# List of ship launches in 1783

The list of ship launches in 1783 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1783.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 6 January | Great Britain | Batson | Limehouse | Dictator | Inflexible-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 January | Great Britain | Adams | Bucklers Hard | Gladiator | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 January | Great Britain | Dudman | Deptford Wharf | Carnatic | Courageux-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 February | Kingdom of France | | Saint-Malo | Dryade | Hébé-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 22 March | Great Britain | Francis S. Willson | Sandgate | Rattler | Echo-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 March | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | Le Désirée | Seine-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy. |
| March | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grace | La Seine | Seine-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy. |
| 3 April | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Powerful | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 April | Russia | O. Matveev | Gnilotonskaya | Chetyrnadsatye | Vosmoi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 18 April | Great Britain | Andrew Hills | Sandwich | Weazle | Childers-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 May | Great Britain | Balthazar Adams | Deptford | Iris | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 May | Russia | O. Matveev | Gnilotonskaya | Shestnadtsatyi | Vosmoi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 11 May | Russia | V. A. Selyaninov | Saint Petersburg | Grom | Perun-class bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Boleslav | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Mecheslav | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Vozmislav | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 17 May | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Charon | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| May | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Le Nécéssaire | Seine-class Flûte (ship) | For French Navy. |
| May | Great Britain | Stephen Teague | Ipswich | Megaera | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 June | Russia | V. A. Selyaninov | Saint Petersburg | Ioann Krestitel | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 June | Kingdom of France | Hubert Pennevert | Rochefort | La Favourite | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| 16 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Culloden | Ganges-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 June | Great Britain | Teast, Tombes & Blaming | Bristol | Druid | Hermione-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 June | Spain | Francisco Gautier | El Ferrol | San José | First rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 20 June | Portugal | | Lisbon | Tritão | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| June | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | L'Étoile | Seine-class Flûte (ship) | For Navy. |
| 1 July | Great Britain | Stewart and Hall | Sandgate | Rose | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 July | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Séduisant | Séduisant-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 15 July | Great Britain | George Parsons | Bursledon | Phoenix | Perseverance-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 July | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Prins Willem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 19 July | Sweden | | Karlskrona | Venus | Bellona-class frigate | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| 31 July | United States | Cotton John | Chatham, Connecticut | Bourbon | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 4 August | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Mercure | Séduisant-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 9 August | Denmark-Norway | Henrik Gerner | Copenhagen | Prindsesse Lovisa Augusta | Indfødsretten-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 15 August | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Princess Royal | Full-rigged ship | For Baker & Dawson. |
| 2 September | Sweden | Frederik Henrik af Chapman | Karlskrona | Rättvisan | Third rate | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| 9 September | Great Britain | Perry & Hankey, or Randall | Blackwall | Berrington | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 9 September | Great Britain | Perry & Co. | Blackwall Yard | Hillsborough | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 12 September | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Leda | Perseverance-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 September | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Prins Maurits | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 12 September | Great Britain | | Shoreham-by-Sea | Vulcan | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 September | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Slava Ekateriny | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 26 September | Great Britain | Henry Peake | Woolwich Dockyard | Europa | Portland-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 September | Russia | I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | Trekh Ierarkhov | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 27 September | Great Britain | Edward Graves | Deptford | Calypso | Echo-class sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| September | Great Britain | Adams & Barnard, or Randall | Deptford | Middlesex | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 27 October | Great Britain | John Barton | Liverpool | Penelope | Hermione-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 October | Great Britain | John Pelham | Shoreham-by-Sea | Conflagration | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 October | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Inconstant | Perseverance-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 November | Great Britain | Moses Game | Harwich | Comet | Tisiphone-class fireship | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 November | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | Thunderer | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 November | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Thisbe | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 November | Dutch Republic | | Harlingen | Oostergo | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 10 December | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Defiance | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | James Betts | Mistley | Greyhound | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 December | Republic of Venice | Andrea Chiribiri | Venice | Vittoria | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| December | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Lord Camden | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Henrik Gerner | Åbenrå | Æolus | West Indiaman | For Butz & Partners. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Albion | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Swansea | Atlantic | Merchantman | For John St Barbe & Co. |
| Unknown date | Cuba | | Havana | Bahama | Ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Benjamin | Sloop | For Thomas Ford. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | | Rhodes | Berid-i Zafer | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Hill | Limehouse | Boyd | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Maryport | Britannia | Brig | For Mr. Younghusband. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Saltcoats | Britannia | Brig | For Bent & Salisbury. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Britannia | Brig | For John St Barbe & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bridport | Britannia | Whaler | For Samuel Enderby & Sons. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Britannia | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Le Messurier. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | De Hoog & De Wit | Delfshaven | Delft | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Jacob Spaans | Dordrecht | Dordrecht | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bristol | Duchess of Portland | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Duckenfield Hall | West Indiaman | For [Mr. Nesbit. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Yarmouth | Duke of Buccleugh | Merchantman | For Mr. Thompson. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Elliott | Slave ship | For F. Ingram & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Rotherhithe | Fletcher | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Henrik Gerner | Copenhagen | Friderichsværn | Frigate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | J. Swerus | Harlingen | Friesland | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Hersteller | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Hoop | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Horn | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Iris | Slave ship | For Backhouse et al. |
| Unknown date | Newfoundland | | Harbour Grace | Jenny | Schooner | For John Clements. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | King George | West Indiaman | For Neave & Co. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Gnilotonskaya | Kurer | Kurer-class schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Lord Donoughmore | Cutter | For Mr. O'Conner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Lord Mulgrave | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Margaret and Ann | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Nancy | Sloop | For Robert Thorne & Thomas Ford. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Noord Holland | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Gnilotonskaya | Piadnadtsatyi | Vosmoi-class Frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Post | Brig | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Rachel | Brig | For Coulson, Holt & Lacy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Salamander | Cutter | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Pasaia | San Sebastián | San Fermin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Malta | | Valetta | Sante Elisabeth | Frigate | For Navy of the Order of Saint John. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Sinop | Semend-i Bahri | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Gnilotonskaya | Sokol | Kurer-class schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Statenjacht | Jacht | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | | Rhodes | Tılsım-ı Bahri | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Vliegende Vis | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | location | Vrijheid | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Medemblik | Westfriesland | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Yarmouth | Westmoreland | Merchantman | For T. Mangles. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Windsor Castle | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Zeven Provincien | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Southampton | Name unknown | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |