Global InformationList of ship launches in 1742 information
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 |  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] |
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Mortar' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Firedrake' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Serpent' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Comet' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "No. 8106". The London Gazette. 30 March 1742. p. 2.
- ^ "French Sixth Rate flûte 'Le Canada' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British bomb vessel 'Granado' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Lowestoffe' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Solebay' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "French Galley 'La Chasse' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Otter' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b "No. 8152". The London Gazette. 7 September 1742. p. 5.
- ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Tre Kroner' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'Wenden' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Trident' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "French galle 'La Decouverte' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Saltash' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British sloop 'Baltimore' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Edam' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Falster' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "French galley 'La Duchesse' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "French galley 'La Valeur' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Leeuwenhorst' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "British storeship 'Portsmouth' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Raaf' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Spanish Privateer 'San Juan de Pomosana' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Sixth Rate frigate 'Valkenburg' (1742)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2021.