List of ship launches in 1779

The list of ship launches in 1779 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1779.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
2 January	Great Britain	Henry Adams	Bucklers Hard	Sibyl	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
4 January	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Walpole	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
18 January	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Diane	Sibylle-class frigate	For French Navy. [1]
January	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Duguay-Trouin	Privateer	For Thieulent Colleville. [2]
January	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Le Jean Bart	Privateer	For Colleville et Reverdin. [3]
1 February	Spain	Reales Astilleros de Esteiro	El Ferrol	Miño	Third rate	For Spanish Navy. [4]
3 February	Kingdom of France		Bordeaux	Le Baleine	Baleine-class gabarre	For French Navy. [5]
7 February	Great Britain	builder	location	Neptune	East Indiaman	For private owner.
13 February	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Jason	Third rate	For French Navy. [6]
17 February	Great Britain	James Betts	Mistley	Thorn	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [7]
18 February	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Batavier	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [8]
1 March	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Cerf	Cerf-class cutter	For French Navy. [9]
1 March	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Chevreuil	Cerf-class cutter	For French Navy. [10]
4 March	Great Britain	Randall & Brent	Rotherhithe	Serapis	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy.
5 March	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	L'Outarde	Baleine-class gabarre	For French Navy. [11]
18 March	Kingdom of France	Mackenzie Sime	Leith	Fury	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [12]
20 March	Kingdom of France	André-François Normand	Honfleur	Duc de la Vauginon	Privateer	For private owner. [13]
31 March	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Triomphant	Ship of the line	For French Navy. [14]
March	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Crescent	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
1 April	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	L'Hussard	Cerf-class cutter	For French Navy. [15]
3 April	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	Le Serpent	Cerf-class cutter	For French Navy. [16]
14 April	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Novokhoperskaya	Desiatyi	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [17]
15 April	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Novokhoperskaya	Deviatyi	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [18]
16 April	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	La Levrette	Cutter	For French Navy. [19]
19 April	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Novokhoperskaya	Odinnadtsatyi	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [20]
28 April	Kingdom of France		Rochefort, Charente-Maritime	Hermione	Concorde-class frigate	For French Navy.
29 April	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Bonetta	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [21]
April	United States		Salem, Massachusetts	Wild Cat	Privateer	For John Fisk et al. [22]
14 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Patrikii	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [23]
16 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Simion	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [24]
17 May	Great Britain	John Barnard	Ipswich	Champion	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy. [25]
17 May	Great Britain	Adams & Barnard	Deptford	Pandora	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy.
18 May	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Thunder	Etna-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [26]
31 May	Republic of Venice	Zuanne Seibezzi	Venice	Galatea	Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line	For Venetian Navy. [27]
31 May	Kingdom of France	Geoffroy	Saint-Malo	Néréide	Sibylle-class frigate	For French Navy.
May	Great Britain	Henry Ladd	Dover	Drake	Brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
1 June	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Pegasus	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [28]
2 June	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Terror	Etna-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy. [29]
15 June	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Prins Frederik	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [30]
21 June	Republic of Venice		Venice	Fenice	Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line	For Venetian Navy. [31]
24 June	Russia	Joseph Noy	Saint Petersburg	Spiridon	Slava Rossii-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [32]
24 June	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Saint Petersburg	Tsar Konstantin	Tsar Konstantin-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [33]
28 June	Kingdom of France		Rochefort, Charente-Maritime	Galathée	Galathée-class frigate	For French Navy.
30 June	Great Britain	George White	Deptford Dockyard	Edgar	Arrogant-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [34]
14 July	Great Britain	John Fisher	Liverpool	Ulysses	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy.
15 July	Great Britain	Henry Adams	Bucklers Hard	Brilliant	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
15 July	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Cerberus	Active-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [35]
29 July	Great Britain	John Baker	Newcastle upon Tyne	Siren	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy. [36]
30 July	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Alcide	Albion-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [37]
31 July	Great Britain	James Menetone & Son	Limehouse	Cyclops	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
July	United States		Marshfield, Massachusetts	Active	Brigantine	For Continental Navy.
11 August	Kingdom of France	Jean-Jacques Maistral	Rochefort	Fine	Sibylle-class frigate	For French Navy. [38]
11 August	Kingdom of France		Bordeaux	Railleuse	Galatée-class frigate	For French Navy. [39]
27 August	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Magnanime	Magnanime-class ship of the line	For Navy.
28 August	Great Britain	Edward Greaves	Limehouse	Endymion	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy. [40]
28 August	Great Britain	Nicholas Phillips	Chatham Dockyard	Montagu	Alfred-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [41]
