List of ship launches in 1776

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-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

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. 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.