List of fictional ships

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 Going Merry – One Piece Harekaze – High School Fleet Illustria – Macross Zero Musashi – High School Fleet The School Ship – Girls und Panzer Yashiromaru – Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths Comics

Nautilus – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999

Unicorn – The Adventures of Tintin stories The Secret of the Unicorn, 1943, and Red Rackham's Treasure, 1944Assouline, Pierre (2009) . Hergé, the Man Who Created Tintin. Charles Ruas (translator). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 88 .

Film African Queen – The African Queen, 1951 USS Alameda (LPD-32) – Godzilla, 2014 Albatross – The Sea Hawk, 1940 Argo – galley, Jason and the Argonauts, 1963, 2000 USS Aspen – Full Fathom Five, 1990 USS Bedford (DLG-113) – The Bedford Incident, 1965 USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats, 1956 Black Pearl – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003  – The Caine Mutiny, 1954  – Destination Tokyo, 1943 H.M.S. Defiant – H.M.S. Defiant, 1962  –Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997 Fuwalda – Tarzan of the Apes, 1918 USS Haynes – The Enemy Below, 1957 USS Keeling – Greyhound, 2020 Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1959 Morning Cloud – Tai-Pan, 1986 Nautilus – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Mysterious Island (1961), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Red October – The Hunt for Red October, 1990 USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles, 1966 USS Sea Tiger – Operation Petticoat, 1959  –Down Periscope, 1996 HMS Surprise – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003 USS Tampa Bay – Hunter Killer, 2018 USS Thunderfish – Operation Pacific, 1951 USS Tigerfish – Ice Station Zebra, 1968 USS Tigershark – The Atomic Submarine, 1959. via Internet Archive. Titanic II – Titanic II, 2010 Titanic III – Titanic 666, 2022 HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942 HMS Trumpton – The Navy Lark, 1959 Tsimtsum – Life of Pi, 2012 U-571 – U-571, 2000 USS Ulysses – Crash Dive, 1996 HMS Venus – Carry On Jack, 1962 We're Here – Captains Courageous, 1937 White Witch – Tai-Pan, 1986 Wonkatania – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971 Yellow Submarine – Yellow Submarine, 1968

Literature

Folklore Courser or the Tuscarora – Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's clipper ship  – British Royal Navy urban legend

Novels USS Abraham Lincoln – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, 1868 African Queen – The African Queen by C. S. Forester, 1935 Amazon – Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930 HMS Amazon – Mr Midshipman Fury by G. S. Beard, 2006 USS America – America by Stephen Coonts, 2001 HMS Andromeda – Beneath the Aurora, 1995, and The Shadow of the Eagle, 1997, by Richard Woodman HMS Antigone – Baltic Mission by Richard Woodman, 1986 HMS Antigone – The Cruiser by Warren Tute, 1955 Araby – Captain of the Araby by Howard Pease, 1953 Ariel – The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, 1838 HMS Argonaute – Colours Aloft! by Alexander Kent,1986 HMS Artemis – The Ship by C. S. Forester, 1943 HMS Athena – Royal Yankee by Victor Suthren, 1987 USS Athena (PC-15) – The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin, 2023 – Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Forester, 1953 USS Barracuda (SSN-593) – To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986 HMS Benbecula – Rendezvous-South Atlantic by Douglas Reeman USS Belinda (APA-22) – Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 HMS Bellipotent – Billy Budd by Herman Melville, 1924 Bloodhound – In the Belly of the Bloodhound by Louis A. Meyer, 2002 Britannia – In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867–1868 Busted Flush – The Deep Blue Good-by by John D. MacDonald USS Caine –The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 1951 HMS Calypso – The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941 HMS Calypso – Ramage's Mutiny by Dudley Pope, 1977 HMS Carousel – We Saw The Sea by John Winton Carpco Valparaiso – Towing Jehova by James Morrow, 1994 – Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester, 1957 Cotton Blossom – Show Boat by Edna Ferber, 1926 USS Columbia – The Intruders by Stephen Coonts, 1994 HMS Compass Rose – The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951 Covenant – Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886 HMS Diane – The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian, 1989 Dawn Treader – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis Dazzler – The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London, 1902 USS Delaware – The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester, 1941 Demeter – Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897 HMS Destiny – Stand into Danger by Alexander Kent, 1980 HMS Diana – Golden Galleon by Victor Suthren, 1989 HMS Dido – Ramage and the Dido by Dudley Pope, 1989 HMS Dolphin – Bloody Jack by Louis A. Meyer, 2002 USS Dolphin – Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963 USS Dragonfish – Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler, 1976 USS Dragonfish – To Kill the Potemkin by Mark Joseph, 1986 Dulcibella – The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903 Duncan – In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867 The Durmstrang ship – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling, 2000 USS Eel – Run Silent, Run Deep, 1955, and Dust on the Sea, 1972, by Edward L. Beach Jr. Erasmus – Shōgun by James A. Michener, 1975 Erebus – Alaska by James A. Michener, 1988 Flying Dutch – Flying Dutch by Tom Holt, 1991 Flying Dutchman – The Death Ship by William Clark Russell, 1888 Flying Dutchman – The Crew of the Flying Dutchman by Henry A. Hering, 1896 Flying Dutchman – A Primer of Imaginary Geography by Brander Matthews, 1894 Flying Dutchman – Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques, 2001 Ghost – The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904 The Glen Carrig – The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson, 1907 Goblin – We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome (1937) HMS Gorgon – Richard Bolitho, Midshipman, 1978; Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger, 1978, by Alexander Kent HM Hellebore – A Brig of War by Richard Woodman, 1983 Hispaniola – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883 – Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester, 1962 The Ibis Schooner – Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, 2008 HMS Indomitable – For My Country's Freedom by Alexander Kent, 1995 USS Keeling – The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, 1955 HM Kestrel – A Kings Cutter by Richard Woodman, 1982 La Qualla – Jungle Cruise by Brooke Vitale (2021) HMS Leviathan – by John Winton, 1967 USS Levant – The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale, 1863 Life Boat – Life of Pi by Yann Martel, 2001 Little Toot – Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky, 1939 Lorelei Leeto – The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by Louis A. Meyer, 2002 – The Happy Return by C. S. Forester, 1937 Mary Deare – The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956 Mongolia – Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873 (DDG-80) –The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988 Nautilus – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874) by Jules Verne Nellie – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899 – The Commodore, 1945, and Lord Hornblower, 1946, by C. S. Forester Not for Hire – The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer, 1971 Oregon – Oregon Files by Clive Cussler

