List of ancient ships

These are specific ships (as opposed to ship types) which existed in the ancient or prehistoric era. They are known today either through archaeological artifacts or historical records.

Name	Image	Year of construction	Type	Build location[lower-alpha 1]	Current location	LOA
Pesse canoe		8040 to 7510 BC[1]	Canoe	Mesolithic Europe (Exact area unknown)	Netherlands (Assen)	9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Dufuna canoe		6550 BC[2]	Canoe	Neolithic Africa (Exact area unknown)	Nigeria (Yobe State)	28 ft (8.5 m)
Bibongho canoe	N/A	6000~BC[3]	Canoe	Prehistoric Korea	South Korea (Gimhae)	10.17 ft (3.10 m)
Khufu ship		2500 BC[4]	Ritual barge	Ancient Egypt	Egypt (Giza)	142 ft (43 m)
Dover Bronze Age Boat		1500 BC	Seagoing boat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Dover)	31 ft (9.4 m)
Ma'agan Michael ship		500-400 BC	Trade ship	Palaestina Prima	Israel (Ma'agan Michael)	37 ft (11 m)
Kyrenia ship		400-300 BC	Trade ship	Macedonia	Cyprus (Kyrenia)	47 ft (14 m)
Hjortspring boat		400-300 BC[5]	Un­known	Undefined (Nordic tribal area)	Denmark (Copenhagen)	58 ft (18 m)
Syracusia		240 BC	Monohull	Syracuse, Sicily	Lost	110 m (360 ft)
Tessarakonteres		3rd century BC	Catamaran	Egypt	Lost	130 m (430 ft)
Sea of Galilee Boat		120 BC – 50 AD	Fishing boat	Ancient Rome	Israel (Ginosar)	27 ft (8.2 m)
Nemi ships		1st century AD	Monohull	Lake Nemi, Italy	Destroyed 31 May 1944	70 m (230 ft)
Arles Rhône 3		1st century AD[6]	Trade ship	Ancient Rome	France (Arles)	102 ft (31 m)
De Meern 1	N/A	148 AD[7]	Barge	Ancient Rome	Netherlands (De Meern)	N/A
Nydam Boat		310-320	Pre-Viking ship	Undefined (Nordic tribal area)	Germany (Gottorf Castle)	76 ft (23 m)
Salme ships	N/A	700-750	Viking ship	Saaremaa	Estonia (Tallinn)	N/A
Oseberg Ship		820[8]	Viking ship	Norway (Vestfold)	Norway (Oslo)	71 ft (22 m)
Gokstad ship		900[9]	Viking ship	Norway (Vestfold)	Norway (Oslo)	76 ft (23 m)
Skuldelev 2		1042	Viking ship	Kingdom of Dublin	Denmark (Roskilde)	98 ft (30 m)
Bremen cog		1380[10]	Trade ship	Holy Roman Empire (Archbishopric of Bremen)	Germany (Bremerhaven)	79 ft (24 m)

Notes

1. Area of origin

References

1. Wierenga, Jan (12 April 2001). "Kano Van Pesse Kon Echt Varen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved December 4, 2011.
2. Gumnior, Maren; Thiemeyer, Heinrich (2003). "Holocene fluvial dynamics in the NE Nigerian Savanna". Quaternary International. 111: 54. doi:10.1016/s1040-6182(03)00014-4.
3. "신석기인들이 만든 국내 최초의 배는 어떻게 생겼을까 - 김해뉴스". www.gimhaenews.co.kr.
4. "Solar Lady". Solar Navigator. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
5. Pauline., Asingh (2009). Grauballemanden – portræt af et moselig. Moesgård Museum ([1. oplag] ed.). [Højbjerg]: Moesgård Museum. ISBN 9788702056884. OCLC 759086759.
6. Georgina Muskett (2018). Archaeology Hotspot France: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists. Rowman & Littlefield. p. unknown. ISBN 978-1-4422-6923-1.
7. http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/nieuws/romeins-schip-de-meern-1-terug-naar-leidsche-rijn
8. UiO Museum of Cultural History (December 10, 2012). "The Oseberg finds". University of Oslo. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
9. UiO Museum of Cultural History (December 10, 2012). "The Gokstad finds". University of Oslo. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
10. Scholl, Lars (October 2, 2006). "The Bremen Cog of 1380" (PDF). German Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

See also

• List of oldest surviving ships
• List of longest ships
• List of longest wooden ships