List of ship launches in 1783

The list of ship launches in 1783 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1783.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
6 January	Great Britain	Batson	Limehouse	Dictator	Inflexible-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
20 January	Great Britain	Adams	Bucklers Hard	Gladiator	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy.
21 January	Great Britain	Dudman	Deptford Wharf	Carnatic	Courageux-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
3 February	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Dryade	Hébé-class frigate	For French Navy.
22 March	Great Britain	Francis S. Willson	Sandgate	Rattler	Echo-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
23 March	Kingdom of France	Jean-Joseph Ginoux	Havre de Grâce	Le Désirée	Seine-class Flûte (ship)	For French Navy. [1]
March	Kingdom of France	Jean-Joseph Ginoux	Havre de Grace	La Seine	Seine-class Flûte (ship)	For French Navy. [2]
3 April	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Powerful	Elizabeth-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
4 April	Russia	O. Matveev	Gnilotonskaya	Chetyrnadsatye	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [3]
18 April	Great Britain	Andrew Hills	Sandwich	Weazle	Childers-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [4]
2 May	Great Britain	Balthazar Adams	Deptford	Iris	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [5]
4 May	Russia	O. Matveev	Gnilotonskaya	Shestnadtsatyi	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [6]
11 May	Russia	V. A. Selyaninov	Saint Petersburg	Grom	Perun-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy. [7]
16 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Boleslav	Aziia-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [8]
16 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Mecheslav	Aziia-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [9]
16 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Vozmislav	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [10]
17 May	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Charon	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy. [11]
May	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Le Nécéssaire	Seine-class Flûte (ship)	For French Navy. [12]
May	Great Britain	Stephen Teague	Ipswich	Megaera	Tisiphone-class fireship	For Royal Navy. [13]
9 June	Russia	V. A. Selyaninov	Saint Petersburg	Ioann Krestitel	Ches'ma-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [14]
15 June	Kingdom of France	Hubert Pennevert	Rochefort	La Favourite	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [15]
16 June	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Culloden	Ganges-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
16 June	Great Britain	Teast, Tombes & Blaming	Bristol	Druid	Hermione-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
30 June	Spain	Francisco Gautier	El Ferrol	San José	First rate	For Spanish Navy. [16]
20 June	Portugal		Lisbon	Tritão	Fifth rate	For Portuguese Navy. [17]
June	Kingdom of France		Bayonne	L'Étoile	Seine-class Flûte (ship)	For French Navy. [18]
1 July	Great Britain	Stewart and Hall	Sandgate	Rose	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
5 July	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Séduisant	Séduisant-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
15 July	Great Britain	George Parsons	Bursledon	Phoenix	Perseverance-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
19 July	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Prins Willem	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [19]
19 July	Sweden		Karlskrona	Venus	Bellona-class frigate	For Royal Swedish Navy.
31 July	United States	Cotton John	Chatham, Connecticut	Bourbon	Frigate	For Continental Navy. [20]
4 August	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Mercure	Séduisant-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
9 August	Denmark-Norway	Henrik Gerner	Copenhagen	Prindsesse Lovisa Augusta	Indfødsretten-class ship of the line	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [21]
15 August	Great Britain		Liverpool	Princess Royal	Full-rigged ship	For Baker & Dawson.
2 September	Sweden	Frederik Henrik af Chapman	Karlskrona	Rättvisan	Third rate	For Royal Swedish Navy. [22]
9 September	Great Britain	Perry & Hankey, or Randall	Blackwall	Berrington	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
9 September	Great Britain	Perry & Co.	Blackwall Yard	Hillsborough	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
12 September	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Leda	Perseverance-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [23]
12 September	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Prins Maurits	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [24]
12 September	Great Britain		Shoreham-by-Sea	Vulcan	Tisiphone-class fireship	For Royal Navy. [25]
16 September	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Kherson	Slava Ekateriny	Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [26]
26 September	Great Britain	Henry Peake	Woolwich Dockyard	Europa	Portland-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [27]
26 September	Russia	I. V. James	Saint Petersburg	Trekh Ierarkhov	Ches'ma-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [28]
27 September	Great Britain	Edward Graves	Deptford	Calypso	Echo-class sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy.
September	Great Britain	Adams & Barnard, or Randall	Deptford	Middlesex	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
27 October	Great Britain	John Barton	Liverpool	Penelope	Hermione-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [29]
28 October	Great Britain	John Pelham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Conflagration	Tisiphone-class fireship	For Royal Navy. [30]
28 October	Great Britain	William Barnard	Deptford	Inconstant	Perseverance-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
11 November	Great Britain	Moses Game	Harwich	Comet	Tisiphone-class fireship	For Royal Navy. [31]
13 November	Great Britain	John & William Wells	Deptford	Thunderer	Culloden-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
25 November	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Thisbe	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
26 November	Dutch Republic		Harlingen	Oostergo	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [32]
10 December	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Defiance	Elizabeth-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
11 December	United Kingdom	James Betts	Mistley	Greyhound	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [33]
23 December	Republic of Venice	Andrea Chiribiri	Venice	Vittoria	Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line	For Venetian Navy. [34]
December	Great Britain	Barnard	Deptford	Lord Camden	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway	Henrik Gerner	Åbenrå	Æolus	West Indiaman	For Butz & Partners.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Liverpool	Albion	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Swansea	Atlantic	Merchantman	For John St Barbe & Co.
Unknown date	Cuba		Havana	Bahama	Ship of the line	For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Benjamin	Sloop	For Thomas Ford. [35]
