List of ship launches in 1740

The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
7 January Dover Fifth rate Peter Bronsdon Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[1]
21 February Louisa Sloop Bombay India For Bengal Pilot Service.[2]
18 March Prince Frederick Third rate Richard Stacey Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[3]
3 April Saint George Second rate Portsmouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[4]
15 April Bideford Sixth rate John Barnard Ipswich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
18 April Experiment Sixth rate Henry Bird Plymouth Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[6]
1 May Fox Sixth rate John Buxton Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
3 May Winchelsea Sixth rate Robert Carter Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
17 May Lyme Sixth rate James Taylor Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[8]
31 May Scarborough Sixth rate Philemon Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[9]
May Mars Third rate Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.
10 June Lively Sixth rate John Quallett Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[10]
1 July Iupiter Samson-class bomb vessel Richard Ramsey Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[11]
1 July Samson Samson-class bomb vessel Richard Ramsey Saint Petersburg  Russia For Imperial Russian Navy.[12]
12 August Restoration Grab Bombay India For British East India Company.[2]
14 August Rose Unrated full-rigged ship Henry Bird Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[13]
14 August Success Sixth rate Hugh Blaydes Hull  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[14]
26 August Port Mahon Sixth rate John Buxton Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[15]
28 August Blast Basilisk-class bomb vessel Thomas West Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[16]
30 August Basilisk Basilisk-class bomb vessel Thomas Snelgrove Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[17]
30 August Thunder Basilisk-class bomb vessel Elias Bird Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[18]
27 September Carcass Basilisk-class bomb vessel James Taylor Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[19]
24 October Lightning Basilisk-class bomb vessel Henry Bird Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[20]
25 October Furnace Basilisk-class bomb vessel John Quallett Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[21]
26 October Sérieux Third rate René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
November Northampton East Indiaman Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For British East India Company.
11 December Bridgewater Sixth rate John Pearson King's Lynn  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
December Admiral Vernon East Indiaman Deptford  Great Britain For British East India Company.[22]
December Scarborough East Indiaman Carter Limehouse  Great Britain For British East India Company.
Unknown date Apollon Fourth rate Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
Unknown date Burcht van Leiden Fourth rate Charles Bentam Amsterdam Dutch Republic For Dutch Navy.[23]
Unknown date Chaloupe Carcassiere Bomb vessel Dunkirk Kingdom of France For French Navy.[24]
Unknown date Ferme France-class galley Jean Reynoire Marseille Kingdom of France For French Navy.[25]
Unknown date Neptuno Third rate Spain For Spanish Navy.[26]
Unknown date Oldenborg Fourth rate Denmark–Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[27]
Unknown date Santiago Brig Spain For Compañia de Caracas.[28]

References

  1. ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dover' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 330.
  3. ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Prince Frederick' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Saint George' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Bideford' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Experiment' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  7. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Fox' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  8. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lyme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  9. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Scarborough' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lively' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Iupiter' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Samson' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  13. ^ "British ship 'Rose' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  14. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Success' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  15. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Port Mahon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  16. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Blast' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  17. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Basilisk' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  18. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Thunder' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  19. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Carcass' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  20. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Lightning' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  21. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Furnace' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  22. ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Admiral Vernon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Burch van Leiden' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  24. ^ "French bomb vessel 'Chaloupe Carcassiere' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  25. ^ "French galley 'La Ferme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  26. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Neptuno' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Danish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Oldenborg' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  28. ^ "Spanish Merchant brig 'Santiago' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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