The list of ship launches in 1742 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1742.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
25 February  Great Britain Philemon Perry Blackwall Mortar Comet-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[1]
26 February  Great Britain Philemon Perry Blackwall Firedrake Comet-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[2]
27 February  Great Britain Thomas West Deptford Dockyard Wolf Wolf-class sloop For Royal Navy.
15 March  Great Britain Thomas Snelgrove Limehouse Serpent Comet-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[3]
29 March  Great Britain James Taylor Rotherhithe Comet Comet-class bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[4]
29 March  Denmark–Norway Copenhagen Crown Yacht For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[5]
24 April  Great Britain Chatham Dockyard Stirling Castle Third rate For Royal Navy.
26 May  Great Britain Bird Rotherhithe Medway Fourth rate For Royal Navy.
4 June Kingdom of France New France Rene-Nicolas Levasseur Quebec City Le Canada Sixth rate For French Navy.[6]
22 June  Great Britain John Barnard Ipswich Granado Bomb vessel For Royal Navy.[7]
23 June  Great Britain Wells Deptford Dreadnought Fourth rate For Royal Navy.
8 July  Great Britain John Buxton Deptford Lowestoffe Sixth rate For Royal Navy.[8]
20 July  Great Britain Peirson Lock Plymouth Dockyard Solebay Sixth rate For Royal Navy.[9]
13 August  Kingdom of France Augustino Scolaro Toulon La Chasse Galley For French Navy.[10]
19 August  Great Britain John Buxton Rotherhithe Otter Wolf-class sloop For Royal Navy.[11]
5 September  Denmark–Norway Copenhagen Tre Kroner Third rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[12][13]
5 September  Denmark–Norway Copenhagen Wenden Third Rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[12][14]
13 September  Kingdom of France Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb Toulon Le Trident Third rate For French Navy.[15]
2 October  Kingdom of France Augustino Scolaro Toulon La Decouverte Galley For French Navy.[16]
3 November  Great Britain Hugh Blaydes Hull Anglesea Fifth rate For Royal Navy.
30 December  Great Britain John Quallett Rotherhithe Saltash Baltimore-class sloop For Royal Navy.[17]
30 December  Great Britain Thomas Wes Deptford Dockyard Baltimore Baltimore-class sloop For Royal Navy.[18]
Unknown date India Bombay Bombay Sloop For Bengal Pilot Service.[19]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Charles Bentam Amsterdam Edam Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[20]
Unknown date  Denmark–Norway Falster Fifth rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[21]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Pierre Chabert Marseille La Duchesse Ferme-class galley For French Navy.[22]
Unknown date  Kingdom of France Jean Reynoir Marseille La Valeur France-class Galley For French Navy.[23]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Charles Bentam Amsterdam Leeuwenhorst Fourth rate For Dutch Navy.[24]
Unknown date  Great Britain George Rowcliffe Southampton Portsmouth Storeship For Royal Navy.[25]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Amsterdam Raaf Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.[26]
Unknown date  Spain Barcelona San Juan de Pomosana Privateer For private owner.[27]
Unknown date India Bombay Success Full-rigged ship For British East India Company.[19]
Unknown date  Dutch Republic Charles Bentam Amsterdam Valkenburg Sixth rate For Dutch Navy.[28]

References

  1. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Mortar' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Firedrake' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Serpent' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Comet' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 8106". The London Gazette. 30 March 1742. p. 2.
  6. ^ "French Sixth Rate flûte 'Le Canada' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "British bomb vessel 'Granado' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lowestoffe' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Solebay' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ "French Galley 'La Chasse' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "British sloop 'Otter' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b "No. 8152". The London Gazette. 7 September 1742. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Tre Kroner' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Wenden' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  15. ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Trident' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  16. ^ "French galle 'La Decouverte' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  17. ^ "British sloop 'Saltash' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  18. ^ "British sloop 'Baltimore' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Edam' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Falster' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  22. ^ "French galley 'La Duchesse' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  23. ^ "French galley 'La Valeur' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Leeuwenhorst' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  25. ^ "British storeship 'Portsmouth' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  26. ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Raaf' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  27. ^ "Spanish Privateer 'San Juan de Pomosana' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  28. ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Valkenburg' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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