This list of fictional ships lists all manner of artificial vehicles supported by water, which are either the subject of, or an important element of, a notable work of fiction.
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)
HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
The Iron Pirate (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novel The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Max Pemberton. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
USS James T Doig – destroyer, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971
USS Nathan James (DDG-80), the first nuclear powered Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer (By the time the TV series of the same name was produced in 2014, the USS Roosevelt had been commissioned as DDG-80 with destroyers up to at least DDG-120 awarded, so was renumbered as DDG-151.)
SS Albatroz (based on the SS Keewatin) – ocean liner colliding with an iceberg from Brazilian telenovela O Tempo Não Para (English: Crashing Into the Future), 2018
USS Pittsburgh – U.S. Navy aircraft carrier mentioned in Only Fools and Horses episode Dates. Picked up survivors from HMS Peerless after the latter was lost in a collision with the ship.
Anne Onedin – steamship, portrayed in the series by the schooner Charlotte Rhodes with a false funnel, wheelhouse amidships, and aft deckhouse
Charlotte Rhodes – first ship of James Onedin (This was in fact an actual schooner named "Charlotte Rhodes",[11] née "Meta Jan", née "Eva". In 1979 it was destroyed at Amsterdam harbour by arson.[citation needed])
Medusa
Pampero
Soren Larsen (This was in fact an actual ship, a brigantine, and is still sailing today out of New Zealand.)[12]
MS Artanic, HMT Maranic, MS Ceranic, MS Queen Amy, MS Artania, MS Mautania – motor ship vessels run by a virtual shipping company named Laurentic Star Line in Blockland (this is a parody of the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liners, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic and honors other historical vessels of the early twentieth century with a mix of modernization in technology and exterior.)
Maria Doria – At first, the Maria Doria would be based on the RMS Titanic, but the idea was scrapped. The Maria Doria is based on the SS Andrea Doria) – Tomb Raider 2.
Magpie's Fortune – The Pirate Lord's first ship in Sea of Thieves
Magpie's Wing – The Pirate Lord's second ship in Sea of Thieves
^Brinkley, William (February 1989). The Last Ship (Paperback ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 21. ISBN0345359828. USS Nathan James, DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,
^Webb, Justin L. (November 9, 2012). "Naval Base San Diego; USS Halsey featured in "The Last Ship"". United States Navy. Department of Defense. Retrieved April 15, 2013. Production teams filmed on board NBSD and Halsey in order to capture this post-apocalyptic story of Capt. Tom Chandler and the crew of USS Nathan James (DDG 151).