List of fictional ships

This list of fictional ships lists all manner of artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction.

Anime and manga

Advenna Avis – Baccano!
Albedo – Full Ahead! Coco
Alexandria – aircraft carrier in Genocyber
SS Anne – ocean liner in Pokémon
Arcadia – Harlock's ship from the Japanese series Harlock Saga
Argonaut – Heroic Age
Asuka II (CVN-99) – United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier from Macross Zero
Bebop – Cowboy Bebop
Blue – Blue Drop
Blue 6, Shang 9 – Blue Submarine No. 6
RMS Campania – ocean liner in Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (In anime, the ship is based on the real-life ocean liners the RMS Titanic and the RMS Majestic, but in the manga, the ship takes inspiration from an RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania.)
Clobird – Full Ahead! Coco
SS Cussler (or RMS Cussler) (based on the RMS Titanic) – ocean liner in Pokémon: XY
Darkness Gale – Full Ahead! Coco
Decolore – cruise ship in Pokémon: Best Wishes!
Diamond Serpent – Full Ahead! Coco
HMS Eagle - Invincible-class aircraft carrier in Hellsing
Ghost Ship – Blue Submarine No. 6
Going Merry – One Piece
Gran Tesoro – One Piece Film: Gold
Harekaze (Y-467) – Kagerō-class destroyer, Yokosuka girls marines high school, High School Fleet
JDS Hotaka (DDG-170) – Atago-class destroyer in Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
I-401 – Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Illustria – United Nations aircraft carrier from Macross Zero
JDF Ishin – Theta-class submersible destroyer (actually a frigate) from Innocent Venus
Mermaid – ocean liner in Cat's Eye
JDS Mirai (DDG-182) – Zipang
Moby Dick – One Piece
Nakatomi – oil tanker from Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
SS Naked Sun – aircraft carrier from Kill la Kill
Oro Jackson – One Piece
Over the Rainbow (a renamed USS Harry S. Truman) – Neon Genesis Evangelion
Pascal Magi – Tactical Roar
Penguin Manju Go – Icebreaker in A Place Further than the Universe
Queen Berry (Inspiration from RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Mauretania II) – ocean liner in Gosick
Queen Sallybeth (Inspiration from RMS Queen Elizabeth 2) – ocean liner in Detective Conan
Red Skele – Full Ahead! Coco
Seagallop – ferry in Pokémon Adventures
SS Sinnoh – Pokémon Adventures
SS Spiral – Pokémon Adventures
St. Aphrodite – Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
Submarine Explorer 1 – Pokémon Generations and Pokémon Adventures
Super 99 – Submarine Super 99
Sweet Madonna – Full Ahead! Coco
Tempest Junior – Thundersub
Thousand Sunny – One Piece
Thriller Bark – One Piece
SS Tidal – ferry in Pokémon Adventures
TK Tanker – oil tanker in Cat's Eye
Tuatha de Danaan – submarine in Full Metal Panic!
Princess Lorelei (based on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2) – cruise ship in Spy x Family
White Castle – large yacht in Biohazard: Heavenly Island
Yashiromaru – Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths

Comics

Aurora – trawler in The Adventures of Tintin story The Shooting Star
The Black Freighter – metafictional pirate ship that is referenced throughout the Watchmen comic series
Borneo Prince – 19th-century trading vessel converted for use as a gunboat in World War II in Commando Comics
Cithara – alleged source of a distress signal in The Adventures of Tintin story The Shooting Star
HMS Cutlass – name given to four ships of the Royal Navy – the first a battleship present at the Battle of the Nile; the second an ironclad sunk in World War I; the third a World War II destroyer, and the most recent ship a Cold War-era destroyer. All four ships appear in the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage.
Eagle's Shadow – Sir Nicholas Fury's ship in Marvel 1602
Gotha – Kriegsmarine commerce raider, from the Commando Comics story Greedy For Glory
Grossadler – Kriegsmarine battle cruiser, from the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage
Hawksub – Blackhawk
Karaboudjan – Armenian cargo ship in The Adventures of Tintin story The Crab with the Golden Claws
SS Ramona – tramp steamer in The Adventures of Tintin story The Red Sea Sharks
Salty Sea Mare – ship owned by Captain Hoofbeard from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic series story Friendship Ahoy!
Sea Queen/The Gertrude – Lex Luthor's yacht in Superman Returns
Sirius – expedition ship in The Adventures of Tintin stories The Shooting Star and Red Rackham's Treasure
Unicorn – 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel in The Adventures of Tintin stories The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure
HMS Viper – British destroyer, from the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage
Vulkan – Kriegsmarine cruiser, from the Commando Comics story Flak Fever
Wolfgang – Kriegsmarine pocket battleship, from the Commando Comics story O For Orange

