This list of ship launches in the 15th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1400 to 1499.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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1418 | ![]() |
William Soper | Southampton | Grace Dieu | Flagship | For Henry V of England[1] |
1441 | ![]() |
Pinta | Caravela latina | Part of Columbus' first expedition | ||
~1449 | ![]() |
Newport | Newport Medieval Ship | Great ship | Launch date approximate[2] | |
Before 1486 | ![]() |
Gribshunden | Flagship | For John, King of Denmark[3] | ||
Before 1492 | ![]() |
Niña | Caravela latina | Part of Columbus' first expedition | ||
Before 1492 | ![]() |
Santa María | Nau carrack | Flagship of Columbus' first expedition | ||
1497 | ![]() |
Bartolomeu Dias | São Gabriel | Carrack | Flagship of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India | |
Unknown date | ![]() |
Danzig | Peter van Rosseel | Carrack | ||
Unknown date | ![]() |
Santa Clara | Carrack | For Castillian Navy |
References
edit- ^ Wilson, Ben (2013). Empire of the Deep; The Rise and Fall of the British Navy. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297864080.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Warming, Rolf (2015-07-01). "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-13.