List of ship launches in 1809

The list of ship launches in 1809 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1809.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
3 January	United Kingdom	Robert Guillaume	Northam	Rhodian	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy. [1]
6 January	United Kingdom	Caleb Smith & Co.	Lancaster	Venus	West Indiaman	For private owner. [2]
January	United Kingdom		Liverpool	Friends	Brig	For Dawson, Humble & Co. [3]
January	France		Bayonne	Iphigénie	Privateer	For private owner. [4]
1 February	United Kingdom	John Warwick	Eling	Sarpedon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [5]
12 February	France	Jean Baudry	Bayonne	Basque	Curieux-class brig	For French Navy.
16 February	United Kingdom	Jabez Bailey	Ipswich	Beaver	Cherokee-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [6]
18 February	United Kingdom	Thomas Hills	Sandwich	Arachne	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
28 February	United Kingdom	T. & J. Brocklebank	Whitehaven	Marinham	Merchantman	For private owner. [7]
February	France	Louis & Mathurin Crucy	Nantes	Aimable Joséphine	Privateer	For private owner.
February	France			La Patrie	Merchantman	For private owner. [8]
3 March	United Kingdom		Ipswich	Royal Transit	Merchantan	For private owner. [9]
3 March	United Kingdom	Edward Sison	Woolwich Dockyard	San Domingo	Courageux-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [10]
4 March	United Kingdom	Simon Temple	Jarrow	Nereus	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [11] [12]
4 March	United Kingdom	John Dudman	Deptford	Royal Oak	Fame-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [13]
6 March	India<--Penang was part of India at the time-->		Prince of Wales Island, Penang	Malacca	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
24 March	France		Toulon	Mouche No. 20	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
24 March	France		Toulon	Mouche No. 21	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
31 March	France		Rochefort	Triomphant	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
1 April	United Kingdom	Philemon Jacobs	Milford Haven	Milford	Third rate	For Royal Navy. [14]
4 April	United Kingdom	Thomas Brindley	King's Lynn	Aid	Aid-class storeship	For Royal Navy.
8 April	United Kingdom	Hilhouse	Bristol	Lady Carrington	Merchantman	For Messrs. Anderson & Swan.
18 April	France		Saint-Malo	Néréide	Piémontaise-class frigate	For French Navy.
April	United Kingdom		Liverpool	Bacchus	Brig	For Morrall & Borland. [15]
April	United Kingdom	Hall, Buchan & Co.	Aberdeen	Lydia	Full-rigged ship	For private owner. [16]
1 May	France	Jean Michel Segondat	Cherbourg	Astrée	Pallas-class frigate	For French Navy. [17]
2 May	United Kingdom	Perry	Blackwall Yard	Ajax	Vengeur-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
2 May	United Kingdom	Daniel List	Cowes	Persian	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [18]
4 May	Russia	D. V. Kuznetsov	Nicolaev	Abo	Corvette	For Imperial Russian Navy. [19]
9 May	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	Archangelsk	Ne Tron Menia	Selafail-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [20]
9 May	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	Archangelsk	Pobedonosets	Third rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [21]
9 May	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	Archangelsk	Trekh Ierarkhov	Selafail-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [22]
10 May	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	location	Vsevolod	Vsevolod-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [23]
19 May	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	location	Saratov	Vsevolod-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [24]
25 May	France		Toulon	Ulm	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
29 May	United Kingdom	Thomas Hills	Sandgate	Castilan	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [25]
30 May	United Kingdom	John King	Upnor	Hecate	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [26]
May	Bermuda	David McCallan	Bermuda	Martin	Bermuda-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
2 June	United Kingdom		Bowness-on-Windermere	Endeavour	Boat	For John Wilson. [27]
20 June	United Kingdom	Smith	Newcastle upon Tyne	Bulmer	Transport ship	For private owner.
29 June	United Kingdom	Brocklebank	Lancaster	John of Gaunt	West Indiaman	For private owner. [28]
29 June	United Kingdom	Robert Davy	Topsham	Scylla	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
June	United Kingdom		Borrowstoneness	Hopewell	Sloop	For private owner. [29]
June	United Kingdom		Bridlington	Leeds	Merchantman	For private owner. [30]