Film

903 – Iranian Kilo-class submarine in Steel Sharks, 1996
Stalnoivolk – Russian Akula-class submarine in Aquaman, 2018
USS Abraham Lincoln – frigate in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
USS Tampa Bay – American Los Angeles-class submarine in Hunter Killer, 2018
USS Arkansas – American Virginia-class submarine in Hunter Killer, 2018
RFS Konek – Russian Akula-class submarine in Hunter Killer, 2018
RFS Volkov – Russian Akula-class submarine in Hunter Killer, 2018
RFS Yevchenko – Russian destroyer in Hunter Killer, 2018
K-599 "Sevastopol" – Russian Akula-class submarine in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023
Academic Vladislav Volkov – Russian research ship in Virus, 1999
Acheron – French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
MV Aeolus (based on the MV Wilhelm Gustloff) – deserted 1930s cruise ship in Triangle, 2009
African Queen – The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, 1951
USS Alameda (LPD-32) – landing ship, Godzilla, 2014^[1]^[2]^[3]
Albatross – The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
Alexandre Dumas – The Lover, 1992
Altair – The Ghost Ship with Richard Dix, 1943
Amindra – with shanghaied sailor from the Glencairn, torpedoed and sank in The Long Voyage Home, 1940
SS Andes – cruise ship in Let's Go Native, 1930
Angelina – Romancing the Stone, 1984
SS Anne B – Jurassic Park, 1993
MS Antonia Graza (based on the SS Andrea Doria) – derelict Italian luxury ocean liner in Ghost Ship, 2002
Aquanaut 3 – experimental submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
Arabella – Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, 1935
Argo – galley, Jason and the Argonauts, 1963, 2000
USS Argus Hospital ship, World War Z, 2013
Arcadia – cargo ship, Resident Evil, 2002
SS Arcadia – cargo ship, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 2018
Argonautica (based on the Grand Princess) – cruise ship, Deep Rising, 1998
USS Aspen – Full Fathom Five, 1990
SS Atlantic (based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and the fictional ship's name has the sequel to the real-life ship of 1870 the SS Atlantic, and the ship on the movie is an inspiration for the RMS Titanic, RMS Berengaria and RMS Mooltan) – ocean liner, Atlantic, 1929
RMS Augusta (Possibly based on the RMS Campania and RMS Empress of Ireland, But with interiors based on the RMS Lusitania, RMS Mauretania and HMS Hawke) – ocean liner, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 2016
HMS Avenger – Billy Budd, 1962
HMS Ballantrae – British Royal Navy Town-class destroyer in Gift Horse, 1952
Barracuda – Up Periscope, 1959
Batavia Queen – steamship, Krakatoa, East of Java, 1969
HMS Bedford – British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
USS Bedford (DLG-113) – The Bedford Incident, 1965 (also in book version)
Belafonte – oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats, 1956 (also appears in original novel)
Benthic Explorer – offshore support ship, The Abyss, 1989
HMS Berkeley – in Up the Creek, 1958
Black Hawk – The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
Black Pearl – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
Black Swan – The Black Swan, 1942
KMS Brandenburg – German battleship in We Dive at Dawn, 1943
SS Britannic (based on the TS Hamburg) – cruise ship in Juggernaut, 1974
Caca de Toro – boat in After the Storm, 2001
USS Caine – The Caine Mutiny, 1954 (also appears in written version)
Caledonia II – Some Like It Hot, 1959
Cassidy – destroyer in In Harm's Way, 1965
USS Charleston (SSN-704) – On the Beach, 2000
Charlotte – National Treasure, 2004
Chelsea – tugboat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
HMS Chester – British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
SS Chiku Shan – ferryboat, Blood Alley, 1955
SS Claridon (based on the SS Île-de-France) – ocean liner in The Last Voyage, 1960
SS Colossal (based on the SS Normandie) – ocean liner, The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938
HMS Compass Rose – British Royal Navy Flower-class corvette in The Cruel Sea, 1953
USS Copperfin – World War II sub Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant, 1943
Corsair – in Crash Dive, 1943
SS Crescent Star (based on the ships, SS United States, SS American Star and SS Leonardo da Vinci) – cruise ship that sinks in Seven Waves Away, 1957
USS Dallas – submarine in The Hunt for Red October, 1990
Daniel Webster – trawler in Sealed Cargo, 1951
USS Davies (SSN-???) – Los Angeles-class SSN in Crash Dive, 1996
Deep Quest – DSV in Raise the Titanic, 1980
HMS Defiant – frigate in H.M.S. Defiant, 1962
Denali – Philadelphia-based commercial supertanker in Down Periscope, 1996
HMS Devonshire – British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
HMS Dinosaur – British Royal Navy battleship in Things to Come, 1936
Disco Volante – motor yacht/hydrofoil in Thunderball, 1965
Dot Calm – private yacht in Johnny English Strikes Again, 2018
USS Dragonfish – U.S. submarine in Battle of the Coral Sea, 1959
Dulcibella – The Riddle of the Sands, 1979
USS Dwight D. Flysenhower – Planes, 2013
USS Echo – sailing ship from The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1959
Edinburgh Trader – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006
Eindhoven Lion – oil tanker, Speed 2: Cruise Control, 1997
Elizabeth Dane – The Fog, 1980
Empress – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007
HMS Endeavour – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007
MS Ergenstrasse – The Sea Chase (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and briefly in Patriot Games with Harrison Ford, 1992
Everjust – large yacht in Incredibles 2, 2018
SS Virginian (the ship are the inspired blueprints of the RMS Lusitania and her sister ships the RMS Mauritania and RMS Aquitania) – ocean liner, The Legend of 1900, 1998
SS Essess – Hot Shots!, 1991
Flying Dutchman – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
The Flying Wasp – Caddyshack, 1980
MS Forest Swan – Panamanian cargo ship, Die Hard with a Vengeance, 1995
SS Mayflower (based on the SS Rex and SS Conte di Savoia) – Luxury Liner, 1948
Genesis – cruise ship in 2012, 2009
Genoa Maru – Across the Pacific, 1942 (seen only briefly)
SS Germania (based on the SS L'Atlantique) – ocean liner in Luxury Liner, 1933
Geronimo – America's Cup racing yacht, Wind, 1992
Gerrymander – full-rigged sailing ship in Fair Wind to Java, 1953
Ghost – sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf, 1941
SS Gigantic – Streamlined Ocean Liner, The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938
Glencairn – freighter, The Long Voyage Home, 1940
Gloria N – And the Ship Sails On (E la nave va), Federico Fellini, 1983
RMS Goliath (based on the RMS Queen Mary, and then RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic) – ocean liner, Goliath Awaits, 1981 TV film
Grayfish – Torpedo Run, 1958
Hahnchen Maru – cargo vessel modified to command ship, Contact, 1997
Hai Peng – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007
SS Happy Wanderer (based on the SS Oronsay) – cruise liner, Carry On Cruising, 1962
Hav Vind – Norwegian oil tanker, Cloverfield, 2008
USS Haynes (DE-181) – destroyer escort, The Enemy Below, 1957
The Henrietta – paddle steamer, Around the World in 80 Days, 1956
Immer Essen ("Always Eating") – cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1982
The Inferno – The Goonies, 1985
HMS Interceptor – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
USS Intrepid – cruise ship in the film Intrepid, 2000^[4]
Jenny – Forrest Gump, 1994
Jenny – tugboat in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, 1979
Jolly Roger – in Hook, 1991
KCS Earth, KCS Moon, KCS Sky, KCS Star and KCS Sun – cargo ship operated by fictional KCS Shipping Company in Customs Frontline, 2024
Kin Lung – tramp steamer in China Sea, 1935
USS Kornblatt – destroyer in Don't Give Up the Ship, 1959
La Chamade – boat in After the Storm, 2001
USS Lansing (SSN-795) – Los Angeles-class SSN (depicted as an SSBN) in Danger Beneath the Sea, 2001
USS Lawton – Kong: Skull Island, 2017
CPMS Leegood – Canadian cargo ship, San Andreas, 2015^[5]
Liparus – Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
Love Nest – whaling ship in the 1923 Buster Keaton film The Love Nest, 1923
HMS Lydia – Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, 1959
SS Minnow Johnson – civilian yacht, Rush Hour 2, 2001
Misery – cargo ship, The Pebble and the Penguin, 1995
USS Montana – The Abyss, 1989
USS Montana – The Fifth Missile, 1986
Morning Star – Cutthroat Island, 1995
Nathan Ross – whaling ship, All the Brothers Were Valiant, 1953
Nautilus – Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine, appears in several films including: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Mysterious Island (1961), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969), The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Neptune – in Gray Lady Down, 1978
HMS Nereid – Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980
Nerka – submarine in Run Silent, Run Deep, 1958
Ning-Po – freighter owned by SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice, 1967
USS Oakland (SSN-798) – Los Angeles-class SSN in Steel Sharks, 1996
Odessa – Ukrainian cargo ship, The Day After Tomorrow, 2004
Orca – Quint's fishing boat in Jaws, 1975
Patna – tramp steamer in Lord Jim, 1965
Pequod – whaleship, Moby Dick, 1956, 1978, 1998
USS Pequod – American submarine, 2010: Moby Dick, 2010
Poseidon – ocean liner/cruise ship, The Poseidon Adventure (1972) (based on the RMS Queen Mary), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (based on the MS Grandeur of the Seas) Poseidon (2006) (inspired on the RMS Queen Mary 2)
USS Poseidon – USS Poseidon: Phantom Below, 2005
The Precious Gem – Fool's Gold, 2008
Pride of Chicago – yacht in After the Storm, 2001
SS Princess Irene (based on the SS Justicia and SS Nieuw Amsterdam, and the ship that collides with an iceberg and sinks with a horrendous loss of life, with the death toll possibly greater than the sinking of the RMS Titanic) – History Is Made at Night, 1937
Proteus – nuclear mini submarine from Fantastic Voyage, 1966
Q Boat – Q's fishing boat, The World Is Not Enough, 1999
Queen Anne's Revenge – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011
Queen Conch – To Have and Have Not, 1944
Rachel – Moby Dick, 1956, 1998
Reaper – Dog's ship in Cutthroat Island, 1995
Red Dragon – civilian yacht, Rush Hour 2, 2001
Red October – The Hunt for Red October film with Sean Connery, 1990 (also in the 1984 Tom Clancy novel)
Red Witch – Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, 1948
Regent Queen (based on the MS Monarch) – cruise ship in Chupacabra: Dark Seas, 2005
USS Reluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (1955) and the 1984 television film (also appears in novel, play and TV series versions)
Rights-of-Man – Billy Budd, 1962
Rob Roy – commercial freighter, Windbag the Sailor, 1936
SS Roland (based on a Dutch ship SS Dwinsk, and the story of the film is inspired by the April 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic) – ocean liner, Atlantis, 1913
HMS Saltash Castle – British Royal Navy frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
Samskip Innovator – Paddington, 2014
USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles, 1966
Santana – Key Largo, 1948 (also name of Bogart's personal sailing yacht)
Sancta Helena a Frigate in Underworld: Evolution, 2006
Saracen – yacht, Dead Calm, 1989
USS Saratoga (CVN-88) – aircraft carrier, Godzilla, 2014
USS Sawfish – On the Beach, 1959
USS Scotia – submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
Sea Cliff – DSV in Raise the Titanic, 1980
Sea Queen – sport-fishing boat in Breaking Point, 1950
Sea Star – tug in Virus, 1999
HMS Sea Tiger – British Royal Navy submarine, We Dive at Dawn, 1943
USS Sea Tiger – World War II submarine, Operation Petticoat, 1959 (also the 1977 TV series)
SS Sea Witch – Action in the North Atlantic, 1943
SSNR Seaview – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Walter Pidgeon, 1961
HMS Shag at Sea – yacht, Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002
HMS Sherwood – British Royal Navy cruiser, Carry on Admiral, 1957
IJN Shinaru – Japanese aircraft carrier, Torpedo Run, 1958
Silent Mary – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017
Skyline (天涯号) – Chinese cruise ship, The Precipice Game, 2016
HMS Solent – British Royal Navy destroyer, Sink the Bismarck!, 1960
Stealth Ship – media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997 (based on the real-life Sea Shadow (IX-529)
SS Southern Queen – Setting for the first half of the Preston Sturges directed 1941 comedy The Lady Eve starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. It was also the name of the fictional cruise ship in the 1948 comedy Romance on the High Seas starring Doris Day.
St. Georges – British spy ship trawler For Your Eyes Only, 1981
USS Starfish – Hellcats of the Navy, 1957
Starfish – DSV in Raise the Titanic, 1980
USS Stingray – Balao-class submarine, Down Periscope, 1996 (no relation to the Salmon-class USS Stingray (SS-186))
HMS Surprise – British Royal Navy frigate, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
HMS Sutherland – 74-gun ship of the line, Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
Tasha – ocean liner, Anastasia, 1997
USS Thunderfish – Operation Pacific with John Wayne, 1951
USS Tigerfish (SSN 509) – United States nuclear submarine from Ice Station Zebra, 1968
USS Tigershark – The Atomic Submarine, 1959
SS Titanic II – fictional replica of the real-life RMS Titanic, 2010
Titanic III – fictional replica of the RMS Titanic, Titanic 666, 2022
HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942
HMS Trumpton – British Royal Navy minesweeper in The Navy Lark, 1959
Tsimtsum (ツィムツーム) – Japanese cargo ship, Life of Pi, 2012
Tugboat Annie – Tugboat Annie, 1933 (portrayed by tugboat Arthur Foss)
Turtle – DSV in Raise the Titanic, 1980
U-571 – appears in U-571, 2000 (coincidentally the same number as German submarine U-571)
Ulysses – submarine, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, 2001
USS Ulysses – Los Angeles-class submarine in Crash Dive, 1996
USS Utah (SSBN-745) – Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in Godzilla, 1998
USS Valhalla (SSN-905) – Los Angeles-class SSN in Rapid Assault, 1997
HMS Vengeance – British Royal Navy submarine in Johnny English Strikes Again, 2018
SS Venture – King Kong, 1933, 2005
SS Venture – cargo ship, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997
HMS Venus – British Royal Navy frigate, Carry On Jack, 1962
HMS Victoria – British Royal Navy dreadnought, Britannic, 2000
HMS Viperess – British Royal Navy Victor-class destroyer, The Cruel Sea, 1953
The Wanderer – Captain Ron with Martin Short and Kurt Russell, 1992
USS Wayne – US Navy nuclear submarine in the TV movie Assault on the Wayne, 1971
USS Wayne (SSN-593) – US Navy nuclear submarine in the film The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977^[6]
We're Here – Captains Courageous with Spencer Tracy, 1937
Wonkatania – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971 (also appears in 2005 adaptation), based on the Cunard Line tradition of ending ships with "-ia" (and playing off RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania)
Yellow Submarine – The Beatles' psychedelic submarine, 1968

Literature

Single works

USS Abraham Lincoln – frigate in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, 1868
African Queen – The African Queen by C. S. Forester, 1935
Alice May – from the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service, 1907
Anchises – One of Ours by Willa Cather, 1922
HMS Antigone – Leander-class cruiser, The Cruiser by Warren Tute, 1955
Arabella – Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 1924
Araby – tramp freighter in Captain of the Araby and other Tod Moran adventure novels, by Howard Pease, 1953
Argo – Greek mythological ship in Argonautica, the original story of Jason and the Argonauts, by Apollonius Rhodius, 3rd century BCE
Ariadne – yacht in I Was There, a short story by Nicholas Monsarrat in The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
- Mongolia – steamer running from Brindisi to Suez and Bombay
- Rangoon – steamer running from Calcutta to Hong Kong
- SS Carnatic – steamer taken by Passepartout from Hong Kong to Yokohama
- Tankadère – pilot boat chartered by Phileas Fogg between Hong Kong and Shanghai
- General Grant – steamer running from Yokohama to San Francisco
- China – missed steamer running from New York to Liverpool
- Henrietta – paddle steamer chartered by Phileas Fogg between New York and Bordeaux
Artemis – Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, 1993
HMS Artemis – light cruiser in The Ship by C. S. Forester, 1943
USS Athena (PC-15) – Cyclone-class patrol ship in The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin, 2023^[7]
Astrea – Roman galley ship, Ben-Hur by Genl Lew Wallace, 1880
Auf Wiedersehen – sloop, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947
Aurora – ship in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890
Baalbek – Libyan freighter, Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
USS Barracuda (SSN-593) – U.S. Navy submarine in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
HMS Benbecula – A Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser in Rendezvous-South Atlantic by Douglas Reeman
USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears in film version)
Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924
- HMS Bellipotent
- HMS Indomitable
- Rights-of-Man
Britannia – Captain Grant's ship in In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867–1868
HMS Broadsword – Royal Navy Destroyer, involved in an intentional incident in First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer, 1984

