# List of ship launches in 1785

The list of ship launches in 1785 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1785.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 22 January | Spain | Juan Fernandez Romero de Landa | Cartagena | San Ildefonso | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 27 January | Great Britain | Perry & Hankey | Blackwall Yard | Gorgon | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| January | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Duke of Montrose | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 10 February | Great Britain | Thomas Raymond | Northam | Regulus | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 February | Great Britain | Greaves & Nickoldson | Frindsbury | Meleager | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 March | Spain | | Cartagena, Spain | Santa Brigida | Frigate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 7 March | Russia | | Gniltonskaya | Taganrog | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 March | Great Britain | Caleb Crookenden | West Itchenor | Chichester | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 11 March | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Guerriera | Third rate | For Venetian Navy. |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Benjamin Ashman | Shoreham-by-Sea | Scorpion | Echo-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Deptford | Solebay | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 March | Great Britain | Wells | Rotherhithe | Terrible | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 April | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall Yard | Victorious | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | | Kazan | Kizliar | Kavkaz-class corvette | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | | Kazan | Mozdok | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 May | Great Britain | Barton | Liverpool | Squirrel | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 May | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Thetis | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Briachislav | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Mstislav | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | M. D. Portnove | Archangelsk | Premislav | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Vseslav | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Mariia Magdalina | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 19 May | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Pijl | Brig | For Dutch Navy. |
| 26 May | Great Britain | Joseph Graham | Harwich | Castor | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 June | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Bed-i Nusret | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| 8 June | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Melampus | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 June | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Sviatoi Georgy Pobedonosets | Fourth Rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 June | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Généreux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 25 June | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Proserpine | Hébé-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 25 June | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Zealous | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 12 July | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Ramillies | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 July | Spain | | Cartagena | San Antonio | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 22 July | Great Britain | Clayton & Willson | Sandgate | Hind | Coventry-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 July | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Audacious | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 July | Great Britain | Thomas Pollard | Portsmouth | Medusa | Experiment-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| July | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Willem de Eerste | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 2 August | Spain | | El Ferrol | Nuestra Señora de la Paz | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 4 August | Kingdom of France | Pierre-Alexander Forfait | Brest | Félicité | Félicité-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 23 August | Republic of Venice | Scabozzi Manao | Venice | San Giorgio | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 20 August | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford | Kronprindsens Lystfregat | Royal yacht | For Kronprinds Frederik. |
| 16 September | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Ferme | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 19 September | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Fougueux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 21 September | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Lapwing | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 September | Great Britain | Greaves & Purnell | Limehouse | Romulus | Flora-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 September | Great Britain | Hilhouse | Bristol | Nassau | Ardent-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 September | Great Britain | Henry Ladd | Dover | Circe | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 October | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Patriote | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 7 October | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Commerce de Marseille | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 14 October | Great Britain | | Portsmouth | St George | Duke-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| October | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Manship | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 2 November | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Rockingham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 16 November | Kingdom of France | Hubert Pennivert & Henri Chevillard | Rochefort | Pomone | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| 16 November | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall | William Pitt | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 17 November | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Borée | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 2 December | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Fleur de Lys | Galathée-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 3 December | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall | Worcester | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 December | Great Britain | Adams & Barnard | Deptford | Majestic | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 December | Great Britain | Thomas Calhoue & John Nowlan | Bursledon | Woolwich | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 December | Great Britain | James Betts | Mistleythorn | Terpsichore | Amazon-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bristol | Alexander | Slave ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Chester | Backhouse | West Indiaman | For Tarleton & Backhouse. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Borrowdale | Collier | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Bridgewater | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Cadiz Dispatch | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Experiment | Sailing ship | For unknown owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Friesland | Flora | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Friesland | Galathe | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Haarlem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Hastings | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | South Shields | King George | Merchantman | For King George's Sound Company. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Manligheten | Man of war | For Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Margaret | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Nine Sisters | West Indiaman | For J. Lockier. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | | Nordstiernen | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Orakabeza | West Indiaman | For Mr. Burton. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Wells | | Phoenix | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Queen | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Sally | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | South Shields | Sappho | Merchantman | For T. Weir. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Shaftesbury | Sloop | For Francis Stewart and William Thadden. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Wesp | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Zeehond | Man-of-war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Cherbourg | Name unknown | Chasse-marée | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | Bermuda | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |