List of ship launches in the 16th century

This list of ship launches in the 16th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1500 to 1599.

Date of Launch	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
1502	Portugal	Lisbon shipyards	Lisbon	Flor de la Mar	Carrack
1505	Kingdom of Scotland		Leith	Margaret	Warship	For Scottish navy
1510	England		Portsmouth	Peter Pomegranate	Warship	For Tudor Navy
July 1511	England		Portsmouth	Mary Rose	Carrack	For Tudor Navy
12 October 1511	Kingdom of Scotland	Newhaven dock	Newhaven	Great Michael	Carrack	Largest ship afloat when launched^[1]
13 June 1514	England	Woolwich Dockyard	Kent	Henry Grace à Dieu	Carrack	Largest ship afloat when launched
1518	Kingdom of France	Royal Dockyard	Le Havre	La Dauphine	Carrack	Part of Giovanni da Verrazzano's first voyage to the New World
1520	Free City of Lübeck		Lübeck	Jesus of Lübeck	Carrack
1520	Portugal	Kochi Shipyard	Kochi	Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai	Carrack
21 December 1522	Knights Hospitaller		Malta	Santa Anna	Carrack
1530	Portugal			São João Baptista	War galleon
1538	Kingdom of France			Réale	Galley
1543	Spain	Blasco de Garay	Barcelona	Pyroscaph	Claimed to be a paddle steamer	For Blasco de Garay.^[2]
1546	England			Antelope	War galleon	For Tudor Navy^[3]
1556	England			Mary Rose	War galleon	For Tudor Navy
1557	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Golden Lion	Warship	For Tudor Navy
1559	Portugal		Goa	Cinco Chagas	Carrack	For Viceroy Dom Constantino de Braganza
1559	England	Woolwich Dockyard	Kent	Elizabeth Jonas	War galleon
1559	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Hope	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1562	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Aid	Armed ship	For Royal Navy^[4]
1562	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Triumph	War galleon
1563	Sweden			Mars	Warship
1563	England	Woolwich Dockyard	Kent	White Bear	Warship
1566	Hanseatic League	Wallhalbinsel	Lübeck	Adler von Lübeck	War galleon	One of the largest contemporary ships^[5]
1566	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Philip and Mary	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1568	Spanish Empire	Barcelona Royal Shipyard	Barcelona	Real	Galley	For Armada Real
1570	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Foresight	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1570	Spanish Empire		Barcelona	La Juliana		Part of the Spanish Armada
1573	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Dreadnought	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1573	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Swiftsure	War galleon
1577	England			Pelican	Galleon	Known as Golden Hind, flagship of Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world
1577	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Revenge	Race-built galleon	For Royal Navy
1577	England			Swiftsure	Pinnace
1570s	England			Squirrel	Exploration vessel
1583	England			Delight	Sailing ship	Part of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to Newfoundland
1585	Dutch Republic		Antwerp	Fin de la guerre	Fighting platform	Sortie in the Fall of Antwerp^[6]
1586	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Rainbow	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1586	England	Woolwich Dockyard	Kent	Vanguard	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1587	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Ark Raleigh	War galleon	For Sir Walter Raleigh
1587	Spanish Empire	Vicente Alvarez	Ribadeo	Nuestra Señora del Rosario	First-rate ship of the line	For Armada Real
1588	England	Richard Hawkins	London	Repentance	Race-built galleon
1589	Portugal		Lisbon	Madre de Deus	Carrack
1590	England	Peter & Joseph Pett	London	Advantage	Small galleon	One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy.^[7]
1590	England	Matthew Baker	London	Answer	Small galleon	One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy.^[7]
1590	England	Richard Chapman	London	Crane	Small galleon	One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy.^[7]
1590	England			Defiance	War galleon	For Royal Navy
1590	England	Woolwich Dockyard	Kent	Merhonour	Warship
1593	Portugal	Constantino de Braganza	Goa	Cinco Chagas	Carrack
1593	Mughal Empire		India	Rahīmī	Hajj ship	For Emperor Akbar
1594	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Adventure	Galley	One of the first named vessels in the English and Royal Navies.^[7]
1595	Dutch Republic			Duyfken	Yacht
1595	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Scourge of Malice	Armed ship	For East India Company
1596	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Repulse	Armed ship	For Royal Navy
1596	England	Deptford Dockyard	London	Warspite	Great ship
1597	Dutch Republic			Hoop	East Indiaman	For Dutch East India Company
Unknown	Spanish Empire			Bazana	Galley	Part of the Spanish Armada^[8]
Unknown	Portugal		Lisbon	Bom Jesus	East Indiaman carrack	Oldest shipwreck on west coast of Sub-Saharan Africa^[9]
Unknown	England			Bonaventure	War galleon	Commanded by Sir Francis Drake^[10]
Unknown	Spanish Empire			Concepción	Carrack	Part of the Magellan-Elcano expedition to the Spice Islands
Unknown	England			Desire	Flagship	Flagship of Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation of the world
Unknown	Malacca Sultanate			Mendam Berahi	Royal ghali
Unknown	Spanish Empire			Nuestra Señora de la Concepción	War galleon	Prize of Sir Francis Drake
Unknown	Kingdom of Scotland		France	Salamander	Warship	For Royal Scots Navy
Unknown	Spanish Empire			San Antonio	Galleon
Unknown	Spanish Empire			San Esteban	Carrack
Unknown	Spanish Empire		Ragusa	Santa Maria de Vison	Merchantman
Unknown	Portugal			São Bento	Carrack
Unknown	Portugal			São Martinho	War galleon
Unknown	Ottoman Empire	Imperial Shipyard	Constantinople	Tarihi Kadırga	Galley
Unknown	Kingdom of Scotland			Treasurer	Warship
Unknown	Spanish Empire			Victoria	Carrack

References

^ Oliver, Neil. A History of Scotland. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-7538-2663-8.
^ "The History of Paddle Wheel Steam Navigation". The Marine Engineer. London: 101–04. 1 July 1885.
^ Starkey, David, ed., The Inventory of Henry VIII, vol. 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), nos. 7180, 7555-7577.
^ Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
^ Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676): "Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt", 2nd. ed., Schmalhertzens Erven, Lübeck (PDF)
^ Robert Henry Thurston: The Earliest Iron-Clad. In: Cassier’s Magazine. vol. 6, 1891, p. 312–314 archive.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Colledge
^ Shippen, Edward Naval battles ancient and modern J. C. McCurdy & Co. 1883.
^ Hauptmann, Andreas; Schneider, Gabi; Bartels, Christoph (2016). "The Shipwreck of "Bom Jesus", AD 1533: Fugger Copper in Namibia". Journal of African Archaeology. 14 (2): 181–207. doi:10.3213/2191-5784-10288. ISSN 1612-1651. JSTOR 44295232.
^ Elton, Letitia MacColl (1906). The Story of Sir Francis Drake (1906 ed.). London: T. C. & E. C. Jack.

[1] Oliver, Neil. A History of Scotland. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-7538-2663-8.

[ME010785p101-04-2] "The History of Paddle Wheel Steam Navigation". The Marine Engineer. London: 101–04. 1 July 1885.

[3] Starkey, David, ed., The Inventory of Henry VIII, vol. 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), nos. 7180, 7555-7577.

[:05-4] Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

[5] Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676): "Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt", 2nd. ed., Schmalhertzens Erven, Lübeck (PDF)

[6] Robert Henry Thurston: The Earliest Iron-Clad. In: Cassier’s Magazine. vol. 6, 1891, p. 312–314 archive.org.

[:0-7] Colledge

[8] Shippen, Edward Naval battles ancient and modern J. C. McCurdy & Co. 1883.

[:04-9] Hauptmann, Andreas; Schneider, Gabi; Bartels, Christoph (2016). "The Shipwreck of "Bom Jesus", AD 1533: Fugger Copper in Namibia". Journal of African Archaeology. 14 (2): 181–207. doi:10.3213/2191-5784-10288. ISSN 1612-1651. JSTOR 44295232.

[10] Elton, Letitia MacColl (1906). The Story of Sir Francis Drake (1906 ed.). London: T. C. & E. C. Jack.

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