List of ship launches in 1748

The list of ship launches in 1748 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1748.

Date	Ship	Class	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
29 January	Nasir-i Bahri	Third rate		Constantinople	Ottoman Empire	For Ottoman Navy.[1]
5 March	Humber	Fifth rate	John Smith	Bursledon	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.[2]
19 March	Doddington	East Indiaman	Wells	Deptford	Great Britain	For British East India Company.
4 April	America	Fifth rate	Nathaniel Messerve	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	Thirteen Colonies	For Royal Navy.[3]
16 April	Vanguard	Third rate	Ewer	East Cowes	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
3 May	Boston	Sixth rate	Benjamin Hallowell	Boston Massachusetts	Thirteen Colonies	For Royal Navy.[4]
13 June	Saint Laurent	Fourth rate	Rene-Nicolas Levasseur	Quebec City	New France	For French Navy.[5]
18 July	Somerset	Third rate	John Ward	Chatham Dockyard	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
29 July	Boscawen	East Indiaman		Blackwall	Great Britain	For British East India Company.[6]
13 August	Garland	Garland-class frigate	John Poole	Sheerness Dockyard	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
13 September	Seahorse	Sixth rate	John Barnard	Ipswich	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
1 December	Protée	Third rate	François-Guillaume Clarain Des Lauriers	Brest	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[7]
7 December	Unicorn	Unicorn-class frigate	Benjamin Slade	Plymouth Dockyard	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
10 December	Lyme	Unicorn-class frigate		Deptford Dockyard	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
10 December	Sphinx	Sixth rate	John Allen	Rotherhithe	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.
18 December	Kingdom's Wish	Sailing ship		Copenhagen	Denmark-Norway	For Company of General Commerce.[8]
Unknown date	Amsterdam	East Indiaman		Amsterdam	Dutch Republic	For Dutch East India Company.
Unknown date	Bonetto	Sloop		Bombay	India	For Bengal Pilot Service.[9]
Unknown date	Bornholm	Fourth rate			Denmark-Norway	For Dano-Norwegian Navy.[10]
Unknown date	Cholmondely	Cutter			Great Britain	For private owner.
Unknown date	Dolphin	Sloop		Bombay	India	For Bengal Pilot Service.[9]
Unknown date	Draak	Sixth rate	Charles Bentam	Amsterdam	Dutch Republic	For Dutch Navy.[11]
Unknown date	Faam	Unrated ship	Charles Bentham	Amsterdam	Dutch Republic	For Dutch Navy.[12]
Unknown date	Forester	Hoy	Philomon Ewer	Bursledon	Great Britain	For Royal Navy.[13]
Unknown date	Grampus	Sloop		Bombay	India	For Bengal Pilot Service.[9]
Unknown date	Aimable	Victoire-class gabarre		Brest, France	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[14]
Unknown date	Victoire	Victoire-class gabarre		Brest, France	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[15]
Unknown date	Charmante	Victoire-class gabarre		Brest	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[16]
Unknown date	Gaillarde	Victoire-class gabarre		Brest	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[17]
Unknown date	Postillon	Gunboat		Toulon	Kingdom of France	For French Navy.[18]
Unknown date	Luconia	Snow		Bombay	India	For British East India Company.[9]
Unknown date	Prinses Carolina	Fourth rate	Paulus van Zwijndrecht	Rotterdam	Dutch Republic	For Dutch Navy.[19]
Unknown date	Prins Willem	Third rate		Rotterdam	Dutch Republic	For Dutch Navy.[20]
Unknown date	Warren	East Indiaman			Great Britain	For British East India Company.[21]