List of fictional ships
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This list of fictional ships includes all manner of artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction or a work by a notable author or creator. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list of every fictional ship.
Anime and manga
- Blue 6, Shang 9 – Blue Submarine No. 6[1]
- Going Merry – One Piece[2][3]
- Harekaze – High School Fleet[4]
- Illustria – Macross Zero[5]
- Musashi – High School Fleet[4]
- The School Ship – Girls und Panzer[2]
- Yashiromaru – Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
Comics
- Unicorn – The Adventures of Tintin stories The Secret of the Unicorn, 1943, and Red Rackham's Treasure, 1944[7]
Film
- African Queen – The African Queen, 1951[8]
- USS Alameda (LPD-32) – Godzilla, 2014[9][10][11]
- Albatross – The Sea Hawk, 1940[12]
- Argo – galley, Jason and the Argonauts, 1963, 2000[3]
- USS Aspen – Full Fathom Five, 1990
- USS Bedford (DLG-113) – The Bedford Incident, 1965[13]
- USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats, 1956[14]
- Black Pearl – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003[3]
- USS Caine – The Caine Mutiny, 1954[15]
- USS Copperfin – Destination Tokyo, 1943[16]
- H.M.S. Defiant – H.M.S. Defiant, 1962[17]
- HMS Devonshire –Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997[18]
- Fuwalda – Tarzan of the Apes, 1918[19]
- USS Haynes – The Enemy Below, 1957
- USS Keeling – Greyhound, 2020[20]
- Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1959[21]
- Morning Cloud – Tai-Pan, 1986[22]
- Nautilus – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954),[3] Mysterious Island (1961),[23] Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969),[24] and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)[25]
- Red October – The Hunt for Red October, 1990[3]
- USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles, 1966[26]
- USS Sea Tiger – Operation Petticoat, 1959
- USS Stingray –Down Periscope, 1996[27]
- HMS Surprise – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003[28]
- USS Tampa Bay – Hunter Killer, 2018[29]
- USS Thunderfish – Operation Pacific, 1951[30]
- USS Tigerfish – Ice Station Zebra, 1968[31]
- USS Tigershark – The Atomic Submarine, 1959[32]
- Titanic II – Titanic II, 2010[33]
- Titanic III – Titanic 666, 2022[34]
- HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942[35]
- HMS Trumpton – The Navy Lark, 1959[36]
- Tsimtsum – Life of Pi, 2012[37]
- U-571 – U-571, 2000[38]
- USS Ulysses – Crash Dive, 1996[39]
- HMS Venus – Carry On Jack, 1962[40]
- We're Here – Captains Courageous, 1937[41]
- White Witch – Tai-Pan, 1986[22]
- Wonkatania – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971[42]
- Yellow Submarine – Yellow Submarine, 1968[43]
Literature
Folklore
- Courser or the Tuscarora – Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship[44]
- HMS Friday – British Royal Navy urban legend[45]
Novels
- USS Abraham Lincoln – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, 1868[46]
- African Queen – The African Queen by C. S. Forester, 1935[8]
- Amazon – Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930[47]
- HMS Amazon – Mr Midshipman Fury by G. S. Beard, 2006[48]
- USS America – America by Stephen Coonts, 2001[49]
- HMS Andromeda – Beneath the Aurora, 1995, and The Shadow of the Eagle, 1997, by Richard Woodman[50]
- HMS Antigone – Baltic Mission by Richard Woodman, 1986[50]
- HMS Antigone – The Cruiser by Warren Tute, 1955[51]
- Araby – Captain of the Araby by Howard Pease, 1953[52]
- Ariel – The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, 1838[53]
- HMS Argonaute – Colours Aloft! by Alexander Kent,1986[54]
- HMS Artemis – The Ship by C. S. Forester, 1943[55]
- HMS Athena – Royal Yankee by Victor Suthren, 1987[56]
- USS Athena (PC-15) – The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin, 2023[57]
- HMS Atropos – Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Forester, 1953[58]
- USS Barracuda (SSN-593) – To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986[59]
- HMS Benbecula – Rendezvous-South Atlantic by Douglas Reeman[60]
- USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954[61][14]
- HMS Bellipotent – Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924[62]
- Bloodhound – In the Belly of the Bloodhound by Louis A. Meyer, 2002[63]
- Britannia – In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867–1868[64]
- Busted Flush – The Deep Blue Good-by by John D. MacDonald[65]
- USS Caine –The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 1951[15]
- HMS Calypso – The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941[66]
- HMS Calypso – Ramage's Mutiny by Dudley Pope, 1977[67]
- HMS Carousel – We Saw The Sea by John Winton[68]
- Carpco Valparaiso – Towing Jehova by James Morrow, 1994[69]
- HMS Clorinda – Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester, 1957[58]
- Cotton Blossom – Show Boat by Edna Ferber, 1926[70]
- USS Columbia – The Intruders by Stephen Coonts, 1994[71]
- HMS Compass Rose – The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951[72]
- Covenant – Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886[23]
- HMS Diane – The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian, 1989[73]
- Dawn Treader – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis[74]
- Dazzler – The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London, 1902[75]
- USS Delaware – The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941[66]
- Demeter – Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897[76]
- HMS Destiny – Stand into Danger by Alexander Kent, 1980[77]
- HMS Diana – Golden Galleon by Victor Suthren, 1989[78]
- HMS Dido – Ramage and the Dido by Dudley Pope, 1989[79]
- HMS Dolphin – Bloody Jack by Louis A. Meyer, 2002[80]
- USS Dolphin – Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963[81]
- USS Dragonfish – Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler, 1976[82]
- USS Dragonfish – To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986[83]
- Dulcibella – The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903[84]
- Duncan – In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867[85]
- The Durmstrang ship – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling, 2000[3]
- USS Eel – Run Silent, Run Deep, 1955, and Dust on the Sea, 1972, by Edward L. Beach Jr.[86]
- Erasmus – Shōgun by James A. Michener, 1975[87]
- Erebus – Alaska by James A. Michener, 1988[88]
- Flying Dutch – Flying Dutch by Tom Holt, 1991[74]
- Flying Dutchman – The Death Ship by William Clark Russell, 1888[74]
- Flying Dutchman – The Crew of the Flying Dutchman by Henry A. Hering, 1896[74]
- Flying Dutchman – A Primer of Imaginary Geography by Brander Matthews, 1894[74]
- Flying Dutchman – Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques, 2001[74]
- Ghost – The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904[89]
- The Glen Carrig – The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson, 1907[90]
- Goblin – We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome (1937)[91]
- HMS Gorgon – Richard Bolitho, Midshipman, 1978;[92] Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger, 1978,[93] by Alexander Kent
- HM Hellebore – A Brig of War by Richard Woodman, 1983[50]
- Hispaniola – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883[94]
- HMS Hotspur – Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester, 1962[58]
- The Ibis Schooner – Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, 2008[95]
- HMS Indomitable – For My Country's Freedom by Alexander Kent, 1995[96]
- USS Keeling – The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, 1955[20]
- HM Kestrel – A Kings Cutter by Richard Woodman, 1982[50]
- La Qualla – Jungle Cruise by Brooke Vitale (2021)[95]
- HMS Leviathan –HMS Leviathan by John Winton, 1967[97]
- USS Levant – The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale, 1863[98]
- Life Boat – Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 2001[95]
- Little Toot – Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky, 1939
- Lorelei Leeto – The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by Louis A. Meyer, 2002[99]
- HMS Lydia – The Happy Return by C. S. Forester, 1937[58]
- Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956[100]
- Mongolia – Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873[101]
- USS Nathan James (DDG-80) –The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988[102]
- Nautilus – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870)[3] and The Mysterious Island (1874)[23] by Jules Verne
- Nellie – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899[103]
- HMS Nonsuch – The Commodore, 1945, and Lord Hornblower, 1946, by C. S. Forester[58]
- Not for Hire – The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer, 1971[104]
- Oregon – Oregon Files by Clive Cussler[105]
- Ossa – Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, 1900[106]
- HMS Pallas – Captain Monsoon by Victor Suthren, 1993[107]
- HMS Pandora –One of Our Warships by John Winton, 1975[108]
- Patna – Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, 1900[106]
- HMS Patrician – In Distant Waters, 1988; A Private Revenge, 1989; and The Flying Squadron, 1992, by Richard Woodman[109][50]
- Pequod – Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851[3]
- HMS Phalarope – To Glory We Steer by Alexander Kent, 1968[110]
- Pharaon – The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844[111]
- SS Poseidon – The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969[3]
- Pushkin –The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988[102]
- USS Pyramus – The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967[112]
- Queequeg – The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004[113]
- Red October – The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984[114][3]
- The Red Rover – The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper, 1827[115]
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen, 1946[116]
- HMS Restless – Yashimoto's Last Dive by Antony Trew, 1986[117]
- USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna, 1962[26]
- Santa Ybel – Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947[118]
- Scuffy – Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton, 1946[119]
- The Sea Witch – The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956[120]
