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	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.
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.