List of ship launches in 1742

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. "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. Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay. p. 330.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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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