The list of ship launches in 1761 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1761.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January | John Barnard & John Turner | Harwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 3 February | Robert Inwood | Rotherhithe | For Royal Navy.[1] | ||||
| 4 February | John Randall | Rotherhithe | East Indiaman | For Sir Richard Hotham. | |||
| 7 February | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Sloop of war | For Royal Navy.[2] | |||
| 24 February | John Barnard | Harwich | For Royal Navy.[3] | ||||
| 11 March | Wells Stanton | Rotherhithe | For Royal Navy.[4] | ||||
| 16 March | Manchester | Hardman | Merchantman | For private owner.[5] | |||
| 26 March | Venice | For Venetian Navy.[6] | |||||
| 21 April | John Lock | Chatham Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[7] | ||||
| 6 May | Hugh Blaydes | Hull | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 19 May | Wells | Deptford | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 5 June | Thomas West | Deptford Dockyard | Fifth rate | For Royal Navy. | |||
| 5 July | Israel Pownoll | Woolwich Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[8] | ||||
| 1 August | Perry | Blackwall Yard | For Royal Navy. | ||||
| 8 August | Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb | Toulon | Fourth rate | For French Navy.[9] | |||
| 15 September | Joseph Harris | Sheerness Dockyard | For Royal Navy.[10] | ||||
| 14 December | John Randall | location | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[11] | |||
| 16 December | Cádiz | Xebec | For Spanish Navy.[12] | ||||
| Unknown date | Bombay | Carnac | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service.[13] | |||
| Unknown date | John Wells | Deptford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[14] | |||
| Unknown date | Vlissingen | Fifth rate | For Dutch Navy.[15] | ||||
| Unknown date | John Wells | Deptford | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[16] | |||
| Unknown date | John May | Amsterdam | Third rate | For Dutch Navy.[17] | |||
| Unknown date | Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard | Schooner | For Royal Navy.[18] | ||||
| Unknown date | Peter Edwards | Amsterdam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[19] | |||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[20] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[21] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | Gunboat | For French Navy.[22] | |||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | Gunboat | For French Navy.[23] | |||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[24] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[25] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[26] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[27] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[28] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[29] | ||||
| Unknown date | Chevallier Antoine Groignard | Lorient | For French Navy.[30] | ||||
| Unknown date | Loriend | For Compagnie des Indes.[31] | |||||
| Unknown date | Amsterdam | Hoeker | For Dutch East India Company. | ||||
| Unknown date | Cutter | For Private owner. | |||||
| Unknown date | Willem Lodewijk | Harlingen | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[32] | |||
| Unknown date | Rotterdam | Fourth rate | For Dutch Navy.[33] | ||||
| Unknown date | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[34] | |||||
| Unknown date |  Portuguese India | Daman | Fifth rate | For Portuguese Navy.[35] | |||
| Unknown date | 22px Thirteen Colonies | Triton | Schooner | For private owner. | |||
| Unknown date | East Indiaman | For British East India Company.[36] | |||||
| Unknown date |  Cuba | Havana | Name unknown | West Indiaman | For private owner. |