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece		Rhodes	Berid-i Zafer	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy. [36]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Hill	Limehouse	Boyd	West Indiaman	For private owner. [37]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Maryport	Britannia	Brig	For Mr. Younghusband.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Saltcoats	Britannia	Brig	For Bent & Salisbury.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Sunderland	Britannia	Brig	For John St Barbe & Co.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Bridport	Britannia	Whaler	For Samuel Enderby & Sons.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Britannia	Full-rigged ship	For Mr. Le Messurier. [38]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	De Hoog & De Wit	Delfshaven	Delft	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Jacob Spaans	Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [39]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Bristol	Duchess of Portland	West Indiaman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		River Thames	Duckenfield Hall	West Indiaman	For Mr. Nesbit.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Yarmouth	Duke of Buccleugh	Merchantman	For Mr. Thompson.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Liverpool	Elliott	Slave ship	For F. Ingram & Co.
Unknown date	Great Britain	John & William Wells	Rotherhithe	Fletcher	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
unknown date	Denmark-Norway	Henrik Gerner	Copenhagen	Friderichsværn	Frigate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	J. Swerus	Harlingen	Friesland	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [40]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Hersteller	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [41]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Hoop	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [42]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Sunderland	Horn	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [43]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Liverpool	Iris	Slave ship	For Backhouse et al.
Unknown date	Newfoundland		Harbour Grace	Jenny	Schooner	For John Clements.
Unknown date	Great Britain		River Thames	King George	West Indiaman	For Neave & Co.
Unknown date	Russia		Gnilotonskaya	Kurer	Kurer-class schooner	For Imperial Russian Navy. [44]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Lord Donoughmore	Cutter	For Mr. O'Conner. [45]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Lord Mulgrave	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Sunderland	Margaret and Ann	Brig	For private owner. [43]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Nancy	Sloop	For Robert Thorne & Thomas Ford. [46]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Noord Holland	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [47]
Unknown date	Russia		Gnilotonskaya	Piadnadtsatyi	Vosmoi-class Frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [48]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Post	Brig	For Dutch Navy. [49]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Rachel	Brig	For Coulson, Holt & Lacy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [50]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Salamander	Cutter	For Dutch Navy. [51]
Unknown date	Spain		Pasaia	San Sebastián	San Fermin-class ship of the line	For Spanish Navy. [52]
Unknown date	Malta		Valetta	Sante Elisabeth	Frigate	For Navy of the Order of Saint John.
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Sinop	Semend-i Bahri	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy. [53]
Unknown date	Russia		Gnilotonskaya	Sokol	Kurer-class schooner	For Imperial Russian Navy. [54]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Statenjacht	Jacht	For Dutch Navy. [55]
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece		Rhodes	Tılsım-ı Bahri	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [56]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Vliegende Vis	Full-rigged ship	For Dutch Navy. [57]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		location	Vrijheid	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [58]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Medemblik	Westfriesland	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [59]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Yarmouth	Westmoreland	Merchantman	For T. Mangles.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Windsor Castle	West Indiaman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Zeven Provincien	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [60]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Brig	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Southampton	Name unknown	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.

References

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2. "French Sixth Rate flûte 'Seine' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
3. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Chetyrnadatye' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
4. "British sloop 'Weazle' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
5. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Iris' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
6. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Shesthadtsatyi' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
7. "Russian bomb vessel 'Grom' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
8. "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Boleslav' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
9. "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Mecheslav' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
10. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Vozmislav' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
11. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Charon' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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31. "British fireship 'Comet' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
32. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Oostergo' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
33. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Greyhound' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
34. "Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'Vittoria' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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49. "Dutch brig 'Post' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
50. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Rotterdam' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
51. "Dutch cutter 'Salamander' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
52. "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Sebastián' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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55. "Dutch yacht 'Statenjacht' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
56. "Ottoman Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Tılsım-ı Bahri' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
57. "Dutch ship 'Vliegende Vis' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
58. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Vrijheid' (1783)". Threedecks. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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