BRP Cagayan de Oro – Philippine Navy Whidbey Island-class LSD, Dragon Strike - The Millennium War by Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton, 1997
USS Caine – destroyer minesweeper (DMS) in The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 1951 (also appears in film version)
HMS Calypso – frigate, The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941
USS Carl Jackson – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
Centaur – racing ship captained by Sergestus in the Aeneid by Virgil, 1st century BCE
Charon II – old freighter in Trapp and World War Three by Brian Callison, 1988
Chimaera – racing ship captained by Gyas in the Aeneid by Virgil, 1st century BCE
Claymore – corvette in Quatrevingt-Treize (93) by Victor Hugo, 1874
HMS Compass Rose – corvette in The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951
Covenant – brig, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
HMAS Darwin – heavy cruiser in Away Boarders! by J._E._Macdonnell, 1962
Dazzler – sloop, The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London, 1902
USS Delaware – frigate, The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941
Demeter – Russian schooner in Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897
USS Dolphin – submarine in Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963
USS Dragonfish – U.S. Navy submarine in both Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler, 1976, and To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
Dulcibella – The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903
Duncan – ocean yacht, In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867
USS Eel – submarine in Run Silent, Run Deep (1955) and Dust on the Sea (1972) by Edward L. Beach Jr.
Erasmus – Dutch pinnace piloted by John Blackthorne in James A. Michener's Shōgun, 1975
Erebus – Alaska by James A. Michener, 1988
Fenton – lugger, The Narrow Corner by W. Somerset Maugham, 1932
Fin of God – Omnian ship, Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, 1992
USS Fletcher (DDG-1005) – U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer featured in The Backup Asset by Leslie Wolfe, 2015
The Fuwalda – ship which took Tarzans's parents to Africa, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1914
Ghost – sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904
SS Gigantic – S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic (based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, by Peter Selgin, 1999
The Glen Carrig – from the horror novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson, 1907
Großadmiral Dönitz – Kriegsmarine nuclear submarine, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
Großadmiral Raeder – Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
The Hesperus – from the poem "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1842
Hispaniola – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
Hoptoad – from the novel "Pippi in the South Seas" by Astrid Lindgren, 1948
Speķa lode- from the novel series mežonīgie pīrāgi by māris putniņš
Ilya Podogin – Soviet SSN, Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995
USS Independence – fictional Wasp-class amphibious assault ship where a large part of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place, 2004
Indra – schooner, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947
HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
The Iron Pirate (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novel The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Max Pemberton. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
USS James T Doig – destroyer, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
Janet Coombe – from the novel The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier, 1931
Jolly Roger – Captain Hook's pirate ship, Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, 1904
USS Keeling – Mahan-class destroyer, codename "Greyhound", in The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, 1955
Korund – Tango-class submarine, Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
USS Langley – a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman, 1992
The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988^[8]
- USS Nathan James (DDG-80), the first nuclear powered Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer (By the time the TV series of the same name was produced in 2014, the USS Roosevelt had been commissioned as DDG-80 with destroyers up to at least DDG-120 awarded, so was renumbered as DDG-151.)
- Pushkin – a Russian ballistic missile submarine that also survived the nuclear attack
Leif Ericson – The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, 1975
HMS Leviathan – aircraft carrier, HMS Leviathan by John Winton, 1967 (There was a real carrier named HMS Leviathan but she was scrapped incomplete in 1968)
USS Levant – corvette in The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale, 1863
Liberian Star – Snakehead, of the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, 2007
USS Mako – U.S. Navy submarine in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
HMS Mallard – corvette, A Flock of Ships by Brian Callison, 1986
Marie Celeste – from the short story J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1884 (the real ship was Mary Celeste)
Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
M.G.B. 1087, motor gunboat in The Ship That Died of Shame, a short story by Nicholas Monsarrat in The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
Milka – Jingo by Terry Pratchett, 1997 (name parodies the Pinta)
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851
- Pequod – American whaling ship searching for Moby-Dick
- Bouton de Rose – French whaler with ambergris
- Jeroboam – plague ship
- Rachel – American whaling ship that finds Ishmael
- Samuel Enderby – British whaler captained by Boomer
Mortzestus – horror novel The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson, 1909
Nautilus – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874) by Jules Verne
Nellie (presumably for one of the Nelsons in British service) – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899
Not for Hire – paddle-wheel steamboat in The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer, 1971
Numestra del Oro – armed merchantman owned by a Colombian cartel, Hammerheads by Dale Brown, 1990
USS Okinawa (LHD-10) – U.S. Navy Wasp-class (LHD) Landing Helicopter Dock / amphibious assault ship featured in The Ghost Pattern by Leslie Wolfe, 2015
HMS Orcus – Oberon-class submarine, Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
HMS Pandora – frigate, One of Our Warships by John Winton, 1975
Pacific Klondike – deep ocean drillship based on the Glomar Explorer, Fireplay by William Wingate, 1977
PC-237 – U.S. Navy patrol craft, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947
Penguin – The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, 1838
Pharaon – the ship on which Edmond Dantès first sailed in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Pocahontas – The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 1915
Polar Star – Soviet factory ship in Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith, 1989
SS Poseidon – ocean liner (based on the RMS Queen Mary), The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969
Pristis – racing ship captained by Mnestheus in the Aeneid by Virgil, 1st century BCE
USS Pyramus – Polaris missile-carrying SSBN, The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
- Grenouille Frénétique (Frantic Frog) – pirate ship
- Laughing Sandbag – pirate ship
- Plymouth Corporation's Revenge – pirate ship
- Rocketing Spitfire – sloop
- Santa Cascara (later HMS Golden Vanity) – Spanish galleon captured by the British
- Santa Umbriago – Spanish warship
- Twelve Apostles – passenger ship
Queequeg – The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004
Queen Anne, ocean liner in Oh To Be In England, a short story by Nicholas Monsarrat in The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
The Ramchunder – an East Indiaman, Captain Bragg, in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847–1848
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984
- Red October (Krasniy Oktyabr) – The new Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine commanded by defecting Captain Marko Ramius
- Vladimir Konovalov – Soviet Alfa-class attack submarine hunting Red October
- USS Dallas – an actual US Navy attack submarine also shadowing Red October
Red Witch – Wake of the Red Witch by Garland Roark, 1946
USS Reluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen, 1946 (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
Sable Lorcha – lorcha, The Sable Lorcha by Horace Hazeltine, 1912
HMS Saltash – frigate in The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951 (HMS Saltash Castle in the film)
USS San Pablo – river gunboat in The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna, 1962
Santa Ybel – Spanish treasure ship, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947
HMS Saturn – Swiftsure-class sub, The Saturn Experiment by Peter Shepherd, 1988
USS Savo – aircraft carrier in The Bridges at Toko-ri by James A. Michener, 1953
HMS Scorpion – submarine in Send Down a Dove by Charles MacHardy, 1968
USS Scorpion – On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
Scylla – racing ship captained by Cloanthus in the Aeneid by Virgil, 1st century BCE
USS Sea Trench – Aquarius Mission by Martin Caidin, 1978
The Sea Witch – yacht, The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
USOS Seaview – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon, 1961
Shark – destroyer, Black August by Dennis Wheatley, 1934
HMS Sirdar – British destroyer, The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean, 1957 (the actual HMS Sirdar was a submarine)
Siren – yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, 1919
Slewfoot – the crew's nickname for a PT boat whose number is never given, in Torpedo Run by Robb White, 1962
Speranza – Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler, 1943
Spirit of the Hudson – riverboat casino in Backflash by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark, 1998
USS Starbuck (SSN-989)^{[citation needed]} – Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler, 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows SSN-107 on the fin.)
USS Stingray – U.S. Navy submarine in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
USS Stormy Beach – Long Beach-class cruiser, Fireplay by William Wingate, 1977
USS Swordfish – On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
HMS Sybaris – British heavy cruiser, The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean, 1957
Tai-pan by James Clavell, 1966
- Struan & Company
  - China Cloud – 22 gun China Clipper, flagship of Struan & Co
  - Blue Cloud – clipper; Struan's ships are all named for his mother, whose maiden name was McCloud.
  - Resting Cloud – hulk, Struan's HQ prior to the establishment of British Hong Kong
  - Scarlet Cloud -–lost ship, nearly precipitating Struan's bankruptcy
  - Thunder Cloud – Struan's record setting first ship to arrive in Hong Kong from London after the establishment of British Hong Kong
- Royal Navy
  - HMS Vengeance – 74 gun flagship of the East Indies and China Station, based on HMS Cornwallis
  - HMS Mermaid – 22 gun Sloop-of-war under the command of Captain Glessing
  - HMS Nemesis – the first steam frigate to make the journey from London to Hong Kong, based on the HMS Rattler
- Other ships
  - White Witch – 22 gun China Clipper, flagship of Brock & Sons
  - Gray Witch – clipper under the command of Brock's son Gorth
  - Princess of Alabama – 20 gun brig, flagship of Cooper & Tillman
  - Vagrant Star – an East Indiaman in which Struan and Brock met prior to the events in Tai-pan
USS Tallahatchie County – U.S. Navy submarine tender in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
HMS Téméraire – Polaris nuclear submarine, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
USS Thomas Jefferson – Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson, 1997
HMS Thunder Child – The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, 1897
SS Titan – Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson (a fictional story that is very similar to the real life of the sinking of the RMS Titanic 14 years later in 1912), 1898
MV Toscana – ship used by the mercenaries in The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, 1974
HMS Tristram – submarine in His Majesty's U-Boat by Douglas Reeman, 1973
HMS Tynecastle – frigate in Trapp and World War Three by Brian Callison, 1988
U-174 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
U-246 – Kriegsmarine U-boat in Away Boarders! by J._E._Macdonnell, 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
U-996 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, An Operational Necessity by Gwyn Griffin, 1967
HMS Ulysses – HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean, 1955
SS Valparaiso – Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow, 1994–1999
Victor – Polish destroyer in The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, 1955
USS Vindicator (NMSS-3) – nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, Fire Lance by David Mace, 1986
Vingilot – The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien, 1977
HMS Vortex – V and W-class destroyer in The Admiral by Warren Tute, 1963
The Walrus – Flint's pirate ship in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
USS Walrus – submarine in Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach Jr., 1955
We're Here – Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, 1897
HMS Winger – Flower-class corvette (based on the real HMS Shearwater) in Corvette Command by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1944

