For French Navy. 13 March East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 13 March East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 13 March Fifth rate Edward Greaves Limehouse For Royal Navy. 22 March Toulon For French Navy. 26 March East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 26 March Nicholas Phillips & George White Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 10 April Henry Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 10 April Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 10 April Fifth rate John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 10 April John Sutton Liverpool For Royal Navy. 11 April Adams & Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 12 April Third rate Jacob Spaan Dordrecht For Dutch Navy. 24 April George White Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 1 May Frigate P. Glavimans Harlingen For Dutch Navy. 1 May Fifth rate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 8 May John Jenner Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 May Plymouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 May Henry Ladd Dover For Royal Navy. 22 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 May Modified M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 May George Parsons Bursledon For Royal Navy. 26 May Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. May Unrated Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 5 June Jean-Denis Chevilard Rochefort For French Navy. 6 June Jean-Denis Chevillard Rochefort For French Navy. 7 June John Baker & Co. Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy. 8 June Havre de Grâce For French Navy. 8 June John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 9 June Sixth rate Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 22 June Levrette-class cutter Daniel & Jacques Denys Dunkirk For French Navy. 22 June Fourth rate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 23 June Dunkirk For French Navy. 3 July Alert-class cutter Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 8 July Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. 13 July East Indiaman John Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. 24 July Robert Fabian East Cowes For Royal Navy. 14 August Toulon For French Navy. 19 August Benjamin Dubois Saint-Malo For French Navy. 22 August East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. August Brest For French Navy. 4 September John Henslow Plymouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 19 September Webb Fearon Liverpool For Royal Navy. 15 October Brest For French Navy. 18 October Peter Baker Liverpool For Royal Navy. 18 October Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 18 October George White Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 19 October Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 29 October Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. October Sloop of war John Fisher Liverpool For Royal Navy. October Cutter Robert Fabian East Cowes For Royal Navy. 4 November Sixth rate I. V. James Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 4 November I. V. James Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 17 November William Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 16 December Fifth rate J. Swerus Harlingen For Dutch Navy. December Havre de Grâce For French Navy. December Havre de Grâce For French Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Sunderland For Michael Humble and Stephen Todd. Unknown date Merchantman Fishburn & Brodrick Whitby For John Julius Angerstein. Unknown date Privateer Paul Boston, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman River Thames For Mr. Boddington. Unknown date Cutter P. van Zwijndregt Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Slave ship For J. Brook. Unknown date Fourth rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. Unknown date Frigate For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Uitlegger For Dutch Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman John Barnard Rotherhithe For British East India Company. Unknown date Flying Fish Ketch Nicholas Bools Bridport For J. O'Neal. Unknown date Third rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Barnard For British East India Company. Unknown date Fourth rate Vlissingen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Privateer Thomas Barstow Hanover, Massachusetts For Massachusetts State Navy. Unknown date Privateer For Virginia State Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman Bristol For John Maxse. Unknown date Hercules Privateer Amsterdam For private owner. Unknown date Hercules Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For Mr. Bidgood. Unknown date Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Aviso P. van Zwijndrecht Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman Wells Deptford For William Moffatt. Unknown date La Marquise de St. Pern Privateer Saint-Malo For private owner. Unknown date La Royale Privateer Dunkirk For private owner. Unknown date Mars Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Uitlegger For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Mercuur Cutter For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman New England For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Nantes For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Folkestone For private owner. Unknown date Cutter Philemon Jacobs Folkestone For Royal Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For John Canning & Henry Watson. Unknown date West Indiaman Bristol For private owner. Unknown date Fourth rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Cutter Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Cutter Medemblik For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Third rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Third rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Virginia Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Uitlegger For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Third rate Zwindrecht Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Whitby For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Unrated For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Unrated For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Cutter Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Amsterdam For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown West Indiaman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown For unknown owner. 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