List of ship launches in 1740

The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
7 January	Great Britain	Peter Bronsdon	Deptford	Dover	Fifth rate	For Royal Navy.[1]
21 February	India		Bombay	Louisa	Sloop	For Bengal Pilot Service.[2]
18 March	Great Britain	Richard Stacey	Portsmouth Dockyard	Prince Frederick	Third rate	For Royal Navy.[3]
3 April	Great Britain		Portsmouth Dockyard	Saint George	Second rate	For Royal Navy.[4]
15 April	Great Britain	John Barnard	Ipswich	Bideford	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[5]
18 April	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Plymouth Dockyard	Experiment	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[6]
1 May	Great Britain	John Buxton	Rotherhithe	Fox	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[7]
3 May	Great Britain	Robert Carter	Limehouse	Winchelsea	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
17 May	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Lyme	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[8]
31 May	Great Britain	Philemon Perry	Blackwall	Scarborough	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[9]
May	Kingdom of France		Brest	Mars	Third rate	For French Navy.
10 June	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Lively	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[10]
1 July	Russia	Richard Ramsey	Saint Petersburg	Iupiter	Samson-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy.[11]
1 July	Russia	Richard Ramsey	Saint Petersburg	Samson	Samson-class bomb vessel	For Imperial Russian Navy.[12]
12 August	India		Bombay	Restoration	Grab	For British East India Company.[2]
14 August	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Rotherhithe	Rose	Unrated full-rigged ship	For Royal Navy.[13]
14 August	Great Britain	Hugh Blaydes	Hull	Success	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[14]
26 August	Great Britain	John Buxton	Deptford	Port Mahon	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.[15]
28 August	Great Britain	Thomas West	Deptford	Blast	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[16]
30 August	Great Britain	Thomas Snelgrove	Limehouse	Basilisk	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[17]
30 August	Great Britain	Elias Bird	Rotherhithe	Thunder	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[18]
27 September	Great Britain	James Taylor	Rotherhithe	Carcass	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[19]
24 October	Great Britain	Henry Bird	Rotherhithe	Lightning	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[20]
25 October	Great Britain	John Quallett	Rotherhithe	Furnace	Basilisk-class bomb vessel	For Royal Navy.[21]
26 October	Kingdom of France	René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb	Toulon	Sérieux	Third rate	For French Navy.
November	Great Britain	Perry	Blackwall	Northampton	East Indiaman	For British East India Company .
11 December	Great Britain	John Pearson	King's Lynn	Bridgewater	Sixth rate	For Royal Navy.
December	Great Britain		Deptford	Admiral Vernon	East Indiaman	For British East India Company.[22]
December	Great Britain	Carter	Limehouse	Scarborough	East Indiaman	For British East India Company .
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Rochefort	Apollon	Fourth rate	For French Navy.
Unknown date	Dutch Republic	Charles Bentam	Amsterdam	Burcht van Leiden	Fourth rate	For Dutch Navy.[23]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France		Dunkerque	Chaloupe Carcassiere	Bomb vessel	For French Navy.[24]
Unknown date	Kingdom of France	Jean Reynoire	Marseille	La Ferme	France-class galley	For French Navy.[25]
Unknown date	Spain			Neptuno	Third rate	For Spanish Navy.[26]
Unknown date	Denmark–Norway			Oldenborg	Fourth rate	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[27]
Unknown date	Spain			Santiago	Brig	For Compañia de Caracas.[28]

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