The list of ship launches in 1812 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1812. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 1 January John King Upnor For Royal Navy. 1 January Sceptre Merchantman Gibson Hull For Messrs. James Featherstone and Son. 3 January Merchantman Thomas Steemson Paull For John Staniforth. 7 January La Ciotat For French Navy. 16 January Frances Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 30 January East Indiaman Dudman Deptford For British East India Company. January Le Jean Bart Privateer Marseille For private owner. 13 February Full-rigged ship Smith, Timbrell & Co. Northfleet For British East India Company. 13 February Samuel Brent Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 14 February Third rate Woolwich Dockyard For Royal Navy. 23 February Genoa For French Navy. 26 February Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair Antwerp For French Navy. 27 February Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 28 February Pallas Brig Kirkwall For Thomas and William Trails. 25 March Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair Antwerp For French Navy. 29 March Joseph Graham Harwich For Royal Navy. March Schooner Thomas Kemp Baltimore, Maryland For Isaac McKim. 10 April Fifth rate Sir Robert Seppings Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 11 April Mathurin Crucy Nantes For French Navy. 11 April Chatham Dockyard For Royal Navy. 11 April Isaac Blackburn Turnchapel For Royal Navy. 13 April West Indiaman Edward Adams Bucklers Hard For Chalmers & Co. 13 April Fifth rate George Parsons Bursledon For Royal Navy. 14 April Antwerp For French Navy. 27 April Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair Antwerp For French Navy. 27 April Merchantman James Bonner & James Horsburgh Calcutta India For private owner. 27 April Merchantman Matthew Smith Calcutta India For James Haig. 27 April Witham Schooner Ramsey Boston For Messrs. Gee & Clark. 27 April Name unknown Merchantman James Fairnie Burntisland For private owner. 27 April Name unknown Merchantman James Fairnie Burntisland For private owner. 27 April Name unknown Merchantman James Fairnie Burntisland For private owner. 2 May Jean François Guillemand Amsterdam French First Empire For French Navy. 5 May Mathurin François Boucher Genoa For French Navy. 9 May Alexandre Notaire-Granville Rotterdam French First Empire For French Navy. 11 May Thomas Steemson Hull For Royal Navy. 12 May Jean-François Guillemand Amsterdam French First Empire For French Navy. 17 May François-Fréderic Poncet Toulon For French Navy. 25 May Jabez Bayley Ipswich For Royal Navy. 25 May Antoine Crucy Nantes For French Navy. 26 May Merchantman Anthony Blackmore Howrah India For Sedgewicke & Hearne. 26 May Alexandre Notaire-Granville Rotterdam French First Empire For French Navy. 27 May William Good & Co. Bridport For Royal Navy. 31 May Toulon For French Navy. May Wear Brig or snow Hutchinson & Brown Sunderland For T. Hudson. 4 June Fifth rate B. F. Stoke Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 June M. K. Surovtsov Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 11 June William Taylor Bideford For Royal Navy. 18 June I. S. Razumov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 June Antoine Nicholas François Bonjean Lorient For French Navy. 26 June Tyson & Blake Bursledon For Royal Navy. 27 June Cleopatra Brig Syme & Co Leith For private owner. 27 June Wigram, Wells & Green Blackwall Yard For Royal Navy. 9 July Nicholas Diddams Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 9 July Union Brig James Hutcheson Peterhead For private owner. 9 July Robert Davy Topsham For Royal Navy. 13 July Thomas Hills Sandwich For Royal Navy. 13 July Mary Ross Rochester For Royal Navy. 24 July Paddle steamer John Wood & Co. Port Glasgow For Henry Bell. 25 July Tyson & Blake Bursledon For Royal Navy. 25 July Bools & Good Bridport For Royal Navy. 25 July Russel and Son Lyme Regis For Royal Navy. 25 July William Stone Milford Haven For Royal Navy. 27 July Tyson & Blake Bursledon For Royal Navy. 1 August Castellamare di Stabia Kingdom of Naples For Royal Neapolitan Navy. 2 August Jean Marguerite Tupinier Venice For French Navy. 8 August Daniel List Binstead For Royal Navy. 8 August Richard Blake & John Scott Bursledon For Royal Navy. 8 August Edward Larking King's Lynn For Royal Navy. 10 August Jabez Bayley Ipswich For Royal Navy. 10 August Merchantman Baldwin & Co. Île d'Orléans Upper Canada For private owner. 12 August Brest For French Navy. 15 August Jean Marguerite Tupinier Venice For Royal Italian Navy. 15 August Venice For French Navy. 15 August Fonda Venice For French Navy. 15 August Toulon For French Navy. 22 August John Pelham Frindsbury For Royal Navy. 24 August West Indiaman Brockbank Lancaster For Messrs. Bolton & Littledale. 26 August Robert Hill Sandwich For Royal Navy. August Benson Full-rigged ship Quebec City Upper Canada For private owner. August Gowdies Full-rigged ship Quebec City Upper Canada For private owner. August Mary Full-rigged ship Quebec City Upper Canada For private owner. August Robert Davy Topsham For Royal Navy. 7 September G. S. Isakov Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 7 September Minerva Merchantman Alexander Syme & Co. Leith For private owner. 8 September London West Indiaman Peter Everitt Mastaer For private owner. 