List of ship launches in the 15th century

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This list of ship launches in the 15th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1400 to 1499.

ShipClass / typeBuilderLocationCountryNotes
1418 Grace Dieu FlagshipWilliam Soper Southampton Flag of England.svg England For Henry V of England [1]
1441 Pinta Caravela latina Flag of Castile.svg Castile Part of Columbus' first expedition
~1449 Newport Medieval Ship Great ship Newport Flag of England.svg England Launch date approximate [2]
Before 1486 Gribshunden FlagshipFlag of Denmark.svg Denmark For John, King of Denmark [3]
Before 1492 Niña Caravela latina Flag of Castile.svg Castile Part of Columbus' first expedition
Before 1492 Santa María Nau carrack Flag of Castile.svg Castile Flagship of Columbus' first expedition
1497 São Gabriel Carrack Bartolomeu Dias Flag Portugal (1495).svg Portugal Flagship of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India
Unknown date Peter van Rosseel Carrack Danzig Hanse Danzig.svg Hanseatic League
Unknown date Santa Clara Carrack Flag of Castile.svg Castile For Castillian Navy

References

  1. Wilson, Ben (2013). Empire of the Deep; The Rise and Fall of the British Navy. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN   978-0297864080.
  2. Evan T. Jones; Richard Stone, eds. (2018). The World of the Newport Medieval Ship: trade, politics and shipping in the mid-fifteenth century. University of Wales Press. ISBN   9781786831439.
  3. Warming, Rolf (2015-07-01). "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-13.