List of ship launches in the 15th century information
This list of ship launches in the 15th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1400 to 1499.
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class / type
Notes
1418
England
William Soper
Southampton
Grace Dieu
Flagship
For Henry V of England[1]
1441
Castile
Pinta
Caravela latina
Part of Columbus' first expedition
~1449
England
Newport
Newport Medieval Ship
Great ship
Launch date approximate[2]
Before 1486
Denmark
Gribshunden
Flagship
For John, King of Denmark[3]
Before 1492
Castile
Niña
Caravela latina
Part of Columbus' first expedition
Before 1492
Castile
Santa María
Nau carrack
Flagship of Columbus' first expedition
1497
Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias
São Gabriel
Carrack
Flagship of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India
Unknown date
Hanseatic League
Danzig
Peter van Rosseel
Carrack
Unknown date
Castile
Santa Clara
Carrack
For Castillian Navy
^Wilson, Ben (2013). Empire of the Deep; The Rise and Fall of the British Navy. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297864080.
^Evan T. Jones; Richard Stone, eds. (2018). The World of the Newport Medieval Ship: trade, politics and shipping in the mid-fifteenth century. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781786831439.
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