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The '''list of ship launches in 1797''' includes a chronological list of some [[ship]]s launched in 1797.
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!
! Country
! Builder
! Location
! Ship
! Class
! Notes
|-----
! 12 January
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Perry
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{ship||Earl Talbot|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[British East India Company]].
|-----
! 28 January
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Perry
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{ship||Ceres|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[British East India Company]].
|-----
! 28 January
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{ship|Dutch ship|Eendracht|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Batavian Navy]].<ref name=Eendracht>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1181 |title=Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Eendracht' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 28 January
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| [[Deptford Dockyard]]
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Neptune|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Neptune|ship of the line|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 28 January
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{ship|VOC ship|Oldenbarneveldt|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[Dutch East India Company]].<ref name=Oldenbarneveldt>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=955 |title=Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Oldenbarneveldt' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 29 January
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| [[John Randall (shipbuilder)|Randall]] & Brent
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Lancaster (1797)|''Pigot'']]'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| Purchased by [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 7 February
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|  Mrs Frances Barnard & Co.
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Crash|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 February
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| [[George Parsons (shipbuilder)|George Parsons]]
| [[Bursledon]]
| '''{{HMS|Cambrian|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 13 February
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Randall
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''{{ship||Coutts|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[British East India Company]].
|-----
! 13 February
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Wells
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{ship||Ganges|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=Ganges>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=19439 |title=British Merchant east indiaman 'Ganges' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 February
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
| [[Istanbul|Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Selimiye|1797|2}}'''
| [[First rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=Selimiye>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11052 |title=Turkish First Rate ship of the line 'Selimiye' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 February
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Hall & Co.
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''{{HMS|Naiad|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Amazon|frigate}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Naiad>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5499 |title=British Fifth Rate frigate 'Naiad' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Josiah & Thomas Brindley
| [[King's Lynn]]
| '''{{HMS|Victor|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Snake|sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Victor>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7319 |title=British sloop 'Victor' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Richard Wells
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Biter (1797)|''GB No. 10'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB10>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3308 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 10' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{ship||Hope|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Alexander Hume.
|-----
! 13 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| William Cleverley
| [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]]
| '''{{HMS|Hydra|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 14 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Randall & Co.
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''{{HMS|Acasta|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acasta|frigate|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]]
|-----
! 14 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| [[Woolwich Dockyard]]
| [[Woolwich]]
| '''{{HMS|Centaur|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Mars|ship of the line|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 14 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Joseph Graham
| [[Harwich]]
| '''{{HMS|Ethalion|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Artois|frigate|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 14 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Troughton
| [[Chester, Cheshire|Chester]]
| '''{{ship||Eurydice|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For [[John St Barbe]].
|-----
! 29 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Randall & Co.
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''{{HMS|Endymion|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Endymion|frigate|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 29 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Perry
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''[[HMS Eclipse (1797)|''GB No. 22'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB22>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4048 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 22' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 31 March
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Perry
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''[[HMS Furious (1797)|''GB No. 23'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|Gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB23>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4388 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 23' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Perry
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''[[HMS Flamer (1797)|''GB No. 24'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB24>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4274 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 24' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 4 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| [[Temple shipbuilders]]
| [[South Shields]]
| '''{{ship||Northumberland|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For J. Lyall.
|-----
! 5 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Mrs. Frances Barnard & Co.
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Crash|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Randall
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''{{HMS|Asp|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Perry & Co.
| [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| '''{{HMS|Furnace|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Randall
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Assault (1797)|''GB No. 4'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB4>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3160 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 4' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Griper|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 10 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Growler|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 11 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Richard Wells
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Boxer (1797)|''GB No. 9'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB9>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3390 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 9' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Richard Wells
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Bruiser (1797)|''GB No. 11'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB11>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3432 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 11' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 11 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Frances Barnard
| [[Deptford]]
| '''[[HMS Contest (1797)|''GB No. 16'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB16>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3686 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 16' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Melhuish
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''{{ship||Admiral Gardner|1797 EIC ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For [[British East India Company]].
|-----
! 12 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Balthazar Adams
| [[Bucklers Hard]]
| '''{{HMS|Boadicea|1797|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Boadicea>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3347 |title=British Fifth Rate frigate 'Boadicea' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 12 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Dudman
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Sirius|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Sirius>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6711 |title=British Fifth Rate frigate 'Sirius' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 14 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Dudman & Co.
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Blazer|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 15 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| William Cleverley
| [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]]
| '''[[HMS Hardy (1797)|''GB No. 30'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB30>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7691 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 30' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Frances Barnard
| [[Deptford]]
| '''[[HMS Adder (1797)|''GB No. 17'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB17>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2887 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 17' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Frances Barnard
| [[Deptford]]
| '''[[HMS Spiteful (1797)|''GB No. 18'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB18>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6799 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 18' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 24 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Hill & Mellish
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''[[HMS Steady (1797)|''GB No. 19'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Robert Hill
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''[[HMS Courser (1797)|''GB No. 20'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunvessel}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB20>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3720 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 20' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Dudman & Co.
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Cracker|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 28 April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{HMS|Clinker|1797|2}}''' 
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]]. Subcontracted from John Dudman, Deptford.<ref name=Searlep117/><ref name=GB14>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3621 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 14' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Randall
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''{{HMS|Acute|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Randall
| [[Deptford]]
| '''[[HMS Sparkler (1797)|''GB No. 7'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Richard Wells
| [[Rotherhithe]]
| '''[[HMS Bouncer (1797)|''GB No. 8'']]'''
| {{sclass|Acute|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB8>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3384 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 8' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''[[HMS Grappler (1797)|''GB No. 28'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[ Navy]].<ref name=GB28>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4525 |title=British gunvessel 'Gunboat No. 28' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''[[HMS Gallant(1797)|''GB No. 29'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB29>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4411 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 29' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! April
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| William Cleverley
| [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]]
| '''[[HMS Haughty (1797)|''GB No. 31'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB31>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4641 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 31' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 1 May
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Nicholson
| [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]
| '''[[HMS Staunch (1797)|''GB No. 44'']]'''
| [[Gunvessel]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Wilson & Co.
| [[Frindsbury]]
| '''[[HMS Hecate (1797)|''GB No. 32'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB32>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4676 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 32' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 2 May
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} 
| G. Ignatyev 
| [[Archangelsk]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Severnyi Oryol|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Iaroslav|ship of the line}}
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].<ref name=SO>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=19643 |title=Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Severnyi Oryol' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 10 May
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| Joshua Humphreys
| [[Philadelphia]]
| '''{{USS|United States|1797|2}}'''
| [[Heavy frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]]
|-----
! 21 May
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Hill & Mellish
| [[Limehouse]]
| '''{{HMS|Defender|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]]
|-----
! 26 May
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} 
| G. Ignatyev
| [[Archangelsk]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Pobeda|1797|2}}'''
|{{sclass|Aziia|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Pobeda>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=10734 |title=Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Pobeda' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 25 June
| {{flag|France}}
| Jean-Jacques Aubazir
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Franklin|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[French Navy]].<ref name=Franklin>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13395 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Franklin' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 27 June
| {{flag|France}}
| Antoine & Louis Crucy
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Créole|1797|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 29 June
| {{flag|United States|1877}} 
| 
| [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]
| '''{{ship|Algerian ship|Crescent|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Algerian Navy]].<ref name=Crescent>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=25951 |title=Algerian Fifth Rate frigate 'Crescent' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Wilson & Co
| [[Frindsbury]]
| '''[[HMS Hasty (1797)|''GB No. 33'']]'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=GB33>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4639 |title=British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 33' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! June
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''''L'Oiseau'''''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=LG290897>{{London Gazette |issue=14041 |date=29 August 1797 |page=836 }}</ref>
|-----
! 19 July
| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}} 
| A. S. Katsanov
| [[Kherson]]
| '''{{ship|Russian ship|Simion i Anna|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Sviatoi Pyotr|ship of the line}}
| For [[Imperial Russian Navy]].<ref name=SA>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21418 |title=Russian Third Rate ship of the line 'Simion i Anna' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 22 August
| [[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]]
| 
| [[Venice]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Muiron||2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[French Navy]]
|-----
! 7 September
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| David Stodder
| [[Baltimore]]
| '''{{USS|Constellation|1797|2}}'''
| [[Frigate]]
| For [[United States Navy]]
|-----
! 11 September
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Tigress|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Courser|gunbrig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 22&nbsp;September
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Cherbourg]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Furieuse|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Seine|frigate}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! September
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Thomas King
| [[Dover]]
| '''{{HMS|Echo|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Echo|brig}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 5 October
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Lorient]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 7 October
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Thomas Pitcher
| [[Northfleet]]
| '''{{HMS|Osprey|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sloop-of-war]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Osprey>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5645 |title=British sloop 'Osprey' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 17 October
| {{flag|France}}
|
| [[Bayonne]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Franchise|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Coquille|frigate|2}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 21 October
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| [[Edmund Hartt]]
| [[Boston]]
| '''{{USS|Constitution||2}}'''
| {{sclass|United States|frigate}}
| For [[United States Navy]]
|-----
! 30 November
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}} 
| 
| [[Amsterdam]]
| '''{{ship|Dutch ship|Amphitrite|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Batavian Navy]].<ref name=Amphitrite>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1180 |title=Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Amphitrite' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 3 November
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Dudman
| [[Deptford]]
| '''{{HMS|Buffalo|1797|2}}'''
| [[Storeship]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 9 November
| {{flag|Spain|1785}}
| Julian Martin de Retamosa
| [[El Ferrol]]
| '''{{ship|Spanish ship|Medea|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Spanish Navy]].<ref name=Medea>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=17524 |title=Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Medea' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! 20 November
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Joseph Graham
| [[Harwich]]
| '''{{HMS|Busy|1797|2}}'''
| [[Brig-sloop]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 24 November
| {{flag|France}}
|
| [[Toulon]]
| '''{{HMS|Spartiate|1798|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|2}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! November
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{ship||Confiance|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! 18 December
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Balthazar & Edward Adams
| [[Bucklers Hard]]
| '''{{HMS|Snake|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Snake|brig-sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].
|-----
! 20 December
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Stephen Teague
| [[Ipswich]]
| '''{{HMS|Cruizer|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop|2}}
| For [[Royal Navy]]
|-----
! December
| {{flag|France}}
| Jean Baudry
| [[Bayonne]]
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Dédaigneuse|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Coquille|frigate}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Nicholas Bools & William Good
| [[Bridport]]
| '''''Active'''''
| [[Brigantine]]
| For Arthur Wishart and others.<ref name=Active>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11357&ref=228592&vessel=ACTIVE |title=Active |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=2 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''{{HMS|Albion|1798|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For W. Robson.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John & Philip Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Alfred''''' 
| [[Brig]]
| For Matthew Robson.<ref name=Searlep117>{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland117.html |title=SHIPS BUILT IN THE 1780s & 1790s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=13 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Bombay Dockyard]]
| '''{{ship||Asia|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For [[British East India Company]].<ref name=Wadia>{{cite book|last=Wadia |first=R. A. |orig-year=1957 |year=1986 |title=The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders |publisher=Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research |location=Bombay |page=334 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57463/page/n451/mode/2up }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| W. J. Bottomley
| [[King's Lynn]]
| '''{{ship||Auspicious|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[East Indiaman]]
| For S. Baker.<ref name=Auspicious>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=28994 |title=British Merchant East Indiaman 'Auspicious' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
| [[Istanbul|Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Badi-i Nusret|1797|2}}'''
| [[Second rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=BN>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=14996 |title=Turkish Second Rate ship of the line 'Badi-i Nusret' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Bordeaux]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Bellone|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
| [[Istanbul|Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Beşaretnüma|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=BEsaretnuma>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21488 |title=Turkish Third Rate ship of the line 'Beşaretnüma' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22px]] [[Company rule in India|India]] 
| 
| [[Calcutta]]
| '''{{ship||Bhavani|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship|French privateer|Brave|1797|2}}'''
| [[Privateer]]
| For Benoit Boucard and others.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Frances Barnard
| [[River Thames]]
| '''{{ship||Caledonian|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For Robert Charnock.<ref name=Caledonian>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=29142 |title=British Merchant merchantman 'Caledonian' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Whitby]]
| '''{{ship||Cambridge|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
| [[Istanbul|Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Cengaver|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=Cengaver>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24332 |title=Turkish Sixth Rate corvette 'Cengaver' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Teignmouth]]
| '''{{ship||Commerce|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French frigate|Cornélie|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Virginie|frigate}}
| For [[French Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John & Philip Laing
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Dane''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Searlep117/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| John Outerbridge
| [[Bermuda]]
| '''{{HMS|Dasher|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dasher|sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Dasher>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3823 |title=British sloop 'Dasher' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}}  [[Bermuda]]
| Nathaniel Tynes
| [[Bermuda]]
| '''{{HMS|Driver|1797|2}}'''
| {{sclass|Dasher|sloop}}
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Driver>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3989 |title=British sloop 'Driver' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship||Hannah|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Lower Canada]]
| 
| [[Quebec City]]
| '''{{ship||Harbinger|1797 brig|2}}'''
| [[Brig]]
| For Michel Hogan.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}} 
| 
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{ship|Algerian ship|Hassan Bashaw|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Algerian Navy]].<ref name=HB>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=25952 |title=Algerian Sixth Rate brig 'Hassan Bashaw' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Mustafa Molla
| [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinop]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Hediyyetü'l Müluk|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=HM>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24325 |title=Turkish Fifth Rate frigate 'Hediyyetü'l Müluk' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]]
| '''{{USS|Herald|1798|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain }}
| Thomas Hearn
| [[North Shields]]
| '''{{HMS|Hermes|1798|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}}
| 
| [[Vlissingen]]
| '''{{HMS|Hippomenes|1803|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[Batavian Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Aberdeen]]
| '''{{ship||Jane|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Whaler]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]
| '''{{ship||Juno|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Hausman.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Sweden]]
| 
| [[Umeå]]
| '''{{ship||Kongen af Assianthe||2}}'''
| [[Slave ship]]
| For [[Jeppe Prætorius]] & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]]
| 
| [[São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos]]
| '''''Le Buonaparte'''''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Buonaparte>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=23062 |title=French Privateer cutter 'Le Buonaparte' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French privateer|La Caroline|1797|2}}'''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=Caroline>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=19374 |title=French Privateer 'La Caroline' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]]
| 
| [[Venice]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|La Harpe|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| Under construction for [[French Navy]], seized by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in November on the formation of the [[Venetian Province]]. Entered service with the [[Austrian Navy]] in 1799.<ref name=Harpe>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=17367 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'La Harpe' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]] 
| 
| [[Venice]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|La Muiron|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| Under construction for [[French Navy]], seized by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in November on the formation of the [[Venetian Province]]. Entered service with the [[Austrian Navy]] in 1799.<ref name=Muiron>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13197 |title=French Fifth Rate frige 'La Muiron' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]] 
| 
| [[Venice]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Beyrand|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| Under construction for [[French Navy]], seized by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in November on the formation of the [[Venetian Province]]. Entered service with the [[Austrian Navy]] in 1799.<ref name=Beyrand>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=17368 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Beyrand' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[File:Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg|22px]] [[Republic of Venice]] 
| 
| [[Venice]]
| '''{{ship|French ship|Le Stengel|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| Under construction for [[French Navy]], seized by the [[Habsburg monarchy]] in November on the formation of the [[Venetian Province]]. Entered service with the [[Austrian Navy]] in 1799.<ref name=Stengel>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=17366 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Stengel' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}} 
| 
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{ship|Algerian ship|Lelah Eisha|1797|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Algerian Navy]].<ref name=LE>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=25954 |title=Algerian schooner 'Lelah Eisha' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}} 
| 
| 
| '''''Le President Parker'''''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.<ref name=PP>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=19319 |title=French Privateer cutter 'Le President Parker' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Nicholas Bools & William Good
| [[Bridport]]
| '''''Lively'''''
| [[Sloop]]
| For John Bagwell, Nicholas Bools, William Good and Thomas Swain.<ref name=Lively>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11357&ref=228593&vessel=LIVELY |title=Lively |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=2 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| 
| '''{{HMS|Malta|1800 schooner|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Spanish Navy]].<ref name=Malta>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7685 |title=Spanish schooner 'Malta' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{ship||Mildred|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Moxon & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| Hobbs & Hellyer
| [[Redbridge, Hampshire|Redbridge]]
| '''{{HMS|Millbrook|1797|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=Millbrook>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5400 |title=British schooner 'Millbrook' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Lower Canada]]
| Patrick Beatson
| [[Quebec City]]
| '''{{ship||Neptune|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For Mr. Davidson.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 
| 
| [[Sunderland, County Durham|Sunderland]]
| '''''Nowa''''' 
| [[Merchantman]]
| Forprivate owner.<ref name=Searlep117/>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Broadstairs]]
| '''{{ship||Olive Branch|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[West Indiaman ]]
| For T. Brown.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship||Otter|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Mr. Molyneux.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| John Wright
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship||Parr|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Slave ship]]
| For [[Thomas Parr (slave trader)|Thomas Parr]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]]
| 
| [[Pará]]
| '''{{ship|Portuguese ship|Pérola|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Portuguese Navy]].<ref name=Perola>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7968 |title=Portuguese Fifth Rate frigate 'Pérola' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} 
| 
| [[Pará]]
| '''{{ship|Portuguese ship|Princesa Real|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Portuguese Navy]].<ref name=PR>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7969 |title=Portuguese Sixth Rate corvette 'Princesa Real' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''{{ship|French privateer|Renard|1797|2}}'''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]
| '''{{ship||Roselle|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Sibbald & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date 
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| Nicholas Bools & William Good
| [[Bridport]]
| '''''Rutland'''''
| [[Cutter (ship)|Cutter]]
| For N. Awigly.<ref name=Rutland>{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=11357&ref=228594&vessel=RUTLAND |title=Rutland |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=2 October 2024 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Dimitri Kalfa
| [[Ereğli, Konya|Ereğli]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Şahin-i Derya|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fourth rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=SD>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24310 |title=Turkish Fourth Rate frigate 'Şahin-i Derya' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}}  [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]]
| 
| [[Pará]]
| '''{{ship|Portuguese ship|Sao Joao Magnânimo|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Portuguese Navy]].<ref name=SJM>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7964 |title=Portuguese Sixth Rate corvette 'Sao Joao Magnânimo' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship||Sarah|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Venetian Josef Kalfa
| [[Dardanelles]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Sayyad-i Bahri|1797|2}}'''
| [[Third rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=SB>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21489 |title=Turkish Third Rate ship of the line 'Sayyad-i Bahri' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}} 
| 
| [[Rotterdam]]
| '''{{ship|Dutch ship|Scipio|1797|2}}'''
| [[Corvette]]
| For [[Batavian Navy]].<ref name=Scipio>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=22985 |title=Dutch corvette 'Scipio' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}} 
| 
| [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| '''{{ship|Algerian ship|Skjoldebrand|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Algerian Navy]].<ref name=Skjoldebrand>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=25953 |title=Algerian Sixth Rate schooner 'Skjoldebrand' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[River Thames]]
| '''{{ship||Speculator|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Cowes]]
| '''{{ship|HMRC|Speedwell|1797|2}}'''
| [[Cutter (ship)|Cutter]]
| For [[Board of Customs]].<ref name=Speedwell>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=23414 |title=British cutter 'Speedwell' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| [[St. Marys, Georgia]]
| '''{{USS|St. Mary's|1798|2}}'''
| [[Galley]]
| For [[United States Navy]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1793}} 
| Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte Catherine
| [[Istanbul|Constantinople]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Şuca-ı Bahri|1797|2}}'''
| [[Sixth rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=SB2>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24333 |title=Turkish Sixth Rate corvette 'Şuca-ı Bahri' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1793}} [[Ottoman Greece]]
| Antuvan Kalfa
| [[Rhodes]]
| '''{{ship|Ottoman ship|Tiz Hareket|1797|2}}'''
| [[Fifth rate]]
| For [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref name=TH>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=24326 |title=Turkish Fifth Rate frigate 'Tiz Hareket' (1797) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=14 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| Bourmaud Frères
| [[Nantes]]
| '''{{ship||Vautour|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Privateer]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| 
| '''{{USRC|Vigilant|1797|2}}'''
| [[cutter (ship)|Cutter]]
| For [[Revenue-Marine]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| 
| '''{{USRC|Virginia|1797|2}}'''
| [[cutter (ship)|Cutter]]
| For [[Revenue-Marine]].
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} [[Province of Quebec]]
| 
| 
| '''{{ship||Wanton|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Schooner]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Whitby]]
| '''{{ship||Whydah|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[West Indiaman]]
| For Mr. Fletcher.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| 
| [[Liverpool]]
| '''{{ship||Will|1797 ship|2}}'''
| [[Slave ship]]
| For Aspinall & Co.
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of None.svg|22px]] Unknown
| 
| France or Spain
| '''[[Alexander (1799 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Batavian Republic}}
| 
| 
| '''[[Ann (1797 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|Spain|1785}}
| 
| 
| '''[[Bellona (1804 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]
| '''[[British Tar (1797 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of None.svg|22px]] Unknown
| 
| [[South America]]
| '''[[Dart (1806 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|France}}
| 
| 
| '''[[Enterprize (1803 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
| 
| 
| '''[[Perseverance (1797 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| [[file:Flag of none.svg|22px]] Unknown
| 
| [[Stettin]] or [[Sweden]]
| '''[[Perseverance (1799 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Full-rigged ship]]
| For private owner.
|-----
! Unknown date
| {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]]
| 
| 
| '''[[Robert (1805 ship)|Name unknown]]'''
| [[Merchantman]]
| For private owner.
|}

== References ==
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{{shipevents|1797}}

[[Category:Lists of ship launches|1797]]
[[Category:1797 in transport|Ship launches]]
[[Category:1797 ships| ]]