List of ship launches in 1785

The list of ship launches in 1785 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1785.

Date  | Country  | Builder  | Location  | Ship  | Class  | Notes

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22 January  |  Spain | Juan Fernandez Romero de Landa  | Cartagena | San Ildefonso | Third rate | For Spanish Navy.
27 January  |  Great Britain | Perry & Hankey  | Blackwall Yard | Gorgon | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy.
January  |  Great Britain | Randall  | Rotherhithe | Duke of Montrose | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
10 February  |  Great Britain | Thomas Raymond  | Northam | Regulus | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy.[1]
28 February  |  Great Britain | Greaves & Nickoldson  | Frindsbury | Meleager | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy.[2]
5 March  |  Spain |  | Cartagena, Spain | Santa Brigida | Frigate | For Spanish Navy.
7 March  |  Russia |  | Gniltonskaya | Taganrog | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[3]
10 March  |  Great Britain | Caleb Crookenden  | West Itchenor | Chichester | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy.[4]
11 March  |  Republic of Venice |  | Venice | Guerriera | Third rate | For Venetian Navy.[5]
26 March  |  Great Britain | Benjamin Ashman  | Shoreham-by-Sea | Scorpion | Echo-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[6]
26 March  |  Great Britain | Henry Adams  | Deptford | Solebay | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[7]
28 March  |  Great Britain | Wells  | Rotherhithe | Terrible | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
27 April  |  Great Britain | Perry  | Blackwall Yard | Victorious | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
8 May  |  Russia |  | Kazan | Kizliar | Kavkaz-class corvette | For Imperial Russian Navy.[8]
8 May  |  Russia |  | Kazan | Mozdok | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[9]
9 May  |  Great Britain | Barton  | Liverpool | Squirrel | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.
9 May  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Thetis | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[10]
13 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Briachislav | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[11]
13 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Mstislav | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[12]
13 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnove  | Archangelsk | Premislav | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[13]
13 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Vseslav | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
16 May  |  Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev  | Kherson | Mariia Magdalina | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
19 May  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Pijl | Brig | For Dutch Navy.
26 May  |  Great Britain | Joseph Graham  | Harwich | Castor | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
2 June  |  Ottoman Empire |  | Constantinople | Bed-i Nusret | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[16]
8 June  |  Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Melampus | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy.
16 June  |  Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev  | Kherson | Sviatoi Georgy Pobedonosets | Fourth Rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
21 June  |  Kingdom of France |  | Rochefort | Généreux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[18]
25 June  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Proserpine | Hébé-class frigate | For French Navy.
25 June  |  Great Britain | Barnard  | Deptford | Zealous | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
12 July  |  Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Ramillies | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
16 July  |  Spain |  | Cartagena | San Antonio | Third rate | For Spanish Navy.
22 July  |  Great Britain | Clayton & Willson  | Sandgate | Hind | Coventry-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
23 July  |  Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Audacious | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
23 July  |  Great Britain | Thomas Pollard  | Portsmouth | Medusa | Experiment-class ship | For Royal Navy.[19]
July  |  Dutch Republic |  | Rotterdam | Willem de Eerste | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[20]
2 August  |  Spain |  | El Ferrol | Nuestra Señora de la Paz | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy.[21]
4 August  |  Kingdom of France | Pierre-Alexander Forfait  | Brest | Félicité | Félicité-class frigate | For French Navy.[22]
23 August  |  Republic of Venice | Scabozzi Manao  | Venice | San Giorgio | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy.[23]
20 August  |  Great Britain | Adam Hayes  | Deptford | Kronprindsens Lystfregat | Royal yacht | For Kronprinds Frederik.
16 September  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Ferme | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
19 September  |  Kingdom of France |  | Lorient | Fougueux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[24]
21 September  |  Great Britain | Thomas King  | Dover | Lapwing | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
21 September  |  Great Britain | Greaves & Purnell  | Limehouse | Romulus | Flora-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
28 September  |  Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Nassau | Ardent-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
30 September  |  Great Britain | Henry Ladd  | Dover | Circe | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
3 October  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Patriote | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
7 October  |  Kingdom of France |  | Toulon | Commerce de Marseille | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
14 October  |  Great Britain |  | Portsmouth | St George | Duke-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
October  |  Great Britain | Wells  | Deptford | Manship | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
2 November  |  Great Britain | Barnard  | Deptford | Rockingham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
16 November  |  Kingdom of France | Hubert Pennivert & Henri Chevillard  | Rochefort | Pomone | Frigate | For French Navy.
16 November  |  Great Britain | Perry  | Blackwall | William Pitt | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
17 November  |  Kingdom of France |  | Lorient | Borée | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
2 December  |  Kingdom of France |  | Rochefort | Fleur de Lys | Galathée-class frigate | For French Navy.
3 December  |  Great Britain | Perry  | Blackwall | Worcester | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
11 December  |  Great Britain | Adams & Barnard  | Deptford | Majestic | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
15 December  |  Great Britain | Thomas Calhoue & John Nowlan  | Bursledon | Woolwich | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy.
17 December  |  Great Britain | James Betts  | Mistleythorn | Terpsichore | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Bristol | Alexander | Slave ship | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Chester | Backhouse | West Indiaman | For Tarleton & Backhouse.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Sunderland | Borrowdale | Collier | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Barnard  | Deptford | Bridgewater | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Cadiz Dispatch | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Experiment | Sailing ship | For unknown owner.[25]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Friesland | Flora | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy.[26]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Friesland | Galathe | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy.[27]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Haarlem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[28]
Unknown date  |  India |  | Bombay | Hastings | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service.[29]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | South Shields | King George | Merchantman | For King George's Sound Company.
Unknown date  |  Sweden |  |  | Manligheten | Man of war | For Swedish Navy.[30]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  |  | Margaret | Brig | For private owner.[31]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  |  | Nine Sisters | West Indiaman | For J. Lockier.
Unknown date  |  Denmark-Norway |  |  | Nordstiernen | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[32]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Hull | Orakabeza | West Indiaman | For Mr. Burton.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Wells  |  | Phoenix | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Randall  | Rotherhithe | Queen | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Sally | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | South Shields | Sappho | Merchantman | For T. Weir.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Shaftesbury | Sloop | For Francis Stewart and William Thadden.[33]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Rotterdam | Wesp | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy.[34]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Rotterdam | Zeehond | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy.[35]
Unknown date  |  Kingdom of France |  | Cherbourg | Name unknown | Chasse-marée | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  |  | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Bermuda |  | Bermuda  | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner.

