Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
24 January |
Great Britain |
Edward Hunt |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Cygnet |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[1] |
January |
Thirteen Colonies |
|
Rhode Island |
Washington |
Galley |
For Rhode Island General Assembly. |
8 March |
Great Britain |
Adams & Barnard |
Deptford |
Hound |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[2] |
18 March |
Great Britain |
John & William Wells |
Deptford |
Vulture |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
19 March |
Great Britain |
John Perry |
Blackwall Yard |
Hornet |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[3] |
20 March |
Great Britain |
John Randall |
Rotherhithe |
Perseus |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[4] |
21 March |
Great Britain |
Nicholas Phillips |
Woolwich Dockyard |
Daphne |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[5] |
21 March |
Great Britain |
Adam Hayes |
Deptford Dockyard |
Galatea |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[6] |
23 March |
Great Britain |
John Randall |
Rotherhithe |
Unicorn |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[7] |
30 March |
Spain |
|
Carthagena |
San Dámaso |
San Joaquin-class ship of the line |
For Spanish Navy.[8] |
6 April |
Great Britain |
Edward Greaves |
Limehouse |
Spy |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[9] |
20 April |
Great Britain |
Israel Pownoll |
Chatham Dockyard |
Camilla |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[10] |
2 May |
United States |
|
|
Sachem |
Sloop-of-war |
For Continental Navy.[11] |
8 May |
Kingdom of France |
Jacques Denys |
Dunkerque |
Le Coureur |
Lugger |
For French Navy.[12] |
18 May |
Great Britain |
Adam Hayes |
Deptford Dockyard |
Culloden |
Culloden-class ship of the line |
For Royal Navy.[13] |
21 May |
Great Britain |
John Barnard |
Harwich |
Cormorant |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[14] |
21 May |
Thirteen Colonies |
James Hackett |
Kittery, Maine |
Raleigh |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
May |
Thirteen Colonies |
Silvester Bowes |
Providence, Rhode Island |
Providence |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
3 June |
Thirteen Colonies |
Stephen & Ralph Cross |
Newburyport, Massachusetts |
Boston |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
3 June |
Thirteen Colonies |
|
Newburyport, Massachusetts |
Hancock |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
13 June |
Thirteen Colonies |
Uriah Hayden |
|
Oliver Cromwell |
Corvette |
For Connecticut State Navy. |
20 June |
Great Britain |
John Randall |
Rotherhithe |
Aetna |
Etna-class bomb vessel |
For Royal Navy.[15] |
3 July |
Great Britain |
John Perry |
Blackwall Yard |
Vesuvius |
Etna-class bomb vessel |
For Royal Navy.[16] |
10 July |
United States |
Wharton & Humphreys |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Randolph |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
26 July |
United States |
Manuel Eyre |
Kensington, Philadelphia |
Bulldog |
Galley |
For Pennsylvania State Navy.[17] |
27 July |
Kingdom of France |
Jean-Joseph Ginoux |
Havre de Grâce |
La Favorite |
Corvette |
For French Navy.[18] |
July |
United States |
Warwick Coates |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Delaware |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
July |
United States |
|
Salisbury, Massachusetts |
Tyrannicide |
Brigantine |
For Massachusetts State Navy. |
3 August |
Kingdom of France |
Jean-Joseph Ginoux |
Havre de Grâce |
Officeuse |
Storeship |
For French Navy. |
7 August |
United States |
Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Washington |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
12 August |
United States |
George Wells |
Fells Point, Maryland |
Virginia |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy.[19] |
August |
United States |
Hermanus Schuyler |
Skenesborough, New York |
Philadelphia |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
5 September |
United States |
John Cotton |
Chatham, Connecticut |
Trumbull |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
10 September |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Trumbull |
Galley |
For Continental Navy. |
14 September |
Great Britain |
George White |
Sheerness Dockyard |
Fly |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
27 September |
Kingdom of France |
François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers |
Rochefort |
La Ménagère |
Sixth rate |
For French Navy.[20] |
September |
Kingdom of France |
|
Rochefort |
Fendant |
Ship of the line |
For French Navy. |
September |
United States |
|
New York |
Row Galley Number One |
Galley |
For Royal Navy.[21] |
September |
United States |
|
New York |
Row Galley Number Two |
Galley |
For Royal Navy.[22] |
September |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Washington |
Galley |
For Continental Navy.[23] |
October |
United States |
Lancaster Burling |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
