List of fictional ships
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This List of fictional ships lists artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction.
Anime and manga
- Blue 6, Shang 9 — Blue Submarine No. 6
- Going Merry — One Piece
- Thousand Sunny — One Piece
- JDS Mirai — Zipang
- Over the Rainbow, (a renamed USS Harry S. Truman) — Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Pascal Magi — Tactical Roar
- Ghost Ship — Blue Submarine No. 6
- Super 99 — Submarine Super 99
- Thundersub — Thundersub
- Tuatha de Danaan — Full Metal Panic!
- Yamato Takeru - super battleship, Kyokujitsu no Kantai.
- Takemikazuchi - aircraft carrier, Konpeki no Kantai
- I-3000 - supersubmarine, Konpeki no Kantai
- Yashiromaru — Case Closed: Strategy Above the Depths
- St. Aphrodite — Case Closed: Strategy Above the Depths
- Blue - Blue Drop
- Space Battleship Yamato - Space Battleship Yamato
- Super Dimension Fortress One (SDF-1) Macross - Robotech
Comics
- Aurora — trawler in The Adventures of Tintin story The Shooting Star and also from The Sign of Four from Sherlock Holmes
- The Black Freighter — a 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 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 — cargo ship in The Adventures of Tintin story The Crab with the Golden Claws
- 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 story Red Rackham's Treasure
- Sirius — ship in The Adventures of Tintin story The Shooting Star
- The Unicorn — 17th. century wooden sailing warship 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
Film
- 903 - Iranian Kilo class submarine in Steel Sharks, 1996
- USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
- Academic Vladislav Volkov — Russian research ship in Virus, 1999
- Acheron — French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
- African Queen — The African Queen, 1951 with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
- Albatross — The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
- Amindra — with shanghaied sailor from the Glencairn, torpedoed and sank in The Long Voyage Home, 1940
- SS Andes — cruise ship in Let's Go Native, 1930
- SS Antonia Graza — derelict Italian luxury ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- Aquanaut 3 - experimental submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
- Arabella — Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, 1935
- Argo — galley Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts (TV miniseries)
- Argonautica — cruise ship Deep Rising
- USS Aspen — Full Fathom Five
- HMS Avenger — Billy Budd 1962
- Batavia Queen — steamship Krakatoa, East of Java 1969
- HMS Bedford — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- USS Bedford (DLG-113) — The Bedford Incident (also in book version)
- Belafonte — oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats, 1956 (Also appears in original novel)
- Benthic Explorer — offshore support ship — The Abyss 1989
- Black Hawk — The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
- Black Pearl (formerly HMS Wicked Wench) — slaver turned pirate ship Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Black Swan — The Black Swan 1942
- Brandenburg — World War II German battleship in We Dive at Dawn 1943
- SS Britannic — cruise ship in Juggernaut
- USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (Also appears in written version)
- USS Charleston - On the Beach, 2000
- HMS Chester — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- SSN Davies (SSN-???) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Crash Dive, 1996
- HMS Devonshire — British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies
- SS Chiku Shan — ferryboat — Blood Alley (1955)
- SS Claridon — ocean liner in The Last Voyage 1960
- HMS Compass Rose — Second World War Flower-class corvette in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- USS Copperfin — World War II sub Destination Tokyo, 1943 w/ Cary Grant
- HMS Dauntless — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- HMS Defiant — frigate in HMS Defiant, 1962
- Disco Volante — motor yacht/hydrofoil in Thunderball 1965
- USS Dragonfish — U.S. Submarine in Battle of the Coral Sea 1959
- Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands 1979
- USS Echo — sailing ship from The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1959
- Edinburgh Trader — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Elizabeth Dane — The Fog
- Elsinore — The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1937
- Empress — Chinese junk — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- HMS Endeavour — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- MS Ergenstrasse — The Sea Chase (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and Patriot Games (1992) with Harrison Ford.
