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This '''list of fictional ships''' lists all manner of [[Fictional ship|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''&nbsp;– ''[[Baccano!]]''
* ''Albedo''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* ''Alexandria''&nbsp;– aircraft carrier in ''[[Genocyber]]''
* SS ''Anne''&nbsp;– ocean liner in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''
*''Arcadia''&nbsp;– Harlock's ship from the Japanese series ''[[Harlock Saga]]''
* ''Argonaut''&nbsp;– ''[[Heroic Age (anime)|Heroic Age]]''
* ''Asuka II'' (CVN-99)&nbsp;– United Nations (formerly with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force) aircraft carrier from ''[[Macross Zero]]''
* ''Bebop''&nbsp;– ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
* ''Blue''&nbsp;– ''[[Blue Drop]]''
* ''Blue 6'', ''Shang 9''&nbsp;– ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]''
* RMS ''Campania''&nbsp;– ocean liner in ''[[Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic]]'' (In anime, the ship is based on the real-life ocean liners the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] and the {{RMS|Majestic|1914|6}}, but in the manga, the ship takes inspiration from an [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] and the {{RMS|Lusitania}}.)
* ''Clobird''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* SS ''Cussler'' (or RMS ''Cussler'') (based on the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]) – ocean liner in ''[[Pokémon: XY]]''
* ''Darkness Gale''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* ''Decolore''&nbsp;– cruise ship in ''[[Pokémon: Best Wishes!]]''
* ''Diamond Serpent''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* HMS ''Eagle''&nbsp;- ''Invincible''-class aircraft carrier in ''[[Hellsing]]''
* ''Ghost Ship''&nbsp;– ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]''
* ''[[Going Merry]]''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''Gran Tesoro''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece Film: Gold]]''
* [[Harekaze (Y-467)|''Harekaze'' (Y-467)]]&nbsp;– [[Kagerō-class destroyer|''Kagerō''-class]] [[destroyer]], [[Yokosuka]] girls marines high school, ''[[High School Fleet]]''
* JDS ''Hotaka'' (DDG-170)&nbsp;– [[Atago-class destroyer|''Atago''-class destroyer]] in ''[[Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]''
* ''I-401''&nbsp;– ''[[Arpeggio of Blue Steel]]''
* ''Illustria''&nbsp;– United Nations aircraft carrier from ''[[Macross Zero]]''
* JDF ''Ishin''&nbsp;– ''Theta''-class [[Surface-underwater ship|submersible destroyer]] (actually a frigate) from ''[[Innocent Venus]]''
* ''Mermaid''&nbsp;– ocean liner in ''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eye]]''
* {{JDS|Mirai|DDG-182}}&nbsp;– ''[[Zipang (anime)|Zipang]]''
* ''[[List of One Piece characters|Moby Dick]]''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''Nakatomi''&nbsp;– [[oil tanker]] from ''[[Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire]]''
* SS ''Naked Sun''&nbsp;– aircraft carrier from ''[[Kill la Kill]]''
* ''[[Oro Jackson]]''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''Over the Rainbow'' (a renamed {{USS|Harry S. Truman}})&nbsp;– ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
* ''Pascal Magi''&nbsp;– ''[[Tactical Roar]]''
* ''Penguin Manju Go''&nbsp;– [[Icebreaker]] in ''[[A Place Further than the Universe]]''
* ''Queen Berry (Inspiration from [[RMS Queen Mary]], [[RMS Queen Elizabeth]] and [[RMS Mauretania (1938)|RMS Mauretania II]])'' &nbsp;– ocean liner in ''[[Gosick]]''
* ''Queen Sallybeth (Inspiration from [[Queen Elizabeth 2|RMS Queen Elizabeth 2]])''&nbsp;– ocean liner in ''[[Detective Conan]]''
* ''Red Skele''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* ''Seagallop''&nbsp;– ferry in ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
* SS ''Sinnoh''&nbsp;– ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
* SS ''Spiral''&nbsp;– ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
* ''[[St. Aphrodite]]''&nbsp;– ''[[Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths]]''
* ''Submarine Explorer 1''&nbsp;– ''[[Pokémon Generations]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
* ''Super 99''&nbsp;– ''[[Submarine Super 99]]''
* ''Sweet Madonna''&nbsp;– ''Full Ahead! Coco''
* ''Tempest Junior''&nbsp;– ''[[Thundersub]]''
* ''[[Thousand Sunny]]''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece]]''
* ''[[Thriller Bark]]''&nbsp;– ''[[One Piece]]''
* SS ''Tidal''&nbsp;– ferry in ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]''
* ''TK Tanker''&nbsp;– oil tanker in ''[[Cat's Eye (manga)|Cat's Eye]]''
* ''Tuatha de Danaan''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''
* ''Princess Lorelei'' (based on the [[Queen Elizabeth 2|RMS Queen Elizabeth 2]]) – cruise ship in ''[[Spy × Family|Spy x Family]]''
* ''White Castle''&nbsp;– large yacht in ''Biohazard: Heavenly Island''
* ''[[Yashiromaru]]''&nbsp;– ''[[Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths]]''
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==Comics==
* ''Aurora''&nbsp;– trawler in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' story ''[[The Shooting Star]]''
* ''The Black Freighter''&nbsp;– metafictional pirate ship that is referenced throughout the ''[[Watchmen]]'' comic series
* ''Borneo Prince''&nbsp;– 19th-century trading vessel converted for use as a gunboat in [[World War II]] in ''[[Commando Comics]]''
* ''Cithara''&nbsp;– alleged source of a distress signal in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' story ''[[The Shooting Star]]''
* HMS ''Cutlass''&nbsp;– 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''&nbsp;– [[Nick Fury#Other versions|Sir Nicholas Fury]]'s ship in ''[[Marvel 1602]]''
* ''Gotha''&nbsp;– [[Kriegsmarine]] commerce raider, from the ''[[Commando Comics]]'' story ''Greedy For Glory''
* ''Grossadler''&nbsp;– [[Kriegsmarine]] battle cruiser, from the ''[[Commando Comics]]'' story ''Bright Blade of Courage''
* ''Hawksub''&nbsp;– ''[[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawk]]''
* ''Karaboudjan''&nbsp;– [[Armenia]]n cargo ship in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' story ''[[The Crab with the Golden Claws]]''
* SS ''Ramona''&nbsp;– tramp steamer in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' story ''[[The Red Sea Sharks]]''
* ''Salty Sea Mare''&nbsp;– ship owned by Captain Hoofbeard from the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (comic book)|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic series]]'' story ''Friendship Ahoy!''
* ''Sea Queen/The Gertrude''&nbsp;– [[Lex Luthor]]'s yacht in ''[[Superman Returns]]''
* ''Sirius''&nbsp;– expedition ship in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' stories ''[[The Shooting Star]]'' and ''[[Red Rackham's Treasure]]''
* ''[[Unicorn (Tintin)|Unicorn]]''&nbsp;– 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}}&nbsp;– British destroyer, from the ''[[Commando Comics]]'' story ''Bright Blade of Courage''
* ''Vulkan''&nbsp;– [[Kriegsmarine]] cruiser, from the ''[[Commando Comics]]'' story ''Flak Fever''
* ''Wolfgang''&nbsp;– [[Kriegsmarine]] pocket battleship, from the ''[[Commando Comics]]'' story ''O For Orange''

==Film==
* ''903''&nbsp;&ndash; Iranian [[Kilo-class submarine|''Kilo''-class submarine]] in ''[[Steel Sharks]]'', 1996
* USS ''Abraham Lincoln''&nbsp;&ndash; frigate in Disney's ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'', 1954
* ''Academic Vladislav Volkov''&nbsp;&ndash; Russian research ship in ''[[Virus (1999 film)|Virus]]'', 1999
* ''Acheron''&nbsp;&ndash; French Napoleonic frigate in ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', 2003
* ''MV Aeolus''&nbsp; (based on the [[MV Wilhelm Gustloff]]) &ndash; deserted 1930s cruise ship in [[Triangle (2009 British film)|''Triangle'']], 2009
* ''[[African Queen (boat)|African Queen]]''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'' with [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]], 1951
* USS ''Alameda'' (LPD-32)&nbsp;&ndash; landing ship, ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'', 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hollywoodnorthbuzz.com/2013/05/shoot-godzilla-crew-tests-uss-alameda-landing-craft-set-in-steveston.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331084802/http://hollywoodnorthbuzz.com/2013/05/shoot-godzilla-crew-tests-uss-alameda-landing-craft-set-in-steveston.html |archive-date=2022-03-31 |title=SHOOT: GODZILLA Crew Tests USS Alameda Landing Craft Set in Steveston|website=hollywoodnorth.buzz|date=23 May 2013|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yvrshoots.com/2013/05/shoot-godzillas-uss-alameda-rocks-rolls-like-disney-ride-in-steveston.html/|title=SHOOT: GODZILLA's USS Alameda Rocks & Rolls Like Disney Ride in Steveston|website=yvrshoots.com|date=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/new-godzilla-set-photos-deserted-japanese-village-school-children-fleeing-for-safety-a80149#gs.h7l3mf|title=New GODZILLA Set Photos: Deserted Japanese Village & School Children Fleeing For Safety|website=www.comicbookmovie.com|date=23 May 2013|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
* ''Albatross''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Sea Hawk (1940 film)|The Sea Hawk]]'' with [[Errol Flynn]], 1940
* ''Alexandre Dumas''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Lover (1992 film)|The Lover]]'', 1992
* ''Altair''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Ghost Ship]]'' with [[Richard Dix]], 1943
* ''Amindra''&nbsp;&ndash; with shanghaied sailor from the ''Glencairn'', torpedoed and sank in ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]'', 1940
* SS ''Andes''&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship in ''[[Let's Go Native]]'', 1930
* ''Angelina''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'', 1984
* SS ''Anne B''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', 1993
* MS ''Antonia Graza'' (based on the {{SS|Andrea Doria}}) &nbsp;&ndash; derelict Italian luxury ocean liner in ''[[Ghost Ship (2002 film)|Ghost Ship]]'', 2002
* ''Aquanaut 3''&nbsp;&ndash; experimental submarine, ''[[30,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'', 2007
* ''Arabella''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' with Errol Flynn, 1935
