So how much did a frigate cost in 1780?

[August]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

The thing though, is that replica ships will cost far more than the period in which the original ships were originally made. People don't build ships like this any more, so the people with the skill set to do it are rare, shipyards are not optimized for building ships like this, and labor costs would be a lot higher (as now it is specialists that build these ships, and they cost a lot more then the shipwrights from the time period). Build times I would also expect to be longer, especially if using traditional methods, because fewer people would be working on building the ship (again as not many people would have the skills needed).

Right and that's not counting modern systems and conveniences they might add like engines, electronic equipment safety gear and the like.