# List of ship launches in 1788

The list of ship launches in 1788 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1788.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 21 January | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | L'Expédition | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy. |
| 24 January | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | La Moselle | Gabarre | For French Navy. |
| 26 January | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Le Curieux | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy. |
| January | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Hazard | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 23 February | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Dick | West Indiaman | For Q. Dick. |
| 23 February | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Epervier | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 23 February | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Le Sans Souci | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy. |
| February | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Lutin | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 27 March | Republic of Venice | Antonio Chiribiri | Venice | Bellona | Fifth rate | For Venetian Navy. |
| March | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Espoir | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 8 April | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Staaten Generaal | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 21 April | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | Le Cerf | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy. |
| 21 April | Kingdom of France | Benjamin Dubois | Saint-Malo | L'Impatient | Expédition-class brig-aviso | For French Navy. |
| 26 April | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Odin | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| April | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | L'Eveillé | Sloop of war | For French Navy. |
| 6 May | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Aglaé | Frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 7 May | Kingdom of France | Gouet & Deros | Havre de Grâce | La Bienvenue | Sixth rate | For French Navy. |
| 7 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Prokhor | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Pomoshchnyi | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 7 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Sysoi Velikii | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Maksim Ispovednik | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | Pospelov | Saint Petersburg | Neva | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | S. Durakin | Saint Petersburg | Stashnyi | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 8 May | Russia | M. Sarychev | Saint Petersburg | Volkhov | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 14 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Letuchii | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 20 May | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Pobeditel | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 May | Kingdom of France | | Brest | America | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 21 May | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Apollon | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 24 May | Russia | Vasily Vlasov | Saint Petersburg | Nadyozhnyi | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 24 May | Russia | | Cronstadt | Schastlivyi | Cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 16 June | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Thétis | Nymphe-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 20 June | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Alliantie | Frigate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 20 June | Spain | | Bilbao | San Telmo | Third Rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| June | Republic of Venice | | | Agile | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| June | Republic of Venice | | | Azzardo | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| 4 July | Great Britain | | Woolwich Dockyard | Prince | London-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 5 July | Great Britain | | Plymouth Dockyard | Glory | Duke-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 July | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Venus | Whaler | For Alexander & Benjamin Champion. |
| 27 July | Republic of Venice | | | Amazzone | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| 30 July | Republic of Venice | | | Diana | Galiot | For Venetian Navy. |
| 2 August | Russia | Jonathan Coleman | Saint Petersburg | Dvenadtsat Apostolov | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 2 August | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Ravnoapostolnyi Knyaz Vladimir | Ches'ma-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 2 August | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall | Three Sisters | West Indiaman | For Mr. Mangles. |
| 7 August | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Commerce de Marseille | Océan-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 10 August | Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov | Rogozhskaya | Ioann Bogoslov | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 August | Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov | Rogozhskaya | Pyotr Apostol | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 1 September | Russia | D. Masalsky | Saint Petersburg | Letuchaia | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 2 September | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Duquesne | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 16 September | Great Britain | John Nelson | Chatham Dockyard | Royal George | First rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 September | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Tourville | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 16 October | Portugal | | Lisbon | Lebre | Sixth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 16 October | Great Britain | Perry & Co. | Blackwall | Warley | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 24 October | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Edmund and George | West Indiaman | For J. Christie. |
| 27 October | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Duke of Buccleugh | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 30 October | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Duguay-Trouin | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 30 October | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Ocean | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 31 October | Kingdom of France | Charles-Jean-François Segondat-Duvernet | Lorient | Uranie | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| 20 December | Spain | | Carthagena | San Francisco de Paula | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Amacree | Slave ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Scotland | Britannia | Merchantman | For Hunter & Co. |
| Unknown date | Province of Quebec | | New Brunswick | Britannia | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Candia | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | King | Dover | Chatham | Survey ship | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Cyrene | Full-rigged ship | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Dandy | Schooner | For Mr. Akin. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Good Intent | Sloop | For John Bagwall, Nicholas Bools, Joshua Gundry and Thomas Swain. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | L'Espiègle | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Haasje | Packet ship | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Iona | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Margaret | Sloop | For Knight & Co. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Marsouin | Sixth rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Martha | Slave ship | For R. Fisher. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Myrtle | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | North West America | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Carthagena | Nuestra Señora de la Soledad | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | | Pieter Florisz | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Plover | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Pomona | Brigantine | For Nicholas Bools and William Rodden. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | William Rowe | Newcastle upon Tyne | Prince William | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Prins Frederik Willem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ireland | | Strangford | Prosperity | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Ranger | Sloop | For Daniel Vivian and Richard Vivian. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Ross | Cutter | For HM Customs. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Northfleet | Royal Charlotte | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Rozhdestvo Bogorodisty | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Sally | Sloop | For George French. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bayonne | Serin | Hazard-class brig | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of Sicily | | Castellammare del Golfo | Sibilla | Fifth rate | For Royal Sicilian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Spiridon Trimifiiskii | Bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Vlissingen | Star | Brig of war | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Tweed | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Wilding | West Indiaman | For Moses Benson. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Batson | Limehouse | No. 2 chain boat | Chain boat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | South Shields | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |