Several ships have been named ''Archimedes'' for

Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (;; ) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists ...

: * was a sailing ship launched at Sunderland. She traded between England and the Baltic until the British government chartered her as a transport . She was lost in December 1811 while coming back from the Baltic. * was a steamship built in Britain in 1839, and the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller. *, of , was built by Palmer Bros.& Co., Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1867 and 1868 she laid telegraph cables between Denmark and Norway and Denmark and England. *, of was built for the Den Line, who gave her the name ''Den of Airlie''. The next year the Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation purchased her and named her ''Archimedes''. The Admiralty requisitioned her during WWI and she served as a supply ship from 1914-1919. In 1932 Ben Line Steamers purchased her and renamed her ''Benmacdhui''. She hit a mine in 1941 and sank of Spurn Head.

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