The list of ship launches in 1768 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1768.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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21 March | ![]() |
Jacob Spaans | Rotterdam | Arend | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[1] |
20 April | ![]() |
William Pownall | Portsmouth Dockyard | Trident | Exeter-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[2] |
22 April | ![]() |
Edward Bryant | Carthagena | San Vicente Ferrer | Third rate | For Spanish Navy.[3] |
April | ![]() |
Rochefort | Le Mouche | Cat | For French Navy.[4] | |
April | ![]() |
Rochefort | Le Ours | Cat | For French Navy.[5] | |
2 May | ![]() |
Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | San Isidro | San Isidro-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy.[6] |
May | ![]() |
Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Brest | Couronne | Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[7] |
30 July | ![]() |
Joseph Harris | Chatham Dockyard | Barfleur | Barfleur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[8] |
30 July | ![]() |
Gilles Cambry | Lorient | Indien | Indien-class ship of the line | For French East India Company.[9] |
July | ![]() |
Lorient | L'Oiseau | Chasse-marée | For Compagnie des Indes.[10] | |
3 August | ![]() |
Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Toulon | César | César-class ship of the line | For French Navy.[11] |
29 August | ![]() |
Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Egmont | Third rate | For Royal Navy.[12] |
30 August | ![]() |
Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Lercaradec | Brest | La Perle | Corvette | For French Navy.[13] |
28 September | ![]() |
William Gray | Woolwich Dockyard | Prudent | Exeter-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[14] |
10 October | ![]() |
Manuel de Zubiria | Guarnizo | San Lorenzo | San Juan Nepomuenco-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy.[15] |
19 October | ![]() |
Toulon | Flèche | Corvette | For French Navy. | |
22 November | ![]() |
Frederik Michael Krabbe | Copenhagen | HDMS Den Prægtige | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[16] |
23 November | ![]() |
Rochefort | Aurore | Frigate | For French Navy. | |
9 December | ![]() |
Manuel de Zubiria | Guarnizo | San Agustín | Ship of the line | For Spanish Navy.[17] |
10 December | ![]() |
Joseph Harris | Chatham Dockyard | Raisonnable | Ardent-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy.[18] |
10 December | ![]() |
Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | San Julián | San Isidro-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy.[19] |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Bellona | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[20] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Liverpool | Betsey | Guineaman | For William James & Co. | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Boreas | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[21] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
John Wells | Deptford | Duke of Grafton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[22] |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Feth-i Zafer | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy.[23] | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | L'Ajax | Full-rigged ship | For private owner.[24] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Brest | La Flore | Fifth rate | For French Navy.[25] |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Lorient | La Sainte Reine | Sainte Reine-class gabarre | For Compagnie des Indes.[26] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | L'Aurore | Corvette | For French Navy.[27] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Rochefort | Le Cerf Volant | Corvette | For French Navy.[28] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Brest | L'Ecureuil | Corvette | For French Navy.[29] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
François Caro | Lorient | Le Gange | Flûte | For Compagnie des Indes.[30] |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bordeaux | Le Vert Galant | Corvette | For French Navy.[31] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Havre de Grâce | L'Experience | Corvette | For French Navy.[32] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bombay | Princess Auguste | Grab | For British East India Company.[33] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bombay | Princess Royal | Grab | For British East India Company.[33] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Bombay | Queen | Ketch | For British East India Company.[33] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Amsterdam | Thetis | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[34] | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Peter Edwards | Amsterdam | Venus | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[35] |