# List of ship launches in 1740

The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 7 January | Great Britain | Peter Bronsdon | Deptford | Dover | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 February | India | | Bombay | Louisa | Sloop | For Bengal Pilot Service. |
| 18 March | Great Britain | Richard Stacey | Portsmouth Dockyard | Prince Frederick | Third rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 April | Great Britain | | Portsmouth Dockyard | Saint George | Second rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 15 April | Great Britain | John Barnard | Ipswich | Bideford | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 April | Great Britain | Henry Bird | Plymouth Dockyard | Experiment | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 May | Great Britain | John Buxton | Rotherhithe | Fox | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 May | Great Britain | Robert Carter | Limehouse | Winchelsea | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 17 May | Great Britain | James Taylor | Rotherhithe | Lyme | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 31 May | Great Britain | Philemon Perry | Blackwall | Scarborough | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| May | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Mars | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| 10 June | Great Britain | John Quallett | Rotherhithe | Lively | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 1 July | Russia | Richard Ramsey | Saint Petersburg | Iupiter | Samson-class bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 1 July | Russia | Richard Ramsey | Saint Petersburg | Samson | Samson-class bomb vessel | For Imperial Russian Navy. |
| 12 August | India | | Bombay | Restoration | Grab | For British East India Company. |
| 14 August | Great Britain | Henry Bird | Rotherhithe | Rose | Unrated full-rigged ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 14 August | Great Britain | Hugh Blaydes | Hull | Success | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 August | Great Britain | John Buxton | Deptford | Port Mahon | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| 28 August | Great Britain | Thomas West | Deptford | Blast | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 August | Great Britain | Thomas Snelgrove | Limehouse | Basilisk | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 August | Great Britain | Elias Bird | Rotherhithe | Thunder | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 September | Great Britain | James Taylor | Rotherhithe | Carcass | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 24 October | Great Britain | Henry Bird | Rotherhithe | Lightning | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 25 October | Great Britain | John Quallett | Rotherhithe | Furnace | Basilisk-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 26 October | Kingdom of France | René Boyer and Pierre-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Sérieux | Third rate | For French Navy. |
| November | Great Britain | Perry | Blackwall | Northampton | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| 11 December | Great Britain | John Pearson | King's Lynn | Bridgewater | Sixth rate | For Royal Navy. |
| December | Great Britain | | Deptford | Admiral Vernon | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| December | Great Britain | Carter | Limehouse | Scarborough | East Indiaman | For British East India Company. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Apollon | Fourth rate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Dutch Republic | Charles Bentam | Amsterdam | Burcht van Leiden | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Dunkerque | Chaloupe Carcassiere | Bomb vessel | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | Jean Reynoire | Marseille | La Ferme | France-class galley | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Neptuno | Third rate | For Spanish Navy. |
| Unknown date | Denmark–Norway | | | Oldenborg | Fourth rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | Spain | | | Santiago | Brig | For Compañia de Caracas. |