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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 [edit]
Comics [edit]
- 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
- African Queen — The African Queen, 1951 with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
- Albatross — The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
- 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
- SS Antonia Graza — derelict Italian luxury ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- 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 film), Jason and the Argonauts (TV miniseries)
- Argonautica — cruise ship Deep Rising
- USS Aspen — Full Fathom Five
- HMS Avenger — Billy Budd 1962
- Batavia Queen — steamship Krakatoa, East of Java 1969
- HMS Bedford — British Royal Navy Type 23-class frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- USS Bedford (DLG-113) — The Bedford Incident (also in book version)
- Belafonte — oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats, 1956 (Also appears in original novel)
- Benthic Explorer — offshore support ship — The Abyss 1989
- Black Hawk — The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
- Black Pearl (formerly HMS Wicked Wench) — slaver turned pirate ship Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Black Swan — The Black Swan 1942
- Brandenburg — World War II German battleship in We Dive at Dawn 1943
- SS Britannic — cruise ship in Juggernaut
- USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (Also appears in written version)
- USS Charleston - On the Beach, 2000
- HMS Chester — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- USS Davies (SSN-???) - Los Angeles-class SSN in Crash Dive, 1996
- HMS Devonshire — British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies
- SS Chiku Shan — ferryboat — Blood Alley (1955)
- SS Claridon — ocean liner in The Last Voyage 1960
- HMS Compass Rose — Second World War Flower-class corvette in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- USS Copperfin — World War II sub Destination Tokyo, 1943 w/ Cary Grant
- HMS Dauntless — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Deep Quest - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- HMS Defiant — frigate in HMS Defiant, 1962
- Disco Volante — motor yacht/hydrofoil in Thunderball 1965
- 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
- Elizabeth Dane — The Fog
- Elsinore — The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1937
- Empress — Chinese junk — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- HMS Endeavour — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- MS Ergenstrasse — The Sea Chase (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and Patriot Games (1992) with Harrison Ford.
- Esther — sailing merchantman, Old Ironsides 1926
- SS Essess - Hot Shots!, 1991
- Flying Dutchman — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- The Flying Wasp — Caddy Shack 1980
- Geronimo — America's Cup racing yacht, Wind 1992
- Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf 1941
- Glencairn — freighter — The Long Voyage Home
- Gloria N — E la nave va..., Federico Fellini
- SS Goliath — ocean liner — Goliath Awaits — TV film 1981
- Hahnchen Maru — cargo vessel modified to command ship — Contact, 1997
- Hai Peng — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- SS Happy Wanderer — cruise liner — Carry On Cruising
- USS Haynes (DE-181) — destroyer escort, The Enemy Below
- The Henrietta - paddle steamer - Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
- Immer Essen ("Always eating") — cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- The Inferno — The Goonies
- HMS Interceptor — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- USS Intrepid — cruise ship in the film Intrepid
- JDS Isokaze — Aegis (Bôkoku no îgisu) 2005
- Jenny — Forrest Gump
- Jenny - Tug boat in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
- USS Kornblatt — Don't Give Up The Ship, 1959, starred Jerry Lewis
- USS Lansing (SSN-795) - Los Angeles Class SSN (Depicted as an SSBN) in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- Liparus — Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
- SS Lorelei — An ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- Love Nest — A whaling ship in the 1923 Buster Keaton Movie The Love Nest
- HMS Lydia — Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951
- Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, 1959
- USS Mako - Fast Attack Submarine in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- SS Minnow Johnson - Civilian yacht, Rush Hour 2, 2001
- USS Montana — The Abyss, The Fifth Missile
- Morning Star —Cutthroat Island 1995
- Nathan Ross — whaling ship, All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953
- Nautilus — Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969, Mysterious Island, The Return of Captain Nemo 1978, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003
- HMS Nereid - Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980
- Ning-Po Freighter owned by SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice
- USS Oakland (SSN-798) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Steel Sharks, 1996
- Olive Branch — sailing merchantman, Captain Caution, 1940
- Orca — Quint's fishing boat, 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 Princess — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Q Boat — Q's 'fishing boat' The World Is Not Enough 1999
- "Proteus" - nuclear mini submarine from the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage."[1]
- Rachel — Moby-Dick, 1956, 1998
- Rasputin - Ex-Soviet Submarine in Rapid Assault, 1997
- Reaper- Dog's ship in Cutthroat Island, 1995
- Red Dragon - Civilian yacht, Rush Hour 2, 2001
- Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, 1948
- Red October — Hunt For Red October novel by Tom Clancy, 1984 and Hunt For Red October film with Sean Connery, 1990
- 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)
- U-571 appears in U-571 (film), coincidently same number as German submarine U-571
- Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd, 1962
- Rob Roy — commercial freighter, Windbag the Sailor, 1936
- USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles, 1966
- HMS Saltash Castle — Second World War frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- Saracen — yacht, Dead Calm
- USS Sarasota - Aircraft Carrier, Crash Dive, 1996 & Rapid Assault, 1997
- USS Sawfish — On the Beach, 1959
- USS Scotia - submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
- Sea Cliff - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- Sea Star — tug in Virus, 1999
- HMS Sea Tiger — Second World War submarine, We Dive at Dawn, 1943
- USS Sea Tiger — World War II submarine, Operation Petticoat 1959; also TV series 1977
- SS Sea Witch — Action in the North Atlantic 1943
- SSNR Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 with Walter Pidgeon
- HMS Shag at Sea - yacht, Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
- HMS Sherwood - British cruiser, Carry on Admiral 1957
- HMS Solent - British destroyer, Sink the Bismarck! 1960
- IJN Shinaru — Japanese aircraft carrier, Torpedo Run 1958
- Stealth Ship — media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in Tomorrow Never Dies. Is based on the real life Sea Shadow (IX-529) 1997
- St. Georges — British spy ship trawler For Your Eyes Only 1981
- USS Starfish — Hellcats of the Navy
- Starfish - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- USS Stingray - Balao-class submarine, Down Periscope, 1996 with Kelsey Grammer; no relation to the Salmon-class SS-186 USS Stingray
- HMS Surprise - Master and Commander the Far Side of the World
- USS Thunderfish — Operation Pacific, 1954 with John Wayne
- USS Tigerfish (SSN 509) - United States nuclear submarine from Ice Station Zebra.
- USS Tiger Shark — The Atomic Submarine
- SS Titanic II — cruise liner, Titanic II, 2010
- HMS Torrin — In Which We Serve, 1942
- Turtle - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- Ulysses — submarine, Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- SSN Ulysses (SSN-???) - Los Angeles-class in Crash Dive, 1996
- USS Valhalla (SSN-905) - Los Angeles-class SSN in Rapid Assault, 1997
- SS Venture — King Kong, 1933, 2005
- HMS Venus — British frigate — Carry On Jack, 1962
- HMS Viperess — British Victor-class destroyer — The Cruel Sea, 1953
- HMS Victoria — British WWI ironclad, Britannic, 2000
- The Wanderer - Captain Ron, 1992 with Martin Short and Kurt Russell
- We're Here — Captains Courageous, 1937 with Spencer Tracy
- Wonkatania — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (also appears in 2005 adaptation), based on the Cunard Line tradition of ending ships with an -ania (i.e., RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania)
- Yellow Submarine — The Beatles' psychedelic submarine
Literature [edit]
Single works [edit]
- USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1868
- Adventure — Oceangoing Salvage Tug — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- African Queen — The African Queen by C. S. Forester
- Alice May — from the poem The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
- USS Alliance, Independence-class aircraft carrier, U.S. Navy — Hellcats by Barrett Tillman, 1996
- HMS Amirante — Destroyer — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Antarctica — Whaling Factory Ship — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- HMS Antigone — Leander class cruiser commissioned 1938 in "The Cruiser" by Warren Tute, 1955
- SNS Antilla- Spanish battleship in Trafalgar by Arturo Perez-Reverte, 2004
- Antonov — Soviet bulk freighter — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Arabella — Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini, 1924
- HMS Aries — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Argo — Jason and the Argonauts
- Artemis — Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
- HMS Artemis — The Ship, by C. S. Forester, 1943
- Astrea — Roman galley ship — Ben-Hur by Genl Lew Wallace, 1880
- Aurora — Armed whale catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Auxoil — Oil-rig tender — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- USS Avenger - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Baalbek — Libyan Freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Bachir — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears in film version)
- Bellatrix — Motor yacht — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Bellipotent — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- Beryte — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Bird of Dawning — Bird of Dawning novel by John Masefield
- USS Bradford — Frigate — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- Britannia - Captain Grant's ship in In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne.
- Black Swan - Pirate ship - "The Black Swan" by Rafael Sabatini, 1932 (prototype for Pirates of the Caribbean films)
- HMS Broadsword - Royal Navy Destroyer - A ship involved in an intentional incident in First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer
- Byblos — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- BRP Cagayan de Oro - a Philippine Navy Whidbey Island class LSD - Dragon Strike - The Millennium War by Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton, 1997
- USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (also appears in film version)
- HMS Calypso — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
- USS Candlefish (SS-284) — Ghostboat by George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger, 1976. World War II Gato Class submarine
- USS Cantwell — The Last Ship by William C. Brinkley, 1988[2]
- USS Carl Jackson — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Caspar's Folly — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Chicago - Nuclear Submarine (SSN) in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- Chimay — Whale Cacher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- SS Claridon — The Last Voyage
- HMS Compass Rose — The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951
- Covenant — brig, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
- USS "Crown Point"—USN WW II Independence class aircraft carrier --"Hellcats" by Barrett Tillman, 1996.
- Crozet — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- HMS Cyclades — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- USS Delaware — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
- Demeter — Russian schooner in Dracula by Bram Stoker
- HMS Deterrent — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN- Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- HMS Devastation — UK Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS Dolphin — Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963
- Doneska - Russian Submarine - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Dostoiny — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903
- Duncan — ocean yacht, In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867
- HMS Eagle — Invincible Class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Erebus — Alaska
- Esmeralda - Racing Yawl - Her Name Will Be Faith by Max Marlow, 1988
- ESO - Experimental nuclear-powered stealth minisub - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Evening Star — Alaska
- Explorer 1 - Bathyscape - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Falkland — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Fin of God — Omnian ship, Small Gods
- The Fuwalda — Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1914. The ship which took Tarzan's parents to Africa.
- USS Galveston - Aircraft Carrier - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- USS Garcia — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
- Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904
- The Gloria Scott — from the earliest Sherlock Holmes story, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Grande Rapide — Ocean racing catamaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Gratulana — Liberian oil tanker — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Grenouille Frenetique (Frantic Frog) — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- The Hesperus — from the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- HISPANIOLA (capitalized throughout the story) — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Huntress — British survey ship — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Ilya Podogin - Soviet SSN - Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995
- USS Imperator - Submarine Amphibious Assault Ship - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Incroyable — Opium smuggling Clipper — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- USS Independence, a fictional Wasp-class amphibious assault ship where a large part of the plot from The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place.
- HMS Indomitable — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- Jeroboam — Moby-Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville
- Jolly Roger — Captain Hook's pirate ship — Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- John Henry D — Fishing boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Joun — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- HMS Jupiter — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- MV Julius Fucik - Freighter used as a military transport ship in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- K-387 - Russian nuclear submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Karamagee — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Keeling — The Good Shepherd by CS Forester
- Kerguelen — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Kharkov - Moscow Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- USS "King's Mountain" - US Navy WW II Independence class aircraft carrier - "Hellcats" - Barrett Tillman, 1996
- HMS Kittiwake — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Korund — Tango Class submarine — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Langley — a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier — The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman
- Laughing Sandbag — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Leif Ericson — The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, 1975
- Leros — Greek Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- Leopard - Akula class submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- USS Liberty - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Lobitos — Panamanian freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- HMS Loch Torridon — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Loch Vennachar — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- The Magic Oat Boat — The Magic Oat Boat, (a Children's Story), 1992
- HMAS Magpie — Mine-sweeper — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Malange - Freighter - - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Marie Celeste — The Relation of J Habakuk Jephson by Arthur Conan Doyle (the real ship was Mary Celeste)
- Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
- USS Mary Jane - Naval Oceanographic Research Ship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- HMS Massive — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- Medina — Motor cruiser — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Mercedes Express Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Milka — Jingo (name parodies the Pinta)
- HMS Missile - Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- Mongolia - Steamer in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, running from Suez to Bombay.
- Moonraker — Liberian tramp freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Myfanwy — Coaster — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Nancy Bell - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell by W. S. Gilbert
- USS Narwhal — SSN — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- USS Nashville — U.S. warship — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Nathan James (DDG-80), Nathan James-class guided missile destroyer — The Last Ship by William C. Brinkley, 1988[3]
- Nautilus — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island
- Nellie — Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899
- HMS Nemesis — Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966
- Novgorod - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Numestra del Oro - Armed Merchantman owned by a Colombian Cartel - Hammerheads by Dale Brown, 1990
- Olympus — Supertanker — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Omega 1 - Submersible Barge - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Omega Challenger — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- HMS Orcus - Oberon class submarine - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
- Orel - Akula class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Oska Laertes — Danish ferry — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Pacific Klondike - Deep ocean drillship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Pandar — Freighter — Jexium Island by Madeleine Grattan, 1957
- Penguin — The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
- Pequod — Moby-Dick,or The Whale, by Herman Melville, 1851
- USS Pharris FF-1094 - Antisubmarine Frigate in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- USS Pequod — Firefox by Craig Thomas, 1977. Sturgeon-class SSN which rendezvoused on the Arctic ice to re-fuel the Mig-31 Firefox
- Pharaoh - in The Count of Monte Cristo. the ship on which Edmund Dantes first sailed
- HMS Phoenix - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- HMS Plover — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Plymouth Corporation's Revenge — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- HMS Plymouth Sound — sailing Corvette — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- Pocahontas - in The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford, 1915
- Poltava - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Poppy — Opium smuggling schooner — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- SS Poseidon — ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969
- Pushkin — The Last Ship by William Brinkley
- USS Pyramus — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Queequeg — The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004
- Rachel — Moby-Dick, or The Whale, in search of the Pequod
- USS Raleigh — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
- Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch by Garland Roark
- Red October — Soviet submarine, The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) — World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
- USS "Reprisal"—U.S. Navy World War II Essex class aircraft carrier - "Hellcats" -Barrett Tillman, 1996
- HMS Retaliate — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- USS Retribution - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Retivy — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Rigel Star — Oil tanker — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- USN Rio Grande — Aircraft Carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS Robert F. Kennedy — A stealth nuclear-powered battle cruiser (BCGN) — North Cape by Joe Poyer
- Rocketing Spitfire — sloop — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- USS Rosemont - Los Angeles Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Ryazan - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- HMS Sabre — S-Class submarine — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- HMS Safari - Swiftsure Class - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
- HMS Saltash — The Cruel Sea (HMS Saltash Castle in the film)
- USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
- Santa Cascara (later HMS Golden Vanity) — Spanish galleon captured by the British — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Santa Umbriago — Spanish warship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Saracen — Supertanker fitted with reinforced bow. — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Saratov - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- HMS Saturn - Swiftsure Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Scorpion — Cruising yacht — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- USS Scorpion — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
- USS Seamount — SSBN — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- The Sea Witch — a yacht in The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
- USOS Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon, 1961
- Semittanté — Tramp Freighter — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS "Sharpsburg"—USN WW II Essex class aircraft carrier --"Hellcats" by Barrett Tillman, 1996.
- Shelif — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Shenandoah — Aircraft carrier — The Hero Ship by Hank Searls, 1969
- USN Shenandoah — US Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Shodo — Japanese Whaling Factory Ship — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Shodo 4 — Japanese whale catcher — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Siren - yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, 1919
- USS Skippack — SSN — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Smolensk - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Southern Sun — Freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Speranza - Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler, 1943
- USN Springfield — Aircraft carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS Starbuck (SSN-989)[citation needed] — Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler, 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows SSN-107 on the fin)
- USS Stevens — Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Stinson — Spruance class destroyer — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- USS Stormy Beach - Long Beach Class cruiser - Fireplay by William Wingate
- Student Prince — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- Samurai Maru — Japanese Seagoing Tugboat — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Sunboro Beauty — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Sweet Ribena — Multihulled ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Swordfish — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
- USS Swordfish - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Tambov - Russian nuclear submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor
- HMS Teaser — Aircraft Carrier- Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Temeraire (S.191) - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Thorshammer — Norwegian Destroyer — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins
- USS Thomas Jefferson — Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson
- HMS Thunder Child — The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- SS Titan — Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 1898
- Tornado Four — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Trident — Survey Ship — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Twelve Apostles — passenger ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- HMS Ulysses — HMS Ulysses
- USS Urchin — Air Force One by Edwin Corley, 1978
- SS Valparaiso — Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow
- USS Vindicator (NMSS-3) — Nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, Fire Lance by David Mace, 1986
- Vingilot — The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
- USS Viperfish — Spy Sub
- Vitebsk - Victor-class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Vladimir - Victor-class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Vologda - Victor-class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Voronetz - Victor-class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- The Walrus — Flint's pirate ship in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- USS Warren Harding — in Robert Clark Young's naval satire One of the Guys
- We're Here — Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, 1896
- USS Willowtrack — U.S. submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Wilson's Savoury — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Woodbridge (SSN-349) - Los Angeles-Class - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Yabba-Dabba-Doo — Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff, 1997
Series [edit]
Norse mythology [edit]
Television [edit]
- HMAS Ambush — Patrol Boat
- HMAS Defiance — Patrol Boat
- HMAS Hammersley — Sea Patrol (TV series)
- HMS Hero (F42) — Warship
- Argonaut — Mike Nelson's boat in Sea Hunt, ' 50s series
- Batboat — Batman
- SS Bernice — a cargo ship in the Doctor Who serial Carnival of Monsters
- Black Pig — Captain Pugwash — UK children's TV cartoon series
- SS Claridon — Ocean liner (based on the RMS Queen Mary) in Ghost Whisperer
- Golden Lolly — pirate ship, Henry's Cat
- Gone Fission — Mr. Burns' yacht — The Simpsons
- Greasy Fleece — pirate ship, Henry's Cat
- Haunted Star — General Hospital
- Horatio Hornblower
- HMS Indefatigable — frigate (Edward Pellew, Capt.)
- HMS Hotspur — 20-gun sloop
- HMS Justinian — 74-gun ship-of-the-line
- Papillion — French frigate
- Le Rève — French sloop
- JAG / NCIS universe
- USS Walter Mondale — laundry ship from The Simpsons, mentioned in the episode Bart vs. Australia
- USS Kiwi — The Wackiest Ship in the Army
- SS Lady Anne — cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode of The Twilight Zone
- HMS Lindana - sloop - Phineas and Ferb
- SS Minnow — Gilligan's Island
- SS Minnow II - The boat in 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
- The Onedin Line series
- Anne Onedin — a 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" [The World of the Onedin Line - Copyright © 1977 Alison McLeay], née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". Destroyed by arson in 1979.)
- Medusa
- Pampero
- Soren Larsen (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand. See http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/)
- Naughty Jane — rowboat, Dad's Army
- Persephone — log salvage boat from The Beachcombers
- Piper Maru — French ship from The X-Files episode Piper Maru
- U.S.S. Ardent — American naval destroyer from The X-Files episode Død Kalm
- 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
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) — World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, play and film versions)
- SS Tipton — The Suite Life on Deck
- USOS Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- seaQuest DSV 4600 — seaQuest DSV
- USS Sea Spanker — aircraft carrier, from the New Kids on the Blecch episode of The Simpsons
- SkyDiver — UFO 1970–1971
- Sultana —The Buccaneers 1956
- Thunderbird 4 - Thunderbirds 1964
- Temperance - Bones
- Tiki III — schooner in Adventures in Paradise 1960s series by James Michener
- Thunder — super speedboat in Thunder in Paradise 1994
- Vast Explorer - Adventure Inc. 2003
- S.S. Vondel Passenger ship in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", sunk in a pirate attack
- Zuko's Fire Nation ship
- Last Resort universe
- USS Nathan James (DDG-151), fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2013[4]
Video games [edit]
- SS Anne — Ship in Pokémon games
- The Antaeus, an "adaptive cruiser" in Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
- Arsenal Gear, a submersible mobile fortress from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Dagat Ahas - A Philippine (Oceana Cooperative Union) naval fortress ship in Front Mission 3
- USS Clarence E. Walsh (CG-80), a guided-missile cruiser from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- USS Daedalus (CVN-88), a nuclear-powered supercarrier from Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
- Eastern Spirit — decommissioned Russian whaler rebuilt to serve as supply-ship and secondary laboratory in Cold Fear
- HMS Endurance, a science vessel in Tomb Raider
- Scinfaxi & Hrimfaxi — Aircraft carrier submarines featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
- Gangplank Galleon — Donkey Kong Country series
- Jolly Roger's ship — Super Mario 64
- OFS Kestrel, an 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 II
- USS Liberty, an amphibious assault ship in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Luna Lucura — cargo vessel in Jurassic Park: Chaos Island
- Maria Doria — Tomb Raider 2
- Outer Haven - a submersible battleship from the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Salty Hippo - Captain Blubber's ship in the [Banjo-Kazooie] series of games
- USS Barack Obama (CVN-08), Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Elisabeth Dane — Small cargo ship Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- USS Ravenswood — Coastguard ship in Cold Fear.
- GFS Olympus and the GFS Valhalla from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Space Pirate Vessel Orpheon from Metroid Prime
- GFS Tyr from Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
- Borealis — abandoned ship in Half-Life 2 Episode 2
- S.S. Selene — Cargo vessel commanded by Ronnie Olsen in Freedom Wings
- RMS Artanic - Royal Mail Ship commanded by Antares Andrews in Blockland
- Reaver - The name of Reaver's ship, originally going to be named the Narcissus in Fable II
- S.S. Zelbess (alternately the S.S. Invincible) in Chrono Cross
- Palanquin Ship - A floating ghost ship in Touhou's Undefined Fantastic Object
- Marie Elena - A pirate ship in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Folklore [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Fantastic Voyage II: Blood vessel microscopic submarine makes sci-fi reality". Daily Mail.
- ^ 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"
- ^ Brinkley, William (February 1989). The Last Ship (Paperback ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 21. ISBN 0345359828. "USS Nathan James, DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,"
- ^ Webb, Justin L. (November 9, 2012). "Naval Base San Diego; USS Halsey featured in "The Last Ship"". United States Navy. Department of Defense. Retrieved April 15, 2013. "Production teams filmed on board NBSD and Halsey in order to capture this post-apocalyptic story of Capt. Tom Chandler and the crew of USS Nathan James (DDG 151)."
See also [edit]
