| Date | Ship | Class | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
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| 20 January | Mexicano | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | | Havana | Cuba | For Spanish Navy. |
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| 5 February | Hartwell | East Indiaman | | Itchenor | Great Britain | For British East India Company. [1] |
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| 23 February | Réunion | Magicienne-class frigate | | Toulon | Kingdom of France | For French Navy. [2] |
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| February | Bridgewater | East Indiaman | William Barnard | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. [3] |
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| 18 March | Modeste | Magicienne-class frigate | | Toulon | Kingdom of France | For French Navy. [4] |
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| 11 April | Saint Alexander | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [5] [6] |
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| 13 April | Apostolov Andrei | Frigate | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [7] |
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| 15 April | Hannibal | Arrogant-class ship of the line | Perry | Blackwall Yard | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 15 April | Impregnable | London-class ship of the line | | Deptford Dockyard | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 28 April | Papillon | Brig of war | Benjamin Dunbois | Saint-Malo | Kingdom of France | For French Navy. [8] |
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| 29 April | Severn | Adventure-class ship of the line | Hilhouse | Bristol | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. [9] |
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| 3 May | Pallade | Pallade-class frigate | Piero Beltrame | Venice | Republic of Venice | For Venetian Navy. [10] |
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| 14 May | Panteleimon | Aziia-class ship of the line | M. D. Portnov | Arkhangelsk | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [11] |
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| 14 May | Sviatoi Piotr | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | M. D. Portnov | Arkhangelsk | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [12] |
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| 16 May | Kir Ioann | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | M. D. Portnov | Arkhangelsk | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [13] |
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| 17 May | Nadezhda Blagopoluchiia | Modified Pavel-class frigate | M. D. Portnov | Arkhangelsk | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [14] |
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| 30 May | Venere | Pallade-class frigate | Girardo Minao | Venice | Republic of Venice | For Venetian Navy. [15] |
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| May | Dover | Adventure-class ship | George Parsons | Bursledon | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. [16] |
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| 10 July | Blanche | Hermione-class frigate | Thomas Calhoun & John Nowlan | Bursledon | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 26 July | Leiden | Third rate | John May | Amsterdam | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. [17] |
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| 24 August | Elephant | Arrogant-class ship of the line | George Parsons | Bursledon | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 11 September | Royal Sovereign | First rate | Thomas Pollard | Plymouth Dockyard | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. [18] |
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| 25 September | Theseus | Culloden-class ship of the line | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 25 September | Thetis | East Indiaman | Perry | Blackwall | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| 2 October | Zephier | Fifth rate | | Amsterdam | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. [19] |
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| 6 October | Bellerophon | Arrogant-class ship of the line | Edward Greaves & Co. | Frindsbury | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 16 October | Sugar Cane | Merchantman | | Rotherhithe | Great Britain | For Turner & Co. |
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| 20 October | Vestnik | Cutter | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [20] |
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| October | Melville Castle | East Indiaman | William Barnard | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| October | Princess Royal | East Indiaman | Wells | | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| 4 November | Conde de Regla | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | | Havana | Cuba | For Spanish Navy. |
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| 8 November | Princess Amelia | East Indiaman | Barnard & Dudman, or Randall | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| 20 November | Capricieuse | Capricieuse-class frigate | | Lorient | Kingdom of France | For French Navy. [21] |
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| 22 November | Saturn | Arrogant-class ship of the line | Raymond | Northam | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. |
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| 23 November | Aquilon | Hermione-class frigate | Edward Hunt | Rotherhithe | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. [22] |
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| November | Earl of Wycombe | East Indiaman | Smallshaw & Rogers | Liverpool | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| November | Henry Dundas | East Indiaman | Perry | Blackwall | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| November | Minerva | East Indiaman | Perry | Blackwall | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| November | Rose | East Indiaman | Wells | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| 21 December | Santa Florentina | Frigate | Arsenal de Cartagena | Cartagena | Spain | For Spanish Navy. |
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| 21 December | Woodcot | East Indiaman | Wells | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| Unknown date | Berislav | Kinburn-class frigate | | Gnilotonskaya | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [23] |
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| Unknown date | Bridport | Sloop | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Great Britain | For George Brown, Nicholas Bools, Joseph Gundry and others. [24] |
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| Unknown date | Broderick | Whaler | | North Shields | Great Britain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Castor | Fifth rate | | Rotterdam | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. |
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| Unknown date | Commerce | Merchantman | | Bermuda | Bermuda | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Duchess of Rutland | Merchantman | | Dublin | Ireland | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Earl Fitzwilliam | East Indiaman | Barnard | Deptford | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| Unknown date | Edinburgh | Paddle vessel | Patrick Miller | Leith | United Kingdom | For Patrick Miller. Steam power added in 1787. [25] |
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| Unknown date | Endeavour | Sloop | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Great Britain | For Randall family and another. [26] |
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| Unknown date | Fanagoriia | Kinburn-class frigate | | Gnilotonskaya | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [27] |
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| Unknown date | Golden Grove | West Indiaman | | Teignmouth | Great Britain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Hannah | Slave ship | | Liverpool | Great Britain | For Benjamin Heywood. |
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| Unknown date | Harriot | West Indiaman | | Liverpool | Great Britain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Indfødsretten | Indfødsretten-class ship of the line | | | Denmark-Norway | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [28] |
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| Unknown date | Jean Bart | Corvette | | Bayonne | Kingdom of France | For French Navy. |
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| Unknown date | Kinburn | Kinburn-class frigate | | Gnilotonskaya | Russia | For Imperial Russian Navy. [29] |
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| Unknown date | Lady Penrhyn | Slave ship | Edward Greaves | River Thames | Great Britain | For Curtis & Co. |
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| Unknown date | Latona | Merchantman | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Great Britain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Lord Walsingham | East Indiaman | | Great Yarmouth | Great Britain | For British East India Company. |
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| Unknown date | Mercury | Merchantman | | Topsham | Great Britain | For John St Barbe. |
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| Unknown date | Milford | Merchantman | | Bombay Dockyard | India | For Pestonjee Bomanjee. [30] |
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| Unknown date | Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes | Frigate | | Havana | Cuba | For Spanish Navy. |
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| Unknown date | Othello | Slave ship | | Liverpool | Great Britain | For Mr. Earle. |
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| Unknown date | Partenope | Third rate | Antonio Imbert | Castellamare del Golfo | Kingdom of Sicily | For Royal Sicilian Navy. [31] |
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| Unknown date | Pluto | Third rate | J. Hand | Medemblik | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. [32] |
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| Unknown date | Rawlinson | Merchantman | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Great Britain | For private owner. [33] |
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| Unknown date | Selby | Merchantman | | Whitby | Great Britain | For private owner. [34] |
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| Unknown date | Sireene | Ship-sloop | | Harlingen | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. |
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| Unknown date | Staaten Generaal | Third rate | | | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. |
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| Unknown date | Waakzaamheid | Sixth rate | J. Hand | Enkhuizen | Dutch Republic | For Dutch Navy. [35] |
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| Unknown date | William Beckford | Merchantman | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Great Britain | For private owner. [36] |
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| Unknown date | Woolwich Chain Boat | Chain boat | William Cleverley | Gravesend | Great Britain | For Royal Navy. [37] |
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| Unknown date | Name unknown | Merchantman | | | Spain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Name unknown | Merchantman | | Bermuda | Bermuda | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Name unknown | Merchantman | | Liverpool | Great Britain | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Name unknown | Merchantman | | | Sweden | For private owner. |
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| Unknown date | Name unknown | Merchantman | | | Spain | For private owner. |
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