* ''[[Argo]]''&nbsp;&ndash; galley, ''[[Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)|Jason and the Argonauts]]'', 1963, [[Jason and the Argonauts (miniseries)|2000]]
* USS ''Argus'' [[Hospital ship]], ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]'', 2013
* ''Arcadia''&nbsp;&ndash; [[cargo ship]], ''[[Resident Evil (film series)|Resident Evil]]'', 2002
* SS ''Arcadia''&nbsp;&ndash; [[cargo ship]], ''[[Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]'', 2018
* ''Argonautica'' (based on the [[Grand Princess]])&nbsp; &ndash; cruise ship, ''[[Deep Rising]]'', 1998
* {{USS|Aspen}}&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Full Fathom Five (film)|Full Fathom Five]]'', 1990
* SS ''Atlantic'' (based on the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']], and the fictional ship's name has the sequel to the real-life ship the [[SS Atlantic (1870)|RMS ''Atlantic'']], and the ship on the movie is an inspiration for the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], [[SS Imperator|RMS ''Berengaria'']] and [[RMS Mooltan]]) &nbsp;&ndash; [[ocean liner]], ''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]'', 1929
* RMS ''Augusta'' (Possibly based on the {{RMS|Campania}} and {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}}, But with interiors based on the {{RMS|Lusitania}}, {{RMS|Mauretania|1906|6}} and {{HMS|Hawke|1891|6}}) &nbsp;&ndash; [[ocean liner]], ''[[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)|Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]]'', 2016
* HMS ''Avenger''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Billy Budd (film)|Billy Budd]]'', 1962
* HMS ''Ballantrae''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} in ''[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]'', 1952
* ''Barracuda''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Up Periscope]]'', 1959
* ''Batavia Queen''&nbsp;&ndash; steamship, ''[[Krakatoa, East of Java]]'', 1969
* HMS ''Bedford''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy [[Type 23 frigate]] in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', 1997
* [[USS Bedford|USS ''Bedford'' (DLG-113)]]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Bedford Incident]]'', 1965 (also in book version)
* ''Belafonte''&nbsp;&ndash; oceanographic research vessel, ''[[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]'', 2004
* USS ''Belinda'' (APA-22)&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Away All Boats]]'', 1956 (also appears in original novel)
* ''Benthic Explorer''&nbsp;&ndash; offshore support ship, ''[[The Abyss]]'', 1989
* HMS ''Berkeley''&nbsp;&ndash; in ''[[Up the Creek (1958 film)|Up the Creek]]'', 1958 
* ''Black Hawk''&nbsp;&ndash; ''The Pirate of the Black Hawk'' (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
* ''[[Black Pearl]]''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', 2003
* ''Black Swan''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Black Swan (film)|The Black Swan]]'', 1942
* KMS ''Brandenburg''&nbsp;&ndash; German battleship in ''[[We Dive at Dawn]]'', 1943
* SS ''Britannic'' (based on the [[TS Maxim Gorkiy|TS ''Hamburg'']])&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship in ''[[Juggernaut (1974 film)|Juggernaut]]'', 1974
* ''Caca de Toro''&nbsp;&ndash; boat in ''[[After the Storm (2001 film)|After the Storm]]'', 2001
* {{USS|Caine}}&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]]'', 1954 (also appears in [[The Caine Mutiny|written version]])
* ''Caledonia II''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', 1959
* ''Cassidy''&nbsp;&ndash; destroyer in ''[[In Harm's Way]]'', 1965
* USS ''Charleston'' (SSN-704)&nbsp;&ndash; [[On the Beach (2000 film)|''On the Beach'']], 2000
* ''Charlotte''&nbsp;&ndash; [[National Treasure (film)|''National Treasure'']], 2004
* ''Chelsea''&nbsp;&ndash; [[tugboat]], ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', 2008
* HMS ''Chester''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy [[Type 23 frigate]] in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', 1997
* SS ''Chiku Shan''&nbsp;&ndash; ferryboat, ''[[Blood Alley]]'', 1955
* SS ''Claridon'' (based on the [[SS Île de France|SS Île-de-France]])&nbsp;&ndash; ocean liner in ''[[The Last Voyage]]'', 1960
* SS ''Colossal'' (based on the {{SS|Normandie}}) &nbsp;&ndash; ocean liner, ''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]'', 1938
* HMS ''Compass Rose''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy ''Flower''-class corvette in ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', 1953
* {{USS|Copperfin}}&nbsp;&ndash; World War II sub ''[[Destination Tokyo]]'' with Cary Grant, 1943
*''Corsair''&nbsp;&ndash; in ''[[Crash Dive]]'', 1943
* SS ''Crescent Star'' (based on the ships, {{SS|United States}}, [[SS America (1939)|SS ''American Star'']] and [[SS Leonardo da Vinci (1958)|SS Leonardo da Vinci]])&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship that sinks in ''[[Seven Waves Away]]'', 1957
* USS ''Dallas''&nbsp;&ndash; submarine in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'', 1990
* ''Daniel Webster''&nbsp;&ndash; trawler in ''[[Sealed Cargo]]'', 1951
* USS ''Davies'' (SSN-???)&nbsp;&ndash; [[Los Angeles-class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] SSN in ''Crash Dive'', 1996
* ''Deep Quest''&nbsp;&ndash; DSV in ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'', 1980
* HMS ''Defiant''&nbsp;&ndash; frigate in ''[[H.M.S. Defiant]]'', 1962
* ''Denali''&nbsp;&ndash; Philadelphia-based commercial supertanker in ''[[Down Periscope]]'', 1996
* {{HMS|Devonshire}}&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy Type 23 frigate sunk in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', 1997
* HMS ''Dinosaur''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy battleship in ''[[Things to Come]]'', 1936
* ''[[Disco Volante (ship)|Disco Volante]]''&nbsp;&ndash; motor yacht/hydrofoil in ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'', 1965
* ''Dot Calm''{{Spaced en dash}}private yacht in ''[[Johnny English Strikes Again]]'', 2018
* USS ''Dragonfish''&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. submarine in ''[[Battle of the Coral Sea (film)|Battle of the Coral Sea]]'', 1959
* ''Dulcibella''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Riddle of the Sands (film)|The Riddle of the Sands]]'', 1979
* USS ''Dwight D. Flysenhower''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Planes (film)|Planes]]'', 2013
* USS ''Echo''&nbsp;&ndash; sailing ship from ''[[The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)|The Wackiest Ship in the Army]]'', 1959
* ''[[Edinburgh Trader]]''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'', 2006
* ''Eindhoven Lion''&nbsp;&ndash; [[oil tanker]], ''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'', 1997
* ''Elizabeth Dane''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Fog]]'', 1980
* ''Empress''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'', 2007
* HMS ''Endeavour''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'', 2007
* MS ''Ergenstrasse''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Sea Chase]]'' (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and briefly in ''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'' with Harrison Ford, 1992
*''Everjust''&nbsp;– large yacht in [[Incredibles 2]], 2018
* SS Virginian (the ship are the inspired blueprints of the [[RMS Lusitania]] and her sister ships the [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauritania]] and [[RMS Aquitania]]) – ocean liner, [[The Legend of 1900]], 1998
* SS ''Essess''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Hot Shots!]]'', 1991
* ''Flying Dutchman''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' (2006), ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'' (2007)
* ''The Flying Wasp''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Caddyshack]]'', 1980
* MS ''Forest Swan''&nbsp;&ndash; Panamanian [[cargo ship]], ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'', 1995
* SS ''Mayflower'' (based on the [[SS Rex|SS ''Rex'']] and [[SS Conte di Savoia|SS ''Conte di Savoia'']]) &ndash; ''[[Luxury Liner (1948 film)|Luxury Liner]]'', 1948
* ''Genesis''&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship in ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'', 2009
* ''Genoa Maru''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Across the Pacific]]'', 1942 (seen only briefly)
* SS ''Germania'' (based on the [[SS L'Atlantique|SS ''L'Atlantique'']]) &ndash; ocean liner in ''[[Luxury Liner (1933 film)|Luxury Liner]]'', 1933
* ''Geronimo''&nbsp;&ndash; America's Cup racing yacht, ''[[Wind (1992 film)|Wind]]'', 1992
* ''Gerrymander''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Full-rigged ship|full-rigged sailing ship]] in ''[[Fair Wind to Java]]'', 1953
* ''Ghost''&nbsp;&ndash; sealing schooner, ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]'', 1941
* SS ''Gigantic''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Streamlined Ocean Liner]], ''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]'', 1938
* ''Glencairn''&nbsp;&ndash; freighter, ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]'', 1940
* ''Gloria N''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[And the Ship Sails On]]'' ''(E la nave va)'', [[Federico Fellini]], 1983
* RMS ''Goliath'' (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}, and then {{RMS|Olympic}} and [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]) &nbsp;&ndash; ocean liner, ''[[Goliath Awaits]]'', 1981 TV film
* ''Grayfish''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Torpedo Run]]'', 1958
* ''Hahnchen Maru''&nbsp;&ndash; cargo vessel modified to command ship, ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'', 1997
* ''Hai Peng''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]'', 2007
* SS ''Happy Wanderer'' (based on the {{SS|Oronsay|1950|6}})&nbsp;&ndash; cruise liner, ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'', 1962
* ''Hav Vind''&nbsp;&ndash; Norwegian oil tanker, ''[[Cloverfield]]'', 2008
* USS ''Haynes'' (DE-181)&nbsp;&ndash; destroyer escort, ''[[The Enemy Below]]'', 1957
* ''The Henrietta''&nbsp;&ndash; paddle steamer, ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'', 1956
* ''Immer Essen'' ("Always Eating")&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship, ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'', 1982
