List of ship launches in 1748

The list of ship launches in 1748 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1748.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
29 January	Ottoman Empire		Constantinople	Nasir-i Bahri	Third rate	For Ottoman Navy. [1]
5 March	Great Britain	John Smith	Bursledon	Humber	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [2]
19 March	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Doddington	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
4 April	Thirteen Colonies	Nathaniel Messerve	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	America	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy. [3]
16 April	Great Britain	Ewer	East Cowes	Vanguard	Third rate	For Royal Navy.
3 May	Thirteen Colonies	Benjamin Hallowell	Boston Massachusetts	Boston	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy. [4]
13 June	New France	Rene-Nicolas Levasseur	Quebec City	Le Saint Laurent	Fourth rate	For French Navy. [5]
18 July	Great Britain	John Ward	Chatham Dockyard	Somerset	Third rate	For Royal Navy.
29 July	Great Britain		Blackwall	Boscawen	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [6]
13 August	Great Britain	John Poole	Sheerness Dockyard	Garland	Garland-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
13 September	Great Britain	John Barnard	Ipswich	Seahorse	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
1 December	Kingdom of France	François-Guillaume Clarain Des Lauriers	Brest	Le Protée	Third rate	For French Navy. [7]
7 December	Great Britain	Benjamin Slade	Plymouth Dockyard	Unicorn	Lyme-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
10 December	Great Britain		Deptford Dockyard	Lyme	Lyme-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
10 December	Great Britain	John Allen	Rotherhithe	Sphinx	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
18 December	Denmark-Norway		Copenhagen	Kingdom's Wish	Sailing ship	For Company of General Commerce. [8]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Amsterdam	East Indiaman	For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Bonetto	Sloop	For Bengal Pilot Service. [9]
Unknown date	Denmark-Norway			Bornholm	Fourth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy. [10]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Cholmondely	Cutter	For private owner.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Dolphin	Sloop	For Bengal Pilot Service. [9]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Charles Bentam	Amsterdam	Draak	Sixth rate	For Dutch Navy. [11]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Charles Bentham	Amsterdam	Faam	Unrated ship	For Dutch Navy. [12]
Unknown date	Great Britain	Philomon Ewer	Bursledon	Forester	Hoy	For Royal Navy. [13]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Grampus	Sloop	For Bengal Pilot Service. [9]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Brest, France	L'Aimable	Victoire-class gabarre	For French Navy. [14]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Brest, France	La Victoire	Victoire-class gabarre	For French Navy. [15]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Brest	La Charmante	Victoire-class gabarre	For French Navy. [16]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Brest	La Gaillarde	Victoire-class gabarre	For French Navy. [17]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Le Postillon	Gunboat	For French Navy. [18]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Luconia	Snow	For British East India Company. [9]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Paulus van Zwijndrecht	Rotterdam	Prinses Carolina	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [19]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Prins Willem	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [20]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Warren	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [21]

References

1. "Turkish Third Rate ship of the line 'Nasir-i Bahri' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Humber' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
3. "British Fifth Rate ship 'America' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
4. "British Sixth Rate ship 'Boston' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
5. "French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Saint Laurent' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
6. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Boscawen' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
7. "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Protee' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
8. "No. 8812". The London Gazette . 3 January 1748. p. 2.
9. Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay. p. 330.
10. "Danish Fourth Rate ship 'Bornholm' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
11. "Dutch Sixth Rate ship 'Draak' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
12. "Dutch ship 'Faam' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
13. "British Other Vessels hoy 'Forester' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
14. "French gabarre 'L'Aimable' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
15. "French gabarre 'La Victoire' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
16. "French gabarre 'La Charmante' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
17. "French gabarre 'La Gaillarde' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
18. "French gunboat 'Le Postillon' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
19. "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Prinses Carolina' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
20. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Prins Willem' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
21. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Warren' (1748)". Threedecks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

Ship events in 1748
Ship launches:	1743	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753
Ship commissionings:	1743	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753
Ship decommissionings:	1743	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753
Shipwrecks:	1743	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753