The list of ship launches in 1802 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1802.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 26 January | India | John Gilmore & Co. | Calcutta | Clyde | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 6 February | United Kingdom | Richard Chapman | Bideford | Wanstead | Merchantman | For private owners. |
| 16 February | United Kingdom | Fishburn & Brodrick | Whitby | Culland's Grove | Merchantman | For Atty & Co. |
| 18 March | United Kingdom | Temple | South Shields | Admiral Aplin | East Indiaman | For Moses Agar. |
| 20 March | United Kingdom | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Grampus | Diomede-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 March | United Kingdom | William Bayley | Ipswich | Sir William Bensley | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 4 April | India | Davidson | Chittagong | Helen | Merchantman | For private owner.[1] |
| 5 April | India | | Bombay | Alexander | Merchantman | For private owner.[1] |
| 5 April | United Kingdom | John Bass | Topsham | Glory | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 15 April | France | | Toulon | Rhin | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 17 April | France | Crucy | Nantes | Belle Poule | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 18 April | France | | Rochefort | République française | Océan-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 19 April | United Kingdom | Thomas Haw | Stockton-on-Tees | Tottenham | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 23 April | United Kingdom | Thomas King | Dover | Favourite | Merchantman | For private owner.[2] |
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Perkins | Plymouth | Ranger | Cutter | For Board of Customs.[3] |
| 27 April | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Devaynes | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| April | Batavian Republic | | Rotterdam | Eurydice | Frigate | For Batavian Navy.[4] |
| April | United Kingdom | Thomas Allen | Dover | King George | Merchantman | For private owner.[2] |
| 5 May | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Diana | Brig or snow | For Mr Wilson.[5] |
| 5 May | India | J Gilmour & Co. | Calcutta | Olive | Merchantman | For private owner.[6] |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Godbold | Ipswich | Rover | Merchantman | For private owner.[7] |
| 22 May | France | Antoine, Louis, & Mathurin Crucy | Nantes | Colibri | Alcyon-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 29 May | France | Les Frères Crucy | Nantes | Surveillante | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 17 June | United Kingdom | Perry, Wells & Green | Blackwall Yard | Albion | Fame-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 June | France | Enterprise Ethéart | Saint-Malo | Atalante | Virginie-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 30 June | France | Antoine, Louis and Matherin Crucy | Nantes | Épervier | Alcyon-class brig | For French Navy. |
| 19 July | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Fylla | Sixth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[8][9] |
| 29 July | United Kingdom | | Woolwich Dockyard | Ethalion | Frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 6 August | Russia | M. Sarychev | Saint Petersburg | Arkhangel Uriil | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[10][11] |
| 6 August | Russia | M. Sarychev | Saint Petersburg | Rafail | Third rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[10][12] |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | | Berwick upon Tweed | King George | Cutter | For Old Shipping Company.[13] |
| 13 August | United Kingdom | | Berwick upon Tweed | Queen Charlotte | Cutter | For Old Shipping Compant.[13] |
| 22 August | Russia | I. P. Amosov | Saint Petersburg | Selafail | Selafail-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy.[14] |
| August | France | | | Bonaparte | Packet ship | For private owner.[15] |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Perry | Blackwall | Harriet | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 12 October | United Kingdom | Perry | Blackwall | Royal George | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[16] |
| 27 October | United Kingdom | Pitcher | Northfleet | Earl Camden | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 29 October | United Kingdom | John Wells | Blackwall | Experiment | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 30 October | Russia | A. S. Katsanov | Saint Petersburg | Gavriil | First rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[17] |
| October | India | Gillett & Blackmore | Calcutta | Sir William Pulteney | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | Nicholas Diddams | Sheerness Dockyard | Antelope | Fourth rate | For Royal Navy.[18][19] |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | John Dudman | Deptford | Cumberland | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[20][21][22] |
| 11 November | United Kingdom | William Smith | Limehouse | Wexford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 22 November | Russia | V. I. Potapov | Kherson | Ratnyi | First rate | For Imperial Russian Navy.[23] |
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Randall | Rotherhithe | Carmarthen | East Indiaman | For James Williams. |
| 27 November | United Kingdom | Frances Barnard, Son & Roberts | Deptford | Warren Hastings | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 9 December | United Kingdom | Taylor | Harwich | Starling | Brig | For Captain Britton.[24] |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Barnard | Deptford | Lord Castlereagh | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 December | United Kingdom | Dudman | Deptford | Sceptre | Repulse-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Adonis | Merchantman | For Mr. Starbuck.[5] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Liverpool | Adventure | Schooner | For Thomas Graham, Thomas Hayes, and Samuel Newton. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Berwick upon Tweed | Alnwick Packet | Smack | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Appledore | Amphitrite | Full-rigged ship | For Hogg & Co. |
