# List of ship launches in 1789

The list of ship launches in 1789 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1789.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 20 January | Cuba | José Flo | Havana | San Hermenegildo | Santa Ana-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 12 February | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Flyvende Fiske | Sloop-of-war | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| February | Republic of Venice | | | Aletto | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| February | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Fortunato Jacob | Full-rigged ship | For Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia. |
| February | Republic of Venice | | | Megera | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| February | Republic of Venice | | | Tisifone | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| February | Great Britain | Glass | Fort William | Warren Hastings | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 8 April | Spain | Tómas Muñoz | Cádiz | Atrevida | Corvette | For Spanish Navy. |
| 8 April | Spain | Tómas Muñoz | Cádiz | Descubierta | Corvette | For Spanish Navy. |
| 12 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Mariia Magdalin | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 4 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Bystraia | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 4 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Legkaia | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 4 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Minerva | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 4 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Skoraia | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Bellona | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Lebed | Lebed-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Krechet | Sokol-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Sokol | Sokol-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | Jonathon Coleman | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Evsevii | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 May | Russia | G. Ignatyev | Cronstadt | Sviatoi Nikolai Chudotvorets | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Baklan | Lebed-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Kronshtadt | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 15 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Parmen | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Arhkipelag | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Boris | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Diana | Baltic-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Gleb | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Nikanor | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Pimen | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Prozerpina | Balti-class xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 19 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Iastreb | Sokol-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 19 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Gagava | Lebed-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 June | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Aquilon | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 27 June | Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov | Rogozhskaya | Tsar Konstantin | Pyotr Apostol-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 July | Great Britain | Adams | Bucklers Hard | Illustrious | Arrogant-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 July | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Cybèle | Nymphe-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 6 August | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Melpomène | Minerve-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 10 August | Kingdom of Sicily | Antonio Imbert | Castellamare del Golfo | Aretusa | Fifth rate | For Royal Sicilian Navy. |
| 15 August | Sweden | | Karlskrona | Ulla Fersen | Frigate | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| 22 August | Kingdom of France | | Havre de Grâce | Fidèle | Félicité-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 24 August | Great Britain | Joseph Graham | Harwich | Earl of Abergavenny | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 21 September | Kingdom of France | Honoré-Sebastien Vial du Clairbos | Rochefort | Embuscade | Frigate | For French Navy. |
| September | New South Wales | Robinson Reid | Sydney | Rose Hill Packet | Hoy | For Arthur Phillip. |
| 5 October | Denmark-Norway | Henrik Gerner | Copenhagen | Tre Kroner | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 12 October | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Tonnant | Tonnant-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 19 October | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | A Coruña | Europa | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 24 October | Kingdom of France | Jean Marguerite Tupinier | Toulon | Le Tonnant | Tonnant-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 2 November | Great Britain | Thomas Pitcher | Northfleet | Royal Charlotte | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 3 November | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Hindostan | East Indiaman | For Robert Williams. |
| 4 November | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Jupiter | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 13 November | Denmark-Norway | Ernst Wilhelm Stibolt | Copenhagen | Søormen | Cutter | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 15 November | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Éole | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 25 November | Northwest Territory | | Detroit | Nancy | Schooner | For Richardson, Forsythe & Co. |
| 3 December | Great Britain | Thomas Pollard | Plymouth Dockyard | Serpent | Hound-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 December | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Vengeur | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 18 December | Portugal | | Lisbon | Principe do Brasil | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| December | India | G. Gillett | Calcutta | Ann and Eliza | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | Bermuda | Active | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Amity Hall | West Indiaman | For G. Tarbutt. |
| Unknown date | Cuba | | Havana | Asia | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Aurora | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Ismail Kalfa | Constantinople | Bahr-i Zafer | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Bars | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Bomanear | Full-rigged ship | For Pestonjee Bomanjee. |
| Unknown date | India | | Surat | Britannia | Merchantman | For Lennox & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Camel | Schooner | For Mr. Hounsell, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Travers & Bull Way. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Randall, Gray & Brent | Rotherhithe | Discovery | Survey ship | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Drakon | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Echo | Full-rigged ship | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Colony of New Brunswick | | | Eliza | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Experiment | Slave ship | For Anthony Calvert, Thomas King and William Camden. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Nikoli Kalfa | Sinop | Feyz-i Hüda | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ireland | | Cork | Grenada Packet | West Indiaman | For John Roche. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Hannah | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Selby | Holderness | Merchantman{ | For Green & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Kittery, Maine | Hope | Brigantine | For Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Russel Sturgis and James Magee. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | King George | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Kit | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Komeet | Brig of war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Barry | Whitby | Latona | Merchantman | For John & Francis Barry. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | | Leuuw | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Lev | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Mary Anne | Brigantine | For Mr. Hounsell, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Travers & Bull Way. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Medved | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Neptunus | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Novopavlovsk | Novopavlosk | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | Bermuda | Old Dick | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Oryol | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Hoorn | Oosthuizen | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Isle of Man | | | Peggy | Schooner | For George Quayle. |
| Unknown date | Newfoundland Colony | Jeffrey & Start | Newfoundland | Placentia | Placentia-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Rhode Island | President Washington | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Prince George | West Indiaman | For Fryer & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Prince of Wales | Full-rigged ship | For P. Green. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Nantes | Robuste | Slave ship | For Boutellier Père et Fils. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Rys | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Henrik Garner | Copenhagen | Saelland | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | Kotosov | Khoper | Sergei Radonezhskii | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Shaw Muncher | full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Slon | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Edward Mosley | Howdon | Sovereign | Merchantman | For Mr. Brown. |
| Unknown date | Russia | Kotosov | Khoper | Sviatoi Nikon | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Tajbux | Full-rigged ship | For Pestonjee Bomanjee. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Tarleton | Slave ship | For Tarleton & Co. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Tigr | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Newfoundland Colony | Lester & Stone | Newfoundland | Trepassey | Placentia-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Triton | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | Saint Petersburg | Volk | Baltic-class half-xebec | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | George Gillet | Calcutta | Warren Hastings | East Indiaman | For Fairlie & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Wildman | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | No. 1 chain boat | Chain boat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |