List of ship launches in 1761

The list of ship launches in 1761 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1761.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
22 January	Great Britain	John Barnard & John Turner	Harwich Dockyard	Arrogant	Arrogant-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
3 February	Great Britain	Robert Inwood	Rotherhithe	Beaver	Beaver-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [1]
4 February	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Royal Captain	East Indiaman	For Sir Richard Hotham.
7 February	Great Britain	John Randall	Rotherhithe	Martin	Sloop of war	For Royal Navy. [2]
24 February	Great Britain	John Barnard	Harwich	Druid	Druid-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [3]
11 March	Great Britain	Wells Stanton	Rotherhithe	Lynx	Druid-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [4]
16 March	Great Britain		Manchester	Hardman	Merchantman	For private owner. [5]
26 March	Republic of Venice		Venice	Buon Consiglio	Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line	For Venetian Navy. [6]
21 April	Great Britain	John Lock	Chatham Dockyard	Ocean	Sandwich-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [7]
6 May	Great Britain	Hugh Blaydes	Hull	Mermaid	Mermaid-class frigate	For Royal Navy.
19 May	Great Britain	Wells	Deptford	Cornwall	Arrogant-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
5 June	Great Britain	Thomas West	Deptford Dockyard	Lowestoffe	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.
5 July	Great Britain	Israel Pownoll	Woolwich Dockyard	Blenheim	Sandwich-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [8]
1 August	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall Yard	Africa	Essex-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
8 August	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Sagittaire	Fourth rate	For French Navy. [9]
15 September	Great Britain	Joseph Harris	Sheerness Dockyard	Montreal	Niger-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [10]
14 December	Great Britain	John Randall	location	Britannia	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [11]
16 December	Spain		Cádiz	Andaluz	Xebec	For Spanish Navy. [12]
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Carnac	Schooner	For Bombay Pilot Service. [13]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Wells	Deptford	Earl of Ashburnham	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [14]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Vlissingen	Erfprins van Brunswijk	Fifth rate	For Dutch Navy. [15]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Wells	Deptford	Grosvenor	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [16]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	John May	Amsterdam	Holland	Third rate	For Dutch Navy. [17]
Unknown date	New France		Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard	Huron	Schooner	For Royal Navy. [18]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Peter Edwards	Amsterdam	Kennemerland	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [19]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	L'Adelaide	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [20]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Agaçante	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [21]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Badine	Gunboat	For French Navy. [22]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Capricieuse	Gunboat	For French Navy. [23]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Fantasque	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [24]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Fidèle	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [25]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Fringante	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [26]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Melanide	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [27]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Parfaite	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [28]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Pimpante	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [29]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Chevallier Antoine Groignard	Lorient	La Reine du Maroc	Coquette-class gunboat	For French Navy. [30]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Loriend	Le Duc de Choiseul	Bertin-class East Indiaman	For Compagnie des Indes. [31]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Amsterdam	Meermin	Hoeker	For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date	Great Britain			Morning Star	Cutter	For Private owner.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Willem Lodewijk	Harlingen	Prinses Maria-Louisa	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [32]
Unknown date	Dutch Republic		Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy. [33]
Unknown date	Great Britain			Royal Charlotte	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [34]
Unknown date	Portuguese India		Daman	Santa Ana	Fifth rate	For Portuguese Navy. [35]
Unknown date	Thirteen Colonies			Triton	Schooner	For private owner.
Unknown date	Great Britain			True Briton	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [36]
Unknown date	Cuba		Havana	Name unknown	West Indiaman	For private owner.

References

1. "British sloop 'Beaver' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
2. "British sloop 'Martin' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
3. "British sloop 'Druid' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
4. "British sloop 'Lynx' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
5. "Ship Building in Manchester". Manchester Times. No. 79. Manchester. 6 July 1847.
6. "Venetian Third Rate ship of the line 'Buon Consiglio' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
7. "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Ocean' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
8. "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Blenheim' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
9. "French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Saggitaire' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
10. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Montreal' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
11. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Britannia' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
12. "Spanish Fifth Rate xebec 'Andaluz' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
13. Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay: Foudroyant Committee of The Society for Nautical Research. p. 331.
14. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Earl of Ashburnham' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
15. "Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Erfprins van Brunswijk' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
16. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Grosvenor' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
17. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Holland' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
18. "British Schooner 'Huron' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
19. "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Kennemerland' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
20. "French gunboat 'L'Adelaide' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
21. "French gunboat 'La Agaçante' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
22. "French gunboat 'La Badine' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
23. "French gunboat 'La Capricieuse' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
24. "French gunboat 'La Fantasque' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
25. "French gunboat 'La Fidèle' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
26. "French gunboat 'La Fringante' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
27. "French gunboat 'La Melanide' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
28. "French gunboat 'La Parfaite' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
29. "French gunboat 'La Pimpante' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
30. "French gunboat 'La Reine du Maroc' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
31. "French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Duc de Choiseul' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
32. "Dutch Fourt Rate ship of the line 'Prinses Maria-Louisa' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
33. "Dutch Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Rotterdam' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
34. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Royal Charlotte' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
35. "Portuguese Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Ana' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
36. "British Merchant east indiaman 'True Briton' (1761)". Threedecks. Retrieved 29 August 2021.