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.
February  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Indien Frigate For Deane, Franklin & Lee.
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 Spain 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 La 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 Le 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 La Precieuse 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 Kingdom of Great Britain 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.
30 December  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Le Héros Third rate For French Navy.[36]
December  Kingdom of France Dunkerque Le Tapageur Mutin-class Cutter (boat) For French Navy.[37]
Unknown date Republic of Venice Achille Xebec For Venetian Navy.[38]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Américaine Privateer For Bretel, Ernouf & La Houssaye.
Unknown date Sweden Sweden Djurgårdsvarvet Stockholm Amphion Turuma For Gustav III.
Unknown date India Bombay Amphitrite East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Nantes Astrée Privateer For Guilliaume et fils.
Unknown date India Bombay Bencoolen East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date India Bombay Britannia East Indiaman For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date  United States Massachusetts Bunker Hill Privateer For Bartholomew Putnam & Jacob Ashton.
Unknown date  Great Britain Folkestone Busy Cutter For Royal Navy.[40]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Kalas Burc-i Zafer Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[41]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Kalas Ejder Başlı Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[42]
Unknown date  Great Britain Henry Adams Bucklers Hard General Barker East Indiaman For British East India Company.[43]
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.[44]
Unknown date  Great Britain Peter Everett Mestaer Rotherhithe Incendiary Fireship For Royal Navy.[45]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Perry Blackwall Yard Infernal Fireship For Royal Navy.[46]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Jacques Denys Dunkerque La Comtesse de Provence Privateer For private owner.[47]
Unknown date Spain 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.[48]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers Saint-Malo La Valeur Corvette For French Navy.[49]
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.[50]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Havre de Grâce Le Monsieur Privateer For private owners.[51]
Unknown date  Great Britain John Randall Rotherhithe Lucifer Fireship For Royal Navy.[52]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Constantinople Melikü'l Bahr Third rate For Ottoman Navy.[53]
Unknown date India Bombay Mermaid Pilot boat For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Ottoman Empire Constantinople Nasır-ı Bahri Fourth rate For Ottoman Navy.[54]
Unknown date Republic of Venice Nettuno Xebec For Venetian Navy.[55]
Unknown date India Bombay Panther Sloop-of-war For Royal Navy.
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Parel East Indiaman For Dutch East India Company.[56]
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.[57]
Unknown date India Bombay Seahorse Pilot boat For British East India Company.[39]
Unknown date Portugal Portuguese India Daman Temível Portuguesa Fifth rate For Portuguese Navy.[58]
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.

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  18. ^ "British cutter 'Expedition' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  31. ^ "British sloop 'Fairy' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  32. ^ "French third rate ship of the line 'Le Pluton' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  33. ^ "British sloop 'Delight' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  44. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Hydra' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  45. ^ "British fireship 'Incendiary' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  46. ^ "British fireship 'Infernal' (1778)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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