List of ship launches in 1796

The list of ship launches in 1796 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1796.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
11 January  Great Britain William Wallis Blackwall Raven Albatross-class sloop For Royal Navy.[1]
9 February  Great Britain Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard Shannon Maidstone-class frigate For Royal Navy.[2]
10 February  France Toulon Diane Fifth rate For French Navy.[3]
10 February  France Havre de Grâce Libre Romaine-class frigate For French Navy.
23 February  Great Britain Wells & Co. Rotherhithe Cynthia Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
24 February  Great Britain Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe Princess Charlotte East Indiaman For British East India Company.
24 February  Great Britain John Tovery Woolwich Dockyard Trent Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.[4]
February  Great Britain Thomas King Dover Harpy Diligence-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.
February  France Pierre-Alexander Forfait Havre de Grâce La Menaçante Salamandre-class bomb vessel For French Navy.[5]
February  Great Britain Edward Grayson Liverpool Watt West Indiaman For private owner.[6]
10 March  Great Britain Wells Deptford Henry Addington East Indiaman For British East India Company.
11 March  France Havre de Grâce Comète Romaine-class frigate For French Navy.
23 March  France Nantes Loire Frigate For French Navy.
24 March  Great Britain John Tovey Woolwich Dockyard Glenmore Amazon-class frigate For Royal Navy.
24 March  Great Britain Barnard Deptford York Third rate For Royal Navy.
26 March  Great Britain Thomas Pollard and Edward Sisson Chatham Dockyard Clyde Artois-class frigate For Royal Navy.
26 March  Great Britain Edward Sison Chatham Dockyard Tamar Artois-class frigate For Royal Navy.[7]
7 April  Great Britain Balthazar Adams Bucklers Hard Bittern Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.[8]
9 April  Great Britain Pitcher Northfleet Ardent Third rate For Royal Navy.
9 April  Great Britain William Wyatt Fridsbury Cyane Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.[9]
22 April  Great Britain Perry, Sons & Green Blackwall Thames East Indiaman For British East India Company.
23 April  France Dunkerque Désirée Romaine-class frigate For French Navy.
23 April  Great Britain Randall & Co. Rotherhithe Monmouth Third rate For Royal Navy.
23 April  Great Britain James Betts Mistley Plover Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.[10]
23 April  Great Britain John Dudman Deptford Termagant Bittern-class sloop For Royal Navy.
9 May  Great Britain Joshua Young Rotherhithe Tellicherry Merchantman For John St Barbe.
23 May  Great Britain John & William Wells Rotherhithe Glatton East Indiaman For British East India Company.
23 May  France Dunkerque Poursuivante Romaine-class frigate For French Navy.
23 May  Great Britain Frances Barnard Deptford Walmer Castle East Indiaman For British East India Company.
24 May  Great Britain Thomas Hills Sandwich Hound Diligence-class brig-sloop For Royal Navy.
1 June  Great Britain John Dudman Deptford Merlin Merlin-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.
6 June  Great Britain Randall, Brent & Sons Rotherhithe Sir Stephen Lushington East Indiaman For British East India Company.
7 June  France Bordeaux Volontaire Virginie-class frigate For French Navy.
7 June India Hugh Edwards, Jonathan Gillett and Michael Larkins Calcutta Wellington Merchantman For private owner.
23 June India David Glass & John Wood Calcutta Bellona Merchantman For private owner.
June  France Toulon Foudre Aviso For French Navy.[11]
5 July  Great Britain Peter Everitt Mestaer Rotherhithe Martha Merchantman For Peter Everitt Mestaer.
7 July  Great Britain Bernard & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard Princess Mary Merchantman For private owner.
23 July  Great Britain Perry Blackwall Yard Agincourt Third rate For Royal Navy.
July  Great Britain Liverpool Beresford Merchantman For Messrs. Lake & Brown.[12]
Unknown date Republic of Venice Venice Pollux Brig For Venetian Navy.[13]
9 August  Batavian Republic R. Dorman Amsterdam Washington Ship of the line For Batavian Navy.[14]
11 August Denmark Denmark-Norway Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Najaden Fifth rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.