* ''The Inferno''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Goonies]]'', 1985
* HMS ''Interceptor''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', 2003
* USS ''Intrepid''&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship in the film ''[[Intrepid (film)|Intrepid]]'', 2000<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183280/ ''Intrepid'']</ref>
* ''Jenny''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', 1994
* ''Jenny''&nbsp;&ndash; tugboat in ''[[Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'', 1979
* ''Jolly Roger''&nbsp;&ndash; in ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'', 1991
* ''KCS Earth'', ''KCS Moon'', ''KCS Sky'', ''KCS Star'' and ''KCS Sun''&nbsp;&ndash; [[cargo ship]] operated by fictional KCS Shipping Company in ''[[Customs Frontline]]'', 2024
* ''Kin Lung''&nbsp;&ndash; tramp steamer in ''[[China Seas (film)|China Sea]]'', 1935
* USS ''Kornblatt''&nbsp;&ndash; destroyer in ''[[Don't Give Up the Ship (film)|Don't Give Up the Ship]]'', 1959
* ''La Chamade''&nbsp;&ndash; boat in ''[[After the Storm (2001 film)|After the Storm]]'', 2001
* USS ''Lansing'' (SSN-795)&nbsp;&ndash; [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] SSN (depicted as an SSBN) in ''[[Danger Beneath the Sea]]'', 2001
* USS ''Lawton''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'', 2017
* CPMS ''Leegood''&nbsp;&ndash; Canadian [[cargo ship]], ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]'', 2015<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/Z-WSedqa5zA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190820063719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WSedqa5zA&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WSedqa5zA| title = San Andreas (2015) - Tsunami Hits the Bay Scene (8/10) {{!}} Movieclips | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''Liparus''&nbsp;&ndash; Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', 1977
* ''Love Nest''&nbsp;&ndash; whaling ship in the 1923 [[Buster Keaton]] film [[The Love Nest (1923 film)|''The Love Nest'']], 1923
* {{HMS|Lydia}}&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower]]'', 1951
* ''Mary Deare''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare (film)|The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Charlton Heston]], 1959
* SS ''Minnow Johnson''&nbsp;&ndash; civilian yacht, ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'', 2001
* ''Misery''&nbsp;&ndash; [[cargo ship]], ''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]'', 1995
* USS ''Montana''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Abyss]]'', 1989
* USS ''Montana''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Fifth Missile]]'', 1986
* ''Morning Star''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'', 1995
* ''Nathan Ross''&nbsp;&ndash; whaling ship, ''[[All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953 film)|All the Brothers Were Valiant]]'', 1953
* ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Captain Nemo]]'s 1860s submarine, appears in several films including: ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954), ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961), ''[[Captain Nemo and the Underwater City]]'' (1969), ''[[The Return of Captain Nemo]]'' (1978) and ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' (2003)
* ''Neptune''&nbsp;&ndash; in ''[[Gray Lady Down]]'', 1978
* HMS ''Nereid''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Royal Navy]] submarine, ''[[Fukkatsu no hi|Virus]]'', 1980
* ''Nerka''&nbsp;&ndash; submarine in ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]'', 1958
* ''Ning-Po''&nbsp;&ndash; freighter owned by [[SPECTRE]] in ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'', 1967
* USS ''Oakland'' (SSN-798)&nbsp;&ndash; [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] SSN in ''[[Steel Sharks]]'', 1996
* ''Odessa''&nbsp;&ndash; Ukrainian [[cargo ship]], ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', 2004
* ''Orca''&nbsp;&ndash; Quint's fishing boat in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', 1975
* ''Patna''&nbsp;&ndash; tramp steamer in ''[[Lord Jim (1965 film)|Lord Jim]]'', 1965
* ''Pequod''&nbsp;&ndash; whaleship, ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'', 1956, [[Moby Dick (1978 film)|1978]], [[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|1998]]
* USS ''Pequod''&nbsp;&ndash; American submarine, ''[[2010: Moby Dick]]'', 2010
* ''Poseidon''&nbsp;&ndash; ocean liner/cruise ship, ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972) (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}), ''[[Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1979), ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (2005) (based on the [[Grandeur of the Seas|MS ''Grandeur of the Seas'']]) ''[[Poseidon (film)|Poseidon]]'' (2006) (inspired on the [[Queen Mary 2|RMS ''Queen Mary 2'']])
* USS ''Poseidon''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[USS Poseidon: Phantom Below]]'', 2005
* ''The Precious Gem''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Fool's Gold (2008 film)|Fool's Gold]]'', 2008
* ''Pride of Chicago''&nbsp;&ndash; yacht in ''[[After the Storm (2001 film)|After the Storm]]'', 2001
* SS ''Princess Irene'' (based on the [[SS Justicia]] and [[SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1937)|SS Nieuw Amsterdam]], and the ship that collides with an iceberg and sinks with a horrendous loss of life, with the death toll possibly greater than [[Sinking of the Titanic|the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']])&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[History Is Made at Night (1937 film)|History Is Made at Night]]'', 1937
* ''Proteus''&nbsp;&ndash; nuclear mini submarine from ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]'', 1966
* ''Q Boat''&nbsp;&ndash; Q's fishing boat, ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'', 1999
* ''Queen Anne's Revenge''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', 2011
* ''Queen Conch''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]'', 1944
* ''Rachel''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'', 1956, [[Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)|1998]]
* ''Reaper''&nbsp;&ndash; Dog's ship in ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'', 1995
* ''Red Dragon''&nbsp;&ndash; civilian yacht, ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'', 2001
* [[Red October (fictional submarine)|''Red October'']]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' film with [[Sean Connery]], 1990 (also in the [[The Hunt for Red October|1984 Tom Clancy novel]])
* ''Red Witch''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Wake of the Red Witch]]'' with [[John Wayne]], 1948
* ''Regent Queen (based on the [[MS Monarch]])''&nbsp;&ndash; cruise ship in ''[[Chupacabra: Dark Seas]]'', 2005
* USS ''Reluctant'' (AK-601)&nbsp;&ndash; World War II cargo ship in ''[[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]'' (1955) and the [[Mister Roberts (1984 film)|1984 television film]] (also appears in novel, play and TV series versions)
* ''Rights-of-Man''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Billy Budd (film)|Billy Budd]]'', 1962
* ''Rob Roy''&nbsp;&ndash; commercial freighter, ''[[Windbag the Sailor]]'', 1936
* SS ''Roland'' (based on a Dutch ship {{SS|Dwinsk}}, and the story of the film is inspired by the April 1912 [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']]) &nbsp;&ndash; [[ocean liner]], ''[[Atlantis (1913 film)|Atlantis]]'', 1913
* HMS ''Saltash Castle''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy frigate in ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', 1953
* Samskip Innovator &ndash; ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'', 2014
* USS ''San Pablo''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]'', 1966
* ''Santana''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]'', 1948 (also name of Bogart's personal sailing yacht)
* ''Sancta Helena'' a Frigate in ''[[Underworld: Evolution]]'', 2006
* ''Saracen''&nbsp;&ndash; yacht, ''[[Dead Calm (film)|Dead Calm]]'', 1989
* USS ''Saratoga'' (CVN-88)&nbsp;&ndash; aircraft carrier, ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'', 2014
* USS ''Sawfish''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]'', 1959
* USS ''Scotia''&nbsp;&ndash; submarine, ''[[30,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'', 2007
* ''Sea Cliff''&nbsp;&ndash; DSV in ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'', 1980
* ''Sea Queen''&nbsp;&ndash; sport-fishing boat in ''[[The Breaking Point (1950 film)|Breaking Point]]'', 1950
* ''Sea Star''&nbsp;&ndash; tug in ''[[Virus (1999 film)|Virus]]'', 1999
* HMS ''Sea Tiger''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy submarine, ''[[We Dive at Dawn]]'', 1943
* USS ''Sea Tiger''&nbsp;&ndash; World War II submarine, ''[[Operation Petticoat]]'', 1959 (also the 1977 TV series)
* SS ''Sea Witch''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Action in the North Atlantic]]'', 1943
* SSNR ''Seaview''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' with [[Walter Pidgeon]], 1961
* HMS ''Shag at Sea''&nbsp;&ndash; yacht, ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'', 2002
* HMS ''Sherwood''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy cruiser, ''[[Carry on Admiral]]'', 1957
* IJN ''Shinaru''&nbsp;&ndash; Japanese aircraft carrier, ''[[Torpedo Run]]'', 1958
* ''Silent Mary''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'', 2017
* ''Skyline'' (''天涯号'')&nbsp;&ndash; Chinese [[cruise ship]], ''[[The Precipice Game]]'', 2016
* HMS ''Solent''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy destroyer, ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'', 1960
* Stealth Ship&nbsp;&ndash; media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', 1997 (based on the real-life [[Sea Shadow (IX-529)|''Sea Shadow'' (IX-529]])
* SS ''Southern Queen''&nbsp;&ndash; Setting for the first half of the [[Preston Sturges]] directed 1941 comedy ''[[The Lady Eve]]'' starring [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]. It was also the name of the fictional [[cruise ship]] in the 1948 comedy ''[[Romance on the High Seas]]'' starring [[Doris Day]].
* ''St. Georges''&nbsp;&ndash; British spy ship trawler ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'', 1981
* USS ''Starfish''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Hellcats of the Navy]]'', 1957
* ''Starfish''&nbsp;&ndash; DSV in ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'', 1980
* {{USS|Stingray}}&nbsp;&ndash; [[Balao-class submarine|''Balao''-class submarine]], ''[[Down Periscope]]'', 1996 (no relation to the [[Salmon-class submarine|''Salmon''-class]] {{USS|Stingray|SS-186}})
* HMS ''Surprise''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy frigate, ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'', 2003
* HMS ''Sutherland''&nbsp;&ndash; 74-gun ship of the line, ''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower]]'', 1951
* ''Tasha''&nbsp;&ndash; [[ocean liner]], ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'', 1997
* USS ''Thunderfish''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Operation Pacific]]'' with [[John Wayne]], 1951
* USS ''Tigerfish'' (SSN 509)&nbsp;&ndash; United States nuclear submarine from ''[[Ice Station Zebra]]'', 1968
* USS ''Tigershark''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Atomic Submarine]]'', 1959
* SS ''[[Titanic II (film)|Titanic II]]''&nbsp;&ndash; fictional replica of the real-life {{RMS|Titanic}}, 2010
* ''Titanic III'' – fictional replica of the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], ''[[Titanic 666]]'', 2022
* HMS ''Torrin''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[In Which We Serve]]'', 1942
* HMS ''Trumpton''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy [[minesweeper]] in ''[[The Navy Lark (film)|The Navy Lark]]'', 1959
* ''Tsimtsum'' (''ツィムツーム'')&nbsp;&ndash; Japanese [[cargo ship]], ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'', 2012
* ''Tugboat Annie''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Tugboat Annie]]'', 1933 (portrayed by tugboat ''[[Arthur Foss]]'')
* ''Turtle''&nbsp;&ndash; DSV in ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'', 1980
* ''U-571''&nbsp;&ndash; appears in [[U-571 (film)|''U-571'']], 2000 (coincidentally the same number as [[German submarine U-571|German submarine ''U-571'']])
* ''Ulysses''&nbsp;&ndash; submarine, ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', 2001
* USS ''Ulysses''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] submarine in ''Crash Dive'', 1996
* USS ''Utah'' (SSBN-745)&nbsp;&ndash; [[Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine|''Ohio''-class ballistic missile submarine]] in ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'', 1998
* USS ''Valhalla'' (SSN-905)&nbsp;&ndash; [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] SSN in ''Rapid Assault'', 1997
* HMS ''Vengeance''{{Spaced en dash}}British Royal Navy submarine in ''[[Johnny English Strikes Again]]'', 2018
* SS ''Venture''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', 1933, [[King Kong (2005 film)|2005]]
* SS ''Venture''&nbsp;&ndash; [[cargo ship]], ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'', 1997
* HMS ''Venus''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy frigate, ''[[Carry On Jack]]'', 1962
* HMS ''Victoria''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy [[dreadnought]], ''[[Britannic (film)|Britannic]]'', 2000
* HMS ''Viperess''&nbsp;&ndash; British Royal Navy ''Victor''-class destroyer, ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', 1953
* ''The Wanderer''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Captain Ron]]'' with [[Martin Short]] and [[Kurt Russell]], 1992
* USS ''Wayne''&nbsp;&ndash; US Navy nuclear submarine in the TV movie ''[[Assault on the Wayne]]'', 1971
* USS ''Wayne'' (SSN-593)&nbsp;&ndash; US Navy nuclear submarine in the film ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', 1977<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076752/trivia IMDB] (retrieved 24 May 2017)</ref>
* ''We're Here''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' with [[Spencer Tracy]], 1937
* ''Wonkatania''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'', 1971 (also appears in [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|2005 adaptation]]), based on the [[Cunard Line]] tradition of ending ships with "-ia" (and playing off {{RMS|Lusitania}} and {{RMS|Aquitania}})
* ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''&nbsp;&ndash; [[The Beatles]]' psychedelic submarine, 1968

==Literature==

===Single works===
* USS ''Abraham Lincoln''&nbsp;– frigate in ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1868
* ''African Queen''&nbsp;– ''[[The African Queen (novel)|The African Queen]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1935
* ''Alice May''&nbsp;– from the poem "[[The Cremation of Sam McGee]]" by [[Robert W. Service|Robert Service]], 1907
* ''Anchises''&nbsp;– ''[[One of Ours]]'' by [[Willa Cather]], 1922
* HMS ''Antigone'' – [[Leander-class cruiser (1931)|''Leander''-class cruiser]], ''[[The Cruiser]]'' by [[Warren Tute]], 1955
* ''Arabella''&nbsp;– ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' by [[Rafael Sabatini]], 1924
* ''Araby''&nbsp;– tramp freighter in ''Captain of the Araby'' and other Tod Moran adventure novels, by [[Howard Pease]], 1953
* ''Argo''&nbsp;– [[Greek mythology|Greek mythological]] ship in ''[[Argonautica]]'', the original story of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], by [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 3rd century BCE
* ''Ariadne'' – yacht in ''I Was There'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' by [[Jules 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 by [[Phileas 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''&nbsp;– ''[[Voyager (novel)|Voyager]]'' by [[Diana Gabaldon]], 1993
* HMS ''Artemis''&nbsp;– [[light cruiser]] in ''[[The Ship (novel)|The Ship]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1943
* USS ''Athena'' (PC-15) – {{sclass|Cyclone|patrol ship}} in ''The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story'' by [[Mark Helprin]], 2023<ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-1419769085 | title=The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (A Novel) | last1=Helprin | first1=Mark | date=2023 | publisher=Overlook Press }}</ref>
* ''Astrea''&nbsp;– Roman galley ship, ''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ|Ben-Hur]]'' by Genl [[Lew Wallace]], 1880
* ''Auf Wiedersehen''&nbsp;– sloop, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* ''Aurora''&nbsp;– ship in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] adventure ''[[The Sign of the Four]]'' by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1890
* ''Baalbek''&nbsp;– Libyan freighter, ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* USS ''Barracuda'' (SSN-593)&nbsp;– [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986 
* HMS ''Benbecula'' – A [[Royal Navy]] [[armed merchant cruiser]] in ''Rendezvous-South Atlantic'' by [[Douglas Reeman]] 
* USS ''Belinda'' (APA-22)&nbsp;– ''Away All Boats'' by [[Kenneth M. Dodson]], 1954 (also appears in [[Away All Boats|film version]])
* ''[[Billy Budd]]'' by [[Herman Melville]], 1924
** HMS ''Bellipotent''
** HMS ''Indomitable''
** ''Rights-of-Man''
* ''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 (novel)|First Among Equals]]'' by [[Jeffrey Archer]], 1984

* BRP ''Cagayan de Oro'' – Philippine Navy ''Whidbey Island''-class LSD, [[Dragon Strike (novel)|''Dragon Strike - The Millennium War'']] by [[Humphrey Hawksley]] and Simon Holberton, 1997
*USS ''Caine''&nbsp;– [[destroyer minesweeper]] (DMS) in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'' by [[Herman Wouk]], 1951 (also appears in film version)
* HMS ''Calypso''&nbsp;– frigate, ''[[The Captain from Connecticut]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1941
* USS ''Carl Jackson''&nbsp;– [[Nimitz class aircraft carrier|''Nimitz'']]-class aircraft carrier, ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* ''Centaur''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Sergestus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* ''Charon II'' – old freighter in ''Trapp and World War Three'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1988
* ''Chimaera''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by Gyas in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* ''Claymore'' – corvette in ''Quatrevingt-Treize'' (''93'') by [[Victor Hugo]], 1874
* HMS ''Compass Rose''&nbsp;– corvette in ''[[The Cruel Sea (book)|The Cruel Sea]]'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1951
* ''Covenant''&nbsp;– brig, ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1886
* HMAS ''Darwin'' – heavy cruiser in ''Away Boarders!'' by [[J._E._Macdonnell]], 1962
* ''Dazzler'' – sloop, ''[[The Cruise of the Dazzler]]'' by [[Jack London]], 1902
* USS ''Delaware''&nbsp;– frigate, ''[[The Captain from Connecticut]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1941
* ''Demeter''&nbsp;– Russian schooner in ''[[Dracula]]'' by [[Bram Stoker]], 1897
* USS ''Dolphin''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Ice Station Zebra (novel)|Ice Station Zebra]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1963
* USS ''Dragonfish'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in both ''[[Raise the Titanic!]]'' by [[Clive Cussler]], 1976, and ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* ''Dulcibella''&nbsp;– ''[[The Riddle of the Sands]]'' by [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], 1903
* ''Duncan''&nbsp;– ocean yacht, ''[[In Search of the Castaways]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1867
* USS ''Eel''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]'' (1955) and ''Dust on the Sea'' (1972) by [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]]
* ''Erasmus '' – Dutch [[Full-rigged pinnace|pinnace]] piloted by John Blackthorne in [[James A. Michener]]'s ''[[Shōgun (novel)|Shōgun]]'', 1975
* ''Erebus''&nbsp;– ''[[Alaska (novel)|Alaska]]'' by [[James A. Michener]], 1988
* ''Fenton'' – lugger, ''[[The Narrow Corner]]'' by [[W. Somerset Maugham]], 1932
* ''Fin of God''&nbsp;– [[Discworld geography#Countries on the Klatchian coast|Omnian]] ship, ''[[Small Gods]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]], 1992
* USS ''Fletcher'' (DDG-1005) – [[U.S. Navy]] [[Zumwalt-class destroyer|''Zumwalt''-class]] [[guided missile destroyer]] featured in ''The Backup Asset'' by [[Leslie Wolfe]], 2015
* ''The Fuwalda''&nbsp;– ship which took Tarzans's parents to Africa, ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]'' by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], 1914
* ''Ghost''&nbsp;– sealing schooner, ''[[The Sea Wolf]]'' by [[Jack London]], 1904
* SS ''Gigantic'' – ''S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic'' (based on [[Sinking of the Titanic|the sinking]] of the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], by [[Peter Selgin]], 1999
* ''The Glen Carrig''&nbsp;– from the horror novel ''[[The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"]]'' by [[William Hope Hodgson]], 1907
* ''Großadmiral Dönitz'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] nuclear submarine, ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'' by [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]], 1992
* ''Großadmiral Raeder'' – Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier, ''Fatherland'' by Robert Harris, 1992
* ''The Hesperus''&nbsp;– from the poem "[[The Wreck of the Hesperus]]" by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], 1842
* ''Hispaniola'' – ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1883
* ''Hoptoad''&nbsp;– from the novel "[[Pippi in the South Seas (book)|Pippi in the South Seas]]" by [[Astrid Lindgren]], 1948
* Speķa lode- from the novel series mežonīgie pīrāgi by māris putniņš
* ''Ilya Podogin'' – Soviet SSN, ''[[Icebound (novel)|Icebound]]'' by [[Dean Koontz]], 1995
* USS ''Independence'' – fictional [[Wasp class amphibious assault ship|''Wasp''-class amphibious assault ship]] where a large part of ''[[The Swarm (Schätzing novel)|The Swarm]]'' by [[Frank Schätzing]] takes place, 2004
* ''Indra''&nbsp;– schooner, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* HMS ''Iphigenia''&nbsp;– frigate, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by [[John Winton]], 1971
* The ''Iron Pirate'' (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novel ''The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea'' by [[Max Pemberton]]. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
* USS ''James T Doig''&nbsp;– destroyer, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by John Winton, 1971
* ''Janet Coombe''&nbsp;– from the novel ''[[The Loving Spirit]]'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]], 1931
* ''Jolly Roger''&nbsp;– [[Captain Hook]]'s pirate ship, ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'' by [[J. M. Barrie]], 1904
* USS ''Keeling'' – [[Mahan-class destroyer]], codename "[[Greyhound (film)|Greyhound]]", in ''[[The Good Shepherd (nautical fiction)|The Good Shepherd]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1955
* ''Korund''&nbsp;– [[Tango-class submarine|''Tango''-class submarine]], ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* USS ''Langley''&nbsp;– a [[Forrestal class aircraft carrier|''Forrestal''-class aircraft carrier]], ''The Sixth Battle'' by [[Barrett Tillman]], 1992
*''[[The Last Ship (novel)|The Last Ship]]'' by [[William Brinkley]], 1988<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastshipnovel00brin/page/21 21]|edition=Paperback|date=February 1989|last=Brinkley|first=William|title=The Last Ship|url=https://archive.org/details/lastshipnovel00brin|url-access=registration|quote=USS ''Nathan James'', DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,|isbn=0345359828}}</ref>
** {{USS|Nathan James}} (DDG-80), the first nuclear powered [[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|Arleigh Burke]] class guided-missile destroyer (By the time the [[The Last Ship (TV series)|TV series of the same name]] was produced in 2014, the {{USS|Roosevelt|DDG-80|6}} had been commissioned as DDG-80 with destroyers up to at least DDG-120 awarded, so was renumbered as DDG-151.)
** ''Pushkin''&nbsp;– a Russian [[ballistic missile submarine]] that also survived the nuclear attack
* ''Leif Ericson''&nbsp;– ''[[The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]'' by [[Robert Shea]] and [[Robert Anton Wilson]], 1975
* HMS ''Leviathan'' – aircraft carrier, {{HMS|Leviathan}} by [[John Winton]], 1967 (There was a real carrier named HMS ''Leviathan'' but she was scrapped incomplete in 1968)
* USS ''Levant'' – corvette in ''[[The Man Without a Country]]'' by [[Edward Everett Hale]], 1863
* ''Liberian Star'' – ''[[Snakehead (novel)|Snakehead]]'', of the [[Alex Rider]] series by [[Anthony Horowitz]], 2007
* USS ''Mako'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* HMS ''Mallard'' – corvette, ''A Flock of Ships'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1986
* ''Marie Celeste''&nbsp;– from the short story ''[[J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement]]'' by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1884 (the real ship was ''[[Mary Celeste]]'')
* ''Mary Deare''&nbsp;– ''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' by [[Hammond Innes]], 1956
* M.G.B. 1087, [[motor gunboat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''Milka''&nbsp;– ''[[Jingo (novel)|Jingo]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]], 1997 (name parodies the ''[[Pinta (ship)|Pinta]]'')
* ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by [[Herman 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''&nbsp;– horror novel ''[[The Ghost Pirates]]'' by [[William Hope Hodgson]], 1909
* ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]''&nbsp;– ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870) and ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1874) by [[Jules Verne]]
* ''Nellie'' (presumably for one of the ''Nelson''s in British service)&nbsp;– ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' by [[Joseph Conrad]], 1899
* ''Not for Hire'' – paddle-wheel steamboat in ''[[The Fabulous Riverboat]]'' by [[Philip José Farmer]], 1971
* ''Numestra del Oro'' – [[Merchant raider|armed merchantman]] owned by a Colombian cartel, ''[[Hammerheads]]'' by [[Dale Brown]], 1990
* USS ''Okinawa'' (LHD-10) – [[U.S. Navy]] [[Wasp-class amphibious assault ship|''Wasp''-class]] (LHD) [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] / [[amphibious assault ship]] featured in ''The Ghost Pattern'' by [[Leslie Wolfe]], 2015
* HMS ''Orcus'' – [[Oberon-class submarine|''Oberon''-class submarine]], ''Submarine'' by John Wingate, 1982
* HMS ''Pandora''&nbsp;– frigate, ''One of Our Warships'' by [[John Winton]], 1975
* ''Pacific Klondike'' – deep ocean drillship based on the [[Glomar Explorer]], ''Fireplay'' by [[William Wingate]], 1977
* PC-237&nbsp;– U.S. Navy patrol craft, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* ''Penguin''&nbsp;– ''[[The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket]]'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]], 1838
* ''Pharaon'' – the ship on which [[Edmond Dantès]] first sailed in ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas]], 1844
* ''Pocahontas'' – ''[[The Good Soldier]]'' by [[Ford Madox Ford]], 1915
* ''Polar Star'' – Soviet [[factory ship]] in ''[[Polar Star (novel)|Polar Star]]'' by [[Martin Cruz Smith]], 1989
* SS ''Poseidon''&nbsp;– ocean liner (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}), ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (novel)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' by [[Paul Gallico]], 1969
* ''Pristis''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Mnestheus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* USS ''Pyramus''&nbsp;– [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris missile]]-carrying [[Ballistic missile submarine|SSBN]], ''The Deep Silence'' by [[Douglas Reeman]], 1967
* ''[[The Pyrates]]'' by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], 1983
** ''Grenouille Frénétique (Frantic Frog)''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Laughing Sandbag''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Plymouth Corporation's Revenge''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Rocketing Spitfire''&nbsp;– sloop
** ''Santa Cascara'' (later HMS ''Golden Vanity'') – Spanish galleon captured by the British
** ''Santa Umbriago''&nbsp;– Spanish warship
** ''Twelve Apostles''&nbsp;– passenger ship
* ''Queequeg''&nbsp;– ''[[The Grim Grotto]]'' by [[Lemony Snicket]], 2004
* ''Queen Anne'', ocean liner in ''Oh To Be In England'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''The Ramchunder'' – an East Indiaman, Captain Bragg, in [[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]] by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]], 1847–1848
*''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' by [[Tom Clancy]], 1984
** ''Red October'' (''Krasniy Oktyabr'') – The new Soviet [[Typhoon-class submarine|Typhoon-class]] [[ballistic missile submarine]] commanded by defecting Captain Marko Ramius
** ''Vladimir Konovalov'' – Soviet [[Alfa-class submarine|Alfa-class]] [[attack submarine]] hunting ''Red October''
** {{USS|Dallas|SSN-700|6}} – an actual US Navy [[attack submarine]] also shadowing ''Red October''
* ''Red Witch''&nbsp;– ''Wake of the Red Witch'' by [[Garland Roark]], 1946
* USS ''Reluctant'' (AK-601)&nbsp;– World War II cargo ship in ''[[Mister Roberts (novel)|Mister Roberts]]'' by [[Thomas Heggen]], 1946 (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
* ''Sable Lorcha''&nbsp;– lorcha, ''[[The Sable Lorcha]]'' by [[Horace Hazeltine]], 1912
* HMS ''Saltash''&nbsp;– frigate in ''[[The Cruel Sea (book)|The Cruel Sea]]'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1951 (HMS ''Saltash Castle'' in the film)
* USS ''San Pablo''&nbsp;– river gunboat in ''[[The Sand Pebbles (novel)|The Sand Pebbles]]'' by [[Richard McKenna]], 1962
* ''Santa Ybel''&nbsp;– Spanish treasure ship, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* HMS ''Saturn'' – [[Swiftsure-class submarine|''Swiftsure''-class sub]], ''The Saturn Experiment'' by Peter Shepherd, 1988
* USS ''Savo'' – aircraft carrier in ''[[The Bridges at Toko-ri]]'' by [[James A. Michener]], 1953
* HMS ''Scorpion'' – submarine in ''Send Down a Dove'' by Charles MacHardy, 1968
* USS ''Scorpion''&nbsp;– ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]'' by [[Nevil Shute]], 1957
* ''Scylla''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Cloanthus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* USS ''Sea Trench'' – ''[[Aquarius Mission]]'' by [[Martin Caidin]], 1978
* ''The Sea Witch''&nbsp;– yacht, ''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' by [[Hammond Innes]], 1956
* USOS ''Seaview''&nbsp;– ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' by [[Theodore Sturgeon]], 1961
* ''Shark'' – destroyer, ''[[Black August (novel)|Black August]]'' by [[Dennis Wheatley]], 1934
* {{HMS|Sirdar|fictional|6}}&nbsp;– British destroyer, ''[[The Guns of Navarone (novel)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1957 (the actual HMS ''Sirdar'' was a submarine)
* ''Siren'' – yacht, ''[[A Damsel in Distress (novel)|A Damsel in Distress]]'' by [[P. G. Wodehouse]], 1919
* ''Slewfoot'' – the crew's nickname for a [[PT boat]] whose number is never given, in ''Torpedo Run'' by [[Robb White]], 1962
* ''Speranza'' – ''[[Arrival and Departure]]'' by [[Arthur Koestler]], 1943
* ''Spirit of the Hudson'' – riverboat casino in ''Backflash'' by [[Donald E. Westlake]] writing as Richard Stark, 1998
* USS ''Starbuck'' (SSN-989){{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}&nbsp;– ''[[Pacific Vortex!]]'' by [[Clive Cussler]], 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows [[USS S-3 (SS-107)|SSN-107]] on the fin.)
* USS ''Stingray'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* USS ''Stormy Beach'' – [[USS Long Beach (CGN-9)|''Long Beach''-class cruiser]], ''Fireplay'' by [[William Wingate]], 1977
* USS ''Swordfish''&nbsp;– ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]'' by [[Nevil Shute]], 1957
* HMS ''Sybaris''&nbsp;– British heavy cruiser, ''[[The Guns of Navarone (novel)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1957
*''[[Tai-Pan (novel)|Tai-pan]]'' by [[James Clavell]], 1966
** [[Asian Saga|Struan & Company]]
***''China Cloud'' – 22 gun [[Clipper#China_clippers_and_the_apogee_of_sail|China Clipper]], flagship of Struan & Co
***''Blue Cloud'' – clipper; Struan's ships are all named for his mother, whose maiden name was [[McCloud (surname)|McCloud]].
***''Resting Cloud'' – [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]], Struan's HQ prior to the establishment of [[British 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
** [[East Indies Station|Royal Navy]]
*** HMS ''Vengeance'' – 74 gun flagship of the [[East Indies and China Station]], based on {{HMS|Cornwallis|1813|6}}
*** HMS ''Mermaid'' – 22 gun [[Sloop-of-war]] under the command of Captain Glessing
*** HMS ''Nemesis'' – the first [[steam frigate]] to make the journey from London to Hong Kong, based on the {{HMS|Rattler|1843|6}}
**Other ships
***''White Witch'' – 22 gun [[Clipper#China_clippers_and_the_apogee_of_sail|China Clipper]], flagship of Brock & Sons
***''Gray Witch'' – clipper under the command of Brock's son Gorth
***''Princess of Alabama'' – 20 gun [[brig]], flagship of Cooper & Tillman
***''Vagrant Star'' – an [[East Indiaman]] in which Struan and Brock met prior to the events in ''Tai-pan''
* USS ''Tallahatchie County'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine tender in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* HMS ''Téméraire''&nbsp;– Polaris nuclear submarine, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by [[John Winton]], 1971
* USS ''Thomas Jefferson''&nbsp;– ''[[Nimitz Class (novel)|Nimitz Class]]'' by [[Patrick Robinson (author)|Patrick Robinson]], 1997
* {{HMS|Thunder Child}}&nbsp;– ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]], 1897
* SS ''Titan''&nbsp;– ''[[Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan]]'' by [[Morgan Robertson]] (a fictional story that is very similar to the real life of the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] 14 years later in 1912), 1898
* MV ''Toscana''&nbsp;– ship used by the mercenaries in ''[[The Dogs of War (novel)|The Dogs of War]]'' by [[Frederick Forsyth]], 1974
* HMS ''Tristram'' – submarine in ''His Majesty's U-Boat'' by [[Douglas Reeman]], 1973
* HMS ''Tynecastle'' – frigate in ''Trapp and World War Three'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1988
* ''U-174'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]], ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'' by [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]], 1992
* ''U-246'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]] in ''Away Boarders!'' by [[J._E._Macdonnell]], 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
* ''U-996'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]], ''An Operational Necessity'' by [[Gwyn Griffin]], 1967
* HMS ''Ulysses''&nbsp;– ''[[HMS Ulysses (novel)|HMS Ulysses]]'', by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1955
* SS ''Valparaiso''&nbsp;– ''Godhead Trilogy'' by [[James Morrow]], 1994–1999
* ''Victor'' – Polish destroyer in ''[[The Good Shepherd (nautical fiction)|The Good Shepherd]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1955
* USS ''Vindicator'' (NMSS-3)&nbsp;– nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, ''Fire Lance'' by [[David Mace]], 1986
* ''Vingilot''&nbsp;– ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]], 1977
* HMS ''Vortex'' – [[V and W-class destroyer]] in ''The Admiral'' by [[Warren Tute]], 1963
* ''The Walrus''&nbsp;– Flint's pirate ship in ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1883
* USS ''Walrus''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]'' by [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]], 1955
* ''We're Here''&nbsp;– ''[[Captains Courageous]]'': ''A Story of the Grand Banks'', by [[Rudyard Kipling]], 1897
* HMS ''Winger'' – [[Flower-class corvette]] (based on the real {{HMS|Shearwater|L39|6}}) in ''Corvette Command'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1944
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===Series===
*''[[The Merriman Chronicles]]'' series by [[Roger Burnage]] & Robin Burnage
***''HMS Aphrodite''
***''HMS Lord Stevenage''
***''HMS Thunder''
***
*''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series by [[George R.R. Martin]]
**Ironborn
***''Black Wind''
***''Dagger''
***''Dagon's Feast''
***''Esgred''
***''Fingerdancer''
***''Foamdrinker''
***''Forlorn Hope''
***''Golden Storm''
***''Great Kraken''
***''Grey Ghost''
***''Grief''
***''Hardhand''
***''Iron Lady''
***''Iron Vengeance''
***''Iron Victory''
***''Iron Wind''
***''Iron Wing''
***''Kite''
***''Kraken's Kiss''
***''Lamentation''
***''Leviathan''
***''Lord Dagon''
***''Lord Quellon''
***''Lord Vickon''
***''Helldiver''
***''Maiden's Bane''
***''Nightflyer''
***''Reapers Wind''
***''Red Jester''
***''Red Tide''
***''Salty Wench''
***''Sea Bitch''
***''Sea Song''
***''Seven Skulls''
***''Shark''
***''Silence''
***''Silverfin''
***''Sparrowhawk''
***''Swiftin''
***''Thrall's Bane''
***''Thunderer''
***''Warhammer''
***''Warrior Wench''
***''White Widow''
***''Woe''
**The Royal Fleet (Baratheon)
***''Fury''
***''King Robert's Hammer''
***''Lady Lyanna''
***''Lionstar''
***''Seaswift''
**Lannister
***''Brave Joffrey''
***''Golden Rose''
***''Lady Joanna''
***''Lady Olenna''
***''Lioness''
***''Lord Renly''
***''Lord Tywin''
***''Princess Marcella''
***''Queen Margaery''
***''Sweet Cersei''
* [[Aubrey–Maturin series]] by [[Patrick O'Brian]]
** HMS ''Diane''
** ''Franklin'' – privateer
** HEICS ''Niobe''
** USS ''Norfolk''
** ''[[Nutmeg of Consolation]]''
** HM ''Polychrest'' – sloop
** HM ''Sophie'' – sloop
** HMS ''Worcester''
* ''[[Axis of Time]]'' trilogy by [[John Birmingham]]
** USS ''Amanda Garrett''
** ''Dessaix''
** HMS ''Fearless''
** HMAS ''Havoc''
** USS ''Hillary Clinton'' – aircraft carrier
** HMAS ''Ipswich''
** USS ''Kandahar''
** USS ''Kennebunkport''
** USS ''Leyte Gulf''
** HMAS ''Moreton Bay''
** KRI ''Nuku''
** USS ''Providence''
** JDS ''Siranui''
** KRI ''Sutanto''
** HMS ''Trident''
* [[Biggles]] series by [[W. E. Johns]]
** SS ''Alice Clair'' – British merchant ship
** ''Benegal Star'' – tramp steamer
** ''Colonia'' – British merchant ship
** ''Dundee Castle'' – British merchant ship
** ''Queen of Olati'' – British steamship
** HMS ''Seafret'' – British destroyer
** ''Shanodah'' – British merchant ship
** ''Tasman'' – Australian merchant ship
* ''[[Bloody Jack (novel)|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''
* [[Richard Bolitho|Bolitho]] series by [[Douglas Reeman|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''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series by [[C. S. Lewis]]
** ''[[Dawn Treader]]''
** ''[[Splendor Hyaline]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'' by [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]
** ''[[Starfare's Gem]]''
* ''[[Discworld]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]]
** ''The Boat'' – Ankh-Morporkian submarine
** ''Fin of God'' – Omnian naval vessel
** ''Indestructible'' – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
** ''Indolence'' – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
** ''Mary-Jane'' – Ankh-Morporkian naval vessel
** ''Milka'' – Ankh-Morporkian trading vessel
** ''Ocean Waltzer'' 
** ''Prid of Ankh-Morpork'' – Ankh-Morporkian commandeered naval vessel
** ''Queen of Quirm'' – Quirmian paddleship
** ''Roberta E. Biscuit'' – Quirmian paddleship
** ''Unnamed'' – unregistered trading vessel
** ''Wonderful Fanny'' – Quirmian paddleship
* [[Dray Prescot series]] by [[Kenneth Bulmer]] (as Alan Burt Akers)
** HMS ''Rockingham''
* [[Earthsea]] Trilogy by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
** Lookfar – Ged's boat, formerly called Sanderling
* Edward Mainwaring series by [[Victor Suthren]]
** HMS ''Pallas''
* ''[[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]]'' series by [[Fritz Leiber]]
** ''Black Treasurer''
*''[[Harry Paget Flashman|Flashman]]'' series by [[George MacDonald Fraser]]
**''Balliol College''&nbsp;– slave-trader
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series by [[J. K. Rowling]]
** The [[Durmstrang]] ship
* Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
** Argo II
* [[Horatio Hornblower]] series by [[C. S. Forester]]
** {{HMS|Atropos}}
** {{HMS|Clorinda}}
** ''Estrella''
** {{HMS|Hotspur}}
** {{HMS|Justinian}}
** {{HMS|Lydia}}
** ''[[Mejidieh]]''
** ''Natividad''
** {{HMS|Nonsuch}}
** HM ''Retribution'' – sloop
** ''Speedwell''
** {{HMS|Sutherland}}
** {{HMS|Witch of Endor}}
* [[Inheritance Cycle]] series by [[Christopher Paolini]]
** [[Dragon Wing (ship)|The ''Dragon Wing'']]
* [[Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy character)|Jack Ryan universe]] series by [[Tom Clancy]]
** ''[[E.S. Politovsky]]'' – Soviet [[Alfa-class submarine]]
** ''[[Red October]]'' – Soviet [[Typhoon-class submarine]]
** ''[[Vladimir Konovalov|V.K. Konovalov]]'' – Soviet [[Alfa-class submarine]]
** USCGC ''Panache'' – sole example of new class of high endurance cutter
** JS ''Mutsu'' – Japanese-built destroyer generally similar to American ''Arleigh Burke'' class
* Jake Grafton series by [[Stephen Coonts]]
** ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'', 1986
*** USS ''Shiloh'' – aircraft carrier (One former and one current US Navy ship share that name, neither of them an aircraft carrier.)
