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

• Advenna Avis –Baccano!
• Albedo –Full Ahead! Coco
• Alexandria – aircraft carrier inGenocyber
• SSAnne – ocean liner inPokémon
• Arcadia – Harlock's ship from the Japanese seriesHarlock Saga
• Argonaut –Heroic Age
• Asuka II (CVN-99) – United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier fromMacross Zero
• Bebop –Cowboy Bebop
• Blue –Blue Drop
• Blue 6,Shang 9 –Blue Submarine No. 6
• RMSCampania – ocean liner inBlack Butler: Book of the Atlantic (In anime, the ship is based on the real-life ocean liners theRMSTitanic and theRMS Majestic, but in the manga, the ship takes inspiration from anRMSTitanic and theRMS Lusitania.)
• Clobird –Full Ahead! Coco
• SSCussler (or RMSCussler) (based on theRMSTitanic) – ocean liner inPokémon: XY
• Darkness Gale –Full Ahead! Coco
• Decolore – cruise ship inPokémon: Best Wishes!
• Diamond Serpent –Full Ahead! Coco
• HMSEagle -Invincible-class aircraft carrier inHellsing
• Ghost Ship –Blue Submarine No. 6
• Going Merry –One Piece
• Gran Tesoro –One Piece Film: Gold
• Harekaze (Y-467) –Kagerō-classdestroyer,Yokosuka girls marines high school,High School Fleet
• JDSHotaka (DDG-170) –Atago-class destroyer inDetective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
• I-401 –Arpeggio of Blue Steel
• Illustria – United Nations aircraft carrier fromMacross Zero
• JDFIshin –Theta-classsubmersible destroyer (actually a frigate) fromInnocent Venus
• Mermaid – ocean liner inCat's Eye
• JDS Mirai (DDG-182) –Zipang
• Moby Dick –One Piece
• Nakatomi –oil tanker fromDetective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
• SSNaked Sun – aircraft carrier fromKill la Kill
• Oro Jackson –One Piece
• Over the Rainbow (a renamedUSS Harry S. Truman) –Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Pascal Magi –Tactical Roar
• Penguin Manju Go –Icebreaker inA Place Further than the Universe
• Queen Berry (Inspiration fromRMS Queen Mary,RMS Queen Elizabeth andRMS Mauretania II)  – ocean liner inGosick
• Queen Sallybeth (Inspiration fromRMS Queen Elizabeth 2) – ocean liner inDetective Conan
• Red Skele –Full Ahead! Coco
• Seagallop – ferry inPokémon Adventures
• SSSinnoh –Pokémon Adventures
• SSSpiral –Pokémon Adventures
• St. Aphrodite –Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
• Submarine Explorer 1 –Pokémon Generations andPokémon Adventures
• Super 99 –Submarine Super 99
• Sweet Madonna –Full Ahead! Coco
• Tempest Junior –Thundersub
• Thousand Sunny –One Piece
• Thriller Bark –One Piece
• SSTidal – ferry inPokémon Adventures
• TK Tanker – oil tanker inCat's Eye
• Tuatha de Danaan – submarine inFull Metal Panic!
• Princess Lorelei (based on theRMS Queen Elizabeth 2) – cruise ship inSpy x Family
• White Castle – large yacht inBiohazard: Heavenly Island
• Yashiromaru –Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths

• Aurora – trawler inThe Adventures of Tintin storyThe Shooting Star
• The Black Freighter – metafictional pirate ship that is referenced throughout theWatchmen comic series
• Borneo Prince – 19th-century trading vessel converted for use as a gunboat inWorld War II inCommando Comics
• Cithara – alleged source of a distress signal inThe Adventures of Tintin storyThe Shooting Star
• HMSCutlass – name given to four ships of theRoyal Navy – the first a battleship present at theBattle of the Nile; the second anironclad sunk inWorld War I; the third aWorld War II destroyer, and the most recent ship aCold War-era destroyer. All four ships appear in theCommando Comics storyBright Blade of Courage.
• Eagle's Shadow –Sir Nicholas Fury's ship inMarvel 1602
• Gotha –Kriegsmarine commerce raider, from theCommando Comics storyGreedy For Glory
• Grossadler –Kriegsmarine battle cruiser, from theCommando Comics storyBright Blade of Courage
• Hawksub –Blackhawk
• Karaboudjan –Armenian cargo ship inThe Adventures of Tintin storyThe Crab with the Golden Claws
• SSRamona – tramp steamer inThe Adventures of Tintin storyThe Red Sea Sharks
• Salty Sea Mare – ship owned by Captain Hoofbeard from theMy Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic series storyFriendship Ahoy!
• Sea Queen/The Gertrude –Lex Luthor's yacht inSuperman Returns
• Sirius – expedition ship inThe Adventures of Tintin storiesThe Shooting Star andRed Rackham's Treasure
• Unicorn – 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel inThe Adventures of Tintin storiesThe Secret of the Unicorn andRed Rackham's Treasure
• HMS Viper – British destroyer, from theCommando Comics storyBright Blade of Courage
• Vulkan –Kriegsmarine cruiser, from theCommando Comics storyFlak Fever
• Wolfgang –Kriegsmarine pocket battleship, from theCommando Comics storyO For Orange

• 903 – IranianKilo-class submarine inSteel Sharks, 1996
• SNA "Titane" – FrenchRubis-class submarine inThe Wolf's Call, 2019
• SNLE "L'Effroyable" – FrenchTriomphant-class submarine inThe Wolf's Call, 2019
• Stalnoivolk – RussianAkula-class submarine inAquaman, 2018
• USSAbraham Lincoln – frigate in Disney's20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
• USS Tampa Bay – AmericanLos Angeles-class submarine inHunter Killer, 2018
• USS Arkansas – AmericanVirginia-class submarine inHunter Killer, 2018
• RFS Konek – RussianAkula-class submarine inHunter Killer, 2018
• RFS Volkov – RussianYasen-class submarine inHunter Killer, 2018
• RFS Yevchenko – RussianUdaloy-class destroyer inHunter Killer, 2018
• RMS Madrigal (based on theRMS Titanic) – ocean liner inEncanto, 2021
• K-599 "Sevastopol" – RussianAkula-class submarine inMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023
• Academic Vladislav Volkov – Russian research ship inVirus, 1999
• Acheron – French Napoleonic frigate inMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
• MV Aeolus  (based on theMV Wilhelm Gustloff) – deserted 1930s cruise ship inTriangle, 2009
• African Queen –The African Queen withHumphrey Bogart andKatharine Hepburn, 1951
• USSAlameda (LPD-32) – landing ship,Godzilla, 2014^[1][2][3]
• Albatross –The Sea Hawk withErrol Flynn, 1940
• Alexandre Dumas –The Lover, 1992
• Altair –The Ghost Ship withRichard Dix, 1943
• Amindra – with shanghaied sailor from theGlencairn, torpedoed and sank inThe Long Voyage Home, 1940
• SSAndes – cruise ship inLet's Go Native, 1930
• Angelina –Romancing the Stone, 1984
• SSAnne B –Jurassic Park, 1993
• MSAntonia Graza (based on theSS Andrea Doria)  – derelict Italian luxury ocean liner inGhost 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
• USSArgusHospital ship,World War Z, 2013
• Arcadia –cargo ship,Resident Evil, 2002
• SSArcadia –cargo ship,Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 2018
• Argonautica (based on theGrand Princess)  – cruise ship,Deep Rising, 1998
• USS Aspen –Full Fathom Five, 1990
• SSAtlantic (based on thesinking of the RMSTitanic, and the fictional ship's name has the sequel to the real-life ship of 1870 theSSAtlantic, and the ship on the movie is an inspiration for theRMSTitanic,RMSBerengaria andRMS Mooltan)  –ocean liner,Atlantic, 1929
• RMSAugusta (Possibly based on theRMS Campania andRMS Empress of Ireland, But with interiors based on theRMS Lusitania,RMS Mauretania andHMS Hawke)  –ocean liner,Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 2016
• HMSAvenger –Billy Budd, 1962
• HMSBallantrae – British Royal NavyTown-classdestroyer inGift Horse, 1952
• Barracuda –Up Periscope, 1959
• Batavia Queen – steamship,Krakatoa, East of Java, 1969
• HMSBedford – British Royal NavyType 23 frigate inTomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• USSBedford (DLG-113) –The Bedford Incident, 1965 (also in book version)
• Belafonte – oceanographic research vessel,The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
• USSBelinda (APA-22) –Away All Boats, 1956 (also appears in original novel)
• Benthic Explorer – offshore support ship,The Abyss, 1989
• HMSBerkeley – inUp 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
• KMSBrandenburg – German battleship inWe Dive at Dawn, 1943
• SSBritannic (based on theTSHamburg) – cruise ship inJuggernaut, 1974
• Caca de Toro – boat inAfter the Storm, 2001
• USS Caine –The Caine Mutiny, 1954 (also appears inwritten version)
• Caledonia II –Some Like It Hot, 1959
• Cassidy – destroyer inIn Harm's Way, 1965
• USSCharleston (SSN-704) –On the Beach, 2000
• Charlotte –National Treasure, 2004
• Chelsea –tugboat,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
• HMSChester – British Royal NavyType 23 frigate inTomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• SSChiku Shan – ferryboat,Blood Alley, 1955
• SSClaridon (based on theSS Île-de-France) – ocean liner inThe Last Voyage, 1960
• SSColossal (based on theSS Normandie)  – ocean liner,The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938
• HMSCompass Rose – British Royal NavyFlower-class corvette inThe Cruel Sea, 1953
• USS Copperfin – World War II subDestination Tokyo with Cary Grant, 1943
• Corsair – inCrash Dive, 1943
• SSCrescent Star (based on the ships,SS United States,SSAmerican Star andSS Leonardo da Vinci) – cruise ship that sinks inSeven Waves Away, 1957
• USSDallas – submarine inThe Hunt for Red October, 1990
• Daniel Webster – trawler inSealed Cargo, 1951
• USSDavies (SSN-???) –Los Angeles-class SSN inCrash Dive, 1996
• Deep Quest – DSV inRaise the Titanic, 1980
• HMSDefiant – frigate inH.M.S. Defiant, 1962
• Denali – Philadelphia-based commercial supertanker inDown Periscope, 1996
• HMS Devonshire – British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate sunk inTomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• HMSDinosaur – British Royal Navy battleship inThings to Come, 1936
• Disco Volante – motor yacht/hydrofoil inThunderball, 1965
• Dot Calm – private yacht inJohnny English Strikes Again, 2018
• USSDragonfish – U.S. submarine inBattle of the Coral Sea, 1959
• Dulcibella –The Riddle of the Sands, 1979
• USSDwight D. Flysenhower –Planes, 2013
• USSEcho – sailing ship fromThe 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
• HMSEndeavour –Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007
• MSErgenstrasse –The Sea Chase (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and briefly inPatriot Games with Harrison Ford, 1992
• Everjust – large yacht inIncredibles 2, 2018
• SS Virginian (the ship are the inspired blueprints of theRMS Lusitania and her sister ships theRMS Mauritania andRMS Aquitania) – ocean liner,The Legend of 1900, 1998
• SSEssess –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
• MSForest Swan – Panamaniancargo ship,Die Hard with a Vengeance, 1995
• SSMayflower (based on theSSRex andSSConte di Savoia) –Luxury Liner, 1948
• Genesis – cruise ship in2012, 2009
• Genoa Maru –Across the Pacific, 1942 (seen only briefly)
• SSGermania (based on theSSL'Atlantique) – ocean liner inLuxury Liner, 1933
• Geronimo – America's Cup racing yacht,Wind, 1992
• Gerrymander –full-rigged sailing ship inFair Wind to Java, 1953
• Ghost – sealing schooner,The Sea Wolf, 1941
• SSGigantic –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
• RMSGoliath (based on theRMS Queen Mary, and thenRMS Olympic andRMSTitanic)  – 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
• SSHappy Wanderer (based on theSS Oronsay) – cruise liner,Carry On Cruising, 1962
• Hav Vind – Norwegian oil tanker,Cloverfield, 2008
• USSHaynes (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
• HMSInterceptor –Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
• USSIntrepid – cruise ship in the filmIntrepid, 2000^[4]
• Jenny –Forrest Gump, 1994
• Jenny – tugboat inBeyond the Poseidon Adventure, 1979
• Jolly Roger – inHook, 1991
• KCS Earth,KCS Moon,KCS Sky,KCS Star andKCS Sun –cargo ship operated by fictional KCS Shipping Company inCustoms Frontline, 2024
• Kin Lung – tramp steamer inChina Sea, 1935
• USSKornblatt – destroyer inDon't Give Up the Ship, 1959
• La Chamade – boat inAfter the Storm, 2001
• USSLansing (SSN-795) –Los Angeles-class SSN (depicted as an SSBN) inDanger Beneath the Sea, 2001
• USSLawton –Kong: Skull Island, 2017
• CPMSLeegood – Canadiancargo ship,San Andreas, 2015^[5]
• Liparus – Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker inThe Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
• Love Nest – whaling ship in the 1923Buster Keaton filmThe Love Nest, 1923
• HMS Lydia –Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
• Mary Deare –The Wreck of the Mary Deare, starringGary Cooper andCharlton Heston, 1959
• SSMinnow Johnson – civilian yacht,Rush Hour 2, 2001
• Misery –cargo ship,The Pebble and the Penguin, 1995
• USSMontana –The Abyss, 1989
• USSMontana –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) andThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
• Neptune – inGray Lady Down, 1978
• HMSNereid –Royal Navy submarine,Virus, 1980
• Nerka – submarine inRun Silent, Run Deep, 1958
• Ning-Po – freighter owned bySPECTRE inYou Only Live Twice, 1967
• USSOakland (SSN-798) –Los Angeles-class SSN inSteel Sharks, 1996
• Odessa – Ukrainiancargo ship,The Day After Tomorrow, 2004
• Orca – Quint's fishing boat inJaws, 1975
• Patna – tramp steamer inLord Jim, 1965
• Pequod – whaleship,Moby Dick, 1956,1978,1998
• USSPequod – American submarine,2010: Moby Dick, 2010
• Poseidon – ocean liner/cruise ship,The Poseidon Adventure (1972) (based on theRMS Queen Mary),Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979),The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (based on theMSGrandeur of the Seas)Poseidon (2006) (inspired on theRMSQueen Mary 2)
• USSPoseidon –USS Poseidon: Phantom Below, 2005
• The Precious Gem –Fool's Gold, 2008
• Pride of Chicago – yacht inAfter the Storm, 2001
• SSPrincess Irene (based on theSS Justicia andSS Nieuw Amsterdam, and the ship that collides with an iceberg and sinks with a horrendous loss of life, with the death toll possibly greater thanthe sinking of the RMSTitanic) –History Is Made at Night, 1937
• Proteus – nuclear mini submarine fromFantastic 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 inCutthroat Island, 1995
• Red Dragon – civilian yacht,Rush Hour 2, 2001
• Red October –The Hunt for Red October film withSean Connery, 1990 (also in the1984 Tom Clancy novel)
• Red Witch –Wake of the Red Witch withJohn Wayne, 1948
• Regent Queen (based on theMS Monarch) – cruise ship inChupacabra: Dark Seas, 2005
• USSReluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship inMister Roberts (1955) and the1984 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
• SSRoland (based on a Dutch shipSS Dwinsk, and the story of the film is inspired by the April 1912sinking of the RMSTitanic)  –ocean liner,Atlantis, 1913
• HMSSaltash Castle – British Royal Navy frigate inThe Cruel Sea, 1953
• Samskip Innovator –Paddington, 2014
• USSSan Pablo –The Sand Pebbles, 1966
• Santana –Key Largo, 1948 (also name of Bogart's personal sailing yacht)
• Sancta Helena a Frigate inUnderworld: Evolution, 2006
• Saracen – yacht,Dead Calm, 1989
• USSSaratoga (CVN-88) – aircraft carrier,Godzilla, 2014
• USSSawfish –On the Beach, 1959
• USSScotia – submarine,30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
• Sea Cliff – DSV inRaise the Titanic, 1980
• Sea Queen – sport-fishing boat inBreaking Point, 1950
• Sea Star – tug inVirus, 1999
• HMSSea Tiger – British Royal Navy submarine,We Dive at Dawn, 1943
• USSSea Tiger – World War II submarine,Operation Petticoat, 1959 (also the 1977 TV series)
• SSSea Witch –Action in the North Atlantic, 1943
• SSNRSeaview –Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea withWalter Pidgeon, 1961
• HMSShag at Sea – yacht,Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002
• HMSSherwood – British Royal Navy cruiser,Carry on Admiral, 1957
• IJNShinaru – Japanese aircraft carrier,Torpedo Run, 1958
• Silent Mary –Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017
• Skyline (天涯号) – Chinesecruise ship,The Precipice Game, 2016
• HMSSolent – British Royal Navy destroyer,Sink the Bismarck!, 1960
• Stealth Ship – media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator inTomorrow Never Dies, 1997 (based on the real-lifeSea Shadow (IX-529)
• SSSouthern Queen – Setting for the first half of thePreston Sturges directed 1941 comedyThe Lady Eve starringHenry Fonda andBarbara Stanwyck. It was also the name of the fictionalcruise ship in the 1948 comedyRomance on the High Seas starringDoris Day.
• St. Georges – British spy ship trawlerFor Your Eyes Only, 1981
• USSStarfish –Hellcats of the Navy, 1957
• Starfish – DSV inRaise the Titanic, 1980
• USS Stingray –Balao-class submarine,Down Periscope, 1996 (no relation to theSalmon-classUSS Stingray (SS-186))
• HMSSurprise – British Royal Navy frigate,Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
• HMSSutherland – 74-gun ship of the line,Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
• Tasha –ocean liner,Anastasia, 1997
• USSThunderfish –Operation Pacific withJohn Wayne, 1951
• USSTigerfish (SSN 509) – United States nuclear submarine fromIce Station Zebra, 1968
• USSTigershark –The Atomic Submarine, 1959
• SSTitanic II – fictional replica of the real-lifeRMS Titanic, 2010
• Titanic III – fictional replica of theRMSTitanic,Titanic 666, 2022
• HMSTorrin –In Which We Serve, 1942
• HMSTrumpton – British Royal Navyminesweeper inThe Navy Lark, 1959
• Tsimtsum (ツィムツーム) – Japanesecargo ship,Life of Pi, 2012
• Tugboat Annie –Tugboat Annie, 1933 (portrayed by tugboatArthur Foss)
• Turtle – DSV inRaise the Titanic, 1980
• U-571 – appears inU-571, 2000 (coincidentally the same number asGerman submarineU-571)
• Ulysses – submarine,Atlantis: The Lost Empire, 2001
• USSUlysses –Los Angeles-class submarine inCrash Dive, 1996
• USSUtah (SSBN-745) –Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine inGodzilla, 1998
• USSValhalla (SSN-905) –Los Angeles-class SSN inRapid Assault, 1997
• HMSVengeance – British Royal Navy submarine inJohnny English Strikes Again, 2018
• SSVenture –King Kong, 1933,2005
• SSVenture –cargo ship,The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997
• HMSVenus – British Royal Navy frigate,Carry On Jack, 1962
• HMSVictoria – British Royal Navydreadnought,Britannic, 2000
• HMSViperess – British Royal NavyVictor-class destroyer,The Cruel Sea, 1953
• The Wanderer –Captain Ron withMartin Short andKurt Russell, 1992
• USSWayne – US Navy nuclear submarine in the TV movieAssault on the Wayne, 1971
• USSWayne (SSN-593) – US Navy nuclear submarine in the filmThe Spy Who Loved Me, 1977^[6]
• We're Here –Captains Courageous withSpencer Tracy, 1937
• Wonkatania –Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971 (also appears in2005 adaptation), based on theCunard Line tradition of ending ships with "-ia" (and playing offRMS Lusitania andRMS Aquitania)
• Yellow Submarine –The Beatles' psychedelic submarine, 1968

• USSAbraham Lincoln – frigate inTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas byJules Verne, 1868
• African Queen –The African Queen byC. S. Forester, 1935
• Alice May – from the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" byRobert Service, 1907
• Anchises –One of Ours byWilla Cather, 1922
• HMSAntigone –Leander-class cruiser,The Cruiser byWarren Tute, 1955
• Arabella –Captain Blood byRafael Sabatini, 1924
• Araby – tramp freighter inCaptain of the Araby and other Tod Moran adventure novels, byHoward Pease, 1953
• Argo –Greek mythological ship inArgonautica, the original story ofJason and theArgonauts, byApollonius Rhodius, 3rd century BCE
• Ariadne – yacht inI Was There, a short story byNicholas Monsarrat inThe Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
• Around the World in Eighty Days byJules 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 byPhileas 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 byDiana Gabaldon, 1993
• HMSArtemis –light cruiser inThe Ship byC. S. Forester, 1943
• USSAthena (PC-15) –Cyclone-classpatrol ship inThe Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story byMark Helprin, 2023^[7]
• Astrea – Roman galley ship,Ben-Hur by GenlLew Wallace, 1880
• Auf Wiedersehen – sloop,Secret Sea byRobb White, 1947
• Aurora – ship in theSherlock Holmes adventureThe Sign of the Four byArthur Conan Doyle, 1890
• Baalbek – Libyan freighter,Eagle Trap byGeoffrey Archer, 1993
• USSBarracuda (SSN-593) –U.S. Navy submarine inTo Kill the Potemkin byMark Joseph, 1986
• HMSBenbecula – ARoyal Navyarmed merchant cruiser inRendezvous-South Atlantic byDouglas Reeman
• USSBelinda (APA-22) –Away All Boats byKenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears infilm version)
• Billy Budd byHerman Melville, 1924
  • HMSBellipotent
  • HMSIndomitable
  • Rights-of-Man
• Britannia – Captain Grant's ship inIn Search of the Castaways byJules Verne, 1867–1868
• HMSBroadsword – Royal Navy Destroyer, involved in an intentional incident inFirst Among Equals byJeffrey Archer, 1984

• BRPCagayan de Oro – Philippine NavyWhidbey Island-class LSD,Dragon Strike - The Millennium War byHumphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton, 1997
• USSCaine –destroyer minesweeper (DMS) inThe Caine Mutiny byHerman Wouk, 1951 (also appears in film version)
• HMSCalypso – frigate,The Captain from Connecticut byC. S. Forester, 1941
• USSCarl Jackson –Nimitz-class aircraft carrier,Eagle Trap byGeoffrey Archer, 1993
• Centaur – racing ship captained bySergestus in theAeneid byVirgil, 1st century BCE
• Charon II – old freighter inTrapp and World War Three byBrian Callison, 1988
• Chimaera – racing ship captained by Gyas in theAeneid byVirgil, 1st century BCE
• Claymore – corvette inQuatrevingt-Treize (93) byVictor Hugo, 1874
• HMSCompass Rose – corvette inThe Cruel Sea byNicholas Monsarrat, 1951
• Covenant – brig,Kidnapped byRobert Louis Stevenson, 1886
• HMASDarwin – heavy cruiser inAway Boarders! byJ._E._Macdonnell, 1962
• Dazzler – sloop,The Cruise of the Dazzler byJack London, 1902
• USSDelaware – frigate,The Captain from Connecticut byC. S. Forester, 1941
• Demeter – Russian schooner inDracula byBram Stoker, 1897
• USSDolphin – submarine inIce Station Zebra byAlistair MacLean, 1963
• USSDragonfish –U.S. Navy submarine in bothRaise the Titanic! byClive Cussler, 1976, andTo Kill the Potemkin byMark Joseph, 1986
• Dulcibella –The Riddle of the Sands byErskine Childers, 1903
• Duncan – ocean yacht,In Search of the Castaways byJules Verne, 1867
• USSEel – submarine inRun Silent, Run Deep (1955) andDust on the Sea (1972) byEdward L. Beach Jr.
• Erasmus – Dutchpinnace piloted by John Blackthorne inJames A. Michener'sShōgun, 1975
• Erebus –Alaska byJames A. Michener, 1988
• Fenton – lugger,The Narrow Corner byW. Somerset Maugham, 1932
• Fin of God –Omnian ship,Small Gods byTerry Pratchett, 1992
• The Fuwalda – ship which took Tarzans's parents to Africa,Tarzan of the Apes byEdgar Rice Burroughs, 1914
• Ghost – sealing schooner,The Sea Wolf byJack London, 1904
• SSGigantic –S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic (based onthe sinking of theRMSTitanic, byPeter Selgin, 1999
• The Glen Carrig – from the horror novelThe Boats of the "Glen Carrig" byWilliam Hope Hodgson, 1907
• Großadmiral Dönitz –Kriegsmarine nuclear submarine,Fatherland byRobert Harris, 1992
• Großadmiral Raeder – Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier,Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
• The Hesperus – from the poem "The Wreck of the Hesperus" byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1842
• Hispaniola –Treasure Island byRobert Louis Stevenson, 1883
• Hoptoad – from the novel "Pippi in the South Seas" byAstrid Lindgren, 1948
• Speķa lode- from the novel series mežonīgie pīrāgi by māris putniņš
• Ilya Podogin – Soviet SSN,Icebound byDean Koontz, 1995
• USSIndependence – fictionalWasp-class amphibious assault ship where a large part ofThe Swarm byFrank Schätzing takes place, 2004
• Indra – schooner,Secret Sea byRobb White, 1947
• HMSIphigenia – frigate,The Fighting Temeraire byJohn Winton, 1971
• TheIron Pirate (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novelThe Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea byMax Pemberton. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
• USSJames T Doig – destroyer,The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
• Janet Coombe – from the novelThe Loving Spirit byDaphne du Maurier, 1931
• Jolly Roger –Captain Hook's pirate ship,Peter Pan byJ. M. Barrie, 1904
• USSKeeling –Mahan-class destroyer, codename "Greyhound", inThe Good Shepherd byC. S. Forester, 1955
• Korund –Tango-class submarine,Eagle Trap byGeoffrey Archer, 1993
• USSLangley – aForrestal-class aircraft carrier,The Sixth Battle byBarrett Tillman, 1992
• The Last Ship byWilliam Brinkley, 1988^[8]
  • USS Nathan James (DDG-80), the first nuclear poweredArleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer (By the time theTV series of the same name was produced in 2014, theUSS Roosevelt had been commissioned as DDG-80 with destroyers up to at least DDG-120 awarded, so was renumbered as DDG-151.)
  • Pushkin – a Russianballistic missile submarine that also survived the nuclear attack
• Leif Ericson –The Illuminatus! Trilogy byRobert Shea andRobert Anton Wilson, 1975
• HMSLeviathan – aircraft carrier,HMS Leviathan byJohn Winton, 1967 (There was a real carrier named HMSLeviathan but she was scrapped incomplete in 1968)
• USSLevant – corvette inThe Man Without a Country byEdward Everett Hale, 1863
• Liberian Star –Snakehead, of theAlex Rider series byAnthony Horowitz, 2007
• USSMako –U.S. Navy submarine inTo Kill the Potemkin byMark Joseph, 1986
• HMSMallard – corvette,A Flock of Ships byBrian Callison, 1986
• Marie Celeste – from the short storyJ. Habakuk Jephson's Statement byArthur Conan Doyle, 1884 (the real ship wasMary Celeste)
• Mary Deare –The Wreck of the Mary Deare byHammond Innes, 1956
• M.G.B. 1087,motor gunboat inThe Ship That Died of Shame, a short story byNicholas Monsarrat inThe Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
• Milka –Jingo byTerry Pratchett, 1997 (name parodies thePinta)
• Moby-Dick byHerman 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 novelThe Ghost Pirates byWilliam Hope Hodgson, 1909
• Nautilus –Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) andThe Mysterious Island (1874) byJules Verne
• Nellie (presumably for one of theNelsons in British service) –Heart of Darkness byJoseph Conrad, 1899
• Not for Hire – paddle-wheel steamboat inThe Fabulous Riverboat byPhilip José Farmer, 1971
• Numestra del Oro –armed merchantman owned by a Colombian cartel,Hammerheads byDale Brown, 1990
• HMSOrcus –Oberon-class submarine,Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
• HMSPandora – frigate,One of Our Warships byJohn Winton, 1975
• Pacific Klondike – deep ocean drillship based on theGlomar Explorer,Fireplay byWilliam Wingate, 1977
• PC-237 – U.S. Navy patrol craft,Secret Sea byRobb White, 1947
• Penguin –The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket byEdgar Allan Poe, 1838
• Pharaon – the ship on whichEdmond Dantès first sailed inThe Count of Monte Cristo byAlexandre Dumas, 1844
• Pocahontas –The Good Soldier byFord Madox Ford, 1915
• Polar Star – Sovietfactory ship inPolar Star byMartin Cruz Smith, 1989
• SSPoseidon – ocean liner (based on theRMS Queen Mary),The Poseidon Adventure byPaul Gallico, 1969
• Pristis – racing ship captained byMnestheus in theAeneid byVirgil, 1st century BCE
• USSPyramus –Polaris missile-carryingSSBN,The Deep Silence byDouglas Reeman, 1967
• The Pyrates byGeorge 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 HMSGolden Vanity) – Spanish galleon captured by the British
  • Santa Umbriago – Spanish warship
  • Twelve Apostles – passenger ship
• Queequeg –The Grim Grotto byLemony Snicket, 2004
• Queen Anne, ocean liner inOh To Be In England, a short story byNicholas Monsarrat inThe Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories, 1959
• The Ramchunder – an East Indiaman, Captain Bragg, inVanity Fair byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray, 1847–1848
• The Hunt for Red October byTom Clancy, 1984
  • Red October (Krasniy Oktyabr) – The new SovietTyphoon-classballistic missile submarine commanded by defecting Captain Marko Ramius
  • Vladimir Konovalov – SovietAlfa-classattack submarine huntingRed October
  • USS Dallas – an actual US Navyattack submarine also shadowingRed October
• Red Witch –Wake of the Red Witch byGarland Roark, 1946
• USSReluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship inMister Roberts byThomas Heggen, 1946 (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
• Sable Lorcha – lorcha,The Sable Lorcha byHorace Hazeltine, 1912
• HMSSaltash – frigate inThe Cruel Sea byNicholas Monsarrat, 1951 (HMSSaltash Castle in the film)
• USSSan Pablo – river gunboat inThe Sand Pebbles byRichard McKenna, 1962
• Santa Ybel – Spanish treasure ship,Secret Sea byRobb White, 1947
• HMSSaturn –Swiftsure-class sub,The Saturn Experiment by Peter Shepherd, 1988
• USSSavo – aircraft carrier inThe Bridges at Toko-ri byJames A. Michener, 1953
• HMSScorpion – submarine inSend Down a Dove by Charles MacHardy, 1968
• USSScorpion –On the Beach byNevil Shute, 1957
• Scylla – racing ship captained byCloanthus in theAeneid byVirgil, 1st century BCE
• USSSea Trench –Aquarius Mission byMartin Caidin, 1978
• The Sea Witch – yacht,The Wreck of the Mary Deare byHammond Innes, 1956
• USOSSeaview –Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea byTheodore Sturgeon, 1961
• Shark – destroyer,Black August byDennis Wheatley, 1934
• HMS Sirdar – British destroyer,The Guns of Navarone byAlistair MacLean, 1957 (the actual HMSSirdar was a submarine)
• Siren – yacht,A Damsel in Distress byP. G. Wodehouse, 1919
• Slewfoot – the crew's nickname for aPT boat whose number is never given, inTorpedo Run byRobb White, 1962
• Speranza –Arrival and Departure byArthur Koestler, 1943
• Spirit of the Hudson – riverboat casino inBackflash byDonald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark, 1998
• USSStarbuck (SSN-989)^{[citation needed]} –Pacific Vortex! byClive Cussler, 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition showsSSN-107 on the fin.)
• USSStingray –U.S. Navy submarine inTo Kill the Potemkin byMark Joseph, 1986
• USSStormy Beach –Long Beach-class cruiser,Fireplay byWilliam Wingate, 1977
• USSSwordfish –On the Beach byNevil Shute, 1957
• HMSSybaris – British heavy cruiser,The Guns of Navarone byAlistair MacLean, 1957
• Tai-pan byJames Clavell, 1966
  • Struan & Company
    • China Cloud – 22 gunChina Clipper, flagship of Struan & Co
    • Blue Cloud – clipper; Struan's ships are all named for his mother, whose maiden name wasMcCloud.
    • Resting Cloud –hulk, Struan's HQ prior to the establishment ofBritish 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
    • HMSVengeance – 74 gun flagship of theEast Indies and China Station, based onHMS Cornwallis
    • HMSMermaid – 22 gunSloop-of-war under the command of Captain Glessing
    • HMSNemesis – the firststeam frigate to make the journey from London to Hong Kong, based on theHMS Rattler
  • Other ships
    • White Witch – 22 gunChina Clipper, flagship of Brock & Sons
    • Gray Witch – clipper under the command of Brock's son Gorth
    • Princess of Alabama – 20 gunbrig, flagship of Cooper & Tillman
    • Vagrant Star – anEast Indiaman in which Struan and Brock met prior to the events inTai-pan
• USSTallahatchie County –U.S. Navy submarine tender inTo Kill the Potemkin byMark Joseph, 1986
• HMSTéméraire – Polaris nuclear submarine,The Fighting Temeraire byJohn Winton, 1971
• USSThomas Jefferson –Nimitz Class byPatrick Robinson, 1997
• HMS Thunder Child –The War of the Worlds byH. G. Wells, 1897
• SSTitan –Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan byMorgan Robertson (a fictional story that is very similar to the real life of thesinking of the RMSTitanic 14 years later in 1912), 1898
• MVToscana – ship used by the mercenaries inThe Dogs of War byFrederick Forsyth, 1974
• HMSTristram – submarine inHis Majesty's U-Boat byDouglas Reeman, 1973
• HMSTynecastle – frigate inTrapp and World War Three byBrian Callison, 1988
• U-174 –KriegsmarineU-boat,Fatherland byRobert Harris, 1992
• U-246 –KriegsmarineU-boat inAway Boarders! byJ._E._Macdonnell, 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
• U-996 –KriegsmarineU-boat,An Operational Necessity byGwyn Griffin, 1967
• HMSUlysses –HMS Ulysses, byAlistair MacLean, 1955
• SSValparaiso –Godhead Trilogy byJames Morrow, 1994–1999
• Victor – Polish destroyer inThe Good Shepherd byC. S. Forester, 1955
• USSVindicator (NMSS-3) – nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship,Fire Lance byDavid Mace, 1986
• Vingilot –The Silmarillion byJ. R. R. Tolkien andChristopher Tolkien, 1977
• HMSVortex –V and W-class destroyer inThe Admiral byWarren Tute, 1963
• The Walrus – Flint's pirate ship inTreasure Island byRobert Louis Stevenson, 1883
• USSWalrus – submarine inRun Silent, Run Deep byEdward L. Beach Jr., 1955
• We're Here –Captains Courageous:A Story of the Grand Banks, byRudyard Kipling, 1897
• HMSWinger –Flower-class corvette (based on the realHMS Shearwater) inCorvette Command byNicholas Monsarrat, 1944

• The Merriman Chronicles series byRoger Burnage & Robin Burnage
  • • HMS Aphrodite
    • HMS Lord Stevenage
    • HMS Thunder
• A Song of Ice and Fire series byGeorge 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 byPatrick O'Brian
  • HMSDiane
  • Franklin – privateer
  • HEICSNiobe
  • USSNorfolk
  • Nutmeg of Consolation
  • HMPolychrest – sloop
  • HMSophie – sloop
  • HMSWorcester
• Axis of Time trilogy byJohn Birmingham
  • USSAmanda Garrett
  • Dessaix
  • HMSFearless
  • HMASHavoc
  • USSHillary Clinton – aircraft carrier
  • HMASIpswich
  • USSKandahar
  • USSKennebunkport
  • USSLeyte Gulf
  • HMASMoreton Bay
  • KRINuku
  • USSProvidence
  • JDSSiranui
  • KRISutanto
  • HMSTrident
• Biggles series byW. E. Johns
  • SSAlice Clair – British merchant ship
  • Benegal Star – tramp steamer
  • Colonia – British merchant ship
  • Dundee Castle – British merchant ship
  • Queen of Olati – British steamship
  • HMSSeafret – British destroyer
  • Shanodah – British merchant ship
  • Tasman – Australian merchant ship
• Bloody Jack series byLouis A. Meyer
  • Belle of the Golden West
  • Bloodhound
  • HMSDolphin
  • Emerald
  • HMSHope
  • HMSJuno
  • Nancy B. Alsop
  • HMSWolverine
• Bolitho series byAlexander Kent
  • HMSAchates
  • HMSArgonaute
  • HMSAthena
  • HMAvenger – cutter
  • HMSDestiny
  • HMSEuryalus
  • Golden Plover
  • HMSGorgon
  • HMSHyperion
  • Nautilus – French frigate
  • HMSOnward
  • HMSPhalarope
  • HMSparrow – sloop
  • HMSTempest
  • HMSTrojan
  • HMSUndine
  • HMSUnrivalled
• The Chronicles of Narnia series byC. S. Lewis
  • Dawn Treader
  • Splendor Hyaline
• The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant byStephen R. Donaldson
  • Starfare's Gem
• Discworld byTerry 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 byKenneth Bulmer (as Alan Burt Akers)
  • HMSRockingham
• Earthsea Trilogy byUrsula K. Le Guin
  • Lookfar – Ged's boat, formerly called Sanderling
• Edward Mainwaring series byVictor Suthren
  • HMSPallas
• Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series byFritz Leiber
  • Black Treasurer
• Flashman series byGeorge MacDonald Fraser
  • Balliol College – slave-trader
• Harry Potter series byJ. K. Rowling
  • TheDurmstrang ship
• Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
  • Argo II
• Horatio Hornblower series byC. S. Forester
  • HMS Atropos
  • HMS Clorinda
  • Estrella
  • HMS Hotspur
  • HMS Justinian
  • HMS Lydia
  • Mejidieh
  • Natividad
  • HMS Nonsuch
  • HMRetribution – sloop
  • Speedwell
  • HMS Sutherland
  • HMS Witch of Endor
• Inheritance Cycle series byChristopher Paolini
  • TheDragon Wing
• Jack Ryan universe series byTom Clancy
  • E.S. Politovsky – SovietAlfa-class submarine
  • Red October – SovietTyphoon-class submarine
  • V.K. Konovalov – SovietAlfa-class submarine
  • USCGCPanache – sole example of new class of high endurance cutter
  • JSMutsu – Japanese-built destroyer generally similar to AmericanArleigh Burke class
• Jake Grafton series byStephen Coonts
  • Flight of the Intruder, 1986
    • USSShiloh – aircraft carrier (One former and one current US Navy ship share that name, neither of them an aircraft carrier.)
  • The Intruders, 1994
    • USSColumbia – 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
    • USSUnited States –Nimitz-classaircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.)
  • America, 2001
    • USSAmerica – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.)
• Lord Ramage series byDudley Pope
  • HMSCalypso
  • HMSDido
  • HMSJocasta
  • HMTriton – brig
• John Fury series by G. S. Beard
  • HMSAmazon – 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
  • HMSWasp – British brigantine
• Nathaniel Drinkwater series byRichard Woodman
  • HMSAntigone – former French frigate
  • HMHellebore – brig
  • HMKestrel – cutter
  • HMSMelusine
  • HMSPatrician
  • Vestal – paddle-steamer
  • HMVirago – bomb-vessel
• Oz series byL. Frank Baum,Ruth Plumly Thompson et al.
  • Crescent Moon
• Para Handy series byNeil Munro
  • Vital Spark
• Paul Gallant series byVictor Suthren
  • Echo – corvette
• Sherlock Holmes series byArthur 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 byHarry Turtledove
  • CSSBonefish – Confederate submarine,The Great War: Walk in Hell
  • USSChapultepec – aircraft carrier,The Great War: American Front
  • USSDakota – U.S. battleship,The Great War: American Front
  • CSSFort Sumter – Confederate cruiser,The Great War: American Front
  • CSSHot Springs – destroyer escort in theSecond Great War
  • USSJosephus Daniels – destroyer escort in Second Great War
  • USSOregon – battleship in Second Great War
  • USSPocahantas, Arkansas – troop transport named after one of the rare U.S. victories in the Second Mexican War
  • USSPunishment – U.S. river monitor operating on the Mississippi,The Great War: Walk in Hell
  • USSRemembrance – aircraft carrier
  • Ripple – U.S. fishing boat,The Great War: American Front
  • USSSandwich Islands
  • CSSScallop – Confederate submarine,The Great War: American Front
  • Spray – U.S. fishing trawler /Q-ship,The Great War: American Front
  • CSSSwamp Fox – Confederate commerce raider,The Great War: American Front
  • USSTrenton – aircraft carrier
  • CSSWhelk – Confederate submarine,The Great War: American Front
• Swallows and Amazons series byArthur Ransome

• Travis McGee series byJohn 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 byBodie Thoene
  • Ave Maria
• Clive Cussler works
  • First Attempt—inThe Mediterranean Caper andRaise the Titanic!
  • Oregon, Juan Cabrillo's base-ship inOregon Files series

• Hringhorni – the ship ofBaldr
• Naglfar – ship inNorse mythology made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead
• Skíðblaðnir – the ship ofFreyr

• Ark –Noah's ship

• Empress of Coconut – Potarneyland cruise liner,The Navy Lark
• HMSGoliath – British stealth nuclear submarine,Deep Trouble
• HMSMakepeace – British destroyer,The Navy Lark
• Marie Valette – 18th-century ship sunk in theEnglish 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
• HMSTroutbridge – British frigate,The Navy Lark

• Flying Dutchman – in the 1843 operaDer fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman byRichard Wagner) and other plays, movies and novels
• HMS Pinafore – 1878 opera byGilbert and Sullivan
• USSReluctant (AK-601) –Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, films, and TV series versions)

• USSAllegiance – U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine fromThe X-Files episode "End Game"
• HMASAmbush –Patrol Boat
• USSArdent – U.S. Navy destroyer escort fromThe X-Files episode "Død Kalm"
• Argonaut – Mike Nelson's boat inSea Hunt, 1950s series
• USSAppleby – U.S. Navy destroyer in the seriesEnsign O'Toole, 1962–1963
• USSAvington – U.S. Navy Nimitz class carrier in the seriesJustice League (TV series), episode 34 (october 18, 2003)
• Batboat –Batman
• RMS Queen of Scots (based on theRMS Queen Mary) inThe 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
• SSBernice – cargo ship in theDoctor Who serialCarnival of Monsters
• Black Pig –Captain Pugwash, UK children's TV cartoon series
• Childish Tycoon –Community
• SSClaridon – ocean liner (based on theRMS Queen Mary) inGhost Whisperer
• HMASDefiance –Patrol Boat
• Destiny's Bounty - Flying ship and ninja base fromNinjago (TV series),The Lego Ninjago Movie,Ninjago: Dragons Rising
• USSGeorgetown –Supercarrier, 1988
• Golden Lolly – pirate ship,Henry's Cat
• Gone Fission –Mr. Burns' yacht inThe Simpsons
• Greasy Fleece – pirate ship,Henry's Cat
• HMAS Hammersley –Sea Patrol
• Haunted Star –General Hospital
• HMSHero (F42) –Warship
• HMASKingston –Sea Patrol
• USSKiwi –The Wackiest Ship in the Army
• SSLady Anne – cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode ofThe Twilight Zone
• SSAndrea I (based on theSS Shieldhall) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovelaTerra Nostra (Our Land), 1999
• Lake Wallenpaupack Princess – excursion / tour boat,The Office
• Leaking Lena – Captain Hufenpuf's ship,Beany and Cecil
• USSLexington – US aircraft carrier in "The Mission", episode 5 ofDesignated Survivor
• HMSLindana – sloop,Phineas and Ferb
• SSMaid of Plygh – freight ship,Jane
• USSMassachusetts –24: Live Another Day
• S. S.Minnow –Gilligan's Island
• S.S.Minnow II –Rescue from Gilligan's Island
• SSMoldavia – passenger ship,You Rang, M'Lord?
• USSMonroe (DD-211) –The Pretender Together –
• SSAlbatroz (based on theSS Keewatin) – ocean liner colliding with an iceberg from Brazilian telenovelaO Tempo Não Para (English: Crashing Into the Future), 2018
• USSNathan James (DDG-151) –The Last Ship
• Naughty Jane – rowboat,Dad's Army
• HMSPeerless – Royal NavyAnti-submarine warfare ship serving in theBritish Pacific Fleet on whichAlbert Gladstone Trotter served, sunk in a collision with USSPittsburgh. Mention inOnly Fools and Horses episodeDates
• Persephone – log salvage boat fromThe Beachcombers
• Piper Maru – French ship fromThe X-Files episode "Piper Maru"
• USSPittsburgh – U.S. Navy aircraft carrier mentioned inOnly Fools and Horses episodeDates. Picked up survivors from HMSPeerless after the latter was lost in a collision with the ship.
• RMSPrincess Isabella (based on theRMSQueen Mary 2) –10.5: Apocalypse
• PT-73 – thePT boat fromMcHale's Navy
• PT-116 –McHale's Navy
• Queen Anne – ocean liner fromThe X-Files episode "Triangle"
• SSQueen of Glasgow – passenger ship, "Judgment Night" episode ofThe Twilight Zone
• Queen's Gambit –Arrow
• USSReluctant (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship inMister Roberts (also appears in novel, play and film versions)
• USSSea Spanker – aircraft carrier, from the "New Kids on the Blecch" episode ofThe Simpsons
• seaQuest DSV 4600 –seaQuest DSV
• USOSSeaview –Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Skydiver –UFO, 1970–1971
• Slice of Life –Dexter
• Stingray – WASP submarine inStingray, 1964–1965
• St. Vitus Dance –Sonny Crockett's houseboat fromMiami Vice
• Sultana –The Buccaneers, 1956
• RMSSunshine – setting for the BBC television variety programmeCabaret Cruise, 1937–49
• SS Royal (based on theRMS Queen Mary) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovelaTempo de Amar (English title: A Time to Love), 2017
• Temperance  –Bones
• Thunder – super speedboat inThunder in Paradise, 1994
• Thunderbird 4 –Thunderbirds, 1964
• Tiki III – schooner inAdventures in Paradise, 1960s series by James Michener
• SSTiny Tub – rentedtugboat fromTiny Toon Adventures episode "No Toon Is an Island"
• SSTipton –The Suite Life on Deck
• Unnamed ghost ship – fromSpongeBob SquarePants, where the Flying Dutchman lives
• Vast Explorer –Adventure Inc., 2003§
• SSVondel – passenger ship inThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, sunk in a pirate attack
• Bárbara de Braganza (based onCunard-White Star Line's shipsRMS Queen Mary andRMS Queen Elizabeth) – ocean liner fromHigh Seas
• Kerberos (based on theRMS Lusitania) – ocean liner from1899
• Prometheus (based on theRMS Mauritania,RMS Lusitania's sister ship) – ocean liner from1899
• USSWalter Mondale – laundry ship fromThe Simpsons, mentioned in the episode "Bart vs. Australia"
• X-2 –hydrofoil inThe Venture Bros.
• Zuko'sFire Nation ship –Avatar: The Last Airbender

• 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
  • USSColorado (SSBN-753) – fictionalOhio-class ballistic missile submarine
  • USSPatrick Lawrence (DDG-112) – fictionalArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
• The Last Ship Universe
  • HMSAchilles (Hull Number Unknown) – fictionalAstute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine,The Last Ship, 2015
  • USSHayward (DDG-157) – fictionalArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer,The Last Ship, 2016
  • USSNathan James (DDG-151) – fictionalArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer,The Last Ship, 2014^[9]
  • USSShackleton (DDG-162) – fictionalArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer,The Last Ship, 2016^[10]
  • USNSSolace (T-AH-21) – fictionalMercy-class hospital ship,The Last Ship, 2015
  • RFSVyerni (hull number unknown) – fictionalKirov-class battlecruiser,The Last Ship, 2014
• The Onedin Line series
  • Anne Onedin –steamship, portrayed in the series by the schoonerCharlotte 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 atAmsterdam 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]
  • HMSArcher
  • HMSAudacious
  • USSDelaware
  • Mhairi Finnea  – Scottishfishing trawler
  • HMSRiffa
  • HMSVanguard  – BritishVanguard-classsubmarine
  • HMSVanquish  – BritishVanguard-classsubmarine
  • HMSVigil  – BritishVanguard-classsubmarine
  • HMSVirtue  – BritishVanguard-classsubmarine

• Courser or theTuscarora –Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship
• Flying Dutchman
• HMS Friday  – popular urban legend of the British Royal Navy
• Prydwen – ship ofKing Arthur in the poemPreiddeu Annwfn

• Flying submarine
• Submarine films
• List of boats inThe Adventures of Tintin
• List of fictional spacecraft

• Lists of fictional things
• Lists of ships
• Fictional ships

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