- Esther — sailing merchantman, Old Ironsides 1926
- Flying Dutchman — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Geronimo — America's Cup racing yacht, Wind 1992
- Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf 1941
- Glencairn — freighter — The Long Voyage Home
- Gloria N — E la nave va..., Federico Fellini
- SS Goliath — ocean liner — Goliath Awaits — TV film 1981
- Hahnchen Maru — cargo vessel modified to command ship — Contact, 1997
- Hai Peng — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- SS Happy Wanderer — cruise liner — Carry On Cruising
- USS Haynes (DE-181) — destroyer escort, The Enemy Below
- The Henrietta - paddle steamer - Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
- Immer Essen ("Always eating") — cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- The Inferno — The Goonies
- HMS Interceptor — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- USS Intrepid — cruise ship in the film Intrepid
- JDS Isokaze — Aegis (Bôkoku no îgisu) 2005
- Jenny — Forrest Gump
- USS Kornblatt — Don't Give Up The Ship, 1959, starred Jerry Lewis
- USS Lansing (SSN-795) - Los Angeles Class SSN (Depicted as an SSBN) in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- Liparus — Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
- SS Lorelei — An ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- HMS Lydia — Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951
- Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, 1959
- USS Mako - Fast Attack Submarine in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- USS Montana — The Abyss, The Fifth Missile
- Morning Star —Cutthroat Island 1995
- Nathan Ross — whaling ship, All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953
- Nautilus — Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969, Mysterious Island, The Return of Captain Nemo 1978, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003
- HMS Nereid - Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980
- USS Oakland (SSN-798) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Steel Sharks, 1996
- Olive Branch — sailing merchantman, Captain Caution, 1940
- Orca — Quint's fishing boat, Jaws, 1975
- Patna — tramp steamer in Lord Jim 1965
- Pequod — whaleship, Moby Dick 1956, 1978, 1998
- USS Pequod - American submarine, 2010: Moby Dick, 2010
- Poseidon — ocean liner/cruise ship, The Poseidon Adventure 1972, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979, The Poseidon Adventure 2005, Poseidon 2006
- USS Poseidon — USS Poseidon: Phantom Below 2005
- The Princess — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Q Boat — Q's 'fishing boat' The World Is Not Enough 1999
- "Proteus" - nuclear mini submarine from the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage." [1]
- Rachel — Moby-Dick, 1956, 1998
- Rasputin - Ex-Soviet Submarine in Rapid Assault, 1997
- Reaper- Dog's ship in Cutthroat Island, 1995
- Red 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)
- U-571 appears in U-571 (film), coincidently same number as German submarine U-571
- Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd, 1962
- Rob Roy — commercial freighter, Windbag the Sailor, 1936
- USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles, 1966
- HMS Saltash Castle — Second World War frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- Saracen — yacht, Dead Calm
- USS Sarasota - Aircraft Carrier, Crash Dive, 1996 & Rapid Assault, 1997
- USS Sawfish — On the Beach, 1959
- USS Scotia - submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
- Sea Star — tug in Virus, 1999
- HMS Sea Tiger — Second World War submarine, We Dive at Dawn, 1943
- USS Sea Tiger — World War II submarine, Operation Petticoat 1959; also TV series 1977
- SS Sea Witch — Action in the North Atlantic 1943
- SSNR Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 with Walter Pidgeon
- HMS Shag at Sea - yacht, Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
- HMS Sherwood - British cruiser, Carry on Admiral 1957
- HMS Solent - British destroyer, Sink the Bismarck! 1960
- IJN Shinaru — Japanese aircraft carrier, Torpedo Run 1958
- Stealth Ship — media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in Tomorrow Never Dies. Is based on the real life Sea Shadow (IX-529) 1997
- St. Georges — British spy ship trawler For Your Eyes Only 1981
- USS Starfish — Hellcats of the Navy
- USS Stingray - Balao-class submarine, Down Periscope, 1996 with Kelsey Grammer; no relation to the Salmon-class SS-186 USS Stingray
- USS Thunderfish — Operation Pacific, 1954 with John Wayne
- USS Tigerfish (SSN 509) - United States nuclear submarine from Ice Station Zebra.
- USS Tiger Shark — The Atomic Submarine
- SS Titanic II — cruise liner, Titanic II, 2010
- HMS Torrin — In Which We Serve, 1942
- Ulysses — submarine, Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- SSN Ulysses (SSN-???) - Los Angeles Class in Crash Dive, 1996
- USS Valhalla (SSN-905) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Rapid Assault, 1997
- SS Venture — King Kong, 1933, 2005
- HMS Venus — British frigate — Carry On Jack, 1962
- HMS Viperess — British Victor-class destroyer — The Cruel Sea, 1953
- HMS Victoria — British WWI ironclad, Britannic, 2000
- The Wanderer - Captain Ron, 1992 with Martin Short and Kurt Russell
- We're Here — Captains Courageous, 1937 with Spencer Tracy
- Wonkatania — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (also appears in 2005 adaptation), based on the Cunard Line tradition of ending ships with an -ania (i.e., RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania)
- Yellow Submarine — The Beatles' psychedelic submarine
Literature
Single works
- USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1868
- Adventure — Oceangoing Salvage Tug — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- African Queen — The African Queen by C. S. Forester
- HMS Amirante — Destroyer — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Antarctica — Whaling Factory Ship — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- HMS Antigone — Leander class cruiser commissioned 1938 in "The Cruiser" by Warren Tute, 1955
- SNS Antilla- Spanish battleship in Trafalgar by Arturo Perez-Reverte, 2004
- Antonov — Soviet bulk freighter — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Arabella — Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini, 1924
- HMS Aries — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Argo — Jason and the Argonauts
- Artemis — Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
- HMS Artemis — The Ship, by C. S. Forester, 1943
- Astrea — Roman galley ship — Ben-Hur by Genl Lew Wallace, 1880
- Aurora — Armed whale catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Auxoil — Oil-rig tender — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- USS Avenger - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Baalbek — Libyan Freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Bachir — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears in film version)
- Bellatrix — Motor yacht — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Bellipotent — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- Beryte — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Bird of Dawning — Bird of Dawning novel by John Masefield
- USS Bradford — Frigate — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- Black Swan - Pirate ship - "The Black Swan" by Rafael Sabatini, 1932 (prototype for Pirates of the Caribbean films)
- HMS Broadsword - Royal Navy Destroyer - A ship involved in an intentional incident in First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer
- Byblos — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (also appears in film version)
- HMS Calypso — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
- USS Candlefish (SS-284) — Ghostboat by George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger, 1976. World War II Gato Class submarine
- USS Carl Jackson — Nimitz Class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Caspar's Folly — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Chicago - Nuclear Submarine (SSN) in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- Chimay — Whale Cacher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- SS Claridon — The Last Voyage
- HMS Compass Rose — The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951
- Covenant — brig, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
- Crozet — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- HMS Cyclades — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Dawn Treader - Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- USS Delaware — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
- Demeter — Russian schooner in Dracula by Bram Stoker
- HMS Deterrent — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN- Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- HMS Devastation — UK Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS Dolphin — Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963
- Doneska - Russian Submarine - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Dostoiny — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903
- Duncan — ocean yacht, In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867
- HMS Eagle — Invincible Class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Erebus — Alaska
- Esmeralda - Racing Yawl - Her Name Will Be Faith by Max Marlow, 1988
- ESO - Experimental nuclear powered stealth minisub - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Evening Star — Alaska
- Explorer 1 - Bathyscape - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Falkland — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Fin of God — Omnian ship, Small Gods
- The Fuwalda — Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1914. The ship which took Tarzan's parents to Africa.
- USS Galveston - Aircraft Carrier - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- USS Garcia — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
- Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904
- The Gloria Scott — from the earliest Sherlock Holmes story, by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Grande Rapide — Ocean racing catamaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Gratulana — Liberian oil tanker — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Grenouille Frenetique (Frantic Frog) — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- The Hesperus — from the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- HISPANIOLA (capitalized throughout the story) — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Huntress — British survey ship — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Ilya Podogin - Soviet SSN - Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995
- USS Imperator - Submarine Amphibious Assault Ship - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Incroyable — Opium smuggling Clipper — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- USS Independence, a fictional Wasp class amphibious assault ship where a large part of the plot from The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place.
