From Wikipedia - Reading time: 5 minThe list of ship launches in 1742 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1742.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February | Philemon Perry | Blackwall | Mortar | Comet-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[1] | |
| 26 February | Philemon Perry | Blackwall | Firedrake | Comet-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[2] | |
| 27 February | Thomas West | Deptford Dockyard | Wolf | Wolf-class sloop | For Royal Navy. | |
| 15 March | Thomas Snelgrove | Limehouse | Serpent | Comet-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[3] | |
| 29 March | James Taylor | Rotherhithe | Comet | Comet-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[4] | |
| 29 March | Copenhagen | Crown Yacht | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[5] | |||
| 24 April | Chatham Dockyard | Stirling Castle | Third rate | For Royal Navy. | ||
| 26 May | Bird | Rotherhithe | Medway | Fourth rate | For Royal Navy. | |
| 4 June | Rene-Nicolas Levasseur | Quebec City | Le Canada | Sixth rate | For French Navy.[6] | |
| 22 June | John Barnard | Ipswich | Granado | Bomb vessel | For Royal Navy.[7] | |
| 23 June | Wells | Deptford | Dreadnought | Fourth rate | For Royal Navy. | |
| 8 July | John Buxton | Deptford | Lowestoffe | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[8] | |
| 20 July | Peirson Lock | Plymouth Dockyard | Solebay | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy.[9] | |
| 13 August | Augustino Scolaro | Toulon | La Chasse | Galley | For French Navy.[10] | |
| 19 August | John Buxton | Rotherhithe | Otter | Wolf-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[11] | |
| 5 September | Copenhagen | Tre Kroner | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[12][13] | ||
| 5 September | Copenhagen | Wenden | Third Rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[12][14] | ||
| 13 September | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Le Trident | Third rate | For French Navy.[15] | |
| 2 October | Augustino Scolaro | Toulon | La Decouverte | Galley | For French Navy.[16] | |
| 3 November | Hugh Blaydes | Hull | Anglesea | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. | |
| 30 December | John Quallett | Rotherhithe | Saltash | Baltimore-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[17] | |
| 30 December | Thomas Wes | Deptford Dockyard | Baltimore | Baltimore-class sloop | For Royal Navy.[18] | |
| Unknown date | Bombay | Bombay | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service.[19] | ||
| Unknown date | Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Edam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[20] | |
| Unknown date | Falster | Fifth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[21] | |||
| Unknown date | Pierre Chabert | Marseille | La Duchesse | Ferme-class galley | For French Navy.[22] | |
| Unknown date | Jean Reynoir | Marseille | La Valeur | France-class Galley | For French Navy.[23] | |
| Unknown date | Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Leeuwenhorst | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[24] | |
| Unknown date | George Rowcliffe | Southampton | Portsmouth | Storeship | For Royal Navy.[25] | |
| Unknown date | Amsterdam | Raaf | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[26] | ||
| Unknown date | Barcelona | San Juan de Pomosana | Privateer | For private owner.[27] | ||
| Unknown date | Bombay | Success | Full-rigged ship | For British East India Company.[19] | ||
| Unknown date | Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Valkenburg | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy.[28] |
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