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!
Argonaut — Heroic Age
Asuka II (CVN-99) — United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier from Macross Zero
Blue — Blue Drop
Blue 6, Shang 9 — Blue Submarine No. 6
Ghost Ship — Blue Submarine No. 6
Going Merry — One Piece
Harekaze (Y-467) — Kagerō-class destroyer, Yokosuka girls marines high school, High School Fleet
Illustria — United Nations aircraft carrier from Macross Zero
JDF Ishin — Theta-class submersible destroyer (actually a frigate) from Innocent Venus
JDS Mirai (DDG-182) — Zipang
Moby Dick — One Piece
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
St. Aphrodite — Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
Super 99 — Submarine Super 99
Tempest Junior — Thundersub
Thousand Sunny — One Piece
Thriller Bark — One Piece
Tuatha de Danaan — Full Metal Panic!
Yashiromaru — Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
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 — the 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
Grossadler — Kriegsmarine destroyer, 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
Salty Sea Mare — ship owned by Captain Hoofbeard from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic series story Friendship Ahoy!
SS Ramona — tramp steamer in The Adventures of Tintin story The Red Sea Sharks
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
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
Albatross – The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
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 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
Argonautica – cruise ship, Deep Rising, 1998
USS Aspen – Full Fathom Five, 1990
HMS Avenger – Billy Budd, 1962
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
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
USS Charleston – On the Beach, 2000
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
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
SS Crescent Star – cruise ship that sinks in Seven Waves Away, 1957
USS Davies (SSN-???) – Los Angeles-class SSN in Crash Dive, 1996
Deep Quest – DSV in Raise the Titanic, 1980
HMS Defiant – frigate in HMS Defiant, 1962
HMS Devonshire – British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
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, 2006
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
Geronimo – America's Cup racing yacht, Wind, 1992
Ghost – sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf, 1941
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
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
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
Jenny – Forrest Gump, 1994
Jenny – tugboat in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, 1979
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 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
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)
HMS Nereid – Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980
Ning-Po – freighter owned by SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice, 1967
USS Oakland (SSN-798) – Los Angeles-class SSN in Steel Sharks, 1996
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
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
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
HMS Saltash Castle – World War II frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles, 1966
Saracen – yacht, Dead Calm, 1989
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 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
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)
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 SS-186 USS Stingray)
HMS Sutherland – 74-gun ship of the line, Captain Horatio Hornblower, 1951
USS Thunderfish – Operation Pacific with John Wayne, 1951
USS Tigerfish (SSN 509) – United States nuclear submarine from Ice Station Zebra, 1968
SS Titanic 2 – "Titanic 2",2010
USS Tigershark – The Atomic Submarine, 1959
HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942
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
SSN Ulysses (SSN-???) – Los Angeles-class in Crash Dive, 1996
USS Utah (SSBN-745) – Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in Godzilla (1998 film)
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 with Martin Short and Kurt Russell, 1992
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 "-ania" (i.e., RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania)
Yellow Submarine – The Beatles' psychedelic submarine, 1968
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
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
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), United States 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 — 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
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
HMS Compass Rose — The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951
Covenant — brig, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
USS Delaware — frigate, The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941
Demeter — Russian schooner in Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897
USS Dolphin — Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963
USS Dragonfish — a United States 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
Erebus — Alaska by James A. Michener, 1988
Fin of God — Omnian ship, Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, 1992
USS Fletcher (DDG-1005) — US 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
HMS Iphigenia — frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
USS James T Doig — destroyer, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
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
USS Mako — United States Navy submarine in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 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
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) — US 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, 1979
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
Rangoon — steamer running from Calcutta to Hong Kong in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873
Red October — 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
HMS Saltash — 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
HMS Saturn — Swiftsure-class sub, The Saturn Experiment by Peter Shepherd, 1988
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
Siren — yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, 1919
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 — United States Navy submarine in To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986
USS Stormy Beach — Long Beach-Class cruiser, Fireplay by William Wingate
USS Swordfish — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
USS Tallahatchie County — United States 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
Twelve Apostles — passenger ship, The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, 1983
U-174 — Kriegsmarine U-boat, Fatherland by Robert Harris, 1992
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
The Walrus — Flint's pirate ship in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
We're Here — Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, 1897
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
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
HMS Lively
HEICS Niobe
USS Norfolk
Nutmeg of Consolation
HM Polychrest — sloop
HM Sophie — sloop
HMS Surprise
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
Dray Prescot series by Kenneth Bulmer (as Alan Burt Akers)
HMS Rockingham
Edward Mainwaring series by Victor Suthren
HMS Pallas
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber
Black Treasurer
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Durmstrang ship
Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser
Balliol College — slave-trader
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
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 — US 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 — houseboat
HooBoy — charter fishing boat
John Maynard Keynes
Munequita
Thorstein Veblen
Zion Chronicles series by Bodie Thoene
Ave Maria
Hringhorni — the ship of Baldr
Naglfar — ship in Norse mythology made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead
Skíðblaðnir — the ship of Freyr
Ark — Noah's ship
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
Flying Dutchman — in the opera The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner and other plays, movies and novels
HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan
USS Reluctant (AK-601) — Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, films, and TV series versions)
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
SS Bernice – 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
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
USS Massachusetts – 24: Live Another Day
SS Minnow – Gilligan's Island
SS 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
Naughty Jane – rowboat, Dad's Army
Persephone – log salvage boat from The Beachcombers
Piper Maru – French ship from The X-Files episode "Piper Maru"
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
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
S.S. 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
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
USS Shackleton (DDG-162) – fictional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, The Last Ship, 2016
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", 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.)
OFS Andromeda – cruiser in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, used for intelligence gathering purposes
SS Anne – ocean liner in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Antaeus – "adaptive cruiser" in Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
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
Borealis – abandoned ship in Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and Portal 2
Charon – cargo ship in Max Payne
USS Clarence E. Walsh (CG-80) – guided-missile cruiser from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
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
Eastern Spirit – decommissioned Russian whaler rebuilt to serve as a supply ship and secondary laboratory in Cold Fear
Elisabeth Dane – small cargo ship Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
HMS Endurance – science vessel in Tomb Raider
Eva's Hammer – large Kriegsmarine nuclear submarine from Wolfenstein: The New Order
Gangplank Galleon – Donkey Kong Country series
General Skiseava – sentient battleship that guards the Q-Stein Empire's shores in Seek and Destroy
Jackdaw – Edward Kenway's pirate ship in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Jolly Roger's ship – Super Mario 64
OFS Kestrel – 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
USS Liberator (CVN-81) – America's last aircraft carrier, Call of Duty: Ghosts
USS Liberty – amphibious assault ship in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Luna Lucura – cargo vessel in Chaos Island: The Lost World
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
Morrigan – Shay Patrick Cormac's ship in Assassins Creed Rogue
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 Singularity
USS Ravenswood – coast guard ship in Cold Fear
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
USS Titan – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier from Battlefield 4
Scinfaxi and Hrimfaxi – aircraft carrier submarines featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
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
S.S. Zelbess (alternately the S.S. Invincible) – Chrono Cross
Courser or the Tuscarora – Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship
Flying Dutchman
HMS Friday – a popular urban legend of the British Royal Navy
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