Montgomery |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
29 October |
United States |
Lancaster Burling |
Skenesborough, New York |
Congress |
Galley |
For Continental Navy.[24] |
7 November |
United States |
Joseph Grice |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Effingham |
Fifth rate |
For Continental Navy.[25] |
25 November |
Kingdom of France |
Chevalier Antoine Groignard |
Rochefort |
Réfléchi |
Solitaire-class ship of the line |
For French Navy.[26] |
26 November |
Great Britain |
|
Whitby |
Lynx |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |
26 November |
Great Britain |
Nicholas Phillips |
Woolwich Dockyard |
Ruby |
Intrepid-class ship of the line |
For Royal Navy.[27] |
27 December |
Great Britain |
William Pownall |
Chatham Dockyard |
Ariadne |
Sphinx-class post ship |
For Royal Navy.[28] |
27 December |
Great Britain |
William Pownall |
Chatham Dockyard |
Pegasus |
Swan-class ship-sloop |
For Royal Navy.[29] |
December |
United States |
|
New York |
Row Galley Number Three |
Galley |
For Royal Navy.[30] |
December |
United States |
|
New York |
Row Galley Number Four |
Galley |
For Royal Navy.[31] |
Spring |
Thirteen Colonies |
|
New York |
Lady Washington |
Galley |
For Continental Navy. |
Summer |
United States |
Lancaster Birling |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
Congress |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
Summer |
Thirteen Colonies |
Jeduthan Baldwin |
Fort Ticonderoga, New York |
Revenge |
Schooner |
For Continental Navy. |
Summer |
United States |
|
Lake Champlain, New York |
New York |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
Summer |
United States |
Jeduthan Baldwin |
Fort Ticonderoga, New York |
Revenge |
Schooner |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
Kingdom of France |
|
Toulon |
Aimable |
Alcmène-class frigate |
For French Navy. |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
America |
Sloop |
For Connecticut State Navy.[32] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Boston |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
Thirteen Colonies |
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Britannia |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
Bristol |
Chambers |
West Indiaman |
For Dinham & Co. |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Connecticut |
Gondola |
For Continental Navy.[33] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Lake Champlain |
Gates |
Lugger |
For Continental Navy.[34] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
East Greenwich, Rhode Island |
Greenwich |
Privateer |
For Nathaniel Greene & Co. |
Unknown date |
Ottoman Greece |
|
Rhodes |
Hümay-ı Bahri |
Fourth rate |
For Ottoman Navy.[35] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
Independence |
Galley |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
India |
|
Bombay |
Indus |
Schooner |
For Bombay Pilot Service.[36] |
Unknown date |
Denmark-Norway |
|
|
Infodsretten |
Third rate |
For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[37] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Jersey |
Gondola |
For Continental Navy.[38] |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
|
Mountfield |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
India |
|
Bombay |
Nerbudda |
Schooner |
For Bombay Pilot Service.[36] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Lake Champlain |
New Haven |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
Ottoman Empire |
|
Sinop |
Nüvid-i Fütuh |
Third rate |
For Ottoman Navy.[39] |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
Skenesborough, New York |
Providence |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
United States |
|
|
Putnam |
Brig |
For New Hampshire State Navy.[40] |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
|
Rose |
Cutter |
For Board of Customs. |
Unknown date |
Kingdom of France |
|
Bordeaux |
Sartine |
Frigate |
For Compagnie de la Guyane.[41] |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
Randall |
Rotherhithe |
Shark |
Sloop-of-war |
For Royal Navy. |
Unknown date |
United States |
J. Lester |
Norwich, Connecticut |
Shark |
Galley |
For Connecticut State Navy.[42] |
Unknown date |
Kingdom of France |
|
Brest |
Sphinx |
Ship of the line |
For French Navy. |
Unknown date |
Thirteen Colonies |
|
Rhode Island |
Spitfire |
Galley |
For Rhode Island General Assembly. |
date |
United States |
|
Lake Champlain |
Spitfire |
Gundalow |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
Liverpool |
Thomas Hall |
West Indiaman |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Thirteen Colonies |
Sylvester Bowers |
Providence, Rhode Island |
Warren |
Frigate |
For Continental Navy. |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
Whitby |
Yorkshire |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Kingdom of France |
|
|
Name unknown |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |
Unknown date |
Great Britain |
|
River Thames |
Name unknown |
Merchantman |
For private owner. |