# List of ship launches in 1774

The list of ship launches in 1774 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1774.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 14 January | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Ajax | Sévère-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 14 January | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Le Maréchal de Broglie | East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| 29 March | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Cumberland | Elizabeth-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 13 April | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Woolwich Dockyard | Surprise | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 April | Great Britain | William Gray | Chatham Dockyard | Roebuck | Roebuck-class ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 April | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Novokhoperskaya | Piatyi | Platyi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 2 May | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Rotherhithe | Eagle | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 May | Russia | S. I. Afanaseyev | Nofokhoperskaya | Shestoi | Platyi-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 10 May | Portugal | | Lisbon | Princesa do Brasil | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 10 May | Portugal | | Lisbon | Torta | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy. |
| 15 May | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Diligenza | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 18 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Blagopoluchie | Asiia-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 18 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Slava Rossii | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 20 May | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Forza | Leon Trionfante-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 21 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Khrabryi | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 21 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Sviatoi Nikolai | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 21 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Tvyordyi | Aziia-class ship of the line | For Navy. |
| 22 May | Great Britain | Barnard & Turner | Harwich | Centurion | Salisbury-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 May | Great Britain | Adams | Deptford | Hector | Royal Oak-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 May | Great Britain | Hodgson & Co. | Hull | Diamond | Lowestoffe-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Sviatoi Mikhail | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 14 June | Kingdom of France | Jean-Baptiste Dournet-Revest | Toulon | Alcmène | Alcmène-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 25 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Vengeance | Royal Oak-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 July | Dutch Republic | Peter Edwards | Amsterdam | Alarm | Sixth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 23 July | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall Yard | Hillsborough | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 26 July | Russia | M. D. Portnov | Archangelsk | Pospeshnyi | Modified Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 18 August | Russia | V. Gunion | Archangelsk | Schastlivyi | Pavel-class frigate | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 23 August | Great Britain | Blaydes & Hodgson | Hull | Boreas | Mermaid-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 August | Great Britain | John Barnard | Deptford | Experiment | Experiment-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 August | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Enterprise | Enterprise-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| September | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Brilliant | Solitaire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 6 October | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Piet Hein | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 6 October | Great Britain | Adams | Bucklers Hard | Vigilant | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 22 October | Kingdom of France | Chevalier Antoine Groignard | Brest | Solitaire | Solitaire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 19 November | Great Britain | John Henniker & Co. | Chatham Dockyard | Isis | Portland-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 4 December | Great Britain | Robert Fabian | Southampton | Renown | Portland-class frigate | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 December | Great Britain | Israel Pownolll | Plymouth Dockyard | Nonsuch | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | Bilbao | Angel de la Guarda | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Björn Järnsida | Turuma | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Black Prince | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Britannia | Merchantman | For Waters & Co. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | Province of Massachusetts Bay | Diana | Schooner | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Diligence | Collier | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Fanny | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Fethü'l Fettah | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Grand Duchess of Russia | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Amsterdam | Held Woltemade | Merchantman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Lorient | Le Superbe | Indien-class East Indiaman | For Compagnie des Indes. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Loudon | Merchantman | For Austrian East India Company. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Nancy | Schooner | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Prosperous | Brig | For John Brine. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Ragvald | Turuma | For Royal Swedish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Rose | Cutter | For HM Customs. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Royal Charlotte | Full-rigged ship | For Greenway & Co. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Santa Margarita | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Storehouse | Longboat | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Union | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Sweden | | | Vasaorden | Royal barge | For Gustav III. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Comte d'Auxiron | Seine | Name unknown | Paddle steamer | For Comte d'Auxiron. |