List of ship launches in 1778

The list of ship launches in 1778 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1778.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
28 February	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Courageuse	Concorde-class frigate	For French Navy.
2 March	Great Britain	John Fisher	Liverpool	Hyaena	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy.
16 March	Kingdom of France	Lemarchand	Saint-Malo	Résolue	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.
26 March	Kingdom of France	Gilles Cambry	Lorient	Surveillante	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[1]
March	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Junon	Charmante-class frigate	For French Navy.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Marion Brillantais	Saint-Malo	Prudente	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[2]
11 April	United States			Angelica	Privateer	For Massachusetts State Navy.[3]
25 April	Russia	S. I. Afanaseyev	Novokhoperskaya	Vosmoi	Vosmoi-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[4]
28 April	United States	William & James K. Hackett	Amesbury, Massachusetts	Hancock	Frigate	For Continental Navy.
28 April	Great Britain	James Martin Hillhouse	Bristol	Medea	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
28 April	Great Britain	John Barnard	Ipswich	Savage	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[5]
11 May	Kingdom of France	Fromy Dupuy	Saint-Malo	Amazone	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[6]
13 May	Great Britain	John Randall & Co.	Rotherhithe	Jupiter	Portland-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
14 May	Great Britain	Robert Batson	Limehouse	Janus	Roebuck-class ship	For Royal Navy.
15 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Alexander	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[7]
15 May	Republic of Venice	Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi	Venice	Brilliante	Fifth rate	For Venetian Navy.[8]
15 May	Russia	M. D. Portnov	Archangelsk	Voin	Modified Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[9]
21 May	Russia	V.Gunion	Archangelsk	Mariia	Pavel-class frigate	For Imperial Russian Navy.[10]
26 May	Republic of Venice	Giovanni Domenico Giacomazzi	Venice	Sirena	Fourth rate	For Venetian Navy.[11]
27 May	Great Britain	Israel Pownoll	Chatham Dockyard	Nymph	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
28 May	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Amphitrite	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy.
May	Kingdom of France		Nantes	Deane	Fifth rate	For Continental Navy.[12]
May	Cuba		Havana	Santa Matilda	Fifth rate	For Spanish Navy.[13]
18 June	Kingdom of France	Beaurgard de Segray	Saint-Malo	Gentille	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[14]
25 June	Great Britain	Peter Baker	Liverpool	Penelope	Porcupine-class post ship	For Royal Navy.[15]
9 July	Kingdom of France	Fromy Dupuy	Saint Malo	Gloire	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[16]
28 July	Great Britain	Nicholas Phillips	Woolwich Dockyard	Fortune	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[17]
1 August	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Magicienne	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.
3 August	Great Britain	Henry Ladd	Dover	Expedition	Sprightly-class Cutter (boat)	For Royal Navy.[18]
4 August	Great Britain	Thomas King	Dover	Sprightly	Sprightly-class Cutter (boat)	For Royal Navy.
10 August	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	Earl Talbot	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
10 August	Great Britain	John Randall & Co.	Rotherhithe	Resource	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
20 August	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec	Brest	Neptune	Third rate	For French Navy.[19]
22 August	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Bellone	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.
22 August	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Précieuse	Magicienne-class frigate	For French Navy.[20]
24 August	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Atlas	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[21]
27 August	Balearic Islands		Port Mahon	Minorca	Xebec	For Royal Navy.[22]
7 September	Great Britain	James Mentone & Son	Limehouse	Childers	Childers-class brig-sloop	For Royal Navy.
9 September	Ireland	King's Yard	Dublin	Fame	Privateer	For private owner.[23]
18 September	Kingdom of France	Leon-Michel Guignace	Brest	Auguste	Ship of the line	For French Navy.[24]
19 September	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers	Rochefort	Scipion	Scipion-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[25]
20 September	Kingdom of France	Leon-Michel Guignace	Saint-Malo	Médée	Iphigénie-class frigate	For French Navy.[26]
22 September	Great Britain	Thomas Raymond	Southampton	Pomona	Enterprise-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
5 October	Kingdom of France	Jacques-Noël Sané	Brest	Annibal	Annibal-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.[27]
5 October	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers	Rochefort	Hercule	Scipion-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[28]
8 October	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Alexander	Alfred-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.[29]
8 October	Great Britain	John Barnard	Harwich	Charon	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.[30]
22 October	Great Britain	Joseph Harris, William Gray, & Israel Pownoll	Chatham Dockyard	Alfred	Alfred-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
22 October	Great Britain	John Wells	Deptford	Ganges	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
24 October	Great Britain	John Jenner	Sheerness Dockyard	Fairy	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[31]
5 November	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers	Rochefort	Pluton	Scipion-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[32]
7 November	Great Britain	Edward Greaves	Limehouse	Delight	Swan-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[33]
8 November	United States	Jedidiah Willetts	Norwich, Connecticut	Confederacy	Frigate	For Continental Navy.[34]
13 November	Dutch Republic	John May	Amsterdam	Admiraal de Ruiter	Third rate	For Dutch Navy.[35]
November	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	Mutin	Mutin-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.
November	Kingdom of France	Jacques & Danie Denys	Dunkerque	Pilote	Mutin-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.
18 December	Great Britain	Mr. Pye	Stockton-on-Tees	Bellona	Frigate	For Royal Navy.[36]
30 December	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Héros	Third rate	For French Navy.[37]
December	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	Tapageur	Mutin-class Cutter (boat)	For French Navy.[38]
Unknown date	Republic of Venice			Achille	Xebec	For Venetian Navy.[39]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Américaine	Privateer	For Bretel, Ernouf & La Houssaye.
Unknown date	Sweden	Djurgårdsvarvet	Stockholm	Amphion	Turuma	For Gustav III.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Amphitrite	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Nantes	Astrée	Privateer	For Guilliaume et fils.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Bencoolen	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Britannia	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date	United States		Massachusetts	Bunker Hill	Privateer	For Bartholomew Putnam & Jacob Ashton.
Unknown date	Great Britain		Folkestone	Busy	Cutter	For Royal Navy.[41]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire	Kalas		Burc-i Zafer	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire	Kalas		Ejder Başlı	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[43]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Henry Adams	Bucklers Hard	General Barker	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[44]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Wells		Halsewell	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain	Adams & Barnard	Deptford Dockyard	Hydra	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[45]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Peter Everett Mestaer	Rotherhithe	Incendiary	Fireship	For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Infernal	Fireship	For Royal Navy.[47]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Jacques Denys	Dunkerque	La Comtesse de Provence	Privateer	For private owner.[48]
Unknown date	Viceroyalty of New Spain		San Blas	La Princesa	Corvette or frigate	For Spanish Navy.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Boulogne	La Princesse de Robecq	Frigate	For private owner.[49]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers	Saint-Malo	Valeur	Corvette	For French Navy.[50]
Unknown date	Konbaung dynasty		Rangoon	Lawriston	Corvette	For French East India Company.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Duc de Mortemart	Privateer	For Claude Dubois Le Jaune.[51]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Havre de Grâce	Le Monsieur	Privateer	For private owners.[52]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Lucifer	Fireship	For Royal Navy.[53]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Melikü'l Bahr	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy.[54]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Mermaid	Pilot boat	For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Nasır-ı Bahri	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[55]
Unknown date	Republic of Venice			Nettuno	Xebec	For Venetian Navy.[56]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Panther	Sloop-of-war	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Parel	East Indiaman	For Dutch East India Company.[57]
Unknown date	Dutch East Indies		Java	Patna	Sloop	For Bombay Pilot Service.
Unknown date	Great Britain			Princess Royal	Sloop	For private owner.
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Raad-ı Bahri	Sixth rate	For Ottoman Navy.[58]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Seahorse	Pilot boat	For British East India Company.[40]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Nicholas Bools	Bridport	Shaftesbury	Cutter	For Carter Bros.[59]
Unknown date	Portuguese India		Daman	Temível Portuguesa	Fifth rate	For Portuguese Navy.[60]
Unknown date	United States			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Brigantine	For private owner.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France			Name unknown	Merchantman	For private owner.