List of ship launches in 1788

The list of ship launches in 1788 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1788.

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

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21 January  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | L'Expédition | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy.[1]
24 January  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | La Moselle | Gabarre | For French Navy.[2]
26 January  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | Le Curieux | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy.[3]
January  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | Hazard | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.
23 February  |  Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Dick | West Indiaman | For Q. Dick.
23 February  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | Epervier | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.[4]
23 February  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | Le Sans Souci | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy.[5]
February  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | Lutin | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.
27 March  |  Republic of Venice | Antonio Chiribiri  | Venice | Bellona | Fifth rate | For Venetian Navy.[6]
March  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | Espoir | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.[7]
8 April  |  Dutch Republic |  | Rotterdam | Staaten Generaal | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[8]
21 April  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | Le Cerf | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy.[9]
21 April  |  Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois  | Saint-Malo | L'Impatient | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy.[10]
26 April  |  Denmark-Norway |  | Copenhagen | Odin | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[11]
April  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | L'Eveillé | Sloop of war | For French Navy.[12]
6 May  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Aglaé | Frigate | For Royal Navy.
7 May  |  Kingdom of France | Gouet & Deros  | Havre de Grâce | La Bienvenue | Sixth rate | For French Navy.
7 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Prokhor | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[13]
7 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Pomoshchnyi | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
7 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Sysoi Velikii | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
8 May  |  Russia | M. D. Portnov  | Archangelsk | Maksim Ispovednik | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[16]
8 May  |  Russia | Pospelov  | Saint Petersburg | Neva | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[17]
8 May  |  Russia | S. Durakin  | Saint Petersburg | Stashnyi | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18]
8 May  |  Russia | M. Sarychev  | Saint Petersburg | Volkhov | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
14 May  |  Russia | D. Masalsky  | Saint Petersburg | Letuchii | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[20]
20 May  |  Russia | D. Masalsky  | Saint Petersburg | Pobeditel | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[21]
21 May  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | America | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
21 May  |  Kingdom of France |  | Rochefort | Apollon | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
24 May  |  Russia | Vasily Vlasov  | Saint Petersburg | Nadyozhnyi | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[22]
24 May  |  Russia |  | Cronstadt | Schastlivyi | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[23]
16 June  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Thétis | Nymphe-class frigate | For French Navy.
20 June  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Alliantie | Frigate | For Dutch Navy.
20 June  |  Spain |  | Bilbao | San Telmo | Third Rate | For Spanish Navy.[24]
June  |  Republic of Venice |  |  | Agile | Galiot | For Venetian Navy.[25]
June  |  Republic of Venice |  |  | Azzardo | Galiot | For Venetian Navy.[26]
4 July  |  Great Britain |  | Woolwich Dockyard | Prince | London-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
5 July  |  Great Britain |  | Plymouth Dockyard | Glory | Duke-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.
21 July  |  Great Britain | William Barnard  | Deptford | Venus | Whaler | For Alexander & Benjamin Champion.
27 July  |  Republic of Venice |  |  | Amazzone | Galiot | For Venetian Navy.[27]
30 July  |  Republic of Venice |  |  | Diana | Galiot | For Venetian Navy.[28]
2 August  |  Russia | Jonathan Coleman  | Saint Petersburg | Dvenadtsat Apostolov | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[29]
2 August  |  Russia | D. Masalsky  | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Ravnoapostolnyi Knyaz Vladimir | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[30]
2 August  |  Great Britain | John Perry  | Blackwall | Three Sisters | West Indiaman | For Mr. Mangles.
7 August  |  Kingdom of France |  | Toulon | Commerce de Marseille | Océan-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
10 August  |  Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov  | Rogozhskaya | Ioann Bogoslov | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[31]
10 August  |  Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov  | Rogozhskaya | Pyotr Apostol | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[32]
1 September  |  Russia | D. Masalsky  | Saint Petersburg | Letuchaia | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[33]
2 September  |  Kingdom of France |  | Toulon | Duquesne | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[34]
16 September  |  Great Britain | John Nelson  | Chatham Dockyard | Royal George | First rate | For Royal Navy.[35]
16 September  |  Kingdom of France |  | Lorient | Tourville | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
16 October  |  Portugal |  | Lisbon | Lebre | Sixth rate | For Portuguese Navy.[36]
16 October  |  Great Britain | Perry & Co.  | Blackwall | Warley | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
24 October  |  Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Edmund and George | West Indiaman | For J. Christie.
27 October  |  Great Britain | Randall  | Rotherhithe | Duke of Buccleugh | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
30 October  |  Kingdom of France |  | Brest | Duguay-Trouin | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.
30 October  |  Great Britain | Wells  | Deptford | Ocean | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.
31 October  |  Kingdom of France | Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet  | Lorient | Uranie | Fifth rate | For French Navy.[37]
20 December  |  Spain |  | Carthagena | San Francisco de Paula | Third rate | For Spanish Navy.[38]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Amacree | Slave ship | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Scotland | Britannia | Merchantman | For Hunter & Co.
Unknown date  |  Province of Quebec |  | New Brunswick | Britannia | Brig | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Rotterdam | Candia | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | King  | Dover | Chatham | Survey ship | For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  |  India |  | Bombay | Cyrene | Full-rigged ship | For Bombay Pilot Service.[39]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Dandy | Schooner | For Mr. Akin.[40]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Good Intent | Sloop | For John Bagwall, Nicholas Bools, Joshua Gundry and Thomas Swain.[41]
Unknown date  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | L'Espiègle | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.[42]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Haasje | Packet ship | For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date  |  Russia |  |  | Iona | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[43]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Margaret | Sloop | For Knight & Co.[44]
Unknown date  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | Marsouin | Sixth rate | For French Navy.[45]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Martha | Slave ship | For R. Fisher.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | John Brockbank  | Lancaster | Myrtle | Merchantman | For private owner.[46]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  |  | North West America | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Spain |  | Carthagena | Nuestra Señora de la Soledad | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy.[47]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  |  | Pieter Florisz | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[48]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Plover | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Pomona | Brigantine | For Nicholas Bools and William Rodden.[49]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | William Rowe  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Prince William | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Amsterdam | Prins Frederik Willem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[50]
Unknown date  |  Ireland |  | Strangford | Prosperity | Merchantman | For private owner.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Ranger | Sloop | For Daniel Vivian and Richard Vivian.[51]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Ross | Cutter | For HM Customs.[52]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Northfleet | Royal Charlotte | East Indiaman | For private owner.[53]
Unknown date  |  Russia |  |  | Rozhdestvo Bogorodisty | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[54]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Nicholas Bools  | Bridport | Sally | Sloop | For George French.[55]
Unknown date  |  Kingdom of France |  | Bayonne | Serin | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy.
Unknown date  |  Kingdom of Sicily |  | Castellammare del Golfo | Sibilla | Fifth rate | For Royal Sicilian Navy.[56]
Unknown date  |  Russia |  |  | Spiridon Trimifiiskii | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[57]
Unknown date  |  Dutch Republic |  | Vlissingen | Star | Brig of war | For Dutch Navy.[58]
Unknown date  |  India |  | Bombay | Tweed | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service.[39]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | Liverpool | Wilding | West Indiaman | For Moses Benson.
Unknown date  |  Great Britain | Batson  | Limehouse | No. 2 chain boat | Chain boat | For Royal Navy.[59]
Unknown date  |  Great Britain |  | South Shields | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner.