- HMS Indomitable — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- Jeroboam — Moby-Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville
- Jolly Roger — Captain Hook's pirate ship — Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- John Henry D — Fishing boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Joun — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- HMS Jupiter — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- MV Julius Fucik Freighter used as a military transport ship in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- K-387 - Russian nuclear submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Karamagee — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Keeling — The Good Shepherd by CS Forester
- Kerguelen — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
- Kharkov - Moscow Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- HMS Kittiwake — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Korund — Tango Class submarine — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Langley — a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier — The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman
- Laughing Sandbag — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Leif Ericson — The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, 1975
- Leros — Greek Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- Leopard - Akula class submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- USS Liberty - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Lobitos — Panamanian freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- HMS Loch Torridon — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Loch Vennachar — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- The Magic Oat Boat — The Magic Oat Boat, (a Children's Story), 1992
- HMAS Magpie — Mine-sweeper — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Malange - Freighter - - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Marie Celeste — The Relation of J Habakuk Jephson by Arthur Conan Doyle (the real ship was Mary Celeste)
- Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
- USS Mary Jane - Naval Oceanographic Research Ship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- HMS Massive — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- Medina — Motor cruiser — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- Mercedes Express Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Milka — Jingo (name parodies the Pinta)
- HMS Missile - Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- Moonraker — Liberian tramp freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Myfanwy — Coaster — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Nancy Bell - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell by W. S. Gilbert
- USS Narwhal — SSN — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- USS Nashville — U.S. warship — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Nathan James (DDG-80) — The Last Ship by William C. Brinkley, 1988
- Nautilus — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island
- Nellie — Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899
- HMS Nemesis — Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966
- Novgorod - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Numestra del Oro - Armed Merchantman owned by a Colombian Cartel - Hammerheads by Dale Brown, 1990
- Olympus — Supertanker — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Omega 1 - Submersible Barge - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Omega Challenger — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- HMS Orcus - Oberon class submarine - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
- Orel - Akula class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Oska Laertes — Danish ferry — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Pacific Klondike - Deep ocean drillship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
- Penguin — The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
- Pequod — Moby-Dick,or The Whale, by Herman Melville, 1851
- USS Pharris FF-1094 - Antisubmarine Frigate in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
- USS Pequod — Firefox by Craig Thomas, 1977. Sturgeon-class SSN which rendezvoused on the Arctic ice to re-fuel the Mig-31 Firefox
- Pharaoh - in The Count of Monte Cristo. the ship on which Edmund Dantes first sailed
- HMS Phoenix - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- HMS Plover — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Plymouth Corporation's Revenge — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- HMS Plymouth Sound — sailing Corvette — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- Poltava - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Poppy — Opium smuggling schooner — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
- SS Poseidon — ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969
- Pushkin — The Last Ship by William Brinkley
- USS Pyramus — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Queequeg — The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004
- Rachel — Moby-Dick, or The Whale, in search of the Pequod
- USS Raleigh — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
- Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch by Garland Roark
- Red October — Soviet submarine, The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) — World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
- HMS Retaliate — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- USS Retribution - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Retivy — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
- Rigel Star — Oil tanker — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- USN Rio Grande — Aircraft Carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- USS Robert F. Kennedy — A stealth nuclear powered battle cruiser (BCGN) — North Cape by Joe Poyer
- Rocketing Spitfire — sloop — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- USS Rosemont - Los Angeles Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Ryazan - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- HMS Sabre — S-Class submarine — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
- HMS Safari - Swiftsure Class - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
- HMS Saltash — The Cruel Sea (HMS Saltash Castle in the film)
- USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
- Santa Cascara (later HMS Golden Vanity) — Spanish galleon captured by the British — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Santa Umbriago — Spanish warship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- Saracen — Supertanker fitted with reinforced bow. — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Saratov - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- HMS Saturn - Swiftsure Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Scorpion — Cruising yacht — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- USS Scorpion — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
- USS Seamount — SSBN — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- The Sea Witch — a yacht in The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
- USOS Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon, 1961
- Semittanté — Tramp Freighter — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Shelif — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Shenandoah — Aircraft carrier — The Hero Ship by Hank Searls, 1969
- USN Shenandoah — US Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Shodo — Japanese Whaling Factory Ship — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Shodo 4 — Japanese whale catcher — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Siren - yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, 1919
- USS Skippack — SSN — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Smolensk - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
- Southern Sun — Freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
- Speranza - Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler, 1943
- USN Springfield — Aircraft carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Splendor Hyaline — The Horse and his boy by C. S. Lewis
- USS Starbuck (SSN-989)[citation needed] — Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler, 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows SSN-107 on the fin)
- USS Stevens — Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
- USS Stinson — Spruance class destroyer — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
- USS Stormy Beach - Long Beach Class cruiser - Fireplay by William Wingate
- Student Prince — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
- Samurai Maru — Japanese Seagoing Tugboat — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
- Sunboro Beauty — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Sweet Ribena — Multihulled ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Swordfish — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
- USS Swordfish - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
- Tambov - Russian nuclear submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor
- HMS Teaser — Aircraft Carrier- Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- HMS Temeraire (S.191) - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
- Thorshammer — Norwegian Destroyer — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins
- USS Thomas Jefferson — Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson
- HMS Thunder Child — The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- SS Titan — Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 1898
- Tornado Four — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- Trident — Survey Ship — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
- Twelve Apostles — passenger ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
- HMS Ulysses — HMS Ulysses
- USS Urchin — Air Force One by Edwin Corley, 1978
- SS Valparaiso — Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow
- USS Vindicator (NMSS-3) — Nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, Fire Lance by David Mace, 1986
- Vingilot — The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
- USS Viperfish — Spy Sub
- Vitebsk - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Vladimir - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Vologda - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- Voronetz - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
- The Walrus — Flint's pirate ship in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- USS Warren Harding — in Robert Clark Young's naval satire One of the Guys
- We're Here — Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, 1896
- USN Willowtrack — US Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
- Wilson's Savoury — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
- USS Woodbridge (SSN-349) - Los Angeles Class - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
- Yabba-Dabba-Doo — Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff, 1997
Series
- Amanda Lee Garrett series by James Cobb
- USS Benton — PGAC (Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion) test-bed
- USS Carondelet — PGAC-03 (Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion)
- USS Manassas — PGAC-02 (Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion)
- USS Queen of the West — PGAC-01 (Patrol Gunboat-Air Cushion)
- USS Cunningham — CLA-79 (Cruiser Littoral Attack)