1 July	United Kingdom	John Pelham	Frindsbury	Echo	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [31]
3 July	United Kingdom	Benjamin Tanner & John Crook	Dartmouth	Hesper	Cormorant-class ship-sloop	For Royal Navy.
15 July	Kingdom of Italy	François Peste	Genoa	Mouche No. 22	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
15 July	United Kingdom	John Avery	Dartmouth	Partridge	Cormorant-class ship-sloop	For Royal Navy.
15 July	United Kingdom	Josiah & Thomas Brindley	Frindsbury	Thracian	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [32]
15 July	United Kingdom	Scott Blake	Bursledon	Trinculo	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy. [33]
29 July	United Kingdom	W. Gibson	Hull	Welton	Merchantman	For T. Barkworth & Co.
July	Upper Canada	John Dennis	Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard	Royal George	Sloop-of-war	For Provincial Marine. [34]
2 August	France		Bayonne	Mouche No. 23	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
12 August	France	Jean Baudry	Bayonne	Mouche No. 24	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
12 August	United Kingdom	Robert John Nelson	Deptford Dockyard	Orpheus	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [35]
12 August	United Kingdom	John King	Upnor	Rifleman	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
14 August	Russia	A. M. Kurochkin	Archangelsk	Sviatoslav	Selafail-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [36]
15 August	France	François-Frédéric Poncet	Toulon	L'Adrienne	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [37]
28 August	United Kingdom	John Davidson & Mark Richards	Hythe	Charybdis	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
29 August	France		Bayonne	Mouche No. 26	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
30 August	France		La Ciotat	La Girafe	Var-class storeship	For French Navy. [38]
8 September	United Kingdom	John Pelham	Frindsbury	Sophie	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
11 September	United Kingdom	John Perry	Blackwall	Berwick	Vengeur-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [39]
12 September	United Kingdom	Edward Sison	Woolwich	Manilla	Man-of-war	For Royal Navy. [40] [41]
18 September	Russia	I. V. Kurepanov	Saint Petersburg	Sveaborg	Fifth rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [42]
20 September	United Kingdom	Simon Temple	Jarrow	Archduke Charles	Merchantman	For S. Temple & M. Lindsay.
23 September	United Kingdom	Robert Guillaume	Northfleet	Curacoa	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
24 September	United Kingdom	Nicholas Diddams	Portsmouth Dockyard	Zephyr	Crocus-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
25 September	United Kingdom	Alexander Sime & Co.	Leith	Alpha	Merchantman	For private owner. [43]
27 September	United Kingdom	Josiah & Thomas Brindley	Frindsbury	Crane	Cruizer-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
September	France	Chicallat & Jouvin	Marseille	Persanne	Var-class transport ship	For French Navy.
September	India	James MacRae	Chittagong	Venus	Merchantman	For private owner.
14 October	United Kingdom	John Scot & Sons	Glasgow	John Campbell	Full-rigged ship	For John Campbell Sr. & Co. [44]
20 October	France		Bayonne	Mouche No. 27	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
24 October	United Kingdom		Chester	Earl of Chester	Merchantman	For Clarke & Tods. [45]
25 October	United Kingdom	Robert Seppings	Chatham Dockyard	Muros	Crocus-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
October	United Kingdom	John Foster	Selby	The Jubilee	Merchantman	For private owner. [46]
8 November	France	Chantier Courau Frères	Bordeaux	Niémen	Armide-class frigate	For French Navy.
8 November	United Kingdom	John Barrey	Whitby	Trelawney	West Indiaman	For private owner. [47]
9 November	United Kingdom	Pearson, Collinson & Co	Thorne	Arcade	Merchantman	For Messrs Moxons. [47]
9 November	United Kingdom	Edward Sison	Woolwich Dockyard	Leda	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [48]
9 November	United Kingdom	Smales & Co.	Whitby	Mountaineer	Merchantman	For James Arry. [47]
9 November	United Kingdom	Edward Sison	Woolwich Dockyard	Prospero	Crocus-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
