List of ship launches in the 15th century

This list of ship launches in the 15th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1400 to 1499.

Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
1418 Grace Dieu Flagship William Soper Southampton England For Henry V of England[1]
1441 Pinta Caravela latina Castile Part of Columbus' first expedition
~1449 Newport Medieval Ship Great ship Newport England Launch date approximate[2]
Before 1486 Gribshunden Flagship Denmark For John, King of Denmark[3]
Before 1492 Niña Caravela latina Castile Part of Columbus' first expedition
Before 1492 Santa María Nau carrack Castile Flagship of Columbus' first expedition
1497 São Gabriel Carrack Bartolomeu Dias Portugal Flagship of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India
Unknown date Peter van Rosseel Carrack Danzig Hanseatic League
Unknown date Santa Clara Carrack Castile For Castillian Navy

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Ben (2013). Empire of the Deep; The Rise and Fall of the British Navy. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297864080.
  2. ^ Evan T. Jones; Richard Stone, eds. (2018). The World of the Newport Medieval Ship: trade, politics and shipping in the mid-fifteenth century. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781786831439.
  3. ^ Warming, Rolf (2015-07-01). "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
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