List of ship launches in 1756

The list of ship launches in 1756 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1756.

Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes
3 January Sauvage Licorne-class frigate Jean Geoffroy Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[1]
20 January Deal Castle Squirrel-class post ship Adam Hayes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[2]
January Diligente Corvette Le Havre Kingdom of France For French Navy.[3]
1 February Triunfante Triunfante-class ship of the line Jorge Juan Reales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[4]
3 February Spy Bonetta-class sloop Robert Inwood Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[5]
4 February Bonetta Bonetta-class sloop Henry Bird Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[6]
18 February Royal George First rate William Lee Woolwich Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[7]
28 February Hunter Hunter-class sloop Wells Stanton Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[8]
2 March Bideford Sixth rate Adam Heyes Deptford Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[9]
2 March Mercury Gibraltar-class ship of the line John Barnard Harwich  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[10]
3 March Namur Second rate John Lock Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[11]
18 March Dichoso Triunfante-class ship of the line Juan Jorge Reales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[12]
20 March Merlin Bonetta-class sloop Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[13]
31 March Viper Hunter-class sloop Thomas West Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[14]
March Aigrette Blonde-class frigate Le Havre Kingdom of France For French Navy.
1 April Hawk Hawk-class sloop Robert Batson Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[15]
3 April Tartar Lowestoffe-class frigate John Randall Rotherhithe  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
17 April Scarborough Sixth rate Hugh Blayees, Blaydes Yard Hull  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
29 April Diligente Frigate Joseph-Louis Olliver Lorient Kingdom of France For French East India Company.
1 May Kennington Gibraltar-class ship of the line Henry Adams Bucklers Hard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[16]
14 May Flamborough Gibraltar-class ship of the line Robert Batson Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[17]
15 May Aldborough Gibraltar-class ship of the line John Perry Blackwall  Great Britain For Royal Navy.[18]
17 May Lowestoffe Lowestoffe-class frigate John Greaves Limehouse  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
13 June Monarca Triunfante-class ship of the line Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[19]
20 June Océan Ship of the line Joseph Véronique-Charles Chapelle Toulon Kingdom of France For French Navy.
June Abénaquise Abénaquise-class demi-batterie Rene-Nicholas Levasseur Quebec City New France For French Navy.[20]
26 July Diadème Diadème-class ship of the line Jacques-Luc Coulomb Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[21]
29 July Diligence Alderney-class sloop William Wells & Co. Deptford  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
July London Sloop of war Oswego, New York Thirteen Colonies For Royal Navy.[22]
July Mohawk Sloop of war Oswego, New York Thirteen Colonies For Royal Navy.[23]
10 August Glorieux Third rate Clairin Deslauriers Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.
10 August Lively Post ship Moody Janverin Bursledon  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
24 August Bien-Aimé East Indiaman Kingdom of France For French East India Company.
August Halifax Sloop of war Oswego, New York Thirteen Colonies For Royal Navy.[24]
August Belliqueux Sphinx-class ship of the line Pierre Salinoc Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.[25]
25 September Diligente Triunfante-class ship of the line Reales Astilleros de Esteiro Ferrol Spain For Spanish Navy.[26]
25 September Union Second rate Chatham Dockyard  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
9 October Orient East Indiaman Antoine Groignard Lorient Kingdom of France For French East India Company.
8 November Stork Alderney-class sloop Daniel Stow & Benjamin Bartlett Shoreham-by-Sea  Great Britain For Royal Navy.
16 November Lawrence Privateer Malachy Salter and Robert Saunderson Halifax Nova Scotia For private owner.
18 November Zodiaque Diadème-class ship of the line Jacques-Luc Coulomb Brest Kingdom of France For French Navy.
27 November Grønland Fourth rate A. Turesen Copenhagen Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[27]
November Raisonnable Third rate Pierre Morieau Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[28]
December Le Télémaque Privateer frigate Marseille Kingdom of France For Georges Roux.[29]
Unknown date Diligence Snow Bombay India For Bombay Pilot Service.[30]
Unknown date Fox East Indiaman London  Great Britain For British East India Company.[31]
Unknown date Hercules Third rate Guarnizo Spain For Spanish Navy.[32]
Unknown date La Marie Victoire Privateer Le Havre Kingdom of France For private owner.
Unknown date La Subtile Privateer snow Dunkirk Kingdom of France For Private owner.[33]
Unknown date Cesar Cat Augustin Pic Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[34]
Unknown date Le Duc d'Aiguillon Privateer sloop Saint-Malo Kingdom of France For private owner.[35]
Unknown date Grue Cat Rochefort Kingdom of France For French Navy.[36]
Unknown date Sainte Anne Third rate Genoa Republic of Genoa
Unknown date Sejeren Fourth rate Denmark-Norway For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[37]
Unknown date Vefk-i Devlet Fourth rate Constantinople Ottoman Empire For Ottoman Navy.[38]
Unknown date Vestale Blonde-class frigate Le Havre Kingdom of France For French Navy.
Unknown date Worcester East Indiaman London  Great Britain For private owner.[39]

References

  1. ^ "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Sauvage' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Deal Castle' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ "French corvette 'La Diligente' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Triunfante' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "British Sloop 'Spy' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "British sloop 'Bonetta' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "British First Rate ship of the line 'Royal George' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ "British sloop 'Hunter' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Bideford' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Mercury' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  11. ^ "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Namur' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Dichoso' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  13. ^ "British sloop 'Merlin' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  14. ^ "British sloop 'Viper' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  15. ^ "British sloop 'Hawke' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  16. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Kennington' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  17. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Flamborough' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  18. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Aldborough' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Monarca' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  20. ^ "French Fifth Rate demi-batterie 'Abénaquise' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  21. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Diadème' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  22. ^ "British sloop 'London' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  23. ^ "British sloop 'Mohawk' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  24. ^ "British sloop 'Halifax' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  25. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Belliqueux' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Diligente' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  27. ^ "Danish Fourth Rate ship 'Gronland' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  28. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Raisonnable' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  29. ^ "French Privateer frigate 'Le Télémaque' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  30. ^ Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 331.
  31. ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Fox' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  32. ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Hercules' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  33. ^ "French Privateer snow 'La Subtile' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  34. ^ "French cat 'Le Cesar' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  35. ^ "French privateer sloop 'Le Duc d'Aiguillon' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  36. ^ "French cat 'Le Grue' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  37. ^ "Danish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Sejeren' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  38. ^ "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vefk-i Devlet' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  39. ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Worcester' (1756)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 August 2021.