28 August	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Sérieuse	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.
29 August	Balearic Islands		Port Mahon	Minorca	Xebec	For Royal Navy.
11 September	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Lutine	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.
25 September	Portugal		Lisbon	Nossa Senhora de Bom	Fifth rate	For Portuguese Navy. [42]
1 October	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Alert	Cutter	For Royal Navy. [43]
12 October	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Lascelles	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
23 November	Great Britain	Barnard	Deptford	Ponsborne	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
25 October	Kingdom of France	Jean-Jacques Maistral	Nantes	Emeraude	Sibylle-class frigate	For French Navy. [44]
27 October	Great Britain	Thomas Raymond	Southampton	Laurel	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
October	Kingdom of France	Jacques Denys	Dunkerque	La Comtess d'Artois	Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate	For private owner. [45]
October	Kingdom of France	M. Blanche	Havre de Grâce	Le Stanislas	Privateer	For Robert Coppens. [46]
October	Dutch Republic	Jacques Boux	Amsterdam	Le Tigre	Indien-class frigated	For French Navy. [47]
11 November	Spain		Carthagen	San Justo	San Joaquin-class ship of the line	For Spanish Navy. [48]
26 November	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Cleopatra	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
9 December	Great Britain	Peter Everitt Mestaer	Rotherhithe	Mercury	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
11 December	Kingdom of France		Toulon	La Coquette	Coquette-class corvette	For French Navy. [49]
23 December	Kingdom of France	Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet	Lorient	La Capricieuse	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [50]
24 December	Spain	Reales Astilleros de Esteiro	El Ferrol	Purísima Concepción	First rate	For Spanish Navy.
24 December	Great Britain	Robert & John Batson	Limehouse	Vestal	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
26 December	Great Britain	Adams	Bucklers Hard	Hannibal	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Adventure	Brig	For Mr. Le Mesurier. [51]
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Aurora	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Boyne	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Cleminson	Full-rigged ship	For Ingram & Co. [52]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Batson	Limehouse	Contractor	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	United States			Defence	Privateer	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Henry Ladd	Dover	Drake	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy. [53]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	J. Hand	Enkhuizen	Enkhuizen	Sixth rate	For Dutch Navy. [54]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Fame	West Indiaman	For A. Clibourn.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	General Kepple	Brig	For private owner. [55]
Unknown date	Bermuda		Bermuda	Hazard	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Hoorn	Hoorn	Sixth rate	For Dutch Navy. [56]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Newhaven	John	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	La Comtesse de Provence	Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate	For private owner. [57]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	La Dunkerquoise	Privateer	For private owner. [58]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Boulogne-sur-Mer	Le Duc d'Estissac	Privateer	For François-Régis Becquerel. [59]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Bordeaux	L'Espérance	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [60]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Lively	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy. [61]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	London	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Marquis de Seignelay	Privateer	For private owner. [62]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Maarten Harpentzoon Tromp	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [63]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Monsieur	Privateer	For Deslandes, Laforterie-Valmont and de Vallefleur.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Oldenborg	Indfødsretten-class ship of the line	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [64]
Unknown date	Sweden			Patrioten	Frigate	For Royal Swedish Navy. [65]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Sidmouth	Prince of Wales	Merchantman	For John Mather.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	J. Swerus	Harlingen	Prinses Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [66]
Unknown date	United States		Newburyport, Massachusetts	Protector	Frigate	For Massachusetts State Navy.
Unknown date	Spain			San Fermín	Ship-sloop	For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Thomas Allin	Dover	Scourge	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy. [67]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Rhodes	Şehbaz-ı Bahri	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [68]
Unknown date	Russia		Kazan	Ship Sloop No 1	Caspian Sea-class ship sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy. [69]
Unknown date	Russia		Kazan	Ship Sloop No 2	Caspian Sea-class ship sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy. [70]
Unknown date	Great Britain		River Thames	Speedy	Whaler	For Samuel Enderby & Sons.
Unknown date	India		Bombay dockyard	Swallow	Packet ship	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Brockbank	Lancaster	Two Brothers	Merchantman	For private owner. [71]
Unknown date	United States			Vengeance	Unrated	For Continental Navy. [72]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Young William	West Indiaman	For George Atty.
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Barnard	Deptford	Zephyr	Sloop-of-War	For Royal Navy. [73]
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Deptford Dockyard	Name unknown	Full-rigged ship	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.

References

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2. "French Privateer ship 'Duguay Trouin' (1779)". Threedecks. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
3. "French Privateer corvette 'Le Jean Bart' (1779)". Threedecks. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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