| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 13 January | Great Britain | Pitcher | Northfleet | Castle Eden | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 25 January | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | City of London | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 27 January | Great Britain | George Parsons | Bursledon | Jason | Penelope-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[1] |
| 30 January | Great Britain | Fishburn & Brodick | Whitby | Paragon | Merchantman | For Mr. Woodcock. |
| 1 March | Great Britain | Barnard | Deptford | Dorsetshire | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 1 March | Great Britain | Perry, Wells & Gren | Blackwall | Skelton Castle | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 13 March | Great Britain | Executors of William Cleverley | Gravesend | Lady Jane Dundas | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 24 March | France | | Rochefort | Duguay-Trouin | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Deptford Dockyard | Deptford | Courageux | Third rate | For Royal Navy |
| 26 March | Great Britain | Randall, Gray & Brent | Rotherhithe | Sovereign | West Indiaman | For Lock & Co. |
| 29 March | Great Britain | Thomas Pitcher | Northfleet | Comet | Merchantman | For John St Barbe.[2] |
| 1 April | Russia | A. I. Melikhov | Saint Petersburg | Emmanuil | Aleksandr-class rowing frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[3] |
| 10 April | Great Britain | Randall & Brent | Rotherhithe | Cumberland | West Indiaman | For Mr. Hodgson. |
| 10 April | United States | Christian Bergh | East River, New York City | President | Frigate | For United States Navy |
| 10 April | Great Britain | Perry, Wells & Green | Blackwall | Travers | East Indiaman | For John Mangles. |
| 24 April | United States | Peck and Carpenter | New York City | New York | Frigate | For United States Navy |
| April | Nova Scotia | Snow Parker | Herring Cove | Rover | Privateer | For Snow Parker, Simeon Perkins and William Lawson. |
| 3 May | Russia | M. Sarychev | Saint Petersburg | Zacatie Sviatoi Anny | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[4] |
| 3 May | Russia | A. S. Katasanov | Saint Petersburg | Archistratig Mikhail | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 May | Great Britain | Henry Adams | Bucklers Hard | Spencer | Third rate | For Royal Navy |
| 8 June | France | | Honfleur | Galatée | Corvette | For French Navy.[5] |
| 25 June | France | Jean Fouache and Enterprise Thibaudier | Havre de Grâce | Diligent | Vigilant-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 25 June | Great Britain | Graham | Harwich | Suffolk | Merchantman | For Robertson & Co. |
| 6 July | France | | Rochefort | Aigle | Téméraire-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[6] |
| 7 July | India | | Bombay Dockyard | William | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 18 July | Great Britain | Temple | South Shields | Rolla | Merchantman | For Brown & Co. |
| 20 July | France | Jean Fouache and Enterprise Thibaudier | Havre de Grâce | Argus | Vigilant-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 20 July | France | | Havre de Grâce | Vigilant | Vigilant-class sloop | For French Navy.[7] |
| 20 July | France | Jean Fouache and Enterprise Thibaudier | Havre de Grâce | Observateur | Vigilant-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 21 July | Great Britain | Jacob Preston | Great Yarmouth | Nutwell | Merchantman | For Heathfield & Co. |
| 22 July | France | | Saint-Malo | Consolante | Consolante-class frigate | For French Navy.[8] |
| 25 July | | Patrick Beatson | Lower Canada | Monarch | Merchantman | For Peter Everitt Mestaer. |
| 3 August | Russia | A. S. Katasanov | Saint Petersburg | Blagodat | First rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[9] |
| 22 August | France | | Brest | Découverte | Découverte-class schooner | For French Navy. |
| 5 September | Great Britain | George Brown & William Oliver | Shoreham-by-Sea | William Dent | Merchantman | For John Atkins. |
| 15 September | Batavian Republic | R. Dorman | Amsterdam | Admiraal Zoutman | Wreeker-class ship of the line | For Batavian Navy.[10] |
| 20 September | France | François-Timothée Pestel | Saint-Malo | Curieux | Corvette | For French Navy. |
| 29 September | Denmark-Norway | Nyholm Dockyard | Copenhagen | Norge | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[11] |
| 29 September | Great Britain | Robert Davy | Topsham | Earl St. Vincent | Merchantman | For T. Hayman. |
| 2 October | Great Britain | John Dudman | Deptford | Blanche | Apollo-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[12] |
| 6 October | Great Britain | Thomas Kenwill | Plymouth | Sir John Borlase Warren | Merchantman | For Noble & Co. |
| 12 October | Russia | M. K. Surovtsov | Kherson | Nazaret | Fifth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[13] |
| 12 October | Russia | V. I. Potapov | Kherson | Varakhail | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[14] |
| 18 October | Great Britain | Thomas Pitcher & Sons | London | Ocean | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 20 October | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Henry Addington | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 30 October | France | Pierre de Gay | Nantes | Uranie | Uranie-class frigate | For French Navy.[15] |
| 31 October | France | Pierre de Gay | Nantes | Clorinde | Uranie-class frigate | For French Navy.[16] |
| 3 November | Great Britain | Perry, Wells & Green | Blackwall Yard | Windham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 November | Denmark-Norway | Frantz Hohlenberg | Copenhagen | Friderichssteen | Fifth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 17 November | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Fortunee | Phoebe-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[17] |
| 17 November | Russia | M. K. Surovtsov | Kherson | Iagudiil | First rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[18] |
| 18 November | Great Britain | Edward Sison | Chatham Dockyard | Leda | Leda-class frigate | For Royal Navy.[19] |
| 21 November | Great Britain | Peter Everitt Mestaer | Rotherhithe | Sir Edward Hamilton | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 2 December | Great Britain | Thomas Haw | Stockton-on-Tees | Cato | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[20] |
| 17 December | India | John Bannister Hudson | Calcutta | Star | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 30 December | Great Britain | John Randall & Co. | Rotherhithe | Advice | Express-class schooner | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 December | Great Britain | John Randall & Co. | Rotherhithe | Express | Express-class schooner | For Royal Navy.[21] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Aberdeen Packet | Sloop | For Catto & Co.[22] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Obadiah Ayles | Topsham | Albion | Merchantman | For J. Hayman. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholson, Horn & Blenkinsop | South Shields | Albion | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitehaven | Albion | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Gowan | Berwick upon Tweed | Albion Packet | Schooner | For Old Shipping Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Alert | Lugger | For John Horsforth and others.[23] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | South Shields | Alonzo | Sloop | For Mr. Brown. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Anacreon | Merchantman | For Mr. Davidson. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | | Sydney | Argument | Sloop | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Ann Brodick | South Shields | Autumn | Sloop | For Mr. Brodrick. |
| Unknown date | France | | Dunkerque | Beschutter | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[24] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bristol | Betsey | Merchantman | For Hugh Duncan Baillie, James Evan Baillie, Robert Bush, James Elton, John Elton and William Elton. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Deptford Dockyard | Blanche | Apollo-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Brak | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[25] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Byam | Snow | For Stevenson & others. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Brent | River Thames | Caesar | West Indiaman | For R. Dale. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | F. Hurry & Co. | South Shields | Canada | Merchantman | For F. Hurry & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Caroline | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Ipswich | Caroline | West Indiaman | For R. Neave. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | Glavin | Rotterdam | Chatham | Chatham-class ship of the line | For Batavian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Circe | full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[26] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Barmouth | Clothier | Brig | For D. Edward & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Topsham | Comet | Merchantman | For Mr. Lyall. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Confiance | Schooner | For rivate owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Sunderland | Darlington | Merchantman | For private owner.[27] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bideford | Dasher | Slave ship | For Thomas Phillips. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Chapman and Campion | Whitby | Diadem | Barque | For Aarone, Edward and Robert Chapman. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Diana | Cutter | For Thomas Robillards and others.[28] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Doris | Merchantman | For private owner.[27] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Plymouth | Duke of Clarence | Merchantman | For Ingram & others. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | William Naylor Wright | Liverpool | Elizabeth | Merchantman | For private owner.[29] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Elizabeth | sloop | For Mr. Warren.[30] |
| Unknown date | India | Gillett & Co. | Calcutta | Experiment | Merchantman | For Gillett & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Fifeshire Packet | Smack | For Union Shipping Co.[31] |
| Unknown date | France | | Bordeaux | Fortune | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Ipswich | Friends | West Indiaman | For W. Thurlby. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Thomas King | Dover | Gannet | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy.[32] |
| Unknown date | Russia | A. I. Melikhov | Saint Petersburg | Gonets | Vestnik-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[33] |
| Unknown date | Upper Canada | | Quebec | Governor Milne | Merchantman | For private owner.[34] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Greenwich | Whaler | For Samuel Enderby & Sons. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Haai | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[35] |
| Unknown date | France | | | Harmonie | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Hull | Hind | Merchantman | For Foster & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Hope | Merchantman | For Francis Vasic.[27] |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Hope | Full-rigged ship | For private owner.[36] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Horatio | Slave ship | For J. Bolton . |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Horsel | Full-rigged ship{ | For Batavian Navy.[37] |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Huri-yı Bahri | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[38] |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Id-i Nusret | Sixth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[39] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Irlam | West Indiaman | For Irlam & Co. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | P. Glavimans | Rotterdam | Kenau Hasselaar | Frigate | For Batavian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Kitty | West Indiaman | For Miller & Co. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Knorhaan | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[40] |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | | Krekel | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[41] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Simon Temple | South Shields | Leander | Sloop | For A M'Gale & Co. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bayonne | La Guapachin | Privateer | For Private owner.[42] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Margaret | Merchantman | For E. Gray.[27] |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Marian | Merchantman | For Lambert & Co. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Amsterdam | Maria Reijersbergen | Fifth rate | For Batavian Navy.[43] |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Marquis Cornwallis | Frigate | For British East India Company.[44] |
| Unknown date | France | | | Minerve | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Ørnen | Schooner | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[45] |
| Unknown date | France | Robert Fulton | Rouen | Nautilus | Submarine | For Robert Fulton. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | T. Nicholson & Co. | Sunderland | Nautilus | Brig | For private owner.[27] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Osnaburg | Sloop | For Dundee Shipping Co.[46] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Paragon | Merchantman | For Earle & Co. |
| Unknown date | France | | Nantes | Premier Consul | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Rob | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[47] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Robert | West Indiaman | For Baring & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Sarah Ann | West Indiaman | For Dawson & Co. |
| Unknown date | Bermuda | | Bermuda | Sir Andrew Hammond | West Indiaman | For R. Sheedan. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Sportsman | Schooner | For M. Stanton.[48] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Greenock | Swan | Merchantman | For Hamilton & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Gateshead | Sylvan | Snow | For A. Hood. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Theseus | Merchantman | For John & Philip Laing.[27] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Tiger | West Indiaman | For W. Goore. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Falmouth | Townshend Packet | Packet ship | For Post Office Packet Service. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Barcelona | Trident | Third rate | For Spanish Navy.[49] |
| Unknown date | United States | Howard & Allyn Naval Agency | Norwich, Connecticut | Trumbull | Sloop-of-war | For United States Navy. |
| Unknown date | Russia | A. I. Melikhov | Saint Petersburg | Vestnik | Vestnik-class cutter | For Imperial Russian Navy.[50] |
| Unknown date | Portugal | | | Vingança | Cutter | For Portuguese Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Westmoreland | West Indiaman | For R. Walker. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | William | Full-rigged ship | For private owner.[44] |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | William Heathcote | Slave ship | For Mr. Neelson. |
| Unknown date | Batavian Republic | | | Zeemeeuw | Full-rigged ship | For Batavian Navy.[51] |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Zü'l Ikab | Sixth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[52] |
| Unknown date | Netherlands East Indies | | Batavia | Name unknown | Brig | For Batavian Navy.[53] |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Brig | For Private owner. |
| Unknown date | Viceroyalty of New Spain | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | New Providence, New Jersey | Name unknown | Snow | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Massachusetts | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Name unknown | Brig | For private owner. |