## References

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1. ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Regulus' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Meleager' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Taganrog' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Chichester' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. ^ "Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'Guerriera' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. ^ "British sloop 'Scorpion' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
7. ^ "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Solebay' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
8. ^ "Russian corvette 'Kizliar' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
9. ^ "~Russian bomb vessel 'Mozdok' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
10. ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Thetis' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
11. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Briachislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
12. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Mstislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
13. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Premislav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
14. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Vseslav' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
15. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Mariia Magdalina' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
16. ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Bed-i Nusret' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
17. ^ "Russian Fourth Rate frigate 'Sviatoi Georgy Pobedonosets' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
18. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Généreux' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
19. ^ "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Medusa' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
20. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Prins Willem de Eerste' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
21. ^ "Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Nuestra Señora de la Paz' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
22. ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Félicité' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
23. ^ "Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'San Giorgio' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
24. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Fougueux' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
25. ^ "Experiment". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
26. ^ "Dutch ship 'Flora' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
27. ^ "Dutch ship 'Galathe' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
28. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Haarlem' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
29. ^ Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 334.
30. ^ "Denmark
Sweden". Morning Chronicle. No. 27194\. London. 20 February 1854.
31. ^ "British hired tender 'Margaret' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
32. ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Nordstiernen' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
33. ^ "Shaftesbury". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
34. ^ "Dutch ship 'Wesp' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
35. ^ "Dutch ship 'Zeehond' (1785)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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