# List of ship launches in 1779

The list of ship launches in 1779 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1779.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 2 January | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | Sibyl | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 January | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Walpole | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 18 January | Kingdom of France | | Saint-Malo | Diane | Sibylle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| January | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Duguay-Trouin | Privateer | For Thieulent Colleville. |
| January | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Le Jean Bart | Privateer | For Colleville et Reverdin. |
| 1 February | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Miño | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 3 February | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | Le Baleine | Baleine-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| 7 February | Great Britain | builder | location | Neptune | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 13 February | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Jason | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 17 February | Great Britain | James Betts | Mistley | Thorn | Swan-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 February | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Batavier | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 1 March | Kingdom of France | | Saint-Malo | Le Cerf | Cerf-class cutter | For French Navy. |
| 1 March | Kingdom of France | | Saint-Malo | Le Chevreuil | Cerf-class cutter | For French Navy. |
| 4 March | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | Rotherhithe | Serapis | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 March | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | L'Outarde | Baleine-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| 18 March | Kingdom of France | Mackenzie Sime | Leith | Fury | Swan-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 March | Kingdom of France | André-François Normand | Honfleur | Duc de la Vauginon | Privateer | For private owner. |
| 31 March | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Triomphant | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| March | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Crescent | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 April | Kingdom of France | | Saint-Malo | L'Hussard | Cerf-class cutter | For French Navy. |
| 3 April | Kingdom of France | | Dunkerque | Le Serpent | Cerf-class cutter | For French Navy. |
| 14 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Novokhoperskaya | Desiatyi | Vosmoi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Novokhoperskaya | Deviatyi | Vosmoi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 April | Kingdom of France | | Dunkerque | La Levrette | Cutter | For French Navy. |
| 19 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Novokhoperskaya | Odinnadtsatyi | Vosmoi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 28 April | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Hermione | Concorde-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 29 April | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Bonetta | Swan-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| April | United States | | Salem, Massachusetts | Wild Cat | Privateer | For John Fisk et al. |
| 14 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Patrikii | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Simion | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 17 May | Great Britain | John Barnard | Ipswich | Champion | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 May | Great Britain | Adams & Barnard | Deptford | Pandora | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 May | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Thunder | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | Republic of Venice | Zuanne Seibezzi | Venice | Galatea | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 31 May | Kingdom of France | Geoffroy | Saint-Malo | Néréide | Sibylle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| May | Great Britain | Henry Ladd | Dover | Drake | Brig-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 June | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Pegasus | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Terror | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 June | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Prins Frederik | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 21 June | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Fenice | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 24 June | Russia | Joseph Noy | Saint Petersburg | Spiridon | Slava Rossii-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 24 June | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Saint Petersburg | Tsar Konstantin | Tsar Konstantin-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 28 June | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Galathée | Galathée-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 30 June | Great Britain | George White | Deptford Dockyard | Edgar | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 July | Great Britain | John Fisher | Liverpool | Ulysses | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 July | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | Brilliant | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 July | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Cerberus | Active-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 July | Great Britain | John Baker | Newcastle upon Tyne | Siren | Porcupine-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 July | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Alcide | Albion-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 July | Great Britain | James Menetone & Son | Limehouse | Cyclops | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| July | United States | | Marshfield, Massachusetts | Active | Brigantine | For Continental Navy. |
| 11 August | Kingdom of France | Jean-Jacques Maistral | Rochefort | Fine | Sibylle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 11 August | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | Railleuse | Galatée-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 27 August | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Magnanime | Magnanime-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 28 August | Great Britain | Edward Greaves | Limehouse | Endymion | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 August | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Chatham Dockyard | Montagu | Alfred-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 August | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Sérieuse | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 29 August | Balearic Islands | | Port Mahon | Minorca | Xebec | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 September | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Lutine | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 25 September | Portugal | | Lisbon | Nossa Senhora de Bom | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 1 October | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Alert | Cutter | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 October | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Lascelles | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 23 November | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Ponsborne | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 25 October | Kingdom of France | Jean-Jacques Maistral | Nantes | Emeraude | Sibylle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 27 October | Great Britain | Thomas Raymond | Southampton | Laurel | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| October | Kingdom of France | Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | La Comtess d'Artois | Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate | For private owner. |
| October | Kingdom of France | M. Blanche | Havre de Grâce | Le Stanislas | Privateer | For Robert Coppens. |
| October | Dutch Republic | Jacques Boux | Amsterdam | Le Tigre | Indien-class frigated | For French Navy. |
| 11 November | Spain | | Carthagen | San Justo | San Joaquin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 26 November | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Cleopatra | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 December | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Mercury | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 December | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | La Coquette | Coquette-class corvette | For French Navy. |
| 23 December | Kingdom of France | Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet | Lorient | La Capricieuse | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| 24 December | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Purísima Concepción | First rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 24 December | Great Britain | Robert & John Batson | Limehouse | Vestal | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 December | Great Britain | Adams | Bucklers Hard | Hannibal | Fourth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Adventure | Brig | For Mr. Le Mesurier. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Aurora | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Boyne | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Cleminson | Full-rigged ship | For Ingram & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Batson | Limehouse | Contractor | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Defence | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Henry Ladd | Dover | Drake | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | J. Hand | Enkhuizen | Enkhuizen | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Fame | West Indiaman | For A. Clibourn. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | General Kepple | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | Bermuda | Hazard | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Hoorn | Hoorn | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Newhaven | John | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Dunkerque | La Comtesse de Provence | Comtesse d'Artois-class frigate | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Dunkerque | La Dunkerquoise | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Le Duc d'Estissac | Privateer | For François-Régis Becquerel. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | L'Espérance | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Lively | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall | London | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Marquis de Seignelay | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Maarten Harpentzoon Tromp | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Monsieur | Privateer | For Deslandes, Laforterie-Valmont and de Vallefleur. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | | Oldenborg | Indfødsretten-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Patrioten | Frigate | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sidmouth | Prince of Wales | Merchantman | For John Mather. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | J. Swerus | Harlingen | Prinses Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Protector | Frigate | For Massachusetts State Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | San Fermín | Ship-sloop | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Thomas Allin | Dover | Scourge | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Rhodes | Şehbaz-ı Bahri | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Kazan | Ship Sloop No 1 | Caspian Sea-class ship sloop | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Kazan | Ship Sloop No 2 | Caspian Sea-class ship sloop | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Speedy | Whaler | For Samuel Enderby & Sons. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay dockyard | Swallow | Packet ship | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Two Brothers | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Vengeance | Unrated | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Young William | West Indiaman | For George Atty. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Barnard | Deptford | Zephyr | Sloop-of-War | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Deptford Dockyard | Name unknown | Full-rigged ship | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |