List of fictional ships

This list of fictional ships lists 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!
• Alexandria – aircraft carrier in Genocyber
• SS Anne – ocean liner in Pokémon
• Argo (made from the wreck of the Japanese battleship Yamato) - space battleship in Star Blazers
• 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
• SS Cussler – ocean liner in Pokémon: XY
• Decolore – cruise ship in Pokémon: Best Wishes!
• 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
• HMS Eagle - Invincible-class aircraft carrier in Hellsing
• 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 – ocean liner in Gosick
• Queen Sallybeth – ocean liner in Detective Conan
• 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!
• 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
• USS Abraham Lincoln – frigate in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
• Academic Vladislav Volkov – Russian research ship in Virus, 1999
• Acheron – French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
• Aeolus – 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 – 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 – cruise ship, Deep Rising, 1998
• USS Aspen – Full Fathom Five, 1990
• Atlantic – ocean liner, Atlantic, 1929
• RMS Augusta – 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
• Brandenburg – World War II German battleship in We Dive at Dawn, 1943
• SS Britannic – cruise ship in Juggernaut, 1974
• 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 Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• SS Chiku Shan – ferryboat, Blood Alley, 1955
• SS Claridon – ocean liner in The Last Voyage, 1960
• SS Colossal – Ocean Liner, The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938
• HMS Compass Rose – World War II 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 – cruise ship that sinks in Seven Waves Away, 1957
• 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
• HMS Devonshire – British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• 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 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
• 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
• Genesis – cruise ship in 2012, 2009
• Genoa Maru – Across the Pacific, 1942 (seen only briefly)
• 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
• SS Goliath – 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 – 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
• Kin Lung – tramp steamer in China Sea, 1935
• USS Kornblatt – destroyer in Don't Give Up the Ship, 1959
• 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
• 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), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Poseidon Adventure (2005), Poseidon (2006)
• USS Poseidon – USS Poseidon: Phantom Below, 2005
• The Precious Gem – Fool's Gold, 2008
• SS Princess Irene – 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 – 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 – ocean liner, Atlantis, 1913
• HMS Saltash Castle – World War II frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
• 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 – World War II 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 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 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 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
• HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942
• HMS Trumpton – 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 – 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 frigate, Carry On Jack, 1962
• HMS Victoria – British WWI dreadnought, Britannic, 2000
• HMS Viperess – British Victor-class destroyer, The Cruel Sea, 1953
• The Wanderer – Captain Ron with Martin Short and Kurt Russell, 1992
• USS Wayne – nuclear submarine in the TV movie Assault on the Wayne, 1971
• USS Wayne (SSN-593) – nuclear submarine in the film The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977[5]
• 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 Sea 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
• Artemis – Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, 1993
• HMS Artemis – The Ship by C. S. Forester, 1943
• 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
• USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears in film version)
• HMS Bellipotent – Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924
• 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 Cantwell – The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988 [6]
• USS Carl Jackson – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• SS Carnatic – steamer running from Hong Kong to Yokohama in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• China – steamer running from New York to Liverpool in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• General Grant – steamer running from Yokohama to San Francisco in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• Ghost – sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904
• The Glen Carrig – from the horror novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson, 1907
• Grenouille Frénétique (Frantic Frog) – pirate ship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• Großadmiral Dönitz – Kriegsmarine nuclear submarine, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
• Großadmiral Raeder – Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
• Henrietta – paddle steamer chartered by Phileas Fogg between New York and Liverpool in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• The Hesperus – from the poem "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1842
• HISPANIOLA (capitalized throughout the story) – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
• 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
• HMS Indomitable – Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924
• 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
• Jeroboam – Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville, 1851
• Jolly Roger – Captain Hook's pirate ship, Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, 1904
• USS Keeling – 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
• Laughing Sandbag – pirate ship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• Leif Ericson – The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, 1975
• HMS Leviathan – aircraft carrier, HMS Leviathan by John Winton, 1967
• 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
• Milka – Jingo by Terry Pratchett, 1997 (name parodies the Pinta)
• Mongolia – steamer running from Brindisi to Suez and Bombay in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• Mortzestus – horror novel The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson, 1909
• USS Nathan James (DDG-80), Nathan James-class guided missile destroyer – The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988 [7]
• Nautilus – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (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
• HMS Nemesis – Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966
• 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, 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
• Pequod – Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851
• Pharaoh – the ship on which Edmond Dantès first sailed in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844
• Plymouth Corporation's Revenge – pirate ship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• Pocahontas – The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 1915
• SS Poseidon – ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969
• Pushkin – The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988
• USS Pyramus – Polaris missile-carrying SSBN, The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
• Queequeg – The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004
• Rachel – Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851
• The Ramchunder – an East Indiaman, Captain Bragg, in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847–1848
• Rangoon – steamer running from Calcutta to Hong Kong in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• Red October (Krasniy Oktyabr) – Soviet submarine, The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984
• 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)
• Rights-of-Man – Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924
• Rocketing Spitfire – sloop, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• 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 – The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna, 1962
• Santa Cascara (later HMS Golden Vanity) – Spanish galleon captured by the British, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• Santa Umbriago – Spanish warship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• 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
• USS Scorpion – On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
• 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 (novel) 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
• USS Starbuck (SSN-989) – 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 (novel) by Alistair MacLean, 1957
• USS Tallahatchie County – U.S. Navy submarine tender in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
• Tankadère – schooner chartered by Phileas Fogg between Hong Kong and Yokohama in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
• 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, 1898
• HMS Tristram - submarine in His Majesty's U-Boat by Douglas Reeman, 1973
• Twelve Apostles – passenger ship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
• U-174 – Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
• 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
• 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 – 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

Series

• 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
  • HMS Winger — from Corvette Command by Nicholas Monsarrat (based on the real HMS Shearwater)
• 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 ships 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
  • USS Chapultepec – aircraft carrier
  • USS Dakota – 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 US 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 – fishing trawler, 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. McDonald
  • 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 The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner and other plays, movies and novels
• HMS Pinafore, 1878 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
• Batboat – Batman
• 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
• 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
• SS More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Incredible Hulk Put Together – Peter Griffin's boat on Family Guy
• USS Nathan James – The Last Ship
• Naughty Jane – rowboat, Dad's Army
• Persephone – log salvage boat from The Beachcombers
• Piper Maru – French ship from The X-Files episode "Piper Maru"
• RMS Princess Isabella – 10.5: Apocalypse
• PT-73 – the PT boat from McHale's Navy
• PT-116 – McHale's Navy
• 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
• 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
• 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 Indefatigable – frigate (Edward Pellew, Capt.)
  • HMS Justinian – 74-gun ship-of-the-line
  • Le Rève – French sloop
  • Papillion – French frigate
• JAG / NCIS universe (many ships)
• 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[8]
  • USS Shackleton (DDG-162) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2016[9]
  • 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",[10] née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". In 1979 it was destroyed at Amsterdam harbour by arson.)
  • Medusa
  • Pampero
  • Soren Larsen (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand.)[11]