Ossa – Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, 1900Brodsky, G. W. Stephen. “The Cruise of the Ossa: Symbolism in Navigation and Numbers in Lord Jim.” Conradiana vol. 52, no. 1 (2020): 1–25. . HMS Pallas – Captain Monsoon by Victor Suthren, 1993 HMS Pandora –One of Our Warships by John Winton, 1975 Patna – Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, 1900 HMS Patrician – In Distant Waters, 1988; A Private Revenge, 1989; and The Flying Squadron, 1992, by Richard Woodman Pequod – Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851 HMS Phalarope – To Glory We Steer by Alexander Kent, 1968 Pharaon – The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844 SS Poseidon – The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969 Pushkin –The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988 USS Pyramus – The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967 Queequeg – The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004 Red October – The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984 The Red Rover – The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper, 1827Sinche, Bryan. “‘Those Sounds That Had Obtained a Command’: Voice, Power, and Submission in Cooper’s Sea Fiction.” Early American Studies vol. 10, no. 1 (2012): 132–61. . USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen, 1946 HMS Restless – Yashimoto's Last Dive by Antony Trew, 1986 USS San Pablo – The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna, 1962 Santa Ybel – Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947 Scuffy – Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton, 1946 The Sea Witch – The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956 HMS Seahorse – Down The Hatch by John Winton, 1962 USS Shiloh – Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts, 1986 Slewfoot – Torpedo Run by Robb White, 1962 Slice of Life – Dexter by Jeff Lindsay – A Ship of the Line, 1938 by C. S. Forester Swallow – Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930 HMS Temeraire –The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971

HMS Tempest – Passage To Mutiny by Alexander Kent, 1976 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 HM Triton – Ramage and the Freebooters by Dudley Pope, 1969 Tsimtsum – Life of Pi, 2001 U-996 – An Operational Necessity by Gwyn Griffin, 1967 HMS Ulysses – HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean, 1955 HMS Undine – Command a King's Ship by Alexander Kent, 1973 HM Virago – The Bomb Vessel by Richard Woodman, 1984 Vital Spark – The Collected Stories from The Vital Spark by Neil Munro, 1906 The Walrus –Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883 USS Walrus – Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach Jr., 1955 Water-Witch – The Water-Witch by James Fenimore Cooper, 1830 We're Here – Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, 1897 White Witch – Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966 – Flying Colours, 1938 by C. S. Forester Wonderful Fanny – Snuff by Terry Pratchett Poetry

Alice May – "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service, 1907 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

Radio HMS Goliath – Deep Trouble, 2005–2007 The Scarlet Queen – Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 1947–1948 HMS Troutbridge – The Navy Lark, 1959–1976

Stage SS American – Anything Goes by Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, 1934 Coronia – Sail Away by Noël Coward, 1961 Cotton Blossom – Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, 1927 Flying Dutchman – Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner, 1843 SS Hendrik Hudson – Over Night by Philip Bartholomae, 1911 Hibernia – The Defender by Charles Dennée and Allen Lowe, 1902 – H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1878 The Pirate Queen – The Pirate Queen by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby Jr., and John Dempsey; 2006 USS Reluctant (AK-601) – Mister Roberts by Joshua Logan and Thomas Heggen, 1948 SS Majestania – The Beauty Prize by Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, and P. G. Wodehouse, 1923 Mauretania – The Greyhound by Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner, 1909 Zong – The Meaning of Zong by Giles Terera, 2022

Television HMAS Ambush – Patrol Boat, 1979–1984 Argonaut – Sea Hunt, 1958–1961 USS Appleby – Ensign O'Toole, 1962–1963 Bárbara de Braganza – High Seas Black Pig – Captain Pugwash, 1957–1966