List of ship launches in 1766

The list of ship launches in 1766 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1766.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
13 January	Great Britain	Joseph Harris	Chatham Dockyard	Aurora	Niger-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [1]
25 March	Kingdom of France	Jean-Hyacinth Raffeau	Indret shipyard, Nantes	Boudeuse	Fifth rate	For French Navy. [2]
26 March	Brazil Brazil	Luis Isidoro	Pará	Nossa Senhora de Belém	Fourth rate	For Portuguese Navy. [3]
12 April	Kingdom of France	Leon-Michel Guignace	Bordeaux	La Dédaigneuse	Dedaigneuse-class frigate	For French Navy. [4]
15 May	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Languedoc	Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line	For French Navy. [5]
10 May	Kingdom of France	Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec	Brest	La Lunette	Corvette	For French Navy. [6]
24 May	Kingdom of France	Antoine Groignard	Brest	Bretagne	Ship of the line	For French Navy.
24 May	Great Britain	Edward Allin	Chatham Dockyard	London	London-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [7]
27 May	Russia	Ivan I. Afanaseyev	Olonetsk	Pochtalon	Sixth rate	For Imperial Russian Navy. [8]
31 May	Great Britain		Plymouth Dockyard	Boyne	Burford-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy.
4 June	Russia	I. V. James	Saint Petersburg	Sviatoi Aleksandr	Corvette	For Imperial Russian Navy. [9]
13 June	Russia	I. V. James	Archangelsk	Aziia	Pyotr II-class ship of the line	For Imperial Russian Navy. [10]
26 June	Kingdom of France	Noel Pomet	Toulon	Bourgogne	Third rate	For French Navy. [11]
16 July	Kingdom of France	Joseph-Veronique-Charles Chapelle	Toulon	Marseillais	Third rate	For French Navy.
23 August	Great Britain	William Gray	Sheerness Dockyard	Carysfort	Coventry-class frigate	For Royal Navy. [12]
3 September	Kingdom of France	Gilles Cambry	Lorient	Le Marquis de Sance	East Indiaman	For Compagnie des Indes. [13]
19 September	Great Britain	Thomas West	Deptford	Triton	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [14]
20 September	Great Britain	Adam Hayes	Deptford Dockyard	Magnificent	Ramillies-class ship of the line	For Royal Navy. [15]
27 September	Kingdom of France		Toulon	Engageante	Engageante-class frigate	For French Navy.
18 October	Spain	Juan Donesteve	Guarnizo	San Juan Nepomuceno	Third rate	For Spanish Navy.
20 October	Kingdom of France	Jean-Joseph Ginoux	Havre de Grâce	La Blanche	Infidèle-class frigate	For French Navy. [16]
4 November	Kingdom of France	Jean-Joseph Ginoux	Havre de Grâce	Enjouée	Infidèle-class frigate	For French Navy. [17]
18 November	Kingdom of France		Bordeaux	Belle Poule	Dédagneuse-class frigate	For French Navy.
16 December	Spain	Manuel de Zubiria	Guarnizo	San Pascual Bailôn	San Juan Nepomuceno-class ship of the line	For Spanish Navy. [18]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Antoine Groignard	Lorient	Duc de Duras	East Indiaman	For French East India Company.
Unknown date	India		Bombay	Earl of Mornington	East Indiaman	For Abbott & Co.
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Wells	Deptford	Egmont	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [19]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John Perry	Blackwall Yard	Europa	East Indiaman	For British East India Company. [20]
Unknown date	Great Britain	John & William Wells	Deptford Dockyard	Greenwich	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire			Hümay-ı Bahri	Fifth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [21]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Leon-Miche Guignace	Bayonne	La Tamponne	Tamponne-class gabarre	For French Navy. [22]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Lorient	Le Dauphin	East Indiaman	For Compagnie des Indes. [23]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Leon-Michel Guignace	Bayonne	Le Gros Ventre	Tamponne-class gabarre	For French Navy. [24]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	François Caro	Lorient	Le Laverdy	Flûte	For Compagnie des Indes. [25]
Unknown date	Ottoman Empire			Mukaddeme-i Şeref	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [26]
Unknown date	Ottoman Greece		Rhodes	Semend-i Bahri	Fourth rate	For Ottoman Navy. [27]

References

1. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Aurora' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
2. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Boudeuse' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
3. "Portuguese Fourt Rate ship of the line 'Nossa Senhora de Belém' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
4. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Dédaigneuse' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
5. "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Languedoc' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
6. "French corvette 'La Lunette' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
7. "British Second Rate ship of the line 'London' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
8. "Russian Sixth Rate frigate 'Pochtalon' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
9. "Russian corvette 'Sviatoi Aleksandr' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
10. "Russian Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Aziia' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
11. "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Bourgogne' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
12. "British Sixth Rate frigate 'Carysfort' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
13. "French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Marquis de Sance' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
14. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Triton' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
15. "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Magnificent' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
16. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Blanche' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
17. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Enjouee' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
18. "Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Pascual Bailôn' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
19. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Egmont' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
20. "British Merchant east indiaman 'Europa' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
21. "Turkish Fift Rate frigate 'Hümay-ı Bahri' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
22. "French gabarre 'La Tamponne' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
23. "French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Dauphin' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
24. "French gabarre 'Le Gros Ventre' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
25. "French Merchant flûte 'Le Laverdy' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
26. "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Mukkademe-i Șeref' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
27. "Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Semend-i Bahri' (1766)". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 September 2021.