The list of ship launches in 1787 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1787. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 20 January East Indiaman Hill & Mellish Limehouse For British East India Company. 22 January Frigate Thomas Calhoun Bursledon For Royal Navy. 5 February East Indiaman Caleb Crookenden & Co. Itchenor For British East India Company. 6 March Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 7 March East Indiaman William Cleverley Gravesent For British East India Company. 31 March Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. 4 April William Cleverley Gravesend For Royal Navy. 4 April John & William Wells Deptford For Royal Navy. 18 April Philemon Jacobs Sandgate For Royal Navy. 18 April East Indiaman Crookenden & Taylor Itchenor For British East India Company. 18 April Rochefort For French Navy. 20 April Brig of war Hubert Pennevert Rochefort For French Navy. 2 May Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 4 May Raymond-Antoine Haran Bayonne For French Navy. 9 May M. D. Portnov Arhchangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 May M. D. Portnov Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 15 May Fourth rate S.I. Afanaseyev Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 15 May S. I. Afanaseyev Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 18 May Joseph Niou Rochefort For French Navy. 31 May Third rate Jean-Jacques Sébastien Le Roy Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy. May brig of war Raymond-Antoine Haran Bayonne For French Navy. 1 June Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 15 June Third rate S. I. Afanaseyev Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 June Brest For French Navy. 11 July Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. 16 July Edward Hunt Buckler's Hard For Royal Navy. 31 July West Indiaman John Mackenzie Rotherhithe For Mr. Davidson. 9 August Toulon For French Navy. 13 August Fourth rate Salvador For Portuguese Navy. 14 August Third rate Fabian East Cowes For French Navy. 14 September West Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For Hamilton & Co. 12 October Lorient For French Navy. 25 October Rochefort For French Navy. 27 October East Indiaman John Perry Blacwall For British East India Company. 27 October East Indiaman Randall & Brent Rotherhithe For British East India Company. October Bayonne For French Navy. 4 November Havana Cuba For Spanish Navy. 10 November East Indiaman John Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 10 November East Indiaman Rotherhithe For private owner. 26 November Robert Batson Limehouse For Royal Navy. 26 November East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 27 November Graham Harwich For Royal Navy. 28 November East Indiaman Perry & Co. Blackwall For British East India Company. 11 December East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. 27 December East Indiaman Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. December East Indiaman Lorient For Compagnie des Indes. Unknown date Third rate Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Unrated For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Bomb vessel Dorf-Gården Kiel Duchy of Holstein For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Bomb vessel Dorf-Gården Kiel Duchy of Holstein For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Brilliant Sloop Nicholas Bools Bridport For William Darley. Unknown date Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Merchantman Surat India For Private owner. Unknown date Brig Ipswich For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman Bombay Dockyard India For British East India Company. Unknown date Brig of war For Imperial Russian Navy. Unknown date Brig of war Cádiz For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Jay Snow Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Juno Snow Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Merchantman Sunderland, County Durham For private owner. Unknown date Sloop For Granville Sharp. Unknown date Brig of war Veere For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Seahorse Brig Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date Shaw Arsdeer Full-rigged ship Bombay India For private owner. Unknown date Gunboat Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman For John St Barbe. Unknown date Brig For Taylor & Co. Unknown date No. 1 chain boat Chain boat William Wallis Blackwall For Royal Navy. Unknown date Fifth rate Vlissingen For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Schooner Parkgate For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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