List of ship launches in 1820

The list of ship launches in 1820 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1820.

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
3 January	Coromandel	Merchantman	George Gooch	Rotherhithe	United Kingdom	For Scott& Co.
January	Helen Jane	East Indiaman	Wilson & Co.	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Gladstone & Co. [1]
January	Huskisson	East Indiaman	Mottershead & Heyes	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Tobins & Co. [1]
January	Packet	Merchantman	Mulby and Evans	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Kerslake & Co. [1]
2 February	George the Fourth	Brig	J. & W. Quirk	Liverpool	United Kingdom	For private owner. [2]
February	Albion	Brig	J Hepton	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For J. Hepton. [3] [4]
10 March	Belfast	Steamship	Ritchie and McLaine	Belfast	United Kingdom	For George Langtry. [5]
16 March	Hawke	Black Prince-class ship of the line	Henry Canham	Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [6]
24 March	Clyde	Merchantman	John Scott & Sons.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For John Scott & Sons.
March	Jesmond	Snow	W. & J. Pile	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Anderson. [3] [7]
25 April	Unnamed	Brig	White	West Cowes	United Kingdom	For private owner. [8]
April	John and William	Schooner			United States	For private owner. [9]
1 May	Henry	Schooner		Emsworth	United Kingdom	For private owner. [10]
3 May	Trinity Buoy Yacht	Yacht	White	West Cowes	United Kingdom	For private owner. [8]
4 May	Gerkules	Ariadna-class corvette		Kazan	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [11]
5 May	Aiaks	Aiaks-class sloop	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [12]
5 May	Ida	Aiaks-class sloop	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [13]
7 May	Merkurii	Brig	I. Y. Osminin	Sevastopol	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [14]
11 May	Beagle	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
13 May	Barracouta	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [15]
17 May	Béarnaise	Iris-class schooner		Bayonne	France	For French Navy. [16]
24 May	Ganimed	Brig	A. I. Melikhov	Nicholaieff	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [17]
24 May	Nord Adler	Third rate	A. I. Melikhov	Nicholaieff	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [18]
30 May	Ohio	Third rate	Henry Eckford	Brooklyn Navy Yard	United States	For United States Navy. [19]
30 May	Prince Regent	Royal yacht		Portsmouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For George IV. [20]
31 May	Hirondelle	Schooner		Bayonne	France	For French Navy. [21]
31 May	Merkurii	Spechnyi-class frigate	A. M. Kurohkin	Arkhangelsk	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [22]
May	Albion	Brig	J. Hall	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Hall & Co. [3] [4]
May	Industry	Schooner			United Kingdom	For private owner. [23]
8 June	Ladoga	Sloop	Y. A. Kolodkin	Lodeynoye Pole	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [24]
10 June	Falcon	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
10 June	Frolic	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
13 June	Minerva	Leda-class frigate	Nicholas Diddams	Portsmouth	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [25]
1 July	The Asia	Brig	James Tippett & Co.	Bristol	United Kingdom	For Mr. Scott. [26]
11 July	John Watson	Schooner	Menzies	Leith	United Kingdom	For private owner. [27]
11 July	Royal George	Merchantman	James Shepherd	Paull	United Kingdom	For Joseph Soames.
26 July	Jasper	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Portsmouth Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [28]
26 July	Trafalgar	Second rate	George Parkin	Chatham Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [29]
27 July	David Walter	Brig		Carmarthen	United Kingdom	For private owner. [30]
27 July	Villers	Brig	George Llewelling	Swansea	United Kingdom	For private owner. [30]
28 July	Ariel	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Deptford Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [31]
5 August	Jeanne d'Arc	Jeanne d'Arc-class frigate		Brest	France	For French Navy.
10 August	Venus	Leda-class frigate	William Stone	Deptford Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [32] [33]
18 August	Melampus	Modified Leda-class frigate	Edward Churchill	Pembroke Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [34]
