List of ship launches in 1785

The list of ship launches in 1785 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1785.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
22 January	Spain	Juan Fernandez Romero de Landa	Cartagena	San Ildefonso	Third rate	For Spanish Navy.
27 January	Great Britain	Perry & Hankey	Blackwall Yard	Gorgon	Adventure-class ship	For Royal Navy.
January	Great Britain	Randall	Rotherhithe	Duke of Montrose	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
10 February	Great Britain	Thomas Raymond	Northam	Regulus	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy. [1]
28 February	Great Britain	Greaves & Nickoldson	Frindsbury	Meleager	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [2]
5 March	Spain		Cartagena, Spain	Santa Brigida	Frigate	For Spanish Navy.
7 March	Russia		Gniltonskaya	Taganrog	Fifth rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [3]
10 March	Great Britain	Caleb Crookenden	West Itchenor	Chichester	Adventure-class ship	For Royal Navy. [4]
11 March	Republic of Venice		Venice	Guerriera	Third rate	For Venetian Navy. [5]
26 March	Great Britain	Benjamin Ashman	Shoreham-by-Sea	Scorpion	Echo-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [6]
26 March	Great Britain	Henry Adams	Deptford	Solebay	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [7]
28 March	Great Britain	Wells	Rotherhithe	Terrible	Culloden-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
27 April	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall Yard	Victorious	Culloden-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
8 May	Russia		Kazan	Kizliar	Kavkaz-class corvette	For Imperial Russian Navy. [8]
8 May	Russia		Kazan	Mozdok	Bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy. [9]
9 May	Great Britain	Barton	Liverpool	Squirrel	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
9 May	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Thetis	Sixth rate	For Dutch Navy. [10]
13 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Briachislav	Briachislav-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [11]
13 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Mstislav	Iaroslav-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [12]
13 May	Russia	M. D. Portnove	Archangelsk	Premislav	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [13]
13 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Vseslav	Iaroslav-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [14]
16 May	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Kherson	Mariia Magdalina	Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [15]
19 May	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Pijl	Brig	For Dutch Navy.
26 May	Great Britain	Joseph Graham	Harwich	Castor	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 June	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Bed-i Nusret	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [16]
8 June	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Melampus	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.
16 June	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Kherson	Sviatoi Georgy Pobedonosets	Fourth Rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [17]
21 June	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Généreux	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy. [18]
25 June	Kingdom of France		Brest	Proserpine	Hébé-class frigate	For French Navy.
25 June	Great Britain	Barnard	Deptford	Zealous	Arrogant-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
12 July	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Ramillies	Culloden-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
16 July	Spain		Cartagena	San Antonio	Third rate	For Spanish Navy.
22 July	Great Britain	Clayton & Willson	Sandgate	Hind	Coventry-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
23 July	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Audacious	Arrogant-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
23 July	Great Britain	Thomas Pollard	Portsmouth	Medusa	Experiment-class ship	For Royal Navy. [19]
July	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Willem de Eerste	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [20]
2 August	Spain		El Ferrol	Nuestra Señora de la Paz	Fifth rate	For Spanish Navy. [21]
4 August	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Alexander Forfait	Brest	Félicité	Félicité-class frigate	For French Navy. [22]
23 August	Republic of Venice	Scabozzi Manao	Venice	San Giorgio	Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line	For Venetian Navy. [23]
20 August	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford	Kronprindsens Lystfregat	Royal yacht	For Kronprinds Frederik.
16 September	Kingdom of France		Brest	Ferme	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
19 September	Kingdom of France		Lorient	Fougueux	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy. [24]
21 September	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Lapwing	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
21 September	Great Britain	Greaves & Purnell	Limehouse	Romulus	Flora-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
28 September	Great Britain	Hilhouse	Bristol	Nassau	Ardent-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
30 September	Great Britain	Henry Ladd	Dover	Circe	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
3 October	Kingdom of France		Brest	Patriote	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
7 October	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Commerce de Marseille	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
14 October	Great Britain		Portsmouth	St George	Duke-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
October	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Manship	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
2 November	Great Britain	Barnard	Deptford	Rockingham	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
16 November	Kingdom of France	Hubert Pennivert & Henri Chevillard	Rochefort	Pomone	Frigate	For French Navy.
16 November	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	William Pitt	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
17 November	Kingdom of France		Lorient	Borée	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
2 December	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Fleur de Lys	Galathée-class frigate	For French Navy.
3 December	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	Worcester	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
11 December	Great Britain	Adams & Barnard	Deptford	Majestic	Canada-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
15 December	Great Britain	Thomas Calhoue & John Nowlan	Bursledon	Woolwich	Adventure-class ship	For Royal Navy.
17 December	Great Britain	James Betts	Mistleythorn	Terpsichore	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Bristol	Alexander	Slave ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Chester	Backhouse	West Indiaman	For Tarleton & Backhouse.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Sunderland	Borrowdale	Collier	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Barnard	Deptford	Bridgewater	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Liverpool	Cadiz Dispatch	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Experiment	Sailing ship	For unknown owner. [25]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Friesland	Flora	Man-of-war	For Dutch Navy. [26]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Friesland	Galathe	Man-of-war	For Dutch Navy. [27]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Haarlem	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [28]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Hastings	Brig	For Bombay Pilot Service. [29]
Unknown date	Great Britain		South Shields	King George	Merchantman	For King George's Sound Company.
Unknown date	Sweden			Manligheten	Man of war	For Swedish Navy. [30]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Margaret	Brig	For private owner. [31]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Nine Sisters	West Indiaman	For J. Lockier.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Nordstiernen	Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [32]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Hull	Orakabeza	West Indiaman	For Mr. Burton.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Wells		Phoenix	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Randall	Rotherhithe	Queen	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Liverpool	Sally	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		South Shields	Sappho	Merchantman	For T. Weir.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Shaftesbury	Sloop	For Francis Stewart and William Thadden. [33]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Wesp	Full-rigged ship	For Dutch Navy. [34]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Zeehond	Man-of-war	For Dutch Navy. [35]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Cherbourg	Name unknown	Chasse-marée	For private owner.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Bermuda		Bermuda	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.

References

1. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Regulus' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Meleager' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Taganrog' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Chichester' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'Guerriera' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. "British sloop 'Scorpion' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
7. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Solebay' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
8. "Russian corvette 'Kizliar' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
9. "~Russian bomb vessel 'Mozdok' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
10. "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Thetis' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
11. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Briachislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
12. "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Mstislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
13. "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Premislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
14. "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Vseslav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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30. "Denmark---Sweden". Morning Chronicle. No. 27194. London. 20 February 1854.
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32. "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Nordstiernen' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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35. "Dutch ship 'Zeehond' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.