List of ship launches in 1801

The list of ship launches in 1801 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1801.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
15 January	India	J. Gilmore	Calcutta	Lucy Maria	Merchantman	For Walter Dawes.
15 January	United Kingdom	Moore	Plymouth	Charlotte	Brig	For Mr. Pedder. [1]
28 February	United Kingdom	Frances Barnard	Deptford	Aeolus	Amphion-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
29 March	France		Lorient	Scipion	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
1 April	United Kingdom	John & William Wells	Blackwall	Aggressor	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [2]
1 April	United Kingdom	John Perry	Blackwall	Escort	Gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [3]
1 April	United Kingdom	Perry, Wells & Green	Blackwall	Jackal	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
2 April	United Kingdom	John & William Wells	Blackwall	Archer	Gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [4]
2 April	United Kingdom	John Randall & Co.	Rotherhithe	Basilisk	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
2 April	United Kingdom	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Bloodhound	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [5]
2 April	United Kingdom	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Censor	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [6]
2 April	United Kingdom	Frances Barnard	Deptford	Locust	Gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [7]
4 April	United Kingdom	John Perry	Blackwall	Ferreter	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [8]
4 April	United Kingdom	Thomas Pitcher	Northfleet	Mariner	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [9]
4 April	United Kingdom	Balthazar Adams	Buckler's Hard	Starling	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [10]
4 April	United Kingdom	Balthazar & Edward Adams	Bursledon	Starling	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
11 April	United Kingdom	Frances Barnard	Deptford	Mallard	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [11]
14 April	United Kingdom	Thomas Pitcher	Northfleet	Medusa	Amphion-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
14 April	United Kingdom	Thomas Pitcher	Northfleet	Minx	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [12]
16 April	United Kingdom	Wells & Co.	Blackwall Yard	Bold	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
17 April	United Kingdom	John Dudman	Deptford	Charger	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [13]
17 April	United Kingdom	Dudman & Co.	Deptford	Conflict	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
28 April	United Kingdom	John Dudman	Deptford Dockyard	Constant	Archer-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
29 April	United Kingdom	George Parsons	Bursledon	Resistance	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [14]
2 May	United Kingdom	William Naylor Wright	Liverpool	Elizabeth	Merchantman	For Robert Charnock.
2 May	United Kingdom	Balthazar and Edward Adams	Bursledon	Snipe	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
10 May	France		Rochefort	Héros	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy. [15]
11 May	United Kingdom	John Nicholson	Rochester	Monkey	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy.
12 May	United Kingdom	Edward Tippett	Deptford	Narcissus	Narcissus-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [16]
May	France	Jean-François Thibault	Bordeaux	L'Invention	Privateer	For Jean-François Thibault. [17]
9 June	United Kingdom	Balthazar Adams	Buckler's Hard	Vixen	Bloodhound-class gun-brig	For Royal Navy. [18]
13 June	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Dreadnought	Neptune-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
15 June	United Kingdom	Randall	Rotherhithe	Ann	Full-rigged ship	For Matthew White.
18 June	United Kingdom	Temple shipbuilders	South Shields	Atlas	Merchantman	For Simon Temple.
27 June	United Kingdom	J. Dudman	Deptford	General Stuart	East Indiaman	For East India Company.
27 June	India	Matthew Smith	Calcutta	Gilwell	Merchantman	For private owner.
27 June	United Kingdom	Bridley	Frindsbury	Tartar	Narcissus-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 July	India	Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia	Bombay Dockyard	David Scott	Merchantman	For Thomas Garland Murray.
11 July	United Kingdom	Peter Everitt Mestaer	Rotherhithe	Northampton	Merchantman	For captain Barker. [19]
July	United Kingdom			Jean	Brig	For private owner. [20]
20 August	Venetian Province		Venice	Carrère	Frigate	For French Navy.
24 August	India		Fort William	Medway	Merchantman	For private owner.
29 August	Russia	F. Ignatyev	Archangelsk	Speshnyi	Fifth rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [21]
31 August	Denmark-Norway	Fugelsang	Copenhagen	Lillebælt	Corvette	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
9 September	United Kingdom	Obadiah Ayles	Topsham	Retreat	Merchantman	For Mr. Wigram. [22]
23 September	United Kingdom	Balthazar & Edward Adams	Bucklers Hard	Aigle	Aigle-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
7 October	France		Nantes	L'Alcion	Alcion-class brig	For French Navy. [23]
7 October	France		Nantes	Le Goéland	Alcion-class brig	For French Navy. [24]
22 October	United Kingdom	Edward Sison	Woolwich Dockyard	Plantagenet	Third rate	For Royal Navy. [25]
24 October	United Kingdom	Parr	Plymouth	Name unknown	West Indiaman	For private owner. [26]
6 November	India	Hamilton & Aberdeen	Tittaghur	Countess of Sutherland	Merchantman	For Hamilton & Aberdeen.
7 November	United Kingdom	Pitcher	Northfleet	David Scott	East Indiaman	For John Locke.
7 November	France		Brest	Diligente	Diligente-class corvette	For French Navy.
10 November	Russia	V. I. Popatov	Kherson	Krepkii	Fourth rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [27]
13 November	United Kingdom	Perry	Blackwall	Alnwick Castle	East Indiaman	For East India Company.
20 November	United Kingdom	Moore	Plymouth	Farne	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [28]
23 November	United Kingdom	Joseph Graham	Harwich	Conqueror	Third rate	For Royal Navy.
5 December	United Kingdom	Pitcher	Northfleet	Perseverance	East Indiaman	For East India Company.
15 December	Lower Canada	William Baldwin	Quebec City	Atlas	Merchantman	For W. Beatson & Co.
21 December	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Name unknown	90-gun Man-of-war	For Ottoman Navy. [29]
22 December	India	Edward Bacon	Calcutta	Betsey	Full-rigged ship	For Edward Bacon. [30]
23 December	United Kingdom	Perry, Wells & Green	Blackwall	United Kingdom	East Indiaman	For East India Company.
24 December	France		Toulon	Furet	Abeille-class brig	For French Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Aberdeen	Aberdeen	West Indiaman	For Mr. Gibbon.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Watson	East Stockwith	Aguilar	West Indiaman	For J. Braddick & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		South Shields	Alexander	Merchantman	For F. Hurry & Co.
Unknown date	Lower Canada	Henry Baldwin	Quebec City	Alexander	Merchantman	For John Lock.
Unknown date	India	J. Gilmore & Co.	Calcutta	Althea	Merchantman	For J. Gilmore & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Mistley	Amity	Merchantman	For Warran & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Fowey	Ann	Brig	For Ball & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Barnard	Deptford	Baring	East Indiaman	For East India Company.
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece		Rhodes	Berk	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Poole	Betsey	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Portuguese India	Bomanjee	Damão	Bombay	Brig	For private owner.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway	Frantz Hohlenberg	Nyholm	Brevdrageren	Brevdrageren-class brig	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Thomas Hearns	North Shields	British Hero	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Cato	Schooner	For Mr. Lambden. [32]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Rowe	Newcastle upon Tyne	City of London	West Indiaman	For Fenn & Co.
Unknown date	New South Wales	Thomas Moore	King's Dockyard, Sydney	Cumberland	Schooner	For Colonial Government of New South Wales.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Darlington	Merchantman	For private owner. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Doris	Merchantman	For private owner. [33]
Unknown date	India	Hudson & Bacon	Calcutta	Duchess of York	Schooner	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Bridlington	Elizabeth	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	James M. Hillhouse	Bristol	Fame	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Perry	Blackwall	Fame	East Indiaman	For East India Company. [34]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Fethiye	First rate	For Ottoman Navy. [35]
Unknown date	United States		Baltimore, Maryland	Flying Fish	Schooner	For private owner.
Unknown date	Spain	Reales Astilleros de Esteiro	El Ferrol	Fuerte	Sixth rate	For Spanish Navy. [36]
Unknown date	France			General Augereau	Ketch	For private owner.
Unknown date	Burma		Rangoon	General Baird	Merchantman	For Fairlie, Gilmore & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	George	Smack	For George Browne. [37]
Unknown date	Ligurian Republic			Giano	Brig	For Ligurian Navy. [38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Temple shipbuilders	South Shields	Hercules	Merchantman	For Temple & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		South Shields	Hercules	collier	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Hope	Merchantman	For Francis Vasic. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Thomas King	Dover	Hunter	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy. [39]
Unknown date	United States	Christopher Turne	Salem, Massachusetts	Jefferson	Yacht	For George Crowninshield Jr., John Crowninsheild Veily and Calem Johnson.
Unknown date	Batavian Republic	Pieter Glavimans	Rotterdam	Kenau Hasselaar	Fifth rate	For Batavian Navy. [40]
Unknown date	Bermuda		Bermuda	Lady Nelson	Merchantman	For J. Atkins.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Lavinia	Cutter	For J. Murphy. [41]
Unknown date	Ligurian Republic			Liguria	Man-of-war	For Ligurian Navy. [42]
Unknown date	Bermuda		Bermuda	Little Catherine	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland, County Durham	Lord Eldon	Merchantman	For Mr. Kave.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Lord Kinnaird	Smack	For Dundee Shipping Co. [43]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Chapman & Campion	Whitby	Majestic	Merchantman	For E. Champion.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Whitby	Majestic	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Margaret	Merchantman	For E. Gray. [33]
Unknown date	India		Chittagong	Mersey	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	T. Nicholson & Col	Sunderland	Nautilus	Brig	For private owner. [33]
Unknown date	United States	Price	Baltimore, Maryland	Nonpareil	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		Baltimore, Maryland	Numa	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Batavian Republic	Pieter Glavimans		Pallas	Fifth rate	For Batavian Navy. [44]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	Paragon	Merchantman	For Mr. Ridley. [45]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Rotherhithe	Perseverance	Whaler	For Mr. Mellish.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Dartmouth	Policy	Whaler	For Hurry & Co.
Unknown date	Batavian Republic		Amsterdam	Proserpine	Frigate	For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date	India		Calcutta	Queen Charlotte	Merchantman	For Colvin, Bazett & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Emsworth	Queen Charlotte	Packet ship	For Post Office Packet Service.
Unknown date	United States	Samuel Bowers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rebecca Sims	Merchantman	For Joseph Sims.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway		Hardanger	Restauration	Sloop	For private owner.
Unknown date	India		Calcutta	Stirling Castle	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		Talbot County, Maryland	Superior	Merchantman	For Charles Boislandry & Felix Imbert.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Supply	Waterboat	For East India Company. [46]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire			Süreyya	Fifth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [47]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Ternate	Brig	For East India Company. [46]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Thames	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Theseus	Merchantman	For ohn & Philip Laing. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Lancaster	Thetis	West Indiaman	For Mr. Houseman.
Unknown date	Jamaica		Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica	Trelawney Planter	West Indiaman	For Mr. Sheddon.
Unknown date			New Brunswick	Trio	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	India		Calcutta	Union	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France		Bordeaux	Vaillant	Privateer	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Simon Temple	South Shields	Warrior	Merchantman	For S. Temple.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Cowes	Wolf	Cutter	For Board of Customs. [48]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		South Shields	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		New England	Name unknown	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	Spain			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.

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