# List of ship launches in 1748

The list of ship launches in 1748 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1748.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 29 January | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Nasir-i Bahri | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| 5 March | Great Britain | John Smith | Bursledon | Humber | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 March | Great Britain | Wells | Deptford | Doddington | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 4 April | Thirteen Colonies | Nathaniel Messerve | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | America | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 16 April | Great Britain | Ewer | East Cowes | Vanguard | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 May | Thirteen Colonies | Benjamin Hallowell | Boston Massachusetts | Boston | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 June | New France | Rene-Nicolas Levasseur | Quebec City | Le Saint Laurent | Fourth rate | For French Navy. |
| 18 July | Great Britain | John Ward | Chatham Dockyard | Somerset | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 29 July | Great Britain | | Blackwall | Boscawen | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 13 August | Great Britain | John Poole | Sheerness Dockyard | Garland | Garland-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 September | Great Britain | John Barnard | Ipswich | Seahorse | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 December | Kingdom of France | François-Guillaume Clarain Des Lauriers | Brest | Le Protée | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 7 December | Great Britain | Benjamin Slade | Plymouth Dockyard | Unicorn | Lyme-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 December | Great Britain | | Deptford Dockyard | Lyme | Lyme-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 December | Great Britain | John Allen | Rotherhithe | Sphinx | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 December | Denmark-Norway | | Copenhagen | Kingdom's Wish | Sailing ship | For Company of General Commerce. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Amsterdam | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Bonetto | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | | Bornholm | Fourth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Cholmondely | Cutter | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Dolphin | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Draak | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Charles Bentham | Amsterdam | Faam | Unrated ship | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Philomon Ewer | Bursledon | Forester | Hoy | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Grampus | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest, France | L'Aimable | Victoire-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest, France | La Victoire | Victoire-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest | La Charmante | Victoire-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest | La Gaillarde | Victoire-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Le Postillon | Gunboat | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Luconia | Snow | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Paulus van Zwijndrecht | Rotterdam | Prinses Carolina | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Prins Willem | Third rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Warren | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |