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The list of ship launches in 1776 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1776.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
24 January  Great Britain Edward Hunt Portsmouth Dockyard Cygnet Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[1]
January Thirteen Colonies Rhode Island Washington Galley For Rhode Island General Assembly.
8 March  Great Britain Adams & Barnard Deptford Hound Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[2]
18 March  Great Britain John & William Wells Deptford Vulture Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.
19 March  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Hornet Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[3]
20 March  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Perseus Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[4]
21 March  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard Daphne Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[5]
21 March  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Galatea Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[6]
23 March  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Unicorn Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[7]
30 March  Spain Carthagena San Dámaso San Joaquin-class ship of the line For Spanish Navy.[8]
6 April  Great Britain Edward Greaves Limehouse Spy Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
20 April  Great Britain Israel Pownoll Chatham Dockyard Camilla Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[10]
2 May  United States Sachem Sloop-of-war For Continental Navy.[11]
8 May  Kingdom of France Jacques Denys Dunkerque Le Coureur Lugger For French Navy.[12]
18 May  Great Britain Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard Culloden Culloden-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[13]
21 May  Great Britain John Barnard Harwich Cormorant Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[14]
21 May Thirteen Colonies James Hackett Kittery, Maine Raleigh Frigate For Continental Navy.
May Thirteen Colonies Silvester Bowes Providence, Rhode Island Providence Frigate For Continental Navy.
3 June Thirteen Colonies Stephen & Ralph Cross Newburyport, Massachusetts Boston Frigate For Continental Navy.
3 June Thirteen Colonies Newburyport, Massachusetts Hancock Frigate For Continental Navy.
13 June Thirteen Colonies Uriah Hayden Oliver Cromwell Corvette For Connecticut State Navy.
20 June  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Aetna Etna-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[15]
3 July  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Vesuvius Etna-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[16]
10 July  United States Wharton & Humphreys Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Randolph Frigate For Continental Navy.
26 July  United States Manuel Eyre Kensington, Philadelphia Bulldog Galley For Pennsylvania State Navy.[17]
27 July  Kingdom of France Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce La Favorite Corvette For French Navy.[18]
July  United States Warwick Coates Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Delaware Frigate For Continental Navy.
July  United States Salisbury, Massachusetts Tyrannicide Brigantine For Massachusetts State Navy.
3 August  Kingdom of France Jean-Joseph Ginoux Havre de Grâce Officeuse Storeship For French Navy.
7 August  United States Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington Frigate For Continental Navy.
12 August  United States George Wells Fells Point, Maryland Virginia Frigate For Continental Navy.[19]
August  United States Hermanus Schuyler Skenesborough, New York Philadelphia Gundalow For Continental Navy.
5 September  United States John Cotton Chatham, Connecticut Trumbull Frigate For Continental Navy.
10 September  United States Skenesborough, New York Trumbull Galley For Continental Navy.
14 September  Great Britain George White Sheerness Dockyard Fly Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.
27 September  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Rochefort La Ménagère Sixth rate For French Navy.[20]
September  Kingdom of France Rochefort Fendant Ship of the line For French Navy.
September  United States New York Row Galley Number One Galley For Royal Navy.[21]
September  United States New York Row Galley Number Two Galley For Royal Navy.[22]
September  United States Skenesborough, New York Washington Galley For Continental Navy.[23]
October  United States Lancaster Burling Poughkeepsie, New York Montgomery Frigate For Continental Navy.
29 October  United States Lancaster Burling Skenesborough, New York Congress Galley For Continental Navy.[24]
7 November  United States Joseph Grice Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Effingham Fifth rate For Continental Navy.[25]
25 November  Kingdom of France Chevalier Antoine Groignard Rochefort Réfléchi Solitaire-class ship of the line For French Navy.[26]
26 November  Great Britain Whitby Lynx Merchantman For private owner.
26 November  Great Britain Nicholas Phillips Woolwich Dockyard Ruby Intrepid-class ship of the line For Royal Navy.[27]
27 December  Great Britain William Pownall Chatham Dockyard Ariadne Sphinx-class post ship For Royal Navy.[28]
27 December  Great Britain William Pownall Chatham Dockyard Pegasus Swan-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[29]
December  United States New York Row Galley Number Three Galley For Royal Navy.[30]
December  United States New York Row Galley Number Four Galley For Royal Navy.[31]
Spring Thirteen Colonies New York Lady Washington Galley For Continental Navy.
Summer  United States Lancaster Birling Poughkeepsie, New York Congress Frigate For Continental Navy.
Summer Thirteen Colonies Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York Revenge Schooner For Continental Navy.
Summer  United States Lake Champlain, New York New York Gundalow For Continental Navy.
Summer  United States Jeduthan Baldwin Fort Ticonderoga, New York Revenge Schooner For Continental Navy.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Toulon Aimable Alcmène-class frigate For French Navy.
Unknown date  United States America Sloop For Connecticut State Navy.[32]
Unknown date  United States Skenesborough, New York Boston Gundalow For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Thirteen Colonies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Britannia Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Bristol Chambers West Indiaman For Dinham & Co.
Unknown date  United States Skenesborough, New York Connecticut Gondola For Continental Navy.[33]
Unknown date  United States Lake Champlain Gates Lugger For Continental Navy.[34]
Unknown date  United States East Greenwich, Rhode Island Greenwich Privateer For Nathaniel Greene & Co.
Unknown date Ottoman Greece Rhodes Hümay-ı Bahri Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[35]
Unknown date  United States Independence Galley For Continental Navy.
Unknown date India Bombay Indus Schooner For Bombay Pilot Service.[36]
Unknown date Denmark Denmark-Norway Infodsretten Third rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[37]
Unknown date  United States Skenesborough, New York Jersey Gondola For Continental Navy.[38]
Unknown date  Great Britain Mountfield Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date India Bombay Nerbudda Schooner For Bombay Pilot Service.[36]
Unknown date  United States Lake Champlain New Haven Gundalow For Continental Navy.
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Sinop Nüvid-i Fütuh Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[39]
Unknown date  United States Skenesborough, New York Providence Gundalow For Continental Navy.
Unknown date  United States Putnam Brig For New Hampshire State Navy.[40]
Unknown date  Great Britain Nicholas Bools Bridport Ranger Sloop For D. Wincey.[41]
Unknown date  Great Britain Rose Cutter For Board of Customs.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Bordeaux Sartine Frigate For Compagnie de la Guyane.[42]
Unknown date  Great Britain Randall Rotherhithe Shark Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  United States J. Lester Norwich, Connecticut Shark Galley For Connecticut State Navy.[43]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Brest Sphinx Ship of the line For French Navy.
Unknown date Thirteen Colonies Rhode Island Spitfire Galley For Rhode Island General Assembly.
date  United States Lake Champlain Spitfire Gundalow For Continental Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Thomas Hall West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date Thirteen Colonies Sylvester Bowers Providence, Rhode Island Warren Frigate For Continental Navy.
Unknown date  Great Britain Whitby Yorkshire Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain River Thames Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

References

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  1. ^ "British sloop 'Cygnet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ "British sloop 'Hound' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "British sloop 'Hornet' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Perseus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Daphne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Galatea' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Unicorn' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Dámaso' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ^ "British sloop 'Spy' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Camilla' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "American sloop 'Sachem' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ^ "French lugger 'Le Coureur' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  13. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Culloden' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  14. ^ "British sloop 'Cormorant' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Aetna' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  16. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Vesuvius' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  17. ^ "American galley 'Bulldog' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  18. ^ "French corvette 'La Favorite' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  19. ^ "American Sixth Rate frigate 'Virginia' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  20. ^ "French Sixth Rate flûte 'La Ménagère' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  21. ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number One' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  22. ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Two' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  23. ^ "American galley 'Washington' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  24. ^ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Congress' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  25. ^ "American Fifth Rate frigate 'Effingham' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  26. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Réfléchi' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  27. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ruby' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  28. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Ariadne' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  29. ^ "British sloop 'Pegasus' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  30. ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Three' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  31. ^ "British galley 'Row Galley Number Four' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  32. ^ "American Privateer sloop 'America' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  33. ^ "American gondola 'Connecticut' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  34. ^ "American lugger 'Gates' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  35. ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Hümay-ı Bahri' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  36. ^ a b Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 333.
  37. ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Infodsretten' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  38. ^ "American gondola 'Jersey' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  39. ^ "Ottoman Third Rate ship of the line 'Nüvid-i Fütuh' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  40. ^ "American Privateer brig 'Putnam' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  41. ^ "Ranger". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  42. ^ "French Merchant frigate 'La Sartine' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  43. ^ "American galley 'Shark' (1776)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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