## References

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1. ^ "French brig-aviso 'L'Expédition' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
2. ^ "French gabarre 'La Moselle' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
3. ^ "French brig-aviso 'Le Curieux' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
4. ^ "French brig-aviso 'L'Epervier' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
5. ^ "French brig-aviso 'Le Sans Souci' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
6. ^ "Venetian Fifth Rate frigate 'Bellona' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
7. ^ "French brig 'L'Espoir' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
8. ^ "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Staaten Generaal' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
9. ^ "French brig-aviso 'Le Cerf' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
10. ^ "French brig-aviso 'L'Impatient' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
11. ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Odin' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
12. ^ "French sloop 'L'Eveillé' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
13. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Prokhor' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
14. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Pomoshchnyi' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
15. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Sysoi Velikii' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
16. ^ "Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Maksim Ispovednik' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
17. ^ "Russian cutter 'Neva' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
18. ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Stashnyi' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
19. ^ "Russian Sixth Rate cutter 'Volkhov' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
20. ^ "Russian cutter 'Letuchii' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
21. ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Pobeditel' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
22. ^ "Russian cutter 'Nadyozhnyi' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
23. ^ "Russian cutter 'Schastlivyi' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
24. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Telmo' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
25. ^ "Venetian galiot 'Agile' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
26. ^ "Venetian galiot 'Azzardo' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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28. ^ "Venetian galiot 'Diana' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
29. ^ "Russian First Rate ship of the line 'Dvenadtsat Apostolov' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
30. ^ "Russian First Rate ship of the line 'Sviatoi Ravnoapostolnyi Knyaz Vladimir' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
31. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Ioann Bogoslov' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
32. ^ "Russian Fifth Rate frigate 'Pyotr Apostol' (1788)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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