The list of ship launches in 1785 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1785. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 22 January Third rate Juan Fernandez Romero de Landa Cartagena For Spanish Navy. 27 January Perry & Hankey Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. January East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 10 February Thomas Raymond Northam For Royal Navy. 28 February Fifth rate Greaves & Nickoldson Frindsbury For Royal Navy. 5 March Frigate Cartagena, Spain For Spanish Navy. 7 March Fifth rate Gniltonskaya For Imperial Russian Navy. 10 March Caleb Crookenden West Itchenor For Royal Navy. 11 March Third rate Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 26 March Benjamin Ashman Shoreham-by-Sea For Royal Navy. 26 March Henry Adams Deptford For Royal Navy. 28 March Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 27 April Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 8 May Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. 8 May Bomb vessel Kazan For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 May Sixth rate Barton Liverpool For Royal Navy. 9 May Sixth rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. 13 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 13 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 13 May Modified M. D. Portnove Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 13 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 16 May S. I. Afanaseyev Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 May Brig Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. 26 May Joseph Graham Harwich For Royal Navy. 2 June Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. 8 June Fifth rate Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 16 June Fourth Rate S. I. Afanaseyev Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 21 June Rochefort For French Navy. 25 June Brest For French Navy. 25 June Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 12 July John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 16 July Third rate Cartagena For Spanish Navy. 22 July Clayton & Willson Sandgate For Royal Navy. 23 July John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 23 July Thomas Pollard Portsmouth For Royal Navy. July Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. 2 August Fifth rate Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 4 August Pierre-Alexander Forfait Brest For French Navy. 23 August Scabozzi Manao Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 20 August Royal yacht Adam Hayes Deptford For Kronprinds Frederik. 16 September Brest For French Navy. 19 September Lorient For French Navy. 21 September Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 21 September Greaves & Purnell Limehouse For Royal Navy. 28 September Hilhouse Bristol For Royal Navy. 30 September Henry Ladd Dover For Royal Navy. 3 October Brest For French Navy. 7 October Toulon For French Navy. 14 October Portsmouth For Royal Navy. October East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 2 November East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. 16 November Frigate Hubert Pennivert & Henri Chevillard Rochefort For French Navy. 16 November East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 17 November Lorient For French Navy. 2 December Rochefort For French Navy. 3 December East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 11 December Adams & Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 15 December Thomas Calhoue & John Nowlan Bursledon For Royal Navy. 17 December James Betts Mistleythorn For Royal Navy. Unknown date Alexander Slave ship Bristol For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Chester For Tarleton & Backhouse. Unknown date Collier Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. Unknown date Merchantman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Experiment Sailing ship Nicholas Bools Bridport For unknown owner. Unknown date Man-of-war Friesland For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Man-of-war Friesland For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Third rate Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Hastings Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Merchantman South Shields For King George's Sound Company. Unknown date Man of war Sweden For Swedish Navy. Unknown date Brig For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman For J. Lockier. Unknown date Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date West Indiaman Hull For Mr. Burton. Unknown date East Indiaman Wells For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. Unknown date Sally Merchantman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman South Shields For T. Weir. Unknown date Shaftesbury Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For Francis Stewart and William Thadden. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Man-of-war Rotterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Chasse-marée Cherbourg For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Bermuda Bermuda For private owner.
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