List of ship launches in 1802

The list of ship launches in 1802 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1802.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
26 January	India	John Gilmore & Co.	Calcutta	Clyde	Merchantman	For private owner.
6 February	United Kingdom	Richard Chapman	Bideford	Wanstead	Merchantman	For private owners.
16 February	United Kingdom	Fishburn & Brodrick	Whitby	Culland's Grove	Merchantman	For Atty & Co.
25 February	France		Toulon	Le Furet	Sylphe-class corvette	For French Navy. [1]
18 March	United Kingdom	Temple	South Shields	Admiral Aplin	East Indiaman	For Moses Agar.
20 March	United Kingdom		Portsmouth Dockyard	Grampus	Diomede-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
22 March	United Kingdom	William Bayley	Ipswich	Sir William Bensley	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
4 April	India	Davidson	Chittagong	Helen	Merchantman	For private owner. [2]
5 April	India		Bombay	Alexander	Merchantman	For private owner. [2]
5 April	United Kingdom	John Bass	Topsham	Glory	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
15 April	France		Toulon	Rhin	Virginie-class frigate	For French Navy.
17 April	France	Crucy	Nantes	Belle Poule	Virginie-class frigate	For French Navy.
18 April	France		Rochefort	République française	Océan-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
19 April	United Kingdom	Thomas Haw	Stockton-on-Tees	Tottenham	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
23 April	United Kingdom	Thomas King	Dover	Favourite	Merchantman	For private owner. [3]
24 April	United Kingdom	Perkins	Plymouth	Ranger	Cutter	For Board of Customs. [4]
27 April	United Kingdom		Liverpool	Devaynes	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
April	Batavian Republic		Rotterdam	Eurydice	Frigate	For Batavian Navy. [5]
April	United Kingdom	Thomas Allen	Dover	King George	Merchantman	For private owner. [3]
5 May	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Diana	Brig or snow	For Mr Wilson. [6]
5 May	India	J Gilmour & Co.	Calcutta	Olive	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
10 May	United Kingdom	Godbold	Ipswich	Rover	Merchantman	For private owner. [8]
22 May	France	Antoine, Louis, & Mathurin Crucy	Nantes	Colibri	Alcyon-class brig	For French Navy.
29 May	France	Les Frères Crucy	Nantes	Surveillante	Virginie-class frigate	For French Navy.
17 June	United Kingdom	Perry, Wells & Green	Blackwall Yard	Albion	Fame-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
29 June	France	Enterprise Ethéart	Saint-Malo	Atalante	Virginie-class frigate	For French Navy.
30 June	France	Antoine, Louis and Matherin Crucy	Nantes	Épervier	Alcyon-class brig	For French Navy.
19 July	Denmark-Norway		Copenhagen	Fylla	Sixth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [9] [10]
29 July	United Kingdom		Woolwich Dockyard	Ethalion	Frigate	For Royal Navy.
6 August	Russia	M. Sarychev	Saint Petersburg	Arkhangel Uriil	Third rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [11] [12]
6 August	Russia	M. Sarychev	Saint Petersburg	Rafail	Third rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [11] [13]
13 August	United Kingdom		Berwick upon Tweed	King George	Cutter	For Old Shipping Company. [14]
13 August	United Kingdom		Berwick upon Tweed	Queen Charlotte	Cutter	For Old Shipping Compant. [14]
22 August	Russia	I. P. Amosov	Saint Petersburg	Selafail	Selafail-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [15]
August	France			Bonaparte	Packet ship	For private owner. [16]
12 October	United Kingdom	Perry	Blackwall	Harriet	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
12 October	United Kingdom	Perry	Blackwall	Royal George	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [17]
27 October	United Kingdom	Pitcher	Northfleet	Earl Camden	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
29 October	United Kingdom	John Wells	Blackwall	Experiment	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
30 October	Russia	A. S. Katsanov	Saint Petersburg	Gavriil	First rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [18]
October	India	Gillett & Blackmore	Calcutta	Sir William Pulteney	Merchantman	For private owner.
11 November	United Kingdom	Nicholas Diddams	Sheerness Dockyard	Antelope	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy. [19] [20]
11 November	United Kingdom	John Dudman	Deptford	Cumberland	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [21] [22] [23]
11 November	United Kingdom	William Smith	Limehouse	Wexford	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
22 November	Russia	V. I. Potapov	Kherson	Ratnyi	First rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [24]
25 November	United Kingdom	Randall	Rotherhithe	Carmarthen	East Indiaman	For James Williams.
27 November	United Kingdom	Frances Barnard, Son & Roberts	Deptford	Warren Hastings	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
9 December	United Kingdom	Taylor	Harwich	Starling	Brig	For Captain Britton. [25]
11 December	United Kingdom	Barnard	Deptford	Lord Castlereagh	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
11 December	United Kingdom	Dudman	Deptford	Sceptre	Repulse-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Adonis	Merchantman	For Mr. Starbuck. [6]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Liverpool	Adventure	Schooner	For Thomas Graham, Thomas Hayes, and Samuel Newton.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Berwick upon Tweed	Alnwick Packet	Smack	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Appledore	Amphitrite	Full-rigged ship	For Hogg & Co.
