This is a list of notable ships.
Civilian vessels
* Achille Lauro * Andrea Gail * 1893-1916 (renamed Seyer 1910), banana boat of Fyffes Line. * , one of the largest wooden ships ever built (97.2m). * * * , Sunk by a German U boat on May 7, 1915 sinks in 18 minutes. * * Atlas V (:fr:Atlas V) * Bluenose * ', sunk for the shores of Den Helder, saved by the heroic Dorus Rijkers * * , served as both civilian and war ship. * RV Calypso * , banana boat of Fyffes Line. * SS Cap Arcona, served as both civilian and war ship. * * SS Central America, 1850s side wheel paddle steamer. * ', banana boat of Fyffes Line. * * Cutty Sark, clipper. * S.S Earnmoor, Steamship sunk in 1889 off of the West Indies. The second mate along with a few other survived a drift of 1,200 miles and 3 weeks in an open boat. * * , oldest steamship still in service. * Exxon Valdez * TSS Fairstar * RV Farley Mowat, flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society * Flying Cloud * Fram * SS Galileo Galilei, also known as SS Galileo and SS Meridian. Renamed SS Sun Vista before sinking in 1999. * General Slocum * Glomar Explorer * , banana boat of Fyffes Line. * * * ', banana boat of Fyffes Line. * Halve Maen (Half Moon) * Innisfallen * * Kon-Tiki * Lady Nelson * * * The Mayflower * * Niña * SS Normandie * , served as both civilian and war ship. * Oracabessa, banana boat of Fyffes Line. * Pinta * * * * * , currently largest ocean liner. * * Rainbow Warrior * * Santa Maria * and * MV Steve Irwin, ship in use by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society * * , banana boat of Fyffes Line. * * * * * , World's oldest ocean going passenger ship, built in 1914. * Biuki Gasa's Solomon Islands, dugout canoe used to find John. F. Kennedy and crew of the PT-109. Replica presented to United States in 2002. * Exodus Ship with the first remnants of Jews returning to The Promised Land History of the Jews in the Land of Israel.
Warships * - fought the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate. * - Pride of German Navy in early WWII, scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate. * - fought the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate. * Japanese aircraft carrier - the flagship of the Kido Butai. * - American battleship destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, turned into a memorial. * - both and - British aircraft carriers; the first, famous for its aircraft delivering the crippling blow to the Bismarck, the second was the last conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier in Royal Navy service. * - Ship on which Charles Darwin travelled to the Galapagos Islands, where he first formulated his ideas of evolution. * - light cruiser that participated in Operation Zipper, now moored on the River Thames in London. * , she became famous for transporting Napoleon to Saint Helena in 1815. * German battleship * - John Paul Jones' frigate, defeated . * (1914) - served and sunk during World War I, was the sister ship of and . * (1929) - served as both a civilian motor liner and as a troop ship during WWII. * - William Bligh's ship, famous for the mutiny that occurred on it. * Japanese heavy cruiser - flagship of Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi during the battle of Savo Island. * - oldest warship still in commission afloat. Widely cited as the most famous U.S. warship of all time. * * - the first idea of a modern battleship. * HM Bark - ship * - British bombship that explored Antarctica. * - first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier * - most decorated carrier in World War Two * - sunk by the Royal Navy in the Falklands War * - first large iron capital ship * Golden Hind - Francis Drake's ship, used to circumnavigate the globe. * - pride of the British fleet between WWI and WWII, sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 * KMS Scharnhorst German Battle-cruiser sunk at the Battle of the North Cape by HMS Duke of York. * - The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat ( during the American Civil War). * Imo - relief vessel involved in collision which led to the Halifax Explosion * Carried the Atomic Bombs to Guam. * *USS Maine - battleship that mysteriously blew up while visiting Cuba in 1898. * - Henry VIII's flagship which sank in 1545. * - Known for Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa. * - Togo's flagship at Battle of Tsushima. * - American battleship upon which the Japanese signed the surrender documents, ending World War II * - first ironclad ship featuring its main armament in a revolving turret. * Mont-Blanc - Munitions ship involved in collision that led to the Halifax Explosion. * Japanese battleship - flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor. * - first nuclear submarine * - first of newest class of US aircraft carrier * - served as both civilian and war ship * PT-109 - President John F. Kennedy's infamous command in WWII. * British battleship in World Wars One and Two * and - conducted tug-of-war between paddle and screw ships * - American amphibious transport dock. * (1769) Famous for her size. * (1637) Charles I's prestige battleship - largest warship of her day * - American Coast Guard cutter, survived the attack on pearl harbor, on display as a museum ship in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. * - second in the line behind at the Battle of Trafalgar. Famous as the subject of paintings by J. M. W. Turner. * - British bombship, participated in the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 * - American New York Class Battleship. Served in both World War I and World War II. Was part of Operation Overlord and saw action in Iwo Jima. * German battleship - WWII sistership of the Bismarck. * - American submarine, on display in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. * - nuclear radar picket submarine - first with two reactors - first to sail around the world underwater * - Swedish galleon that sank in 1628, since restored and displayed at the Vasa Museum * - flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and the oldest warship still in commission * - Confederate ironclad that was the nemesis of the USS Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads * * - first ocean-going iron ship * Japanese battleship - Largest battleship ever built, also mounting the largest caliber main armament ever built, at 18.1 inches in diameter * US Navy aircraft carrier, sunk in the Battle of Midway.
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