List of fictional ships
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This is a list of fictional ships, waterborne vessels that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such (oftentimes a real ship is used as a stage set, but the real name is not used).
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Single works
- Argo - Jason and the Argonauts
- Artemis - in Diana Gabaldon's Voyager
- HMS Artemis- In 'The Ship', by C. S. Forester. The Artemis was based upon the real exploits and experiences of HMS Penelope (97) during a battle in the Mediterranean Sea against superior Italian forces.
- HMS Avenger - Billy Budd
- Bird of Dawning - Bird of Dawning novel by John Masefield
- Black Treasurer in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series
- USS Caine - The Caine Mutiny (also appears in film version)
- SS Claridon - The Last Voyage
- HMS Compass Rose - The Cruel Sea
- Dawn Treader - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- USS Delaware in CS Forester's The Captain from Connecticut
- USS Dolphin - Ice Station Zebra (USS Tigerfish in film version)
- Dulcibella - The Riddle of the Sands
- Duncan - In Search of the Castaways, by Jules Verne
- Erebus - Alaska
- Evening Star - Alaska
- HISPANIOLA (capitalized throughout the story) - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- USS Keelling in CS Forester's The Good Shepherd
- Marie Celeste in A Conan-Doyle's The Relation of J Habakuk Jephson (REAL ship was MARY Celeste)
- Merry Go (Going Merry) - One Piece
- Milka - Jingo (name parodies the Pinta)
- Nellie - Heart of Darkness
- Penguin - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
- Pequod Moby Dick
- SS Poseidon - ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure (also appears in filmed version)
- Red October - The Hunt for Red October (also appears in filmed version)
- Red Witch - Wake of the Red Witch by Garland Roark
- USS San Pablo in Richard McKenna's The Sand Pebbles
- HMS Saltash - The Cruel Sea
- USS Thomas Jefferson (Nimitz Class)
- HMS Thunder Child - The War of the Worlds
- SS Titan - Futility
- HMS Ulysses - HMS Ulysses
- S.S. Valparaiso- Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow
- USS Viperfish - Spy Sub
- USS Warren Harding in Robert Clark Young's naval satire One of the Guys
- We're Here - Captains Courageous
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Series
- Horatio Hornblower series
- Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series
- Neil Munro's Para Handy series
- Nautilus (Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- John D. McDonald's Travis McGee series
- Busted Flush
- John Maynard Keynes
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Stage
- HMS Pinafore
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) - Mister Roberts (also appears in film version)
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Film
- Acheron - French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- African Queen - The African Queen
- USS AL-14 — Hell Below
- Amindra - with shanghaied sailor from The Glencairn, torpedoed and sank in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- Antonia Graza - derelict cruise ship in Ghost Ship
- SS Andes - cruise ship in Let's Go Native, 1930 movie
- USS Aspen — Full Fathom Five
- USS Bedford (DLG-113) - The Bedford Incident
- Belafonte - oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Black Pearl - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- SS Britannic - cruise ship in Juggernaut
- USS Caine - The Caine Mutiny (Also appears in written version)
- HMS Compass Rose - Second World War corvette in The Cruel Sea' (1953)
- USS Copperfin — Destination Tokyo
- HMS Dauntless - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- HMS Defiant - frigate in HMS Defiant, a 1962 movie
- USS Echo - sailing ship from The Wackiest Ship in the Army
- Glencairn - a freighter hauling ammunition to England in The Long Voyage Home (1940) starring John Wayne
- SS Happy Wanderer - Cruise liner in Carry On Cruising (1961)
- USS Haynes (DE-181) - destroyer escort, The Enemy Below
- Immer Essen - cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- HMS Interceptor - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- USS Kornblatt - Don't Give Up The Ship, 1959, starred Jerry Lewis
- USS Montana - The Abyss, The Fifth Missile
- USS Neptune - Gray Lady Down
- USS Nerka - Run Silent, Run Deep
- The Orca - Quint's fishing boat, Jaws
- SS Poseidon - ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure
- Red October - The Hunt for Red October (also appears in novel)
- The Red Witch - Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne
- USS Reluctant (AK-601) - Mister Roberts (also appears in stage version)
- HMS Saltash Castle - Second World War frigate in The Cruel Sea (1953) (HMS Saltash in the novel)
- USS Sawfish - last US submarine in On the Beach (The Sawfish was actually played by the submarine HMS Andrew, though its hull number belonged to the missile submarine USS Nathan Hale.)
- USS Sea Tiger - Operation Petticoat
- USOS Seaview - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- SS Southern Queen - The Lady Eve
- Soviet submarine Спрут ("Sprut, Octopus") - The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!
- USS Starfish - Hellcats of the Navy
- USS Stingray (SS-161) - Down Periscope
- HMS Surprise - Napoleonic Royal Navy frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- USS Tigerfish - Ice Station Zebra (USS Dolphin in novel)
- USS Tiger Shark - The Atomic Submarine, Below
- HMS Torrin - In Which We Serve
- SS Venture - King Kong (also appears in 2005 adaptation)
- Wonkatania - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (also appears in 2005 adaptation)
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Television
- HMAS Defiance - Patrol Boat
- MS Ergenstrasse - "The Sea Chase" with John Wayne and Lana Turner
- JAG
- USS Bennington (CVN-78)
- USS Seahawk
- USS Stanley Dace
- USS Thomas Lyons
- USS Tigershark
- USS Watertown
- USS Jebediah - nuclear sub, from the Simpson Tide episode of The Simpsons
- USS Kiwi - The Wackiest Ship in the Army
- SS Lady Anne - cruise ship, "Passage on the Lady Anne" episode of The Twilight Zone
- SS Minnow - Gilligan's Island
- SS More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spiderman, And The Incredible Hulk Put Together from Family Guy
- PT-73 - McHale's Navy
- PT-116 - McHale's Navy
- seaQuest DSV 4600 - Deep Submergence Vehicle, seaQuest DSV
- USS Sea Spanker - aircraft carrier, from the New Kids on the Blecch episode of The Simpsons
- USS Sea Tiger - submarine, Operation Petticoat
- USOS Seaview - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- SkyDiver - UFO
- Stingray
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Anime & Manga
- Tuatha de Danaan - Full Metal Panic!
- Going Merry - One Piece
- Over the Rainbow, a United Nations aircraft carrier - Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Archangel- Gundam Seed
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Video games
- Gangplank Galleon - Donkey Kong Country series
- USS Idaho - nuclear submarine in Silent Steel
- Jolly Roger's ship - Super Mario 64
- Luna Lucura - cargo vessel in Jurassic Park: Chaos Island
- Maria Doria - Tomb Raider 2
- USS Numnutz - nuclear submarine in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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