9 November	United Kingdom	John Smith	Gainsborough	Trent	Merchantman	For private owner. [47]
15 November	France		Toulon	Adrienne	Pallas-class frigate	For French Navy.
21 November	United Kingdom	Brockbank	Lancaster	Christopher	West Indiaman	For Bradshaw & Co.
21 November	France			La Coquette	Diligente-class corvette	For French Navy. [49]
24 November	United Kingdom	Thomas Steemson	Paull	Hebe	West Indiaman	For Mr. Staniforth.
November	France		Bayonne	Mouche No. 28	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
8 December	United Kingdom	Caudan	Lorient	Golymin	Téméraire-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
8 December	United Kingdom	Frances Barnard	Deptford	Rodney	Vengeur-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [50]
8 December	United Kingdom	Temple	South Shields	Saldanha	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
9 December	United Kingdom	Peter Everitt Mestaer	Rotherhithe	Astell	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [51]
9 December	United Kingdom	John King	Upnor	Poictiers	Vengeur-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [52]
20 December	United Kingdom	Joseph Tucker	Plymouth Dockyard	Jalouse	Cormorant-class ship-sloop	For Royal Navy. [53]
22 December	United Kingdom	George Parsons	Warsash	Theban	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [54]
23 December	United Kingdom	Robert John Nelson	Deptford Dockyard	Belvidera	Apollo-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [55]
December	Kingdom of Holland		Vlissingen	La Fidelle	Frigate	For French Navy. [56]
Unknown date	Lower Canada	John Jackson & John Bruce	Montreal	Accommodation	Paddle steamer	For John Molson.
Unknown date	United States			Achilles	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Ann	Merchantman	For Mr. Covey. [57]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Ariel	Brig	For British East India Company. [58]
Unknown date	India	Bombay Dockyard	Bombay	Aurora	Sloop	For Bombay Marine.
Unknown date	United States			Bona	Privateer	For George J. Brown, John Gooding, William T. Graham, John Hollins, Charles Kalkman, Michael McBlair and James Williams.
Unknown date	Bermuda	Dell	Bermuda	Bramble	Shamrock-class schooner	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Simon Temple	Jarrow	British Hero	Transport ship	For British government.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Charles Grant	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [58]
Unknown date	United States		Oswego, New York	Diana	Schooner	For Matthew McNair.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	William James, Brice & Co.	Wapping	Elizabeth	West Indiaman	For Robert Claxton & Sons.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Buckle & Davies	Chepstow	Elizabeth	Merchantman	For Lowbridge and Richard Bright.
Unknown date	United States	Josiah Fox	Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia	Ferret	Cutter]]	For United States Navy. [59]
Unknown date	United States		Haverhill, Massachusetts	Ganges	Whaler	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Hebe	Merchantman	For Mr. Cheesewright.
Unknown date	Bermuda	Nathaniel Tynes	Bermuda	Holly	Shamrock-class schooner	For Royal Navy. [60]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Chester	John	west Indiaman	For Hind & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John Brockbank	Lancaster	John O'Gaunt	Merchantman	For Worswick & Co.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	John Tobin	Merchantman	For Tobin & Co.
Unknown date	France			Le Fantôme	Privateer	For private owner. [61]
Unknown date	Bermuda		Bermuda	Juniper	Shamrock-class schooner	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	R & J Bulmer	South Shields	Lord Wellington	Merchantman	For Bulmer & Co.
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Mariner	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Bermuda	Hill	Bermuda	Mistletoe	Shamrock-class schooner	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Laing & Co.	South Shields	Monmouth	Barque	For private owner.
Unknown	France		Bayonne	Mouche No. 25	Mouche No. 2-class schooner-aviso	For French Navy.
Unknown date	United Kingdom			Myrtle	Brigantine	For private owner. [62]
Unknown date	Upper Canada		Montreal	Nimrod	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States	Christian Bergh & Henry Eckford	Oswego, New York	Oneida	Brig	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	Upper Canada		Halifax	Orange	Gunboat	For Royal Navy. [63]
Unknown date	France		Bordeaux	Phénix	Privateer	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		South Shields	Ramoncita	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Hylton Ferry Co.	Sunderland	Rosina	Brig	For private owner. [57]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	John & Philip Laing	Sunderland	Sappho	Full-rigged ship	For Sir F. Baring. [57]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Sunderland	Tranby	Brig	For Mr. Clarkson. [57]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Whitby	Trelawney	West Indiaman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France		Vlissingen	Vautour	Sylphe-class Brig	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	India		Bombay Dockyard	Vestal	Brig	For Bombay Marine.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Hull	Wasp	Brig	For private owner.
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Liverpool	William Rathbone	West Indiaman	For Tobin & Co.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Yestal	Brig	For British East India Company. [58]
Unknown date	United States		Boston, Massachusetts	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		Boston, Massachusetts	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.

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