23 September Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 26 September William Good Bridport For Royal Navy. 26 September Robert John Nelson Deptford For Royal Navy. 4 October Mathurin François Boucher Genoa For French Navy. 5 October East Indiaman Randall, Brent & Gray Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 8 October East Indiaman Thomas Steemson Paull For British East India Company. 9 October Daniel List Fishbourne For Royal Navy. 21 October Robert John Nelson Deptford Dockyard For Royal Navy. 22 October John King Upnor For Royal Navy. 24 October William Good Bridport For Royal Navy. October Merchantman Aberdeen For private owner. 6 November East Indiaman Kyd & Co. Kidderpore India For British East India Company. 6 November Packet ship Bligh Falmouth For Post Office Packet Service. 10 November schooner Charleston, South Carolina For United States Navy. 19 November Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 20 November John Sutton Ringmore For Royal Navy. 24 November Fifth rate George Parkin Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 26 November Corvette Henry Eckford Sackets Harbor, New York For United States Navy. November Paddle steamer River Clyde For private owner. November King of Rome Schooner Seabrook For private owner. 2 December Mary Ross Rochester For Royal Navy. 6 December Antoine Arnoud Toulon For French Navy. 7 December John King Upnor For Royal Navy. 12 December Baltimore Clipper Thomas Kemp Fell's Point, Maryland For William Hollins. 19 December John Dudman Blackwall For Royal Navy. 26 December First rate Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 30 December Merchantman James Scott & John Hunter Calcutta India For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Michael Smith Howrah India For private owner. Unknown date Brig-sloop Middletown, Connecticut For New York State Navy. Unknown date Whaler Thomas Richardson Hull For Mr. Marshall. Unknown date Ann Full-rigged ship Bombay India For Pestonjee Bomanjee. Unknown date Transport ship Stockton-on-tees For Mr. Grayham. Unknown date Bell of London Full-rigged ship Elgin For private owner Unknown date Merchantman Fishburn & Broderick Whitby For Fishburn & Broderick. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Cheerful Brig Monkwearmouth For private owner. Unknown date Clitus Merchantman John & Philip Laine Sunderland For Laing & Co. Unknown date Schooner Baltimore, Maryland For private owner. Unknown date Brig New Providence Bermuda For private owner. Unknown date Brig Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Baltimore, Maryland For John Gooding, William T. Graham and James Williams. Unknown date Coventry Brig Plymouth For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Michael Smith Calcutta India For private owner. Unknown date Edward Brig For private owner. Unknown date Snow Liverpool For W. Hurry. Unknown date Merchantman Quebec Lower Canada For Mr. Linthorne. Unknown date East Indiaman Daniel Brent Rotherhithe For British East India Company. Unknown date Grampus Schooner Kemp Baltimore, Maryland For private owner. Unknown date Sloop-of-war For United States Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Bombay India For British East India Company. Unknown date Privateer Talbot County, Maryland For John Hollins, John Smith Hollins, William Hollins and Michael McBlair. Unknown date Isabella Merchantman Hull For W. Moxon & J. White. Unknown date Brig For J. Foster & Co. Unknown date Latona Brig William & John M. Gales Sunderland For Rowland Webster. Unknown date La Ville de Caen Lugger Saint-Malo For Robert Surcouf. Unknown date Leda Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For John Hubbard. Unknown date Merchantman New Orleans, Louisiana For private owner. Unknown date Lynx Topsail schooner Thomas Kemp Fells Point, Maryland For United States Navy. Unknown date Meanwell Full-rigged ship Heward Benj Sunderland For J. Phillips & Co. Unknown date Merchantman Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For private owner. Unknown date Schooner Dorchester County, Maryland For James & William Bosley. Unknown date Schooner Baltimore, Maryland For George Stiles. Unknown date Schooner John Dennis York Upper Canada For Provincial Marine. Unknown date West Indiaman Whitehaven For Mr. Bowen. Unknown date Merchantman Bottomley & Co. King's Lynn For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Rambler Brig Charles Turner Medford, Massachusetts For Benjamin Rich. Unknown date Cutter Saint-Malo For Robert Surcouf. Unknown date Privateer Baltimore, Maryland For private owner. Unknown date Siro Schooner William Flanaghan Baltimore, Maryland For George Stiles. Unknown date Merchantman New York For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Montreal Upper Canada For private owner. Unknown date Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy. Unknown date Tay Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Vengeance Schooner New York For private owner. Unknown date Union Brig Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date Transport ship Forsyth & Co. South Shields For private owner. Unknown date William Bayard Merchantman New York For Roy Bayard, William Bayard, Enoch Conklin, Allyn Mather, & M.Sims. Unknown date Name unknown Schooner For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
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