List of ship launches in 1798
Introduction The '''list of ship launches in 1798''' includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1798.__NOTOC__ Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes 3 January  Rochefort '''''Africaine'''''  For French Navy. 4 January  John Wells Deptford '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 17 January   Thomas Pollard Deptford Dockyard ''''''  For Royal Navy. 17 January  John Perry Blackwall Yard ''''''  For Royal Navy. 17 January  Perry Blackwall '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 31 January   Louis Crucy Nantes '''''' For French Navy. 1 February   Lorient ''''''  For French Navy. 2 February  Barnard Deptford Wharf ''''''  For Royal Navy. 3 March  John Randall Rotherhithe ''''''  For Royal Navy. 3 March  Perry Blackwall '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 19 March  James Betts Mistleythorn '''''' Fifth rate  For Royal Navy. 19 March  Thomas Pitcher Northfleet ''''''  For Royal Navy. 31 March  John Wells Deptford '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 31 March  Plymouth Dockyard Plymouth '''''' Third rate For Royal Navy. 2 April  William Wells Rotherhithe '''''' Third rate For Royal Navy. 16 April  Cleverley Bros. Gravesend ''''''  For Royal Navy. 17 April  Edwards Shoreham-by-Sea ''''''  For Royal Navy. 23 April   Peter Glavimans Rotterdam '''''' Third rate For Batavian Navy. 24 April   A. G. Stepanov Kazan ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 24 April   A. G. Stepanov Kazan ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 29 April  Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes '''''' Corvette For French Navy. April  Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge '''''' Gunboat For Royal Navy. 2 May  Honoré Garnier Saint-Maurice Toulon '''''' Corvette For French Navy. 2 May  John Dudman Deptford Wharf ''''''  For Royal Navy. 16 May  Hill & Mellish Limehouse '''''' Storeship For Royal Navy. 19 May    Arkhangelsk '''''' Armed storeship For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 May   G. Ignatyev Archangelsk '''''' Fifth rate For Imperial Russian Navy. 19 May   G. Ignatyev Archangelsk ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 7 June  James Hacket Kittery, Maine '''''' Unrated For United States Navy. 20 June   A. S. Katsanov Kherson ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 28 June  Julian Martin de Retamosa El Ferrol ''''''  For Spanish Navy. 30 June    Rotterdam '''''' Third rate For Dutch East India Company. June  Nova Scotia Snow Parker Liverpool '''''' Privateer For Joseph Barss Sr., William Lawson, Snow Parker and Simeon Perkins. 14 July  Randall, Brent & Sons Rotherhithe '''''' Merchantman For Robert Charnock. 28 July   R. Dorman Amsterdam ''''''  For Batavian Navy. 11 August  James Hackett Kittery, Maine '''''' Topsail schooner For Revenue Cutter Service. 13 August 22px India  Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia Bombay '''''' Full-rigged ship For Bruce, Fawcett & Co. 13 August  Charles-Henri Tellier Havre de Grâce ''''''  For French Navy. 18 August  Brest '''''Biche'''''  For French Navy. 2 September   A. I. Melikhov Saint Petersburg ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 9 September    Saint-Malo '''''Le Décidé''''' Privateer For Havard et Compagnie. 11 September  Chatham Dockyard Chatham ''''''  For Royal Navy. 12 September 22px India   Calcutta '''''' East Indiaman For Lambert, Ross & Co. 24 September   G. Ignatyev Archangelsk ''''''  For Imperial Russian Navy. 26 September  George Parsons Bursledon ''''''  For Royal Navy. 27 September  Randall & Brent Rotherhithe '''''' West Indiaman For Hayman & Co. 27 September  Randall & Brent Rotherhithe '''''' Merchantman For Hibbert & Co. 12 October  Association of Newburyport Shipwrights Newburyport, Massachusetts '''''' Sixth rate Presented to United States Navy. 20 October  Almon Hill & Sons Limehouse '''''' Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy. 25 October  Nova Scotia Lowdon Pictou '''''' Merchantman For private owner. October  Malta La Valette Valetta '''''' Third rate For French Navy. October   Bordeaux '''''' Privateer For private owner. 6 December  Humble Liverpool '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 8 December  Humble Liverpool '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 10 December  Frances Barnard, Son, & Roberts Deptford '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. 22 December  Pierre-Elisabeth Rolland Lorient '''''Argonaute'''''  For French Navy. 22 December   Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople '''''' Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy. 22 December   Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople '''''' Sixth rate For Ottoman Navy. 22 December   Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine Constantinople '''''' Second rate For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date    '''''' Merchantman For M. Warren. Unknown date  Edward Mosley North Shields '''''' Merchantman For Mr. Holand. Unknown date   Dunkerque '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date   Poole '''''' Slave ship For John Anderson. Unknown date  Bermuda  Bermuda '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date   Bordeaux '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date   Dartmouth '''''' Slave ship For Daniel Backhouse & John Tarleton. Unknown date  Joseph Caverley Baltimore, Maryland '''''' Frigate For United States Navy. Unknown date   Berwick upon Tweed '''''' Smack For Mr. Patterson. Unknown date   Kirkcaldy '''''' West Indiaman For Mr. M'Neil. Unknown date   Leith '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date 22px India    '''''' East Indiaman For British East India Company. Unknown date  Charleston, South Carolina '''''' Row galley For United States Navy. Unknown date 22px India  Bombay Dockyard '''''' Brig For Bombay Marine. Unknown date    '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Lower Canada Patrick Beatson Quebec City '''''' Merchantman For Beatson & Co. Unknown date    Rotterdam '''''' Third rate For Batavian Navy. Unknown date    Woolwich Dockyard '''''' Gunboat For Royal Navy. Unknown date  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania '''''' Schooner For Revenue Cutter Service Unknown date  = Gatcombe '''''' Merchantman For Wade & Co. Unknown date   Great Yarmouth '''''' Merchantman For J. Sayers. Unknown date    Hamburg '''''' Merchantman For B. Bosen & Co. Unknown date  Bermuda  Bermuda '''''' Merchantman  For private owner. Unknown date  Thomas Haw Stockton-on-Tees '''''' Merchantman For Robert Wigram. Unknwn date   Great Yarmouth '''''' Merchantman For Mr. Heathfield. Unknown date    '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania '''''' Merchantman  For private owner. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date   Bordeaux '''''' Sloop-of-war For French Navy. Unknown date   Lancaster '''''' West Indiaman For Mr. Ritchie Unknown date    Rotterdam '''''' Third rate For Batavian Navy. Unknown date 22px India   Calcutta '''''' Merchantman For Lennox & Co. Unknown date   Bordeaux '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Denmark-Norway Frantz Hohlenberg Nyholm '''''' Frigate For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date 22px India  Calcutta '''''' Merchantman For Mr. Thompson Unknown date   Nantes '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date    Bayonne '''''La Cantabré''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date   Raymond-Antoine Haran Bayonne ''''''  For French Navy. Unknown date     '''La Résolue''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''La Ressource''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''Le Baret''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''Le Bordelais''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Guadeloupe  Guadeloupe '''''Le Dix Août''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Guadeloupe  Guadeloupe '''''Le Sauveur''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''Le Scoevola''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date    Dunkerque '''''Le Vigilant''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Guadeloupe  Guadeloupe '''''L'Intrepide''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''L'Invariable''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date    Bordeaux '''''L'Invincible Général Bonaparte''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Thomas King Dover '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date  New Brunswick   '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date   Sunderland '''''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date   Liverpool '''''' Slave ship For James Bold and Robert Bibby. Unknown date  John Smith Gainsborough '''''' West Indiaman For private owner. Unknown date    Bordeaux '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date   Bordeaux '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date     '''''' Third rate For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date   Jean-Baptiste Benoit Constantinople '''''' First rate For Ottoman Navy. Unknown date  Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge '''''' Gunboat For Royal Navy. Unknown date    '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date    Rotterdam '''''' Third rate For Batavian Navy. Unknown date  Edward Mosley & Co. Howdon '''}''' Merchantman For Francis & Thomas Hurry. Unknown date  Norfolk Island  Norfolk Island '''''' Sloop For John Hunter. Unknown date   Norfolk, Virginia '''''' Brig For United States Navy. Unknown date  22px India    Bombay '''''Philip Dundas''''' Brig For Bombay Pilot Service. Unknown date   Newburyport, Massachusetts '''''' Topsail schooner For United States Navy. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date  Antoine & Louis Crucy Nantes '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date  Hobbs & Hellyer Redbridge '''''' Gunboat For Royal Navy. Unknown date    Norfolk, Virginia '''''' Brig For United States Navy. Unknown date   La Ciotat '''''' Privateer For private owner. Unknown date   John & Philip Laing Sunderland '''''Sarah'''''  Merchantman For Mr. Scaling. Unknown date   John Patterson Savannah, Georgia '''''' Row galley For United States Navy. Unknown date     '''''' Full-rigged ship For United States Navy. Unknown date  Upper Canada Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard Kingston '''''' Gunboat For Provincial Marine. Unknown date   J. Blenkinsop Monkwearmouth '''''Spring'''''  Brig For J. Blenkinsop. Unknown date    '''''' Brig For private owner. Unknown date   Whitby '''''' West Indiaman For private owner. Unknown datedate  New Brunswick   '''''' Merchantman For Mr. Fleming. Unknown date  Ann Brodrick South Shields '''''' Merchantman For Mr. Simpson. Unknown date   John & Philip Laing Sunderland '''''Vertumnus'''''  Merchantman For J. Poditch. Unknown date  Denmark-Norway  Copenhagen '''''' Third rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date  Netherlands East Indies  Batavia '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date    '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date 22px Unknown  France or Spain '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date    '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date    '''Name unknown''' Ketch For private owner. Unknown date   Boston, Massachusetts '''Name unknown''' Merchantman For private owner. Unknown date    '''Name unknown''' Schooner For private owner. Unknown date   New York '''Name unknown''' Snow For private owner.
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