11 August Denmark Denmark-Norway Nyholm Naval Dockyard Copenhagen Nymfen Fifth rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[15]
24 August  Russia G. Ignatyev Archangelsk Aziia Aziia-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[16]
5 September  Great Britain Frances Barnard Deptford Triton Triton-class frigate For Royal Navy.[17]
6 September  Russia G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk Vsevolod Yaroslav-class ship of the line For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
9 October  Russia D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg Sviatoi Konstantin Aleksandr-class rowing frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
9 October  Russia D. Masalsky Saint Petersburg Sviatoi Nikolai Aleksandr-class rpwing frigate For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
31 October  Russia A. S. Katsanov Kherson Sviatoi Mikhail Fourth rate For Imperial Russian Navy.[21]
October  Batavian Republic Harlingen Ajax Corvette For Batavian Navy.[22]
15 November  Great Britain Perry & Co. Blackwall Warley East Indiaman For British East India Company.
29 November  Great Britain Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard Stork Cormorant-class ship-sloop For Royal Navy.[23]
30 November  Great Britain Wells Deptford Neptune East Indiaman For British East India Company.
15 December  Great Britain Pitcher Northfleet Earl of Abergavenny East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain Admiral Kingsmill Brig For J. Roche.
Unknown date  Great Britain John & Philip Laing Sunderland Affinity Merchantman For J. Davie.[24]
Unknown date  United States Boston, Massachusetts Alknomac Brig For Gairdner & Mitchell.
Unknown date  Great Britain Hull Amphitrite Merchantman For Mr. Atkinson.
Unknown date India Calcutta Armenia Merchantman For Mr. Walker.
Unknown date  Great Britain Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge Arrow Dart-class sloop For Royal Navy.[25]
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Beaver Slave ship For Mr Molineaux.
Unknown date  Great Britain Itchen Ferry Brilliant Schooner Purchased on the stocks by the Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Mustafa Molla Kalas Bülheves Fifth rate For Ottoman Navy.[26]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Ceres East Indiaman For British East India Company.[27]
Unknown date  Great Britain Sunderland Cicero West Indiaman For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Coutts East Indiaman For British East India Company.[28]
Unknown date  Great Britain Dart Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge Dart Experimental sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  France Deux Amis Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  Spain Reales Astilleros de Esteiro El Ferrol Dilgencia Fifth rate For Spanish Navy.[29]
Unknown date  United States Eagle Brig For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Earl Talbot East Indiaman For British East India Company.[30]
Unknown date  Spain El Ferrol Galgo Sloop-of-war For Spanish Navy.[31]
Unknown date  Great Britain John & Philip Laing Sunderland Gemini Merchantman For James Swan.[24]
Unknown date  France Bordeaux Hardi Privateer For private owner.
Unknown date  France Bordeaux Harmonie Virginie-class frigate For French Navy.
Unknown date India Calcutta Harrington Brig For Bengal Pilot Service.
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Nikoli Kalfa Bodrum Heybetendaz Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[32]
Unknown date  Great Britain Hindostan East Indiaman For British East India Company.
Unknown date  Great Britain John & Philip Laing Sunderland Hypomenes Merchantman For W. White.[24]
Unknown date  France Mathurin Crucy Nantes L'Actif Privateer For [private owner.[33]
Unknown date  France Bayonne La Gaieté Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette For French Navy.[34]
Unknown date  France Havre de Grâce La Libre Romaine-class frigate For French Navy.[35]
Unknown date  France Nantes La Nouvelle Eugenie Privateer For Feliz Cossin de Chourses.[36]
Unknown date  France L'Elizabeth Fifth rate For French Navy.[37]
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Mesken-i Gazi Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[38]
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Çamlicali Kalfa Mürg-ı Bahri Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy.[39]
Unknown date  Great Britain John & Philip Laing Sunderland Neptune Merchantman For Peddie & Co.[24]
Unknown date  Great Britain Barnstaple Broadstairs Princess of Wales Hoy For private owner.
Unknown date  Great Britain Thomas Jones King Dover Rambler Cutter For Royal Navy.[40]
Unknown date  Great Britain Rattler Collier For private owner.
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Ottoman Greece Fredirk Ludwig af Klintberg Rhodes Rehber-i Nusret Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy.[41]
Unknown date  Great Britain James Walmsley North Shields Rosina Merchantman For private owner.
Unknown date Kingdom of Great Britain Bermuda Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Rover Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Spain San José Polacca For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Ottoman Greece Antuvan Kalfa Rhodes Şehper-i Zafer Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Ottoman Greece Filip Kalfa Lemnos Şevketnüma Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[43]
Unknown date  Great Britain Liverpool Tarleton Slave ship For Tarleton & Co.
Unknown date  France Vaillante Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette For French Navy.
Unknown date India Calcutta Varuna Merchantman For Prinsep & Co.
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople Zafer Küsa Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy.[44]
Unknown date  Ottoman Empire Ahmed Hoca Kaptan Midilli Ziver-i Bahri Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[45]
Unknown date Unknown Batavian Republic or Denmark-Norway 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  United States Name unknown Merchantman For private owner.

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