** ''[[The Intruders (novel)|The Intruders]]'', 1994
*** USS ''Columbia'' – aircraft carrier (Seven former, one current, and one future US Navy ships share that name, none of them an aircraft carrier)
*** ''Reduktor'' – Soviet intelligence ship
** ''[[Final Flight]]'', 1988
*** USS ''United States'' – {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier}} (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.)
** ''America'', 2001
*** USS ''America'' – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.)
* [[Lord Ramage]] series by [[Dudley Pope]]
** HMS ''Calypso''
** HMS ''Dido''
** HMS ''Jocasta''
** HM ''Triton'' – brig
* John Fury series by G. S. Beard
** HMS ''Amazon'' – British 32-gun frigate
** ''Bedford'' – merchantman
** ''Earl of Mornington'' – [[East India Company]] 24-gun warship
** ''Magicienne'' – French frigate
** ''Otter'' – [[East India Company]] 18-gun warship
** HMS ''Wasp'' – British brigantine
* [[Nathaniel Drinkwater]] series by [[Richard Woodman]]
** HMS ''Antigone'' – former French frigate
** HM ''Hellebore'' – brig
** HM ''Kestrel'' – cutter
** HMS ''Melusine''
** HMS ''Patrician''
** ''Vestal'' – paddle-steamer
** HM ''Virago'' – bomb-vessel
* [[List of Oz books|Oz]] series by [[L. Frank Baum]], [[Ruth Plumly Thompson]] et al.
** ''Crescent Moon''
* [[Para Handy]] series by [[Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis)|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]]
** CSS ''Bonefish''&nbsp;– Confederate submarine, ''[[The Great War: Walk in Hell]]''
** USS ''Chapultepec''&nbsp;– aircraft carrier, ''[[The Great War: American Front]]''
** USS ''Dakota''&nbsp;– U.S. battleship, ''The Great War: American Front''
** CSS ''Fort Sumter''&nbsp;– Confederate cruiser, ''The Great War: American Front''
** CSS ''Hot Springs''&nbsp;– destroyer escort in the [[Second Great War (Southern Victory)|Second Great War]]
** USS ''Josephus Daniels''&nbsp;– destroyer escort in Second Great War
** USS ''Oregon''&nbsp;– battleship in Second Great War
** USS ''Pocahantas, Arkansas''&nbsp;– troop transport named after one of the rare U.S. victories in the Second Mexican War
** USS ''Punishment''&nbsp;– U.S. river monitor operating on the Mississippi, ''The Great War: Walk in Hell''
** USS ''Remembrance'' – aircraft carrier
** ''Ripple''&nbsp;– U.S. fishing boat, ''The Great War: American Front''
** USS ''Sandwich Islands''
** CSS ''Scallop''&nbsp;– Confederate submarine, ''The Great War: American Front''
** ''Spray''&nbsp;– U.S. fishing trawler / [[Q-ship]], ''The Great War: American Front''
** CSS ''Swamp Fox''&nbsp;– Confederate commerce raider, ''The Great War: American Front''
** USS ''Trenton''&nbsp;– aircraft carrier
** CSS ''Whelk''&nbsp;– Confederate submarine, ''The Great War: American Front''
* [[Swallows and Amazons series|''Swallows and Amazons'' series]] by [[Arthur Ransome]]
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* [[Travis McGee]] series by [[John D. MacDonald]]
** ''Busted Flush''&nbsp;– Travis McGee's houseboat
** ''HooBoy'' – charter fishing boat
** ''[[John Maynard Keynes]]'' – Meyer's first houseboat
** ''Munequita'' – McGee's speedboat
** ''[[Thorstein Veblen]]'' – Meyer's second houseboat
* Zion Chronicles series by [[Bodie Thoene]]
** ''Ave Maria''
* [[Clive Cussler]] works
** ''First Attempt''—in ''[[The Mediterranean Caper]]'' and ''[[Raise the Titanic!]]''
** ''Oregon'', Juan Cabrillo's base-ship in ''[[Oregon Files]]'' series

===Norse mythology===
* ''[[Hringhorni]]'' – the ship of [[Baldr]]
* ''[[Naglfar]]'' – ship in [[Norse mythology]] made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead
* ''[[Skíðblaðnir]]'' – the ship of [[Freyr]]

===Biblical===
* [[Noah's Ark|''Ark'']] – [[Noah]]'s ship

==Radio==
* ''Empress of Coconut''&nbsp;– Potarneyland cruise liner, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
* HMS ''Goliath''&nbsp;– British stealth nuclear submarine, ''[[Deep Trouble (radio comedy series)|Deep Trouble]]''
* HMS ''Makepeace''&nbsp;– British destroyer, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
* ''Marie Valette''&nbsp;– 18th-century ship sunk in the [[English Channel]], ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
* ''Poppadum''&nbsp;– Potarneyland frigate, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
* ''Saucy Seagull''&nbsp;– British fishing trawler, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
* ''The Scarlet Queen''&nbsp;– [[ketch]], ''[[Voyage of the Scarlet Queen]]'', 1947 radio serial
* HMS ''Troutbridge''&nbsp;– British frigate, ''[[The Navy Lark]]''

==Stage==
* ''[[Flying Dutchman]]''&nbsp;– in the 1843 opera ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' (''The Flying Dutchman'' by [[Richard Wagner]]) and other plays, movies and novels
* {{HMS|Pinafore}} – 1878 opera by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
* USS ''Reluctant'' (AK-601)&nbsp;– ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' (also appears in novel, films, and TV series versions)

==Television==
* USS ''Allegiance'' – U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine from ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[End Game (The X-Files)|End Game]]"
* HMAS ''Ambush'' – ''[[Patrol Boat (TV series)|Patrol Boat]]''
* USS ''Ardent''&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Navy destroyer escort from ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[Død Kalm]]"
* ''Argonaut'' – Mike Nelson's boat in ''[[Sea Hunt]]'', 1950s series
* USS ''Appleby'' – U.S. Navy destroyer in the series ''[[Ensign O'Toole]]'', 1962–1963 
* USS ''Avington'' – U.S. Navy Nimitz class carrier in the series ''[[Justice League (TV series)]]'', episode 34 (october 18, 2003)
* [[Batboat]]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''
* RMS Queen of Scots (based on the [[RMS Queen Mary]])  in [[The Triangle (film)|The 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 (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
* SS ''Bernice''&nbsp;&ndash; cargo ship in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''
* ''Black Pig'' – ''[[Captain Pugwash]]'', UK children's TV cartoon series
* ''Childish Tycoon''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''
* SS ''Claridon'' – ocean liner (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}) in ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''
* HMAS ''Defiance'' – ''[[Patrol Boat (TV series)|Patrol Boat]]''
* USS ''Georgetown'' &ndash; ''[[Supercarrier (TV series)|Supercarrier]]'', 1988
* ''Golden Lolly''&nbsp;&ndash; pirate ship, ''[[Henry's Cat]]''
* ''Gone Fission''&nbsp;&ndash; [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]]' yacht in ''[[The Simpsons]]''
* ''Greasy Fleece'' – pirate ship, ''[[Henry's Cat]]''
* {{HMAS|Hammersley}}&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Sea Patrol (TV series)|Sea Patrol]]''
* ''Haunted Star'' – ''[[General Hospital]]''
* HMS ''Hero'' (F42) – ''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]''
*HMAS ''Kingston''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Sea Patrol]]''
* USS ''Kiwi'' – ''[[The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)|The Wackiest Ship in the Army]]''
* SS ''Lady Anne'' – cruise ship, "[[Passage on the Lady Anne]]" episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
* SS ''Andrea I'' (based on the {{SS|Shieldhall}}) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovela [[Terra Nostra (TV series)|''Terra Nostra'']] (''Our Land''), 1999
* ''Lake Wallenpaupack Princess''&nbsp;&ndash; excursion / tour boat, ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]''
* ''Leaking Lena''&nbsp;&ndash; Captain Hufenpuf's ship, ''[[Beany and Cecil]]''
* USS ''Lexington'' – US aircraft carrier in "The Mission", episode 5 of ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
* HMS ''Lindana'' – sloop, ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
* SS ''Maid of Plygh''&nbsp;&ndash; freight ship, ''[[Jane (British TV series)|Jane]]''
* USS ''Massachusetts'' – ''[[24: Live Another Day]]''
* [[S. S. Minnow|S. S. ''Minnow'']]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''
* [[S. S. Minnow#S.S. Minnow II|S.S. ''Minnow II'']]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Rescue from Gilligan's Island]]''
* SS ''Moldavia'' – passenger ship, ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]''
* USS ''Monroe'' (DD-211) – ''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]'' Together&nbsp;&ndash; 
*SS ''Albatroz'' (based on the {{SS|Keewatin}}) – ocean liner colliding with an iceberg from Brazilian telenovela ''[[O Tempo Não Para]]'' (English: Crashing Into the Future), 2018
* [[USS Nathan James|USS ''Nathan James'' (DDG-151)]]&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[The Last Ship (TV series)|The Last Ship]]''
* ''Naughty Jane''&nbsp;&ndash; rowboat, ''[[Dad's Army]]''
* HMS ''Peerless'' – Royal Navy [[Anti-submarine warfare]] ship serving in the [[British Pacific Fleet]] on which [[Albert Gladstone Trotter]] served, sunk in a collision with USS ''Pittsburgh''. Mention in ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' episode ''[[Dates (Only Fools and Horses)|Dates]]''
* ''Persephone'' – log salvage boat from ''[[The Beachcombers]]''
* ''Piper Maru''&nbsp;&ndash; French ship from ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[Piper Maru]]"
* USS ''Pittsburgh'' – U.S. Navy aircraft carrier mentioned in ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode ''Dates''. Picked up survivors from HMS ''Peerless'' after the latter was lost in a collision with the ship.
