List of ship launches in 1740
The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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7 January | ![]() |
Peter Bronsdon | Deptford | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy.[1] | |
21 February | ![]() |
Bombay | Louisa | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service.[2] | |
18 March | ![]() |
Richard Stacey | Portsmouth Dockyard | Prince Frederick | Third rate | For Royal Navy.[3] |
3 April | ![]() |
Portsmouth Dockyard | Second rate | For Royal Navy.[4] | ||
15 April | ![]() |
John Barnard | Ipswich | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[5] | |
18 April | ![]() |
Henry Bird | Plymouth Dockyard | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[6] | |
1 May | ![]() |
John Buxton | Rotherhithe | Fox | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[7] |
3 May | ![]() |
Robert Carter | Limehouse | Winchelsea | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
17 May | ![]() |
James Taylor | Rotherhithe | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[8] | |
31 May | ![]() |
Philemon Perry | Blackwall | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[9] | |
May | ![]() |
Brest | Mars | Third rate | For French Navy. | |
10 June | ![]() |
John Quallett | Rotherhithe | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[10] | |
1 July | ![]() |
Richard Ramsey | Saint Petersburg | bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[11] | |
1 July | ![]() |
Richard Ramsey | Saint Petersburg | bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy.[12] | |
12 August | ![]() |
Bombay | Grab | For British East India Company.[2] | ||
14 August | ![]() |
Henry Bird | Rotherhithe | Unrated full-rigged ship | For Royal Navy.[13] | |
14 August | ![]() |
Hugh Blaydes | Hull | Success | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[14] |
26 August | ![]() |
John Buxton | Deptford | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[15] | |
28 August | ![]() |
Thomas West | Deptford | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[16] | |
30 August | ![]() |
Thomas Snelgrove | Limehouse | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[17] | |
30 August | ![]() |
Elias Bird | Rotherhithe | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[18] | |
27 September | ![]() |
James Taylor | Rotherhithe | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[19] | |
24 October | ![]() |
Henry Bird | Rotherhithe | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[20] | |
25 October | ![]() |
John Quallett | Rotherhithe | bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[21] | |
26 October | ![]() |
René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Sérieux | Third rate | For French Navy. |
November | ![]() |
Perry | Blackwall | Northampton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
11 December | ![]() |
John Pearson | King's Lynn | Bridgewater | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
December | ![]() |
Deptford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[22] | ||
December | ![]() |
Carter | Limehouse | Scarborough | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rochefort | Apollon | Fourth rate | For French Navy. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[23] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Dunkerque | Bomb vessel | For French Navy.[24] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Jean Reynoire | Marseille | galley | For French Navy.[25] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Third rate | For Spanish Navy.[26] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Fourth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[27] | |||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Brig | For Compañia de Caracas.[28] |
References[]
- ^ "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dover' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay. p. 330.
- ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Prince Frederick' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Saint George' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Bideford' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Experiment' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Fox' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lyme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Scarborough' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lively' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Iupiter' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Russian bomb vessel 'Samson' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British ship 'Rose' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Success' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Port Mahon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Blast' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Basilisk' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Thunder' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Carcass' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Lightning' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessle 'Furnace' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "British Merchant east indiaman 'Admiral Vernon' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Burch van Leiden' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "French bomb vessel 'Chaloupe Carcassiere' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "French galley 'La Ferme' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'Neptuno' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Danish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Oldenborg' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Spanish Merchant brig 'Santiago' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
Ship events in 1740 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1735 | 1736 | 1737 | 1738 | 1739 | 1740 | 1741 | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 |
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Shipwrecks: | 1735 | 1736 | 1737 | 1738 | 1739 | 1740 | 1741 | 1742 | 1743 | 1744 | 1745 |
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