List of ship launches in 1744

The list of ship launches in 1744 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1744.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
January	Mauritius	Nicholas Levesque	Port-Louis	L'Insulaire	Frigate	For Compagnie des Indes. [1]
17 February	Great Britain	John Buxton	Deptford Dockyard	Swallow	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [2]
20 March	Great Britain	Greville & Whetstone	Limehouse	Merlin	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
19 April	Great Britain	Philemon Perry	Blackwall	Hind	Hind-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
3 May	Great Britain	Bird	Rotherhithe	Winchester	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
4 May	Great Britain	John Greaves	Limehouse	Vulture	Hind-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
11 May	Kingdom of France	Jacques-Luc Coulomb	Brest	Le Vigilant	Third rate	For French Navy. [3]
13 May	New France	Rene-Nicholas Levasseur	Quebec City	Le Caribou	Fourth rate	For French Navy. [4]
27 May	Kingdom of France	Pierre Chaillé Fils	Havre de Grâce	La Fine	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [5]
31 May	Great Britain	John Reed	Hull	Shoreham	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [6]
2 June	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Wager	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [7]
16 June	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Rotherhithe	Mary Galley	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.
29 June	Great Britain	John Okill	Liverpool	Pearl	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [8]
30 June	Great Britain	Richard Golightly	Liverpool	Lark	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [9]
1 July	Great Britain	Carter	Limehouse	Princess Louisa	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
17 July	Great Britain	Joseph Allin	Deptford	Jamaica	Hind-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
17 July	Great Britain		Deptford Dockyard	Trial	Hind-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
31 July	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Ludlow Castle	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [10]
14 August	Great Britain	Barnard	Harwich	Colchester	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
14 August	Great Britain	Blaydes	Hull	Fowey	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.
August	Kingdom of France	Pierre Chaillé Fils	Havre de Grâce	L'Emeraude	Frigate	For French Navy.
11 October	Great Britain	Snellgrove	Limehouse	Portland	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
12 October	Great Britain	West	Deptford	Defiance	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
12 October	Great Britain	Wells	Rotherhithe	Maidstone	Fourth rate	For Royal Navy.
13 October	Great Britain	George Rowcliffe	Northam	Bridgewater	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [11]
21 October	Kingdom of France	Pierre Morineau	Rochefort	Invincible	Third rate	For French Navy.
30 October	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Oriflamme	Ship of the line	For French Navy.
9 November	Great Britain	John Buxton	Deptford	Speedwell	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [12]
12 November	Great Britain	John Barnard	location	Falcon	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [13]
22 November	Kingdom of France	Blaise Geslain	Rochefort	Magnanime	Third rate	For French Navy.
11 December	Great Britain	John Buxton, Sr.	Rotherhithe	Hazard	Merlin-class sloop	For Royal Navy.
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Jean Reynoir	Marseille	L'Ambitieuse	France-class galley	For French Navy. [14]
Unknown date	Denmark–Norway			København	Third rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [15]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Grand Turque	Full-rigged ship	For Private owner. [16]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Saint-Malo	Le Lis	Privateer	For private owner
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Le Singe	Catboat	For French Navy. [17]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Le Tigre	Catboat	For French Navy. [18]

References

1. "French Merchant frigate 'L'Insulaire' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
2. "British sloop 'Swallow' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
3. "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Vigilant' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
4. "French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Caribou' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
5. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Fine' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
6. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Shoreham' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
7. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Wager' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
8. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Pearl' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
9. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Lark' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
10. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Ludlow Castle' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
11. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Bridgewater' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
12. "British sloop 'Speedwell' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
13. "British sloop 'Merlin' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
14. "French galle 'L'Ambitieuse' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
15. "Danish Third Rate ship of the line 'København' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
16. "French Privateer ship 'Le Grand Turque' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
17. "French cat 'Le Singe' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
18. "French cat 'Le Tigre' (1744)". Threedecks. Retrieved 7 June 2021.