# List of ship launches in 1790

The list of ship launches in 1790 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1790.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 28 January | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Argo | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 31 January | Great Britain | Martin Ware | Deptford | Hound | Hound-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 March | Great Britain | George White | Portsmouth Dockyard | Fury | Hound-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| March | India | Robertson & Glas | Calcutta | Aurora | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| 9 April | Russia | I. V. Dolzhnikov | Rogozhskaya | Fyodor Stratilat | Pyotr Apostol-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 14 April | France | | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime | Thésée | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 15 April | Great Britain | | Chatham Dockyard | Queen Charlotte | First rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviataia Aleksandra | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviataia Ekaterina | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviataia Elena | Akeksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviataia Mariia | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D.Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviatoi Aleksandr | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviatoi Konstantin | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviatoi Nikolai | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | D. Masalsky | Cronstadt | Sviatoi Pavel | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Kherson | Voznesenie Gospodne | Fourth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 24 April | Great Britain | William Rule | Sheerness Dockyard | Leopard | Portland-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 April | Great Britain | Martin Ware | Deptford Dockyard | Brunswick | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 May | Great Britain | | Deptford Dockyard | Windsor Castle | London-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 May | Great Britain | Marmaduke Stalkart | Rotherhithe | Crescent | Merchantman | For John St Barbe. |
| 18 May | Sweden | Frederik Henrik af Chapman | Vestervik | Hjalmar | Hemmema | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| 21 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Narva | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 21 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Revel | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Aleksei | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Filipp | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Iona | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Piotr | Iaroslav-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Riga | Briachislav-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Unnamed | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Unnamed | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 22 May | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Unnamed | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 27 July | Great Britain | | Woolwich Dockyard | Boyne | Boyne-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 July | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Blenheim | West Indiaman | For Fryer & Co. |
| 30 July | France | Ricaude du Temple | Toulon | Albanaise | Brig | For French Navy. |
| 30 July | France | | Toulon | Scipion | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 7 August | Denmark-Norway | Ernst Wilhelm Stibolt | Copenhagen | Triton | Frigate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 25 August | Russia | A. P. Solokov | Nicholaieff | Sviatoi Nikolai | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 27 August | France | | Toulon | Perle | Minerve-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 8 September | France | | Rochefort | L'Inconstante | Charmante-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 9 September | Great Britain | Thomas Dunsterville | Plymouth | Trial | Cutter | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 September | France | | Lorient | Prudente | Capricieuse-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 26 September | France | | Toulon | Topaze | Magicienne-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 8 October | Great Britain | William Rule | Woolwich Dockyard | Martin | Hound-class sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 9 October | Great Britain | John Nelson | Chatham Dockyard | Leviathan | Courageux-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 October | Great Britain | Todd & Pitcher | Northfleet | Alfred | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 20 October | Dutch Republic | Pieter Glavimans | Rotterdam | Prinses Frederika Louise Wilhelmina | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 23 October | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Taunton Castle | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 7 November | France | | Lorient | Jean Bart | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 8 November | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Canton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 8 November | France | | Toulon | États de Bourgogne | Océan-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 20 November | Spain | Bryant Tomas | El Ferrol | Intrepido | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 22 November | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall | Woodford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 23 November | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | True Briton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 20 December | France | | Brest | Indomptable | Tonnant-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Francis Barry | Whitby | Amphitrite | Merchantman | For James Atty. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Anna | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Betsey | Slave ship | For William Boats. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Teignmouth | Castor & Pollux | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Echo | Slave ship | For Mr. Staniforth. |
| Unknown date | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Ecate | Cutter | For Venetian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Enea | Cutter | For Venetian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Enterprize | Slave ship | For Thomas Leyland & Thomas Molyneux. |
| Unknown date | India | | Surat | General Medows | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Goree Packet | Ketch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Herald | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | Papaço Kalfa | Bodrum | Hilal-i Zafer | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | Legma | Schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Lowjee Family | Full-rigged ship | For private. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | Rotherhithe | Phoenix | Merchantman | For Hibert & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Princess Royal | Slave ship | For John Dawson. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Wallis | South Shields | Providence | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Queen Charlotte | Merchantman | For Hudson's Bay Company. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Ranger | Brig | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of Sicily | Antonio Imbert | Castellamare del Golfo | Sirena | Fifth rate | For Royal Sicilian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Barcelona | Soberano | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | France | | Nantes | Sophie | Slave ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | Fredrik Henrik af Chapman | Stockholm | Styrburn | Hemmema | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Southampton | Thames | Merchantman | For Mr Hamilton. |
| Unknown date | Jamaica | | | Trelawney Planter | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Trent | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Portugal | | | Voador | Brig | For Portuguese Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Winfrith | sloop | For William Samways. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Zephyr | West Indiaman | For Kensington & Co. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of Sicily | | | Name unknown | Frigate | For Royal Sicilian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Hamburg | | Hamburg | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Name unknown | Cutter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bordeaux | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |