List of ship launches in the 16th century

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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 La Réale Galley
1546  England Antelope War galleon For Tudor Navy[2]
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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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.[6]
1590  England Matthew Baker London Answer Small galleon One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy.[6]
1590  England Richard Chapman London Crane Small galleon One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy.[6]
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.[6]
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[7]
Unknown  Portugal Lisbon Bom Jesus East Indiaman carrack Oldest shipwreck on west coast of Sub-Saharan Africa[8]
Unknown  England Bonaventure War galleon Commanded by Sir Francis Drake[9]
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[edit]

  1. ^ Oliver, Neil. A History of Scotland. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-7538-2663-8.
  2. ^ Starkey, David, ed., The Inventory of Henry VIII, vol. 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), nos. 7180, 7555-7577.
  3. ^ Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Robert Henry Thurston: The Earliest Iron-Clad. In: Cassier’s Magazine. vol. 6, 1891, p. 312–314 archive.org.
  6. ^ a b c d Colledge
  7. ^ Shippen, Edward Naval battles ancient and modern J. C. McCurdy & Co. 1883.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Elton, Letitia MacColl (1906). The Story of Sir Francis Drake (1906 ed.). London: T. C. & E. C. Jack.
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