- HMS Seahorse – Down The Hatch by John Winton, 1962[121]
- USS Shiloh – Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts, 1986[122]
- Slewfoot – Torpedo Run by Robb White, 1962[123]
- Slice of Life – Dexter by Jeff Lindsay[95]
- HMS Sutherland – A Ship of the Line, 1938 by C. S. Forester[58]
- Swallow – Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930[47]
- HMS Temeraire –The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971[124]
- HMS Tempest – Passage To Mutiny by Alexander Kent, 1976[125]
- HMS Thunder Child – The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- SS Titan – Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 1898[126]
- HM Triton – Ramage and the Freebooters by Dudley Pope, 1969[127]
- Tsimtsum – Life of Pi, 2001[37]
- U-996 – An Operational Necessity by Gwyn Griffin, 1967[128]
- HMS Ulysses – HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean, 1955[129]
- HMS Undine – Command a King's Ship by Alexander Kent, 1973[130]
- HM Virago – The Bomb Vessel by Richard Woodman, 1984[131][50]
- Vital Spark – The Collected Stories from The Vital Spark by Neil Munro, 1906
- The Walrus –Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883[132]
- USS Walrus – Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach Jr., 1955[133]
- Water-Witch – The Water-Witch by James Fenimore Cooper, 1830[115]
- We're Here – Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, 1897[134]
- White Witch – Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966[22]
- HMS Witch of Endor – Flying Colours, 1938 by C. S. Forester[58]
- Wonderful Fanny – Snuff by Terry Pratchett[135]
Poetry
- Alice May – "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service, 1907[136]
- Argo – "Argonautica" by Apollonius of Rhodes, 3rd century BCE
- Prydwen – "Preiddeu Annwfn", 14th century
Short stories
- Marie Celeste – "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1884[137]
Radio
- HMS Goliath – Deep Trouble, 2005–2007[138]
- The Scarlet Queen – Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 1947–1948[139]
- HMS Troutbridge – The Navy Lark, 1959–1976[140][36]
Stage
- SS American – Anything Goes by Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, 1934[141]
- Coronia – Sail Away by Noël Coward, 1961[142]
- Cotton Blossom – Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1927[143]
- Flying Dutchman – Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner, 1843[144]
- SS Hendrik Hudson – Over Night by Philip Bartholomae, 1911[145]
- Hibernia – The Defender by Charles Dennée and Allen Lowe, 1902[146]
- HMS Pinafore – H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1878[147]
- The Pirate Queen – The Pirate Queen by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby Jr., and John Dempsey; 2006[148]
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts by Joshua Logan and Thomas Heggen, 1948[116]
- SS Majestania – The Beauty Prize by Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, and P. G. Wodehouse, 1923[149]
- Mauretania – The Greyhound by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner, 1909[150]
- Zong – The Meaning of Zong by Giles Terera, 2022[151]
Television
- HMAS Ambush – Patrol Boat, 1979–1984[152][153]
- Argonaut – Sea Hunt, 1958–1961[154][155]
- USS Appleby – Ensign O'Toole, 1962–1963[156]
- Bárbara de Braganza – High Seas[157]
- Black Pig – Captain Pugwash, 1957–1966[23]
- Charlotte Rhodes – The Onedin Line, 1971–1980[158]
- USS Colorado (SSBN-753) – Last Resort, 2012–2013[159]
- HMAS Defiance – Patrol Boat, 1979–1984[153]
- HMAS Hammersley – Sea Patrol, 2007–2011[160]
- HMS Hero (F42) – Warship, 1973–1978[161]
- Kerberos – 1899[162]
- USS Kiwi – The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1965–1966[163]
- S. S. Minnow – Gilligan's Island, 1964–1967;[164] Rescue from Gilligan's Island, 1978[165]
- Nautilus – The Return of Captain Nemo, 1978,[166] and Nautilus, 2024[167]
- USS Nathan James (DDG-151) – The Last Ship, 2014– 2018[168][169]
- Persephone – The Beachcombers, 1972–1990[170]
- Prometheus – 1899[162]
- PT-73 – McHale's Navy, 1962–1966[171]
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts, 1965–1966[172]
- St. Vitus Dance – Miami Vice, 1984–1990[173]
- seaQuest DSV 4600 – seaQuest DSV, 1993–1996[174]
- USS Sea Tiger – Operation Petticoat, 1977–1979[175]
- USOS Seaview – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1964–1968[176]
- USS Shackleton (DDG-162) –The Last Ship, 2016[177]
- Soren Larsen – The Onedin Line[178]
- Stingray – Stingray, 1964–1965[179]
- Terrorfish – Stingray, 1964–1965[179]
- Theodore – Theodore Tugboat, 1993–2001[180]
- Thunderbird 4 – Thunderbirds, 1964[3]
- Tiki III – Adventures in Paradise, 1959–1962[181]
- SS Tipton – The Suite Life on Deck[182]
- Toot – Toot the Tiny Tugboat, 2014–2015[183]
- Vast Explorer – Adventure Inc., 2002–2003[184]
- USS Wayne – Assault on the Wayne, 1971[185]
- X-2 – hydrofoil in The Venture Bros.[186]
- Zuko's Fire Nation ship – Avatar: The Last Airbender[187]
Video games
- Jackdaw – Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag[3]
- King of Red Lions – The Legend of Zelda[3]
- The Maw – Little Nightmares[25]
- Outer Gear – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[3]