# List of ship launches in 1772

The list of ship launches in 1772 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1772.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 5 March | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | San Gabriel | San Pedro Apostol-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 11 April | Denmark-Norway | F. M. Krabbe | Copenhagen | Holsteen | Holsteen-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| 18 April | Great Britain | Israel Pownoll | Plymouth Dockyard | Monmouth | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 July | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Santa Maria de la Cabeza | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 31 July | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Santa Perpetua | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| 1 August | Spain | | Cartagena | San Juan Bautista | San Joaquin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 1 August | Spain | | Cartagena | Santo Ángel de la Guarda | San Joaquin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 31 August | Great Britain | William Gray | Woolwich Dockyard | Defiance | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 August | Great Britain | | Chatham Dockyard | Prince George | Barfleur-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 September | Russia | V. A. Selyanikov | Saint Petersburg | Sviatoi Velikomuchenik Isidor | Sviatoi Velikomuchenik Panteleimon-class ship of the line | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 28 September | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Royal Captain | East Indiaman | For Sir Richard Hotham/British East India Company. |
| 29 October | Great Britain | William Barnard | Deptford | Alfred | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 10 November | Kingdom of France | Joseph Coubet | Lorient | Pourvoyeuse | Pourvoyeuse-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| 10 November | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Protée | Artésien-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 24 November | Republic of Venice | | Venice | Concordia | San Michiel Archangelo-class ship of the line | For Venetian Navy. |
| 27 November | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Bessborough | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 2 December | Unknown | M. I. Ryabinin | Danube | Pobedoslav Dunaiskii | Pobedoslav Dunaiskii-class schooner | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 9 December | Dutch Republic | John May | Amsterdam | Argo | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| 10 December | Kingdom of France | Joseph-Louis Ollivier | Brest | Éveillé | Artesien-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Constantinople | Anka-yı Bahri | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Ariadne | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Kemer | Berid-i Fütuh | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Bodrum | Bodrum | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay Dockyard | Britannia | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | South Carolina | Britannia | Brig | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Republic of Venice | | | Cacciatore | Xebec | For Venetian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | | Rotterdam | Dankbaarheid | East Indiaman | For Dutch East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | | Dannebroge | Holsteen-class ship of the line | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Samuel Edwards | Liverpool | Daresbury | Mersey flat | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Duke of Kingston | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | John Wells | Deptford | Eagle | Packet ship | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Fly | Slave ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Harland | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest | La Marguerite | Gabarre | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Louisa | Full-rigged ship | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Sinop | Mansuriye | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Sinop | Mesudiye | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Kemer | Necm-i Zafer | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Nuestra Señora de Montserrat | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Pastoriza | Schooner | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Kemer | Perr-i Bahri | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro | El Ferrol | Santa Amalia | Fifth rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Kemer | Sayyad-ı Bahri | Fifth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Star | Sloop | For William Leman. |
| Unknown date | Hanover | | Wilhelmstein | Steinhuder Hecht | Submarine | For William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. |
| Unknown date | Republic of Venice | | | Tritone | Xebec | For Venetian Navy. |