The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 7 January Fifth rate Peter Bronsdon Deptford For Royal Navy. 21 February Louisa Sloop Bombay India For Bengal Pilot Service. 18 March Prince Frederick Third rate Richard Stacey Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 3 April Second rate Portsmouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 15 April Sixth rate John Barnard Ipswich For Royal Navy. 18 April Sixth rate Henry Bird Plymouth Dockyard For Royal Navy. 1 May Sixth rate John Buxton Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 3 May Sixth rate Robert Carter Limehouse For Royal Navy. 17 May Sixth rate James Taylor Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 31 May Sixth rate Philemon Perry Blackwall For Royal Navy. May Third rate Brest For French Navy. 10 June Sixth rate John Quallett Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 1 July Richard Ramsey Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 1 July Richard Ramsey Saint Petersburg For Imperial Russian Navy. 12 August Grab Bombay India For British East India Company. 14 August Unrated full-rigged ship Henry Bird Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 14 August Sixth rate Hugh Blaydes Hull For Royal Navy. 26 August Sixth rate John Buxton Deptford For Royal Navy. 28 August Thomas West Deptford For Royal Navy. 30 August Thomas Snelgrove Limehouse For Royal Navy. 30 August Elias Bird Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 27 September James Taylor Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 24 October Henry Bird Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 25 October John Quallett Rotherhithe For Royal Navy. 26 October Third rate René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb Toulon For French Navy. November East Indiaman Perry Blackwall For British East India Company. 11 December Sixth rate John Pearson King's Lynn For Royal Navy. December East Indiaman Deptford For British East India Company. December East Indiaman Carter Limehouse For British East India Company. Unknown date Fourth rate Rochefort For French Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate Charles Bentam Amsterdam For Dutch Navy. Unknown date Bomb vessel Dunkirk For French Navy. Unknown date Jean Reynoire Marseille For French Navy. Unknown date Third rate For Spanish Navy. Unknown date Fourth rate For Dano-Norwegian Navy. Unknown date Santiago Brig For Compañia de Caracas.
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