24 August	Britomart	Cherokee-class brig-sloop		Portsmouth	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [35]
25 August	Jean Bart	Téméraire-class ship of the line		Lorient	France	For French Navy.
7 September	North Carolina	Ship of the line	William Doughty	Philadelphia Navy Yard	United States	For United States Navy.
16 September	Feliza	Full-rigged ship	Hilhouse & Co.	Wapping	United Kingdom	For private owner. [36]
5 October	Sviatoi Lavrentii	Aiaks-class sloop	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	United Kingdom	For Imperial Russian Navy. [37]
19 October	Hopewell	Sloop	William Patrick	Mirfield	United Kingdom	For private owner. [38]
20 October	Britannia	Caledonia-class ship of the line		Devonport Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy.
21 October	Delaware	North Carolina-class ship of the line		Norfolk Navy Yard	United Kingdom	For United States Navy. [39]
21 October	Provornyi	Spechnyi-class frigate	B. F. Stoke	Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [40]
24 October	Wilberforce	East Indiaman	William Simons & Co.	Greenock	United Kingdom	For John Robertson. [41]
October	Marquis of Salisbury	Packet ship	William Symons	Little Falmouth	United Kingdom	For Post Office Packet Service [42]
2 November	Alligator	Schooner		Boston Navy Yard	United States	For United States Navy.
7 November	Henry Brougham	Sloop		Annan	United Kingdom	For Messrs. Nicholson & Co. [43]
7 November	Southampton	Southampton-class frigate	William Stone	Deptford Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [44]
27 November	Niemen	Atholl-class corvette		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [45]
29 November	Atholl	Atholl-class corvette		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [45]
5 December	The Flotentia	East Indiaman	W. Smith & Co.	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [46]
6 December	Kent	East Indiaman	Wigram & Green	Blackwall	United Kingdom	For British East India Company.
7 December	Ranger	Atholl-class corvette		Woolwich Dockyard	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [47]
Unknown date	Aaron Manby	Paddle steamer	Horseley Ironworks	Tipton & London	United Kingdom	For Aaron Manby. [48]
Unknown date	Arend	Sixth rate		Dunkirk	France	For Royal Netherlands Navy. [49]
Unknown date	Carley	Sloop		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [3]
Unknown date	Gata	Schooner		Baltimore, Maryland	United States	For private owner.
Unknown date	Helen	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Ballantyne. [3]
Unknown date	Henry	Sloop		Plymouth	United Kingdom	For H. Rowe.
Unknown date	Hinde	Merchantman		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For private owner. [3]
Unknown date	Hive	Merchantman		Deptford	United Kingdom	For private owner.
Unknown date	Indefatigable	Packet boat		Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	For private owner. [50]
Unknown date	Indian	Merchantman		Whitehaven	United Kingdom	For Woods & Co.
Unknown date	Johns	Snow	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John M. Gales. [3]
Unknown date	Newby	Snow	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For R. Scurfield. [3]
Unknown date	Pauline	Snow	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John Grimshaw. [3]
Unknown date	Peyk i Mesiret	Third rate		Constantinople	Ottoman Empire	For Ottoman Navy. [51]
Unknown date	Porpoise	Schooner		Portsmouth Navy Yard	United States	For United States Navy.
Unknown date	Reaper	Brig	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For John M. & William Gales. [3]
Unknown date	Rising Star	Paddle steamer	Blent	Rotherhithe	United Kingdom	For Thomas Cochrane.
Unknown date	Sea Flower	Brig		Sunderland	United Kingdom	For B. robson. [3] [52]
Unknown date	Sericca	Brig	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For William Nicholson. [3]
Unknown date	Skylark	Cutter		Milford Haven	United Kingdom	For Board of Customs. [53]
Unknown date	Tarragona	Merchantman	Tiffin	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Mr. Tiffin. [3]
Unknown date	Thisbe	Merchantman	Philip Laing	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Philip Laing. [3]
Unknown date	Uraniia	Malyi-class frigate		Saint Petersburg	Russia	For Imperial Russian Navy. [54]
Unknown date	Vigilant	Schooner		Bombay	India	For British East India Company. [55]
Unknown date	Vulcan	Snow	John M. & William Gales	Sunderland	United Kingdom	For Thomas Young. [3]

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