# 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 |
| 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 | |
| 1543 | Spain | Blasco de Garay | Barcelona | Pyroscaph | Claimed to be a paddle steamer | For Blasco de Garay. |
| 1546 | England | | | Antelope | War galleon | For Tudor Navy |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 1590 | England | Matthew Baker | London | Answer | Small galleon | One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy. |
| 1590 | England | Richard Chapman | London | Crane | Small galleon | One of the first named vessels in the Royal Navy. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Unknown | Portugal | | Lisbon | Bom Jesus | East Indiaman carrack | Oldest shipwreck on west coast of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Unknown | England | | | Bonaventure | War galleon | Commanded by Sir Francis Drake |
| 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 | |