| Unknown date | India | | Anjengo | Anjengo | Merchantman | For John Tady Dyne. |
| Unknown date | France | | Bordeaux | Atalante | Privateer | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Barbadoes Packet | Merchantman | For private owner.[25] |
| Unknown date | India | Gilmore and Wilson | Calcutta | Belle | Full-rigged ship | For Samuel Manesty. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Betsey | Brig | For Edward Bartlett and John Cox.[26] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Britannia | Merchantman | For Fletcher & Co. |
| Unknown date | New Brunswick or Nova Scotia | | | Carleton | Merchantman | For Thorn & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Robert Davy | Topsham | Caroline | Merchantman | For Mr. Hayman. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Carrier | Cutter | For private owner.[27] |
| Unknown date | France | | | César | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | William Symington | | Charlotte Dundas | Sternwheeler | For Lord Dundas.[28] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Fishburn & Brodrick | Whitby | Chilton | Merchantman | For Harrison Chilton, Thomas Chilton, and Thomas Pierson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Demerara | Merchantman | For private owner.[29] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Eddystone | Full-rigged ship | For Capt. Featherstone. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | builder | Ringmore | Enchantress | Merchantman | For Mr. Riblesdale. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Georgia | Experiment | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | Frantz Hohlenberg | Copenhagen | Fama | Brev-Drageren-class brig | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Frederick | Merchantman | For R. Hutton.[5] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Gardiner and Joseph | Whaler | For Mr. Foggingtons. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | | Sydney | George | Sloop | For John Palmer. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Gleaner | Ketch | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | London | Henry Addington | West Indiaman | For private owner.[30] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Peterhead | Hope | Whaler | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | New South Wales | Andrew Thompson | Hawkesbury River | Hope | Sloop | For Andrew Thompson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Temple | South Shields | Imperial | Slave ship | For Mr. Henderson. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Jane | Cutter | For Samuel Gundry and others.[31] |
| Unknown date | France | | | Jeune Amélie | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Brockbank | Lancaster | John | Merchantman | For private owner.[32] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Berwick upon Tweed | King George Packet | Smack | For Old Shipping Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Lark | Sloop | For William Good.[33] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hylton | Liberty | Brig | For Mr. Storey.[5] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John & Philip Laing | Sunderland | Livonia | Merchantman | For Cummins & Co.[5] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Temple | South Shields | Lord Eldon | British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Methil | Magdalen | Merchantman | For Mr. Scoughal. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Maister | Merchantman | For Maister & Co. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Marquis Cornwallis | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Sunderland | Mary Anna | Merchantman | For private owner.[5] |
| Unknown date | India | | Calcutta | Melville | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Meşreb-i Nusret | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[34] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Nancy | Sloop | For Nicholas Bools & William Good.[35] |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Nesim-i Fütuh | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[36] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Hull | Nimble | Schooner | For T. Bentley & Co. |
| Unknown date | Lower Canada | Baldwin & Beatson | | Ocean | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Owners Delight | Sloop | For Mr. Beer.[37] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Peter & William Mellish | Rotherhithe | Pacific | Merchantman | For Peter Mellish. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Gowan | Berwick upon Tweed | Queen Charlotte | Smack | For Old Ship Company. |
| Unknown date | Nova Scotia | | Yarmouth | Recovery | Merchantman | For A. Grigg. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Santa Leocadia | Gun-brig | For Spanish Navy.[38] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Nicholas Bools & William Good | Bridport | Santa Maria | Full-rigged ship | For Mr. Gonsilva.[39] |
| Unknown date | India | M. Smith | Calcutta | Sir Andrew Snape Hammond | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Dover | Sir Sidney Smith | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | Harwich | Starling | Merchantman | For W. Britton. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Tajbux | Merchantman | For the Imam of Muscat.[40] |
| Unknown date | India | M. Smith | Calcutta | Thomas Henchman | East Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | John Brockbank | Lancaster | Three Sisters | Merchantman | For private owner.[41] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | | | Vigilant | Merchantman | For H. Roper. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Freeport, Maine | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For Private owner |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Minorca | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | France | | | Name unknown | Barque | For private owner. |
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