# List of ship launches in 1766

The list of ship launches in 1766 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1766.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 13 January | Great Britain | Joseph Harris | Chatham Dockyard | Aurora | Niger-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 March | Kingdom of France | Jean-Hyacinth Raffeau | Indret shipyard, Nantes | Boudeuse | Fifth rate | For French Navy. |
| 26 March | Brazil Brazil | Luis Isidoro | Pará | Nossa Senhora de Belém | Fourth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 12 April | Kingdom of France | Leon-Michel Guignace | Bordeaux | La Dédaigneuse | Dedaigneuse-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 15 May | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Languedoc | Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 10 May | Kingdom of France | Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec | Brest | La Lunette | Corvette | For French Navy. |
| 24 May | Kingdom of France | Antoine Groignard | Brest | Bretagne | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 24 May | Great Britain | Edward Allin | Chatham Dockyard | London | London-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 May | Russia | Ivan I. Afanaseyev | Olonetsk | Pochtalon | Sixth rate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 31 May | Great Britain | | Plymouth Dockyard | Boyne | Burford-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 June | Russia | I. V. James | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Aleksandr | Corvette | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 13 June | Russia | I. V. James | Archangelsk | Aziia | Pyotr II-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 26 June | Kingdom of France | Noel Pomet | Toulon | Bourgogne | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 16 July | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Veronique-Charles Chapelle | Toulon | Marseillais | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 23 August | Great Britain | William Gray | Sheerness Dockyard | Carysfort | Coventry-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 September | Kingdom of France | Gilles Cambry | Lorient | Le Marquis de Sance | East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| 19 September | Great Britain | Thomas West | Deptford | Triton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 20 September | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Magnificent | Ramillies-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 September | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Engageante | Engageante-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 18 October | Spain | Juan Donesteve | Guarnizo | San Juan Nepomuceno | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 20 October | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | La Blanche | Infidèle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 4 November | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | Enjouée | Infidèle-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 18 November | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | Belle Poule | Dédagneuse-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 16 December | Spain | Manuel de Zubiria | Guarnizo | San Pascual Bailôn | San Juan Nepomuceno-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Antoine Groignard | Lorient | Duc de Duras | East Indiaman | For French East India Company. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Earl of Mornington | East Indiaman | For Abbott & Co. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Wells | Deptford | Egmont | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Europa | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford Dockyard | Greenwich | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Hümay-ı Bahri | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Leon-Miche Guignace | Bayonne | La Tamponne | Tamponne-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Le Dauphin | East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Leon-Michel Guignace | Bayonne | Le Gros Ventre | Tamponne-class gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | François Caro | Lorient | Le Laverdy | Flûte | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | | Mukaddeme-i Şeref | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | | Rhodes | Semend-i Bahri | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |