# List of ship launches in 1787

The list of ship launches in 1787 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1787.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 20 January | Great Britain | Hill & Mellish | Limehouse | Marquis of Lansdown | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 22 January | Great Britain | Thomas Calhoun | Bursledon | Blonde | Frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 February | Great Britain | Caleb Crookenden & Co. | Itchenor | Hartwell | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 6 March | Great Britain | | Deptford Dockyard | Vanguard | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 March | Great Britain | William Cleverley | Gravesent | Nottingham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 31 March | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Fyen | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 4 April | Great Britain | William Cleverley | Gravesend | Colossus | Courageux-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 April | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | Swiftsure | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | Great Britain | Philemon Jacobs | Sandgate | Alligator | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | Great Britain | Crookenden & Taylor | Itchenor | Belvedere | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 18 April | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Orion | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 20 April | Kingdom of France | Hubert Pennevert | Rochefort | Alerte | Brig of war | For French Navy. |
| 2 May | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Salvador del Mundo | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 4 May | Kingdom of France | Raymond-Antoine Haran | Bayonne | Goéland | Goéland-class brick-aviso | For French Navy. |
| 9 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Arhchangelsk | Arkhangel Gavriil | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Severnyi Oryol | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 May | Russia | S.I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Alexander Nevskii | Fourth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 May | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Sviatoi Vladimir | Slava Ekateriny-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 18 May | Kingdom of France | Joseph Niou | Rochefort | Gracieuse | Charmante-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | Ottoman Empire | Jean-Jacques Sébastien Le Roy | Constantinople | Mukaddeme-i Nusret | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| May | Kingdom of France | Raymond-Antoine Haran | Bayonne | La Mouche | brig of war | For French Navy. |
| 1 June | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Orion | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 June | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Josif II | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 June | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Léopard | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 11 July | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Impérieuse | Junon-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 16 July | Great Britain | Edward Hunt | Buckler's Hard | Sheerness | Adventure-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 July | Great Britain | John Mackenzie | Rotherhithe | Harriot | West Indiaman | For Mr. Davidson. |
| 9 August | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Sensible | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 13 August | Portugal | | | Fenix | Fourth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 14 August | Great Britain | Fabian | East Cowes | Veteran | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 14 September | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Justinian | West Indiaman | For Hamilton & Co. |
| 12 October | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Entreprenant | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 October | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Impétueux | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 27 October | Great Britain | John Perry | Blacwall | Albion | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 27 October | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | Rotherhithe | Lord Hawkesbury | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| October | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Recherche | Marsouin-class scow | For French Navy. |
| 4 November | Cuba | | Havana | Real Carlos | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 10 November | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Carnatic | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 10 November | Great Britain | | Rotherhithe | Pacific | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| 26 November | Great Britain | Robert Batson | Limehouse | Captain | Canada-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 November | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Triton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 27 November | Great Britain | Graham | Harwich | Excellent | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 November | Great Britain | Perry & Co. | Blackwall | Ceres | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 December | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Airly Castle | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 27 December | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Boddam | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| December | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Le Bretagne | East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Aleksander Nevskii | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Bityug | Unrated | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Duchy of Holstein | Dorf-Gården | Kiel | Bomb No. 1 | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Duchy of Holstein | Dorf-Gården | Kiel | Bomb No. 2 | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Brilliant | Sloop | For William Darley. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Cartier | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | India | | Surat | Cecilia | Merchantman | For Private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Ipswich | Ceres | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Cornwallis | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Feniks | Brig of war | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Cádiz | Infante | Brig of war | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Jay | Snow | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Juno | Snow | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland, County Durham | Kitty | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Lapwing | Sloop | For Granville Sharp. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Veere | Minerva | Brig of war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Seahorse | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Shaw Arsdeer | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Stege | Gunboat | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Tartar | Merchantman | For John St Barbe. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Thetis | Brig | For Taylor & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | William Wallis | Blackwall | No. 1 chain boat | Chain boat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Vlissingen | Wilhelmina | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Parkgate | Name unknown | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |