List of ship launches in 1766

! 13 January

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| Joseph Harris

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|Aurora|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Niger|frigate}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3196 |title=British Fifth Rate frigate 'Aurora' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 25 March

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Jean-Hyacinth Raffeau

| Indret shipyard, Nantes

| {{ship|French frigate|Boudeuse|1766|2}}

| Fifth rate

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11140 |title=French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Boudeuse' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 26 March

| {{flag|Brazil|1692}} Brazil

| Luis Isidoro

| Pará

| {{ship|Portuguese ship|Nossa Senhora de Belém|1766|2}}

| Fourth rate

| For Portuguese Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7927 |title=Portuguese Fourt Rate ship of the line 'Nossa Senhora de Belém' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 12 April

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Leon-Michel Guignace

| Bordeaux

| {{ship|French ship|La Dédaigneuse|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Dedaigneuse|frigate}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11141 |title=French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Dédaigneuse' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 15 May

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|Languedoc|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Saint-Esprit|ship of the line}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1964 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Languedoc' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 10 May

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Pierre-Augustin Lamothe Kercaradec

| Brest

| {{ship|French ship|La Lunette|1766|2}}

| Corvette

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=15661 |title=French corvette 'La Lunette' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 24 May

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Antoine Groignard

| Brest

| {{ship|French ship|Bretagne|1766|2}}

| Ship of the line

| For French Navy.

! 24 May

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| Edward Allin

| Chatham Dockyard

| {{HMS|London|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|London|ship of the line}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=103 |title=British Second Rate ship of the line 'London' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 27 May

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| Ivan I. Afanaseyev

| Olonetsk

| {{ship|Russian ship|Pochtalon|1766|2}}

| Sixth rate

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21550 |title=Russian Sixth Rate frigate 'Pochtalon' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 31 May

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

|

| Plymouth Dockyard

| {{HMS|Boyne|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Burford|ship of the line}}

| For Royal Navy.

! 4 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| I. V. James

| Saint Petersburg

| {{ship|Russian ship|Sviatoi Aleksandr|1766|2}}

| Corvette

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21063 |title=Russian corvette 'Sviatoi Aleksandr' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 13 June

| {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

| I. V. James

| Archangelsk

| {{ship|Russian ship|Aziia|1766|2}}

| {{Sclass|Pyotr II|ship of the line}}

| For Imperial Russian Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=10791 |title=Russian Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Aziia' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 26 June

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Noel Pomet

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|Bourgogne|1766|2}}

| Third rate

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2030 |title=French Third Rate ship of the line 'Bourgogne' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 16 July

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Joseph-Veronique-Charles Chapelle

| Toulon

| {{ship|French ship|Marseillais

| Third rate

| For French Navy.

! 23 August

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| William Gray

| Sheerness Dockyard

| {{HMS|Carysfort|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Coventry|frigate}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3510 |title=British Sixth Rate frigate 'Carysfort' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 3 September

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Gilles Cambry

| Lorient

| {{ship|French ship|Le Marquis de Sance|1766|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For Compagnie des Indes.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=15910 |title=French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Marquis de Sance' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 19 September

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| Thomas West

| Deptford

| {{ship|HEIC ship|Triton|1766|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For British East India Company.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=20937 |title=British Merchant east indiaman 'Triton' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 20 September

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| Adam Hayes

| Deptford Dockyard

| {{HMS|Magnificent|1766|2}}

| {{Sclass|Ramillies|ship of the line}}

| For Royal Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=339 |title=British Third Rate ship of the line 'Magnificent' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 27 September

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

|

| Toulon

| {{ship|French frigate|Engageante|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Engageante|frigate}}

| For French Navy.

! 18 October

| {{flag|Spain|1701}}

| Juan Donesteve

| Guarnizo

| {{ship|Spanish ship|San Juan Nepomuceno

| Third rate

| For Spanish Navy.

! 20 October

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Jean-Joseph Ginoux

| Havre de Grâce

| {{ship|French ship|La Blanche|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Infidèle|frigate}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11138 |title=French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Blanche' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 4 November

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Jean-Joseph Ginoux

| Havre de Grâce

| {{ship|French frigate|Enjouée|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Infidèle|frigate}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=11139 |title=French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Enjouee' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! 18 November

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

|

| Bordeaux

| {{ship|French frigate|Belle Poule|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Dédagneuse|frigate}}

| For French Navy.

! 16 December

| {{flag|Spain|1701}}

| Manuel de Zubiria

| Guarnizo

| {{ship|Spanish ship|San Pascual Bailôn|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|San Juan Nepomuceno|ship of the line}}

| For Spanish Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2735 |title=Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San Pascual Bailôn' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Antoine Groignard

| Lorient

| {{ship

| East Indiaman

| For French East India Company.

! Unknown date

| 22px India

|

| Bombay

| {{ship

| East Indiaman

| For Abbott & Co.

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| John Wells

| Deptford

| {{ship|HEIC ship|Egmont|1766|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For British East India Company.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=29618 |title=British Merchant east indiaman 'Egmont' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| John Perry

| Blackwall Yard

| {{ship|HEIC ship|Europa|1766|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For British East India Company.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=29659 |title=British Merchant east indiaman 'Europa' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}

| John & William Wells

| Deptford Dockyard

| {{HMS|Greenwich|1777|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For British East India Company.

! Unknown date

| 22px Ottoman Empire

|

|

| {{ship|Ottoman ship|Hümay-ı Bahri|1766|2}}

| Fifth rate

| For Ottoman Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=26494 |title=Turkish Fift Rate frigate 'Hümay-ı Bahri' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Leon-Miche Guignace

| Bayonne

| {{ship|French ship|La Tamponne|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Tamponne|gabarre}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=16712 |title=French gabarre 'La Tamponne' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

|

| Lorient

| {{ship|French ship|Le Dauphin|1766|2}}

| East Indiaman

| For Compagnie des Indes.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=15453 |title=French Merchant east indiaman 'Le Dauphin' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| Leon-Michel Guignace

| Bayonne

| {{ship|French ship|Le Gros Ventre|1766|2}}

| {{sclass|Tamponne|gabarre}}

| For French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=16713 |title=French gabarre 'Le Gros Ventre' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}

| François Caro

| Lorient

| {{ship|French ship|Le Laverdy|1766|2}}

| Flûte

| For Compagnie des Indes.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=15889 |title=French Merchant flûte 'Le Laverdy' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| 22px Ottoman Empire

|

|

| {{ship|Ottoman ship|Mukaddeme-i Şeref|1766|2}}

| Fourth rate

| For Ottoman Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=26492 |title=Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Mukkademe-i Șeref' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}

! Unknown date

| 22px Ottoman Greece

|

| Rhodes

| {{ship|Ottoman ship|Semend-i Bahri|1766|2}}

| Fourth rate

| For Ottoman Navy.{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=21307 |title=Turkish Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Semend-i Bahri' (1766) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=6 September 2021 }}