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 | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Ranger | Sloop | For D. Wincey.[41] |
Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Rose | Cutter | For Board of Customs. |
Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | Sartine | Frigate | For Compagnie de la Guyane.[42] |
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.[43] |
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. |