Video games

• MS Amphitrite – cruise ship in Death by Degrees
• OFS Andromeda  – cruiser in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, used for intelligence gathering purposes
• Annabelle – LNG tanker in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• SS Anne  – ocean liner in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
• Antaeus  – "adaptive cruiser" in Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
• Alicorn  – aircraft carrier submarine featured in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
• Arsenal Gear  – submersible mobile fortress from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• RMS Artanic  – Royal Mail Ship commanded by Antares Andrews in Blockland
• USS Barack Obama (CVN-08)  – Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Beluga  – Hatakaze-class destroyer of the Aegir Fleet, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• Beowolf π and Beowolf ν  – two Los Angeles-class submarines of the Aegir Fleet, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• USS Blackhawk  – a nuclear submarine in Codename: Iceman
• Borealis  – abandoned ship in Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and Portal 2
• C-3208  – cargo ship in Jurassic Park: The Game
• Calypso  – cruise ship in Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
• Charon  – cargo ship in Max Payne
• USS Clarence E. Walsh (CG-80)  – guided-missile cruiser from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
• USS Conquest  – nuclear submarine, Just Cause 4
• USS Constellation (CVN-76) – aircraft carrier, Army of Two[12]
• USS Constitution (CVN-80) – aircraft carrier, Crysis
• USS Daedalus (CVN-88)  – nuclear-powered supercarrier from Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour
• Dagat Ahas  – Philippine (Oceana Cooperative Union) naval fortress ship in Front Mission 3
• Daisy Cruiser  – Mario Kart Double Dash!!, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Super Sluggers, also seen in Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
• Eastern Spirit  – decommissioned Russian whaler rebuilt to serve as a supply ship and secondary laboratory in Cold Fear
• Elisabeth Dane  – small cargo ship in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
• HMS Endurance  – science vessel in Tomb Raider
• Eva's Hammer  – large Kriegsmarine nuclear submarine from Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Fenris  – Hatakaze-class destroyer of the Aegir Fleet, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• SS Flavion  – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Folkvangr and Fensalir  – Dragonet-class ballistic missile submarines featured in Ace Combat 2 and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
• USS Freedom (CVN-83)  – Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in ArmA III
• Gangplank Galleon  – Donkey Kong Country series
• General Skiseava  – sentient battleship that guards the Q-Stein Empire's shores in Seek and Destroy
• Geofon  – Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier belonging to the Aegir Fleet of the Federal Erusian Navy, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• Hrimfaxi  – aircraft carrier submarine featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
• Jackdaw  – Edward Kenway's pirate ship in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Jericho  – abandoned cargo ship in Detroit: Become Human
• MS Jewel of the Pacific  – cruise ship in World War Z (based on the real-life Oasis of the Seas)
• Jolly Roger's ship  – Super Mario 64
• OFS Kestrel  – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War and Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
• USS Khe Sanh (LHD-9)  – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship from ARMA 2
• SS King Weenzer  – ocean liner in Septentrion: Out of the Blue
• Kolga  – Hatakaze-class destroyer of the Aegir Fleet, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• SS Lady Crithania  – ocean liner in SOS
• Lady Vengeance  – Divinity: Original Sin II
• USS Las Cruces (SSBN-728) – The Terminator: SkyNET[13]
• Lazuli  – Hatakaze-class destroyer of the Aegir Fleet, featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• USS Liberator (CVN-81)  – U.S. aircraft carrier, Call of Duty: Ghosts
• USS Liberty  – amphibious assault ship in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• USS Liberty – destroyer, ArmA III
• SS Libra  – cargo ship in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
• SS Lorelei  – cargo transport which was scuttled in Syphon Filter 3 and later vaporised with a nuke in Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
• Luna Lucura  – cargo vessel in Chaos Island: The Lost World
• MS Lydia  – ocean liner in The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
• USS Maine (CVN-82) – aircraft carrier, Crysis: Warhead
• Maria Doria  – Tomb Raider 2
• Marie Elena  – pirate ship in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Maria Narcissa  – freighter featured in the second story mission of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
• Marigold  – Kirov-class battlecruiser in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
• Morrigan  – Shay Patrick Cormac's ship in Assassin's Creed Rogue
• Obra Dinn  – English East Indiaman turned ghost ship which serves as the setting of Return of the Obra Dinn
• SS Orpheus  – ocean liner from Echo Night
• Outer Haven  – submersible battleship from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Palanquin Ship  – floating ghost ship in Touhou's Undefined Fantastic Object
• Pearl  – Soviet freighter that sank in 1951 whilst assigned to the top-secret E99 project in Singularity
• MS Princess of Fearless  – cruise liner in Crisis Beat
• MS Queen Zenobia, MS Queen Semiramis and MS Queen Dido  – three cruise liners operated by the Paraguas Line Company, featured in Resident Evil: Revelations
• USS Ravenswood  – coast guard ship in Cold Fear
• MS Rei di Tutto  – Italian cruise ship in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
• USS Riptide  – dilapidated U.S. Navy tug boat in Fallout 4
• SS Royale  – party boat in Party Hard
• Rusalka  – Soviet cargo ship hiding a numbers station in Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Salty Hippo  – Captain Blubber's ship in the Banjo-Kazooie series of games
• Scinfaxi  – aircraft carrier submarine featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
• Seagallop  – ferry in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
• Sea Satan  – submarine in Metal Slug 4
• MS Spencer Rain  – cruise liner in Resident Evil: Dead Aim
  
• USS Statesman  – Just Cause 4 flagship of the US Agency fleet of submarines
• Tanager  – Iowa-class battleship featured in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• USS Titan  – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier from Battlefield 4
• U-4901 and U-4902  – Kriegsmarine sister ships from the Medal of Honor games
• Unnamed ship shaped like a rubber duck  – used in LittleBigPlanet 2 to travel from Avalonia to Eve's Asylum for the Mentally Alternative
• USS Valkyrie  – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship from Battlefield 4
• SS Venture  – cargo ship in Lego Jurassic World
• SS Zelbess (alternately the SS Invincible)  – Chrono Cross

Folklore

• 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

See also

• Flying submarine
• Submarine films

References

1. http://hollywoodnorth.buzz/2013/05/shoot-godzilla-crew-tests-uss-alameda-landing-craft-set-in-steveston.html
2. http://yvrshoots.com/2013/05/shoot-godzillas-uss-alameda-rocks-rolls-like-disney-ride-in-steveston.html/
3. https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/new-godzilla-set-photos-deserted-japanese-village-school-children-fleeing-for-safety-a80149#gs.h7l3mf
4. Intrepid
5. IMDB (retrieved 24 May 2017)
6. Brinkley, William (February 1989). The Last Ship (Paperback ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 131. ISBN 0345359828. waters before being relieved by our sister ship, the USS Cantwell
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