* RMS ''Princess Isabella'' (based on the [[Queen Mary 2|RMS ''Queen Mary 2'']])&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[10.5: Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[PT-73]]''&nbsp;&ndash; the [[PT boat]] from ''[[McHale's Navy]]''
* ''PT-116'' – ''McHale's Navy''
* ''Queen Anne''&nbsp;&ndash; ocean liner from ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[Triangle (The X-Files)|Triangle]]"
* SS ''Queen of Glasgow''&nbsp;&ndash; passenger ship, "[[Judgment Night (The Twilight Zone)|Judgment Night]]" episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
* ''Queen's Gambit'' – ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]''
* USS ''Reluctant'' (AK-601) – World War II cargo ship in ''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|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|USOS ''Seaview'']] – ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
* ''[[Skydiver (submarine)|Skydiver]]''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]'', 1970–1971
* ''Slice of Life'' – ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''
* ''Stingray'' – WASP submarine in ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'', 1964–1965
* ''St. Vitus Dance'' – [[Sonny Crockett]]'s houseboat from ''[[Miami Vice]]''
* ''Sultana'' – ''[[The Buccaneers (1956 TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'', 1956
* RMS ''Sunshine'' – setting for the BBC television variety programme ''[[Cabaret Cruise]]'', 1937{{ndash}}49
*SS Royal (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}) – ocean liner from Brazilian telenovela ''[[Tempo de Amar]]'' (English title: A Time to Love), 2017
* ''Temperance'' &nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
* ''Thunder''&nbsp;&ndash; super speedboat in ''[[Thunder in Paradise]]'', 1994
* ''[[Thunderbird 4]]''&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', 1964
* ''Tiki III''&nbsp;&ndash; schooner in ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'', 1960s series by James Michener
* SS ''Tiny Tub''&nbsp;&ndash; rented [[tugboat]] from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode "No Toon Is an Island"
* SS ''Tipton'' – ''[[The Suite Life on Deck]]''
* Unnamed ghost ship – from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', where the Flying Dutchman lives
* ''Vast Explorer'' – ''[[Adventure Inc.]]'', 2003§
* SS ''Vondel''&nbsp;&ndash; passenger ship in ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', sunk in a pirate attack
* Bárbara de Braganza (based on [[Cunard-White Star Line]]'s ships {{RMS|Queen Mary}} and {{RMS|Queen Elizabeth}}) – ocean liner from ''[[High Seas (TV series)|High Seas]]''
* Kerberos (based on the [[RMS Lusitania]]) – ocean liner from ''[[1899 (TV series)|1899]]''
* Prometheus (based on the [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauritania]], [[RMS Lusitania]]'s sister ship) – ocean liner from ''[[1899 (TV series)|1899]]''
* USS ''[[Walter Mondale]]''&nbsp;&ndash; laundry ship from ''[[The Simpsons]]'', mentioned in the episode "[[Bart vs. Australia]]"
* ''X-2''&nbsp;&ndash; [[hydrofoil]] in ''[[The Venture Bros.]]''
* [[Zuko]]'s [[Fire Nation]] ship&nbsp;&ndash; ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''

===Multiple ships by series===
* ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]''
** {{HMS|Hotspur}}&nbsp;&ndash; 20-gun sloop
** {{HMS|Justinian}}&nbsp;&ndash; 74-gun ship-of-the-line
** ''Le Rève''&nbsp;&ndash; French sloop
** ''Papillion''&nbsp;&ndash; French frigate
* ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' / ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' universe (many ships){{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
* ''[[Last Resort (U.S. TV series)|Last Resort]]'' universe
** USS ''Colorado'' (SSBN-753) – fictional [[Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine|''Ohio''-class ballistic missile submarine]]
** USS ''Patrick Lawrence'' (DDG-112) – fictional [[Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer]]
* [[The Last Ship (TV series)|''The Last Ship'']] Universe
** HMS ''Achilles'' (Hull Number Unknown)&nbsp;&ndash; fictional [[Astute-class submarine|''Astute''-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|The Last Ship]]'', 2015
** USS ''Hayward'' (DDG-157) – fictional [[Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|The Last Ship]]'', 2016
** USS ''Nathan James'' (DDG-151)&nbsp;&ndash; fictional [[Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|The Last Ship]]'', 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70567|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217024310/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70567|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2013|title=Naval Base San Diego; USS Halsey featured in "The Last Ship"|last=Webb|first=Justin L.|date=November 9, 2012|publisher=Department of Defense|quote=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).|work=United States Navy|access-date=April 15, 2013}}</ref>
** USS ''Shackleton'' (DDG-162) – fictional [[Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class guided missile destroyer]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|The Last Ship]]'', 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IXuidlpjew |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-IXuidlpjew| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The Last Ship Trailer {{!}} San Diego Comic Con {{!}} TNT|website=YouTube|access-date=2016-07-25}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** USNS ''Solace'' (T-AH-21) &ndash; fictional [[Mercy-class hospital ship|''Mercy''-class hospital ship]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|The Last Ship]]'', 2015
** RFS ''Vyerni'' (hull number unknown) – fictional [[Kirov-class battlecruiser|''Kirov''-class battlecruiser]], ''[[The Last Ship (novel)#Television adaptation|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 (fictional ship)|Charlotte Rhodes]]'' – first ship of James Onedin (This was in fact an actual schooner named "Charlotte Rhodes",<ref>[''The World of the Onedin Line'' - copyright 1977 Alison McLeay]</ref> née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". In 1979 it was destroyed at [[Amsterdam harbour]] by arson.{{cn|date=February 2021}})
** ''Medusa''
** ''Pampero''
** ''Soren Larsen'' (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/ |title=Sailing Holidays {{!}} South Pacific Sailing Adventure |access-date=23 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231234408/http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/ |archive-date=31 December 2011 }}</ref>
* ''[[Vigil (TV series)|Vigil]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC One announces brand new thriller Vigil (w/t) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/vigil |agency=BBC |date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
** HMS ''Archer'' 
** HMS ''Audacious''
** USS ''Delaware''
** ''Mhairi Finnea'' &nbsp;&ndash; Scottish [[fishing trawler]]
** HMS ''Riffa''
** HMS ''Vanguard'' &nbsp;&ndash; British {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine}} 
** HMS ''Vanquish'' &nbsp;&ndash; British {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine}} 
** HMS ''Vigil'' &nbsp;&ndash; British {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine}} 
** HMS ''Virtue'' &nbsp;&ndash; British {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine}}

==Folklore, etc.==
* ''Courser'' or the ''Tuscarora'' – [[Alfred Bulltop Stormalong]]'s clipper ship
* ''[[Flying Dutchman]]''
* {{HMS|Friday}} &nbsp;&ndash; popular urban legend of the British Royal Navy
* ''[[Prydwen]]'' – ship of [[King Arthur]] in the poem ''[[Preiddeu Annwfn]]''

==See also==
* [[Flying submarine]]
* [[Submarine films]]
* [[List of boats in The Adventures of Tintin|List of boats in ''The Adventures of Tintin'']]

==References==
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