Series

The Merriman Chronicles series by Roger Burnage & Robin Burnage
- - HMS Aphrodite
  - HMS Lord Stevenage
  - HMS Thunder
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
- Ironborn
  - Black Wind
  - Dagger
  - Dagon's Feast
  - Esgred
  - Fingerdancer
  - Foamdrinker
  - Forlorn Hope
  - Golden Storm
  - Great Kraken
  - Grey Ghost
  - Grief
  - Hardhand
  - Iron Lady
  - Iron Vengeance
  - Iron Victory
  - Iron Wind
  - Iron Wing
  - Kite
  - Kraken's Kiss
  - Lamentation
  - Leviathan
  - Lord Dagon
  - Lord Quellon
  - Lord Vickon
  - Helldiver
  - Maiden's Bane
  - Nightflyer
  - Reapers Wind
  - Red Jester
  - Red Tide
  - Salty Wench
  - Sea Bitch
  - Sea Song
  - Seven Skulls
  - Shark
  - Silence
  - Silverfin
  - Sparrowhawk
  - Swiftin
  - Thrall's Bane
  - Thunderer
  - Warhammer
  - Warrior Wench
  - White Widow
  - Woe
- The Royal Fleet (Baratheon)
  - Fury
  - King Robert's Hammer
  - Lady Lyanna
  - Lionstar
  - Seaswift
- Lannister
  - Brave Joffrey
  - Golden Rose
  - Lady Joanna
  - Lady Olenna
  - Lioness
  - Lord Renly
  - Lord Tywin
  - Princess Marcella
  - Queen Margaery
  - Sweet Cersei
Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
- HMS Diane
- Franklin – privateer
- HEICS Niobe
- USS Norfolk
- Nutmeg of Consolation
- HM Polychrest – sloop
- HM Sophie – sloop
- HMS Worcester
Axis of Time trilogy by John Birmingham
- USS Amanda Garrett
- Dessaix
- HMS Fearless
- HMAS Havoc
- USS Hillary Clinton – aircraft carrier
- HMAS Ipswich
- USS Kandahar
- USS Kennebunkport
- USS Leyte Gulf
- HMAS Moreton Bay
- KRI Nuku
- USS Providence
- JDS Siranui
- KRI Sutanto
- HMS Trident
Biggles series by W. E. Johns
- SS Alice Clair – British merchant ship
- Benegal Star – tramp steamer
- Colonia – British merchant ship
- Dundee Castle – British merchant ship
- Queen of Olati – British steamship
- HMS Seafret – British destroyer
- Shanodah – British merchant ship
- Tasman – Australian merchant ship
Bloody Jack series by Louis A. Meyer
- Belle of the Golden West
- Bloodhound
- HMS Dolphin
- Emerald
- HMS Hope
- HMS Juno
- Nancy B. Alsop
- HMS Wolverine
Bolitho series by Alexander Kent
- HMS Achates
- HMS Argonaute
- HMS Athena
- HM Avenger – cutter
- HMS Destiny
- HMS Euryalus
- Golden Plover
- HMS Gorgon
- HMS Hyperion
- Nautilus – French frigate
- HMS Onward
- HMS Phalarope
- HM Sparrow – sloop
- HMS Tempest
- HMS Trojan
- HMS Undine
- HMS Unrivalled
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
- Dawn Treader
- Splendor Hyaline
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
- Starfare's Gem
Discworld by Terry Pratchett
- The Boat – Ankh-Morporkian submarine
- Fin of God – Omnian naval vessel
- Indestructible – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
- Indolence – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
- Mary-Jane – Ankh-Morporkian naval vessel
- Milka – Ankh-Morporkian trading vessel
- Ocean Waltzer
- Prid of Ankh-Morpork – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
- Queen of Quirm – Quirmian paddleship
- Roberta E. Biscuit – Quirmian paddleship
- Unnamed – unregistered trading vessel
- Wonderful Fanny – Quirmian paddleship
Dray Prescot series by Kenneth Bulmer (as Alan Burt Akers)
- HMS Rockingham
Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Lookfar – Ged's boat, formerly called Sanderling
Edward Mainwaring series by Victor Suthren
- HMS Pallas
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber
- Black Treasurer
Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser
- Balliol College – slave-trader
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- The Durmstrang ship
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
- Argo II
Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester
- HMS Atropos
- HMS Clorinda
- Estrella
- HMS Hotspur
- HMS Justinian
- HMS Lydia
- Mejidieh
- Natividad
- HMS Nonsuch
- HM Retribution – sloop
- Speedwell
- HMS Sutherland
- HMS Witch of Endor
Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini
- The Dragon Wing
Jack Ryan universe series by Tom Clancy
- E.S. Politovsky – Soviet Alfa-class submarine
- Red October – Soviet Typhoon-class submarine
- V.K. Konovalov – Soviet Alfa-class submarine
- USCGC Panache – sole example of new class of high endurance cutter
- JS Mutsu – Japanese-built destroyer generally similar to American Arleigh Burke class
Jake Grafton series by Stephen Coonts
- Flight of the Intruder, 1986
  - USS Shiloh – aircraft carrier (One former and one current US Navy ship share that name, neither of them an aircraft carrier.)
- The Intruders, 1994
  - USS Columbia – aircraft carrier (Seven former, one current, and one future US Navy ships share that name, none of them an aircraft carrier)
  - Reduktor – Soviet intelligence ship
- Final Flight, 1988
  - USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.)
- America, 2001
  - USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.)
Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope
- HMS Calypso
- HMS Dido
- HMS Jocasta
- HM Triton – brig
John Fury series by G. S. Beard
- HMS Amazon – British 32-gun frigate
- Bedford – merchantman
- Earl of Mornington – East India Company 24-gun warship
- Magicienne – French frigate
- Otter – East India Company 18-gun warship
- HMS Wasp – British brigantine
Nathaniel Drinkwater series by Richard Woodman
- HMS Antigone – former French frigate
- HM Hellebore – brig
- HM Kestrel – cutter
- HMS Melusine
- HMS Patrician
- Vestal – paddle-steamer
- HM Virago – bomb-vessel
Oz series by L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson et al.
- Crescent Moon
Para Handy series by Neil Munro
- Vital Spark
Paul Gallant series by Victor Suthren
- Echo – corvette
Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Gloria Scott
- "The Five Orange Pips"
  - Lone Star
- "The Cardboard Box"
  - Conqueror (Liverpool and London Line)
  - May Day (Liverpool and London Line)
- "The Adventure of Black Peter"
  - Sea Unicorn – whaler
Southern Victory series by Harry Turtledove
- CSS Bonefish – Confederate submarine, The Great War: Walk in Hell
- USS Chapultepec – aircraft carrier, The Great War: American Front
- USS Dakota – U.S. battleship, The Great War: American Front
- CSS Fort Sumter – Confederate cruiser, The Great War: American Front
- CSS Hot Springs – destroyer escort in the Second Great War
- USS Josephus Daniels – destroyer escort in Second Great War
- USS Oregon – battleship in Second Great War
- USS Pocahantas, Arkansas – troop transport named after one of the rare U.S. victories in the Second Mexican War
- USS Punishment – U.S. river monitor operating on the Mississippi, The Great War: Walk in Hell
- USS Remembrance – aircraft carrier
- Ripple – U.S. fishing boat, The Great War: American Front
- USS Sandwich Islands
- CSS Scallop – Confederate submarine, The Great War: American Front
- Spray – U.S. fishing trawler / Q-ship, The Great War: American Front
- CSS Swamp Fox – Confederate commerce raider, The Great War: American Front
- USS Trenton – aircraft carrier
- CSS Whelk – Confederate submarine, The Great War: American Front
Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome

Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald
- Busted Flush – Travis McGee's houseboat
- HooBoy – charter fishing boat
- John Maynard Keynes – Meyer's first houseboat
- Munequita – McGee's speedboat
- Thorstein Veblen – Meyer's second houseboat
Zion Chronicles series by Bodie Thoene
- Ave Maria
Clive Cussler works
- First Attempt—in The Mediterranean Caper and Raise the Titanic!
- Oregon, Juan Cabrillo's base-ship in Oregon Files series

Norse mythology

Hringhorni – the ship of Baldr
Naglfar – ship in Norse mythology made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead
Skíðblaðnir – the ship of Freyr

Biblical

Ark – Noah's ship

Radio

Empress of Coconut – Potarneyland cruise liner, The Navy Lark
HMS Goliath – British stealth nuclear submarine, Deep Trouble
HMS Makepeace – British destroyer, The Navy Lark
Marie Valette – 18th-century ship sunk in the English Channel, The Navy Lark
Poppadum – Potarneyland frigate, The Navy Lark
Saucy Seagull – British fishing trawler, The Navy Lark
The Scarlet Queen – ketch, Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 1947 radio serial
HMS Troutbridge – British frigate, The Navy Lark

Stage

Flying Dutchman – in the 1843 opera Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner) and other plays, movies and novels
HMS Pinafore – 1878 opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, films, and TV series versions)

Television

USS Allegiance – U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine from The X-Files episode "End Game"
HMAS Ambush – Patrol Boat
USS Ardent – U.S. Navy destroyer escort from The X-Files episode "Død Kalm"
Argonaut – Mike Nelson's boat in Sea Hunt, 1950s series
USS Appleby – U.S. Navy destroyer in the series Ensign O'Toole, 1962–1963
USS Avington – U.S. Navy Nimitz class carrier in the series Justice League (TV series), episode 34 (october 18, 2003)
Batboat – Batman
RMS Queen of Scots (based on the RMS Queen Mary) in The Triangle, 2001
Black Rock – a fully rigged 19th-century British trading ship that was found shipwrecked on the Island and overgrown by the jungle, Lost
SS Bernice – cargo ship in the Doctor Who serial Carnival of Monsters
Black Pig – Captain Pugwash, UK children's TV cartoon series
Childish Tycoon – Community
SS Claridon – ocean liner (based on the RMS Queen Mary) in Ghost Whisperer
HMAS Defiance – Patrol Boat
USS Georgetown – Supercarrier, 1988
Golden Lolly – pirate ship, Henry's Cat
Gone Fission – Mr. Burns' yacht in The Simpsons
Greasy Fleece – pirate ship, Henry's Cat
HMAS Hammersley – Sea Patrol
Haunted Star – General Hospital
HMS Hero (F42) – Warship
HMAS Kingston – Sea Patrol
USS Kiwi – The Wackiest Ship in the Army
SS Lady Anne – cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode of The Twilight Zone
SS Andrea I (based on the SS Shieldhall) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovela Terra Nostra (Our Land), 1999
Lake Wallenpaupack Princess – excursion / tour boat, The Office
Leaking Lena – Captain Hufenpuf's ship, Beany and Cecil
USS Lexington – US aircraft carrier in "The Mission", episode 5 of Designated Survivor
HMS Lindana – sloop, Phineas and Ferb
SS Maid of Plygh – freight ship, Jane
USS Massachusetts – 24: Live Another Day
S. S. Minnow – Gilligan's Island
S.S. Minnow II – Rescue from Gilligan's Island
SS Moldavia – passenger ship, You Rang, M'Lord?
USS Monroe (DD-211) – The Pretender Together –
SS Albatroz (based on the SS Keewatin) – ocean liner colliding with an iceberg from Brazilian telenovela O Tempo Não Para (English: Crashing Into the Future), 2018
USS Nathan James (DDG-151) – The Last Ship
Naughty Jane – rowboat, Dad's Army
HMS Peerless – Royal Navy Anti-submarine warfare ship serving in the British Pacific Fleet on which Albert Gladstone Trotter served, sunk in a collision with USS Pittsburgh. Mention in Only Fools and Horses episode Dates
Persephone – log salvage boat from The Beachcombers
Piper Maru – French ship from The X-Files episode "Piper Maru"
USS Pittsburgh – U.S. Navy aircraft carrier mentioned in Only Fools and Horses episode Dates. Picked up survivors from HMS Peerless after the latter was lost in a collision with the ship.
RMS Princess Isabella (based on the RMS Queen Mary 2) – 10.5: Apocalypse
PT-73 – the PT boat from McHale's Navy
PT-116 – McHale's Navy
Queen Anne – ocean liner from The X-Files episode "Triangle"
SS Queen of Glasgow – passenger ship, "Judgment Night" episode of The Twilight Zone
Queen's Gambit – Arrow
USS Reluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, play and film versions)
USS Sea Spanker – aircraft carrier, from the "New Kids on the Blecch" episode of The Simpsons
seaQuest DSV 4600 – seaQuest DSV
USOS Seaview – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Skydiver – UFO, 1970–1971
Slice of Life – Dexter
Stingray – WASP submarine in Stingray, 1964–1965
St. Vitus Dance – Sonny Crockett's houseboat from Miami Vice
Sultana – The Buccaneers, 1956
RMS Sunshine – setting for the BBC television variety programme Cabaret Cruise, 1937–49
SS Royal (based on the RMS Queen Mary) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovela Tempo de Amar (English title: A Time to Love), 2017
Temperance – Bones
Thunder – super speedboat in Thunder in Paradise, 1994
Thunderbird 4 – Thunderbirds, 1964
Tiki III – schooner in Adventures in Paradise, 1960s series by James Michener
SS Tiny Tub – rented tugboat from Tiny Toon Adventures episode "No Toon Is an Island"
SS Tipton – The Suite Life on Deck
Unnamed ghost ship – from SpongeBob SquarePants, where the Flying Dutchman lives
Vast Explorer – Adventure Inc., 2003§
SS Vondel – passenger ship in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, sunk in a pirate attack
Bárbara de Braganza (based on Cunard-White Star Line's ships RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth) – ocean liner from High Seas
Kerberos (based on the RMS Lusitania) – ocean liner from 1899
Prometheus (based on the RMS Mauritania, RMS Lusitania's sister ship) – ocean liner from 1899
USS Walter Mondale – laundry ship from The Simpsons, mentioned in the episode "Bart vs. Australia"
X-2 – hydrofoil in The Venture Bros.
Zuko's Fire Nation ship – Avatar: The Last Airbender

Multiple ships by series

Horatio Hornblower
- HMS Hotspur – 20-gun sloop
- HMS Justinian – 74-gun ship-of-the-line
- Le Rève – French sloop
- Papillion – French frigate
JAG / NCIS universe (many ships)^{[citation needed]}
Last Resort universe
- USS Colorado (SSBN-753) – fictional Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
- USS Patrick Lawrence (DDG-112) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
The Last Ship Universe
- HMS Achilles (Hull Number Unknown) – fictional Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine, The Last Ship, 2015
- USS Hayward (DDG-157) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2016
- USS Nathan James (DDG-151) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2014^[9]
- USS Shackleton (DDG-162) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2016^[10]
- USNS Solace (T-AH-21) – fictional Mercy-class hospital ship, The Last Ship, 2015
- RFS Vyerni (hull number unknown) – fictional Kirov-class battlecruiser, The Last Ship, 2014
The Onedin Line series
- Anne Onedin – steamship, portrayed in the series by the schooner Charlotte Rhodes with a false funnel, wheelhouse amidships, and aft deckhouse
- Charlotte Rhodes – first ship of James Onedin (This was in fact an actual schooner named "Charlotte Rhodes",^[11] née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". In 1979 it was destroyed at Amsterdam harbour by arson.^{[citation needed]})
- Medusa
- Pampero
- Soren Larsen (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand.)^[12]
Vigil^[13]
- HMS Archer
- HMS Audacious
- USS Delaware
- Mhairi Finnea – Scottish fishing trawler
- HMS Riffa
- HMS Vanguard – British Vanguard-class submarine
- HMS Vanquish – British Vanguard-class submarine
- HMS Vigil – British Vanguard-class submarine
- HMS Virtue – British Vanguard-class submarine

Folklore, etc.

Courser or the Tuscarora – Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship
Flying Dutchman
HMS Friday – popular urban legend of the British Royal Navy
Prydwen – ship of King Arthur in the poem Preiddeu Annwfn

References

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^ "SHOOT: GODZILLA's USS Alameda Rocks & Rolls Like Disney Ride in Steveston". yvrshoots.com. 23 May 2013.
^ "New GODZILLA Set Photos: Deserted Japanese Village & School Children Fleeing For Safety". www.comicbookmovie.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ Intrepid
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "San Andreas (2015) - Tsunami Hits the Bay Scene (8/10) | Movieclips". YouTube.
^ IMDB (retrieved 24 May 2017)
^ Helprin, Mark (2023). The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (A Novel). Overlook Press. ISBN 978-1419769085.
^ Brinkley, William (February 1989). The Last Ship (Paperback ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 21. ISBN 0345359828. USS Nathan James, DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,
^ Webb, Justin L. (November 9, 2012). "Naval Base San Diego; USS Halsey featured in "The Last Ship"". United States Navy. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013. Production teams filmed on board NBSD and Halsey in order to capture this post-apocalyptic story of Capt. Tom Chandler and the crew of USS Nathan James (DDG 151).
^ "The Last Ship Trailer | San Diego Comic Con | TNT". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
^ [The World of the Onedin Line - copyright 1977 Alison McLeay]
^ "Sailing Holidays | South Pacific Sailing Adventure". Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
^ "BBC One announces brand new thriller Vigil (w/t)". BBC. 17 January 2020.

[1] "SHOOT: GODZILLA Crew Tests USS Alameda Landing Craft Set in Steveston". hollywoodnorth.buzz. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[2] "SHOOT: GODZILLA's USS Alameda Rocks & Rolls Like Disney Ride in Steveston". yvrshoots.com. 23 May 2013.

[3] "New GODZILLA Set Photos: Deserted Japanese Village & School Children Fleeing For Safety". www.comicbookmovie.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[4] Intrepid

[5] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "San Andreas (2015) - Tsunami Hits the Bay Scene (8/10) | Movieclips". YouTube.

[6] IMDB (retrieved 24 May 2017)

[7] Helprin, Mark (2023). The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (A Novel). Overlook Press. ISBN 978-1419769085.

[8] Brinkley, William (February 1989). The Last Ship (Paperback ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 21. ISBN 0345359828. USS Nathan James, DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,

[9] Webb, Justin L. (November 9, 2012). "Naval Base San Diego; USS Halsey featured in "The Last Ship"". United States Navy. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013. Production teams filmed on board NBSD and Halsey in order to capture this post-apocalyptic story of Capt. Tom Chandler and the crew of USS Nathan James (DDG 151).

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