The list of ship launches in 1797 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1797. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 12 January East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 28 January East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 28 January Fifth rate Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. 28 January Deptford Dockyard Deptford For Royal Navy. 28 January Third rate Rotterdam For Dutch East India Company. 29 January Pigot East Indiaman Randall & Brent Rotherhithe Purchased by Royal Navy. 7 February Mrs Frances Barnard & Co. Deptford For Royal Navy. 13 February Fifth rate George Parsons Bursledon For Royal Navy. 13 February East Indiaman Randall Rotherhithe For British East India Company. 13 February East Indiaman John Wells Deptford For British East India Company. 22 February First rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. 27 February Hall & Co. Limehouse For Royal Navy. 11 March Josiah & Thomas Brindley King's Lynn For Royal Navy. 13 March GB No. 10 Richard Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 13 March Merchantman Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Alexander Hume. 13 March Fifth rate William Cleverley Gravesend For Royal Navy. 14 March John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy 14 March Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich For Royal Navy. 14 March Joseph Graham Harwich For Royal Navy. 14 March Merchantman John Troughton Chester For John St Barbe. 29 March John Randall & Co. Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 29 March GB No. 22 John Perry Blackwall For Royal Navy. 31 March GB No. 23 John Perry Blackwall For Royal Navy. 1 April GB No. 24 John Perry Blackwall For Royal Navy. 4 April Merchantman Temple shipbuilders South Shields For J. Lyall. 5 April Mrs. Frances Barnard & Co. Deptford For Royal Navy. 10 April John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 10 April Perry & Co. Blackwall For Royal Navy. 10 April GB No. 4 John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 10 April Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 10 April Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 11 April GB No. 9 Richard Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 11 April GB No. 11 Richard Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 11 April GB No. 16 Frances Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 12 April East Indiaman Melhuish Limehouse For British East India Company. 12 April Frigate Balthazar Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 12 April Fifth rate John Dudman Deptford For Royal Navy. 14 April John Dudman & Co. Deptford For Royal Navy. 15 April GB No. 30 William Cleverley Gravesend For Royal Navy. 22 April GB No. 17 Frances Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 24 April GB No. 18 Frances Barnard Deptford For Royal Navy. 24 April GB No. 19 Hill & Mellish Limehouse For Royal Navy. 25 April GB No. 20 Robert Hill Limehouse For Royal Navy. 25 April John Dudman & Co. Deptford For Royal Navy. 28 April Sunderland For Royal Navy. Subcontracted from John Dudman, Deptford. April John Randall Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. April GB No. 7 John Randall Deptford For Royal Navy. April GB No. 8 Richard Wells Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. April GB No. 28 Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. April GB No. 29 Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. April GB No. 31 William Cleverley Gravesend For Royal Navy. 1 May GB No. 44 Gunvessel John Nicholson Rochester For Royal Navy. 2 May GB No. 32 John Wilson & Co. Frindsbury For Royal Navy. 2 May G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For Imperial Russian Navy. 10 May Heavy frigate Joshua Humphreys Philadelphia For United States Navy 21 May Hill & Mellish Limehouse For Royal Navy 26 May G. Ignatyev Arkhangelsk For French Navy. 25 June Third rate Jean-Jacques Aubazir Toulon For French Navy. 27 June Frigate Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes For French Navy. 29 June Fifth rate Portsmouth, New Hampshire For Algerian Navy. June GB No. 33 John Wilson & Co Frindsbury For Royal Navy. June L'Oiseau Privateer For private owner. 19 July A. S. Katsanov Kherson For Imperial Russian Navy. 22 August Frigate Venice Republic of Venice For French Navy 7 September Frigate David Stodder Baltimore For United States Navy 11 September Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 22 September Cherbourg For French Navy. September Thomas King Dover For Royal Navy. 5 October Lorient For French Navy. 7 October Sloop-of-war Thomas Pitcher Northfleet For Royal Navy. 17 October Bayonne For French Navy. 21 October Edmund Hartt Boston For United States Navy 30 November Fifth rate Amsterdam For Batavian Navy. 3 November Storeship John Dudman Deptford For Royal Navy. 9 November Fifth rate Julian Martin de Retamosa Ferrol For Spanish Navy. 20 November Brig-sloop Joseph Graham Harwich For Royal Navy. 24 November Toulon For French Navy. November Corvette Bordeaux For French Navy. 18 December Balthazar & Edward Adams Bucklers Hard For Royal Navy. 20 December Stephen Teague Ipswich For Royal Navy December Jean Baudry Bayonne For French Navy. Unknown date Active Brigantine Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For Arthur Wishart and others. Unknown date Merchantman Sunderland For W. Robson. Unknown date Alfred Brig John & Philip Laing Sunderland For Matthew Robson. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Bombay Dockyard India For British East India Company. Unknown date East Indiaman W. J. Bottomley King's Lynn For S. Baker. Unknown date Second rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Bordeaux For French Navy. Unknown date Third rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Calcutta India For private owner. Unknown date Privateer Nantes For Benoit Boucard and others. Unknown date Full-rigged ship Frances Barnard River Thames For Robert Charnock. Unknown date Merchantman Whitby For private owner. Unknown date Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Brig Teignmouth For private owner. Unknown date For French Navy. Unknown date Dane Merchantman John & Philip Laing Sunderland For private owner. Unknown date John Outerbridge Bermuda For Royal Navy. Unknown date Nathaniel Tynes Bermuda Bermuda For Royal Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Brig Quebec City Lower Canada For Michel Hogan. Unknown date Sixth rate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Algerian Navy. Unknown date Fifth rate Mustafa Molla Sinop For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Newburyport, Massachusetts For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Thomas Hearn North Shields For private owner. Unknown date Corvette Vlissingen For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Whaler Aberdeen For private owner. Unknown date Merchantman Lancaster For Mr. Hausman. Unknown date Slave ship Umeå Sweden For Jeppe Prætorius & Co. Unknown date Le Buonaparte Privateer São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos Brazil For private owner. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799. Unknown date Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799. Unknown date Third rate Venice Republic of Venice Under construction for French Navy, seized by the Habsburg monarchy in November on the formation of the Venetian Province. Entered service with the Austrian Navy in 1799. Unknown date Schooner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Algerian Navy. Unknown date Le President Parker Privateer For private owner. Unknown date Lively Sloop Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For John Bagwell, Nicholas Bools, William Good and Thomas Swain. Unknown date Schooner For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Hull For Moxon & Co. Unknown date Schooner Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge For Royal Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Patrick Beatson Quebec City Lower Canada For Mr. Davidson. Unknown date Nowa Merchantman Sunderland Forprivate owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Broadstairs For T. Brown. Unknown date West Indiaman Liverpool For Mr. Molyneux. Unknown date Slave ship John Wright Liverpool For Thomas Parr. Unknown date Fifth rate Pará Brazil For Portuguese Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Pará For Portuguese Navy. Unknown date Privateer For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Hull For Sibbald & Co. Unknown date Rutland Cutter Nicholas Bools & William Good Bridport For N. Awigly. Unknown date Fourth rate Dimitri Kalfa Ereğli For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Pará Brazil For Portuguese Navy. Unknown date Merchantman Liverpool For private owner. Unknown date Third rate Venetian Josef Kalfa Dardanelles For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Corvette Rotterdam For Batavian Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania For Algerian Navy. Unknown date Merchantman River Thames For private owner. Unknown date Cutter Cowes For Board of Customs. Unknown date Galley St. Marys, Georgia For United States Navy. Unknown date Sixth rate Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Fifth rate Antuvan Kalfa Rhodes Ottoman Greece For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date Privateer Bourmaud Frères Nantes For private owner. Unknown date Cutter For Revenue-Marine. Unknown date Cutter For Revenue-Marine. Unknown date Schooner Province of Quebec For private owner. Unknown date West Indiaman Whitby For Mr. Fletcher. Unknown date Slave ship Liverpool For Aspinall & Co. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman France or Spain Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Plymouth, Massachusetts For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman South America Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Full-rigged ship Stettin or Sweden Unknown For private owner. Unknown date Name unknown Merchantman Brazil For private owner.
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