- USS Evans F. Carlson — LPD-26 (Landing Platform Dock)
- Floater 1 — Mobile Offshore Base (consisting of nine superbarges)
- Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
- HM Sloop Sophie
- HM Sloop Polychrest
- HMS Lively
- HMS Surprise
- Nutmeg of Consolation
- HMS Worcester
- HEICS Niobe
- Privateer Franklin
- HMS Diane
- USS Norfolk
- Axis of Time trilogy by John Birmingham
- USS Hillary Clinton
- USS Kandahar
- USS Leyte Gulf
- USS Amanda Garrett
- USS Providence
- USS Kennebunkport
- HMS Trident
- HMS Vanguard
- HMS Fearless
- HMS Dolphin by L.A. Meyer
- HMAS Havoc
- HMAS Moreton Bay
- HMAS Ipswich
- JDS Siranui
- KRI Nuku
- KRI Sutanto
- Dessaix
- 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
- HMS Seafret - British destroyer
- Queen of Olati - British steamship
- Shanodah - British merchant ship
- Tasman - Australian merchant ship
- Bolitho series by Alexander Kent
- HMS Gorgon
- HM Cutter Avenger
- HMS Destiny
- HMS Trojan
- HM Sloop Sparrow
- HMS Phalarope
- HMS Undine
- HMS Tempest
- HMS Hyperion
- HMS Euryalus
- HMS Achates
- HMS Argonaute
- Golden Plover
- HMS Unrivalled
- HMS Athena
- HMS Onward
- Nautilus, French frigate
- HMS Winger from Corvette Command by Nicholas Monsarrat (based on the real HMS Shearwater)
- 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 CS Forester
- HMS Atropos
- HMS Clorinda
- HMS Hotspur
- HMS Justinian
- HMS Lydia
- HMS Nonsuch
- HM Sloop Retribution
- HMS Sutherland
- HMS Witch of Endor
- Mejidieh
- Natividad
- Estrella
- Clorinda
- Inheritance cycle series by Christopher Paolini
- Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope
- HM Brig Triton
- HMS Calypso
- HMS Jocasta
- HMS Dido
- 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
- HM Cutter Kestrel
- HM Brig Hellebore
- HM Bomb-vessel Virago
- HMS Melusine
- HMS Antigone former French frigate
- HMS Patrician
- Vestal paddle-steamer
- Para Handy series by Neil Munro
- Paul Gallant series by Victor Suthren
- Echo corvette
- The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
- 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
- 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
- Travis McGee series by John D. McDonald
- Busted Flush — houseboat
- John Maynard Keynes
- Thorstein Veblen
- HooBoy' -- charter fishing boat'
- Dray Prescot series by Kenneth Bulmer (as Alan Burt Akers)
- HMS Rockingham
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Five Orange Pips
- Lone Star
- The Cardboard Box
- May Day (Liverpool and London Line)
- Conqueror (Liverpool and London Line)
- The Adventure of Black Peter
- Sea Unicorn (whaler)
- The Five Orange Pips
- Bloody Jack series by Louis A. Meyer
- HMS Dolphin
- HMS Hope
- HMS Wolverine
- Bloodhound
- Nancy B. Alsop
- Belle of the Golden West
- Emerald
- HMS Juno
- Jack Ryan universe series by Tom Clancy
- Red October, a Soviet Typhoon-class submarine
- V.K. Konovalov, a Soviet Alfa-class submarine
- E.S. Politovsky, a Soviet Alfa-class submarine
- Zion Chronicles series by Bodie Thoene
- Ave Maria
Norse mythology
- Hringhorni, the ship of Baldr
- Naglfar, a ship in Norse mythology made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead
- Skíðblaðnir, the ship of Freyr
Radio
- Empress of Coconut — Potarneyland cruise liner, The Navy Lark
- 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
- HMS Troutbridge — British frigate, The Navy Lark
- The Scarlet Queen-ketch, Voyage of the Scarlet Queen 1947 radio serial
Stage
- Flying Dutchman — in the opera The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner and other plays, movies and novels.
- HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan
- Tarantula — The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) — Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, films, and TV series versions)
Television
- HMAS Ambush — Patrol Boat
- HMAS Defiance — Patrol Boat
- HMAS Hammersley — Sea Patrol (TV series)
- HMS Hero (F42) — Warship
- Argonaut — Mike Nelson's boat in Sea Hunt, ' 50s series
- Batboat — Batman
- SS Bernice — a cargo ship in the Doctor Who serial Carnival of Monsters
- Black Pig — Captain Pugwash — UK children's TV cartoon series
- SS Claridon — Ocean liner (based on the RMS Queen Mary) in Ghost Whisperer
- Golden Lolly — pirate ship, Henry's Cat
- Gone Fission — Mr. Burns' yacht — The Simpsons
- Greasy Fleece — pirate ship, Henry's Cat
- Haunted Star — General Hospital
- Horatio Hornblower
- HMS Indefatigable — frigate (Edward Pellew, Capt.)
- HMS Hotspur — 20-gun sloop
- HMS Justinian — 74-gun ship-of-the-line
- Papillion — French frigate
- Le Rève — French sloop
- JAG / NCIS universe
- USS Angel Shark (SSGN-559)
- USS Benjamin Harrison (CVN-79)
- USS Bennington (CVN-78)
- USS Bladensburg (LPH-12)
- USS Cathedral City (SSN-757)
- USS Cayuga (DDG-51)
- USS Connolly (CVN-84)
- USS Crawford (SSN-806)
- USS Daniel Boone (DDG-72)
- USS Ellyson (FFG-19)
- USS Gainsville
- USS Gillcrist (DDG-114)
- USS Hartung (DD-998)
- USS Hennessey (FFG-65)
- USS John Cooper (DDG-99)
- USS Manassas (CG-74)
- USS Monroe Smith (FFG-63)
- USS Montana (CGN-42)
- USS Patrick Henry (CVN-74)
- USS Reprisal (CV-35)
- USS San Michel
- USS Seahawk (CVN-65)
- USS Skerrett (EDDG-31)
- USS Stanley Dace
- USS Stockdale (FFG-62)
- USS Suribachi (LST-1186)
- USS Thomas Jefferson
- USS Thomas Lyons
- USS Tigershark
- USS Vance (DDG-101)
- USS Wake Island
- USS Watertown (SSN-696)
- Vasiliev — Russian destroyer
- USS Walter Mondale — laundry ship from The Simpsons, mentioned in the episode Bart vs. Australia
- USS Kiwi — The Wackiest Ship in the Army
- SS Lady Anne — cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode of The Twilight Zone
- HMS Lindana - sloop - Phineas and Ferb
- SS Minnow — Gilligan's Island
- SS Moldavia - passenger ship, You Rang, M'Lord?
