The list of ship launches in 1796 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1796. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 11 January William Wallis Blackwall For Royal Navy. 9 February Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 10 February Fifth rate Toulon For French Navy. 10 February Le Havre For French Navy. 23 February Sloop-of-war Wells & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 24 February East Indiaman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 24 February John Tovery Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. February Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. February Watt West Indiaman Edward Grayson Liverpool For private owner. 10 March East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 11 March Le Havre For French Navy. 23 March Frigate Nantes For French Navy. 24 March John Tovey Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 24 March Third rate Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 26 March Thomas Pollard and Edward Sisson Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 26 March Edward Sison Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 7 April Balthazar Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 9 April Third rate Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 9 April William Wyatt Fridsbury For Royal Navy. 22 April East Indiaman Perry, Sons & Green Blackwall For British East India Company. 23 April Dunkirk For French Navy. 23 April Third rate Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 23 April James Betts Mistley For Royal Navy. 23 April John Dudman Deptford For Royal Navy. 9 May Merchantman Joshua Young Rotherhithe For John St Barbe. 23 May East Indiaman John & William Wells Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 23 May Dunkirk For French Navy. 23 May East Indiaman Frances Barnard Deptford For British East India Company. 24 May Thomas Hills Sandwich For Royal Navy. 1 June John Dudman Deptford For Royal Navy. 6 June East Indiaman Randall, Brent & Sons Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 7 June Bordeaux For French Navy. 7 June Merchantman Hugh Edwards, Jonathan Gillett and Michael Larkins Calcutta India For private owner. 23 June Merchantman David Glass & John Wood Calcutta India For private owner. June Aviso Toulon For French Navy. 5 July Merchantman Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe For Peter Everitt Mestaer. 7 July Merchantman Bernard & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard For private owner. 23 July Third rate Perry Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. July Beresford Merchantman Liverpool For Messrs. Lake & Brown. Unknown date Brig Venice Republic of Venice For Venetian Navy. 9 August Ship of the line R. Dorman Amsterdam For Batavian Navy. 11 August Fifth rate Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. 11 August Fifth rate Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy. 24 August G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 5 September Frances Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 6 September G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 October D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 October D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 31 October Fourth rate A. S. Katsanov Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. October Corvette Harlingen For Batavian Navy. 15 November East Indiaman Perry & Co. Blackwall For British East India Company. 29 November Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 30 November East Indiaman Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 15 December East Indiaman Pitcher Northfleet For British East India Company. Unknown date Brig For J. Roche. Unknown date Affinity Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For J. Davie. Unknown date Brig Boston, Massachusetts For Gairdner & Mitchell. Unknown date Merchantman Hull For Mr. Atkinson. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For Mr. Walker. Unknown date Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For Mr Molineaux. Unknown date Brilliant Schooner Itchen Ferry Purchased on the stocks by the Royal Navy. Unknown date Fifth rate Mustafa Molla Kalas For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard For British East India Company. Unknown date West Indiaman Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman For British East India Company.Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Experimental sloop-of-war Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Fifth rate Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Don Quixote Brig Nicholas Bools Bridport For Mr. Tremlett. Unknown date Eagle Brig For private owner. Unknown date East Indiaman John Perry Blackwall Yard For British East India Company. Unknown date Eliza Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Joseph Down and others. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Ferrol For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Gemini Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For James Swan. Unknown date Privateer Bordeaux For private owner. Unknown date Brig Calcutta India For Bengal Pilot Service. Unknown date Third rate Nikoli Kalfa Bodrum For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date East Indiaman For British East India Company. Unknown date Hypomenes Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For W. White. Unknown date L'Actif Privateer Mathurin Crucy Nantes For [private owner. Unknown date Bayonne For French Navy. Unknown date Le Havre For French Navy. Unknown date Privateer Nantes For Feliz Cossin de Chourses. Unknown date Fourth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Çamlicali Kalfa For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Neptune Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For Peddie & Co. Unknown date Hoy Barnstaple Broadstairs For private owner. Unknown date Cutter Thomas Jones King Dover For Royal Navy. Unknown date Collier For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate Fredirk Ludwig af Klintberg Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Merchantman James Walmsley North Shields For private owner. Unknown date Sloop-of-war Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy. Unknown date Polacca For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Antuvan Kalfa Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Filip Kalfa Lemnos Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Stag Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For William Styles and others. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For Tarleton & Co. Unknown date For French Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Calcutta India For Prinsep & Co. Unknown date Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Third rate Ahmed Hoca Kaptan Midilli For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Batavian Republic or Denmark-Norway Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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