The list of ship launches in 1746 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1746.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
27 January	Great Britain	James Wyatt & John Major	Bucklers Hard	Surprize	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
29 January	Great Britain	Philomon Ewer	East Cowes	Salisbury	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
January	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Britannia	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[1]
11 February	Great Britain	Robert Carter	Southampton	Rye	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[2]
9 March	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Conquérant	Citoyen-class ship of the line	For French Navy.
9 March	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Fatih-i-Bahri	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy.[3]
21 April	Denmark-Norway		Copenhagen	Christiansburg	Frigate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[4]
26 April	Great Britain	Philomon Ewer	Bursledon	Fox	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[5]
10 May	Great Britain		Deptford Dockyard	Kent	Third rate	For Royal Navy.
4 June	Republic of Venice	Piero Moro	Venice	Sant Iseppo	Third rate	For Venetian Navy.[6]
11 June	Great Britain	Hugh Blaydes	Hull	Centaur	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[7]
11 June	Great Britain	Tito Durrell	Poole	Viper	Sloop of war	For Royal Navy.[8]
24 June	Great Britain		Plymouth Dockyard	Panther	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
26 June	Great Britain	John Barnarcd	Harwich	Lichfield	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
8 July	Great Britain	James Wyatt & John Major	Bucklers Hard	Scorpion	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
2 August	Kingdom of France	Pierre Chaillé Fils	Havre de Grâce	La Pie	Pie-class flûte	For French Navy.[9]
17 August	Cuba		Havana	Africa	Africa-class ship of the line	For Spanish Navy.[10]
31 August	Kingdom of France	Pierre Chaillé Fils	Havre de Grâce	La Carpe	Pie-class flûte	For French Navy.[11]
5 September	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Anson	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[12]
10 September	Kingdom of France	Jacques-Luc Coulomb	Brest	Le Lys	Mars-class ship of the line	For French Navy.[13]
20 September	Great Britain	Carter	Southampton	Colchester	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
September	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Porcupine	Sloop of war	For Royal Navy.[14]
3 November	Great Britain	John Reed	Hull	Grampus	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[15]
23 November	Great Britain	Vernon Chitty	West Itchenor	Arundel	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[16]
2 December	Great Britain	Richard Golightly	Liverpool	Deal Castle	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[17]
3 December	Great Britain	John Parke & John Gorril	Liverpool	Anglesea	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.[18]
19 December	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Saltash	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy.[19]
22 December	Cuba		Havana	Vencador	Africa-class ship of the line	For Spanish Navy.[20]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic			Bredenhof	East Indiaman	For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain			Eastcourt	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[21]
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Fyen	Fourth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[22]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Grantham	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[23]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Pierre Chabert	Marseille	La Brave	Galley	For French Navy.[24]
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Nellebladet	Fourth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[25]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Oxford	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[26]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Prince Edward	East Indiaman	For private owner.[27]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Prince Edward	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[28]
Unknown date	Great Britain			True Briton	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[29]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Vlissingen	Veere	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy.[30]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Charles Bentam	Amsterdam	Waterland	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy.[31]