List of ship launches in 1780

The list of ship launches in 1780 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1780.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
23 January	France	Jolly, Leathers & Barton	Liverpool	Nemesis	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
24 January	Great Britain	Peter Baker	Liverpool	Adamant	Portland-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
27 January	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Terrible	Terrible-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[1]
11 February	Kingdom of France	Dujardin	Saint-Malo	Aigle	Privateer	For M. Clonard.
22 February	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Bellmont	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[2]
7 March	Great Britain	Barnard	Harwich	Inflexible	Inflexible-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
20 March	Kingdom of France	Jean-Denis Chevillard	Rochefort	Invincible	First rate	For French Navy.[3]
20 March	Kingdom of France		Lorient	La Friponne	Fifth rate	For French Navy.[4]
20 March	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Alexander Forfait	Brest	Royal Louis	Ship of the line	For French Navy.[5]
20 March	Great Britain	Wells	Rotherhithe	Vansittart	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
23 March	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Fortitude	Albion-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
10 April	United States	Wharton & Humphries	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Saratoga	Sloop-of-war	For Continental Navy.
19 April	Kingdom of France	Charles Etienne Bombelle	Rochefort	La Fée	Fifth rate	For French Navy.[6]
20 April	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Assurance	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy.[7]
April	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Duc de Chartres	Privateer	For private owner.[8]
April	Republic of Venice			Cupid	Xebec	For Venetian Navy.[9]
April	Republic of Venice			Mercurio	Xebec	For Venetian Navy.[10]
3 May	Kingdom of France	Jacques-Noël Sané	Brest	Northumberland	Annibal-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[11]
6 May	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Flora	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.[12]
10 May	Province of Georgia	Jonathon Coleman	Carleton Island	Ontario	Sixth rate	For Provincial Marine.[13]
12 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Ne Tron Menia	Aziia-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy.[14]
12 May	Great Britain	I. V. James	Archangelsk	Sviatoi Ianuarii	Aziia-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy.[15]
16 May	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec	Brest	Astrée	Nymphe-class frigate	For French Navy.[16]
20 May	Great Britain	John Fisher	Liverpool	Daedalus	Active-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 June	Great Britain	George Parsons	Bursledon	Fox	Active-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
2 June	Great Britain	Adams & Barnard	Deptford	Orpheus	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
3 June	Great Britain	John Jenner	Woolwich Dockyard	Minerva	Minerva-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[17]
3 June	Great Britain		Deptford	Orpheus	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.[18]
5 June	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Belliqueux	Ardent-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
16 June	Kingdom of France	Daniel & Jacques Denys	Dunkerque	Pandour	Mutin-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.
18 June	Kingdom of France	Denys	Dunkerque	Clairvoyant	Mutin-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.
1 July	Great Britain	Israel Pownoll & Nicholas Phillips	Chatham Dockyard	Leander	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
6 July	Russia	A. S. Katsanov	Cronstadt	Perun	Perun-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy.[19]
19 July	Kingdom of France		Boulogne	Le Comte d'Avaux	Privateer	For private owner.[20]
5 August	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers	Toulon	La Badine	Coquette-class corvette	For French Navy.[21]
11 August	Kingdom of France	Chevalier Antoine Groignard	Toulone	La Semillante	Coquette-class corvette	For Navy.[22]
30 August	Great Britain	Edward Hunt	Northam	Active	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.[23]
31 August	Great Britain	William Cleverley	Gravesend	Zebra	Zebra-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
August	United States			Fair American	Privateer	For Navy.[24]
August	Great Britain	Joshua Stewart	Sandgaet	Fortune	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy.[25]
16 September	Kingdom of France	Jean-Joseph Ginoux	Havre de Grâce	Abondance	Baleine-class gabarre	For French Navy.
16 September	Russia	A. S. Katsanov	Cronstadt	Sviatoi Georgii Pobedonosets	Aziia-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
20 September	Great Britain	James Betts	Mistleythorn	Iphigenia	Amazon-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
21 September	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Augustin Lamonthe Kercaradec	Brest	Sceptre	Second rate	For French Navy.[27]
30 September	Great Britain	Robert Batson & Co.	Limehouse	Juno	Amazon-class frigate	For Navy.
14 October	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Vestale	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.[28]
14 October	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Magnanime	Intrepid-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.[29]
16 October	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	La Nourrice	Baleine-class gabarre	For French Navy.[30]
28 October	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Alceste	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.[31]
October	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall	Essex	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
October	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Merlin	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy.[32]
October	Great Britain	Perry, or Randall	Blackwall	Valentine	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
11 November	Great Britain	John Fisher	Liverpool	Alligator	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[33]
13 November	Kingdom of France	Arnous-Dessaulays	Lorient	Téméraire	Facteur-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.
17 November	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Majestueux	Terrible-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[34]
28 November	Great Britain	Fabian	East Cowes	Repulse	Intrepid-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
November	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall	Asia	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
21 December	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Naïade	Coquette-class corvette	For French Navy.
27 December	Great Britain		Chatham Dockyard	Amphion	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.
31 December	Great Britain	Barnard		Antelope	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
December	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Northumberland	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain		River Thames	Antelope	Packet ship	For Post Office Packet Service.
Unknown date	Unknown			Arbuthnot	Galley	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	United States			Aurora	Letter of marque	For Mungo Mackay & Thomas Dennie.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Watson	Rotherhithe	Berwick	Full-rigged ship	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Blandford	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[35]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Bordeaux	Brutus	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Catharina Wilhelmina	East Indiaman	For Dutch East India Company.[36]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Defence	Luggage boat	For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Ditmarsken	Indfødsretten-class ship of the line	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[38]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Dolfijn	Sixth rate	For Dutch Navy.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Duc de Chartres	Privateer	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Fishburn	Merchantman	For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Fortitude	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	United States		Newburyport, Massachusetts	Hannibal	Privateer	For Massachusetts State Navy.[39]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Hermanis	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[37]
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece	builder	Rhodes	Hifz-i Huda	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[40]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Hornby	full-rigged ship	For private owner.[37]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Intrepid	Snow	For Bombay Marine.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Bristol	Kingston	West Indiaman	For J. Collard.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	L'Epervier	Privateer	For Cornich, Cornic & Le Jeune.[41]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Pilote	Privateer	For private owner.[42]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Osterley	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall Yard	Pigot	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	United States	John Peck	Plymouth, Massachusetts	Rattlesnake	Privateer	For Massachusetts State Navy.
Unknown date	United States			Rhodes	Privateer	For Massachusetts State Navy.[43]
Unknown date	Great Britain		Whitby	Russian Merchant	Merchantman	For Leighton & Co.
Unknown date	Spain		El Ferrol	Santa Natalia	Sixth rate	For Spanish Navy.[44]
Unknown date	Russia		Kazan	Ship Sloop No. 3	Caspian Sea-class ship sloop	For Imperial Russian Navy.[45]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Calvert & Co.	Shoreham-by-Sea	Surprize	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of Great Britain		Glasgow	Tarleton	Merchantman	For Mr. Crosbie.
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece	builder	Rhodes	Tevfikü'llah	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[46]
Unknown date	India		Calcutta	Trial	Packet ship	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Vénus	Vénus-class frigate	For French Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	J. Hand	Enkhuizen	Vlieger	Full-rigged ship	For Dutch Navy.[47]
Unknown date	Russia		Kazan	Unnamed	Bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy.[48]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Folkestone	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Russia		Archangelsk	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown	Spain			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Unknown			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.