Unknown date	India		Anjengo	Anjengo	Merchantman	For John Tady Dyne.
Unknown date	France		Bordeaux	Atalante	Privateer	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	Barbadoes Packet	Merchantman	For private owner. [26]
Unknown date	India	Gilmore and Wilson	Calcutta	Belle	Full-rigged ship	For Samuel Manesty.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Betsey	Brig	For Edward Bartlett and John Cox. [27]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Britannia	Merchantman	For Fletcher & Co.
Unknown date	New Brunswick or Nova Scotia			Carleton	Merchantman	For Thorn & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Robert Davy	Topsham	Caroline	Merchantman	For Mr. Hayman.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Carrier	Cutter	For private owner. [28]
Unknown date	France			César	Brig	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William Symington		Charlotte Dundas	Sternwheeler	For Lord Dundas. [29]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Fishburn & Brodrick	Whitby	Chilton	Merchantman	For Harrison Chilton, Thomas Chilton, and Thomas Pierson.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	Demerara	Merchantman	For private owner. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Eddystone	Full-rigged ship	For Capt. Featherstone.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	builder	Ringmore	Enchantress	Merchantman	For Mr. Riblesdale.
Unknown date	United States		Georgia	Experiment	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway	Frantz Hohlenberg	Copenhagen	Fama	Brev-Drageren-class brig	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Frederick	Merchantman	For R. Hutton. [6]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Gardiner and Joseph	Whaler	For Mr. Foggingtons.
Unknown date	New South Wales		Sydney	George	Sloop	For John Palmer.
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Gleaner	Ketch	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		London	Henry Addington	West Indiaman	For private owner. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Peterhead	Hope	Whaler	For private owner.
Unknown date	New South Wales	Andrew Thompson	Hawkesbury River	Hope	Sloop	For Andrew Thompson.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Temple	South Shields	Imperial	Slave ship	For Mr. Henderson.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Jane	Cutter	For Samuel Gundry and others. [32]
Unknown date	France			Jeune Amélie	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	John	Merchantman	For private owner. [33]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Berwick upon Tweed	King George Packet	Smack	For Old Shipping Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Lark	Sloop	For William Good. [34]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hylton	Liberty	Brig	For Mr. Storey. [6]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Livonia	Merchantman	For Cummins & Co. [6]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Temple	South Shields	Lord Eldon	British East India Company.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Methil	Magdalen	Merchantman	For Mr. Scoughal.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Maister	Merchantman	For Maister & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Marquis Cornwallis	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Mary Anna	Merchantman	For private owner. [6]
Unknown date	India		Calcutta	Melville	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire			Meşreb-i Nusret	Fifth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [35]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Nancy	Sloop	For Nicholas Bools & William Good. [36]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire			Nesim-i Fütuh	Fifth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Nimble	Schooner	For T. Bentley & Co.
Unknown date	Lower Canada	Baldwin & Beatson		Ocean	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Owners Delight	Sloop	For Mr. Beer. [38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Peter & William Mellish	Rotherhithe	Pacific	Merchantman	For Peter Mellish.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Gowan	Berwick upon Tweed	Queen Charlotte	Smack	For Old Ship Company.
Unknown date	Nova Scotia		Yarmouth	Recovery	Merchantman	For A. Grigg.
Unknown date	Spain			Santa Leocadia	Gun-brig	For Spanish Navy. [39]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Nicholas Bools & William Good	Bridport	Santa Maria	Full-rigged ship	For Mr. Gonsilva. [40]
Unknown date	India	M. Smith	Calcutta	Sir Andrew Snape Hammond	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Dover	Sir Sidney Smith	West Indiaman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Harwich	Starling	Merchantman	For W. Britton.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Tajbux	Merchantman	For the Imam of Muscat. [41]
Unknown date	India	M. Smith	Calcutta	Thomas Henchman	East Indiaman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	Three Sisters	Merchantman	For private owner. [42]
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Vigilant	Merchantman	For H. Roper.
Unknown date	United States		Freeport, Maine	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Spain			Name unknown	Merchantman	For Private owner
Unknown date	Spain		Minorca	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France			Name unknown	Barque	For private owner.

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