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

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