- USS Monroe (DD-211) — The Pretender
- The Onedin Line series
- Anne Onedin — a steamship
- Charlotte Rhodes — first ship of James Onedin (This was in fact an actual schooner named "Charlotte Rhodes" [The Schooner: Its Design and Development from 1600 to the Present - Copyright © David R. MacGregor], née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". Destroyed by arson in 1979.)
- Medusa
- Pampero
- Soren Larsen (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand. See http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/)
- Naughty Jane — rowboat, Dad's Army
- Persephone — log salvage boat from The Beachcombers
- Piper Maru — French ship from The X-Files episode Piper Maru
- U.S.S. Ardent — American naval destroyer from The X-Files episode Død Kalm
- PT 73 — the PT boat from McHale's Navy
- PT-116 — McHale's Navy
- SS Queen of Glasgow — passenger ship, "Judgment Night" episode of The Twilight Zone
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) — World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in novel, play and film versions)
- SS Tipton — The Suite Life on Deck
- USOS Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- seaQuest DSV 4600 — seaQuest DSV
- USS Sea Spanker — aircraft carrier, from the New Kids on the Blecch episode of The Simpsons
- SkyDiver — UFO 1970–1971
- Sultana —The Buccaneers 1956
- Thunderbird 4 - Thunderbirds 1964
- Temperance - Bones
- Tiki III — schooner in Adventures in Paradise 1960s series by James Michener
- Thunder — super speedboat in Thunder in Paradise 1994
- Vast Explorer - Adventure Inc. 2003
- Zuko's Fire Nation ship
Video games
- Scinfaxi & Hrimfaxi — Aircraft carrier submarines featured in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
- Gangplank Galleon — Donkey Kong Country series
- Jolly Roger's ship — Super Mario 64
- OFS Kestrel — Aircraft Carrier in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War and Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
- SS Anne — Ship in Pokémon games
- The Antaeus, an "adaptive cruiser" in Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
- USS Liberty — amphibious assault ship in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Luna Lucura — cargo vessel in Jurassic Park: Chaos Island
- Maria Doria — Tomb Raider 2
- The "Salty Hippo"- Captain Blubber's ship in the [Banjo-Kazooie] series of games.
- The S.S. Zelbess (alternately the S.S. Invincible) in Chrono Cross
- The Eastern Spirit — decommissioned Russian whaler rebuilt to serve as supply-ship and secondary laboratory in Cold Fear.
- Elisabeth Dane — Small cargo ship Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- The USS Ravenswood — Coastguard ship in Cold Fear.
- The GFS Olympus and the GFS Valhalla from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- The Space Pirate Vessel Orpheon from Metroid Prime
- The GFS Tyr from Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
- The Borealis — abandoned ship in Half-Life 2 Episode 2
- The S.S. Selene — Cargo vessel commanded by Ronnie Olsen in Freedom Wings
- The RMS Artanic - Royal Mail Ship commanded by Antares Andrews in Blockland
- The Reaver - The name of Reaver's ship, originally going to be named the Narcissus in Fable II
- HMS Endurance - Science vessel in Tomb Raider (2012 video game)
Folklore
- HMS Friday, a popular urban myth
- Flying Dutchman
- Courser or the Tuscarora, Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship