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Chronological

* Ship launches by year * Ship commissionings by year * Ship decommissionings by year * Shipwrecks by year

Commercial vessels

* Lists of cargo ships *

List of civilian nuclear ships Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for a turbine used to turn the ship's propeller through a gearbox or through an electric generat ...

List of cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean liners.) As some cruise ships have operated und ...

Lists of Empire ships Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government; others obtained from the United States; still others were captured or seized from enemy ...

List of largest ferries of Europe In terms of ''gross tonnage'', the largest ferry in the world is the 75,156-ton '' Color Magic'', built by Aker Finnyards of Finland, and operated by Color Line on the route between Oslo in Norway and Kiel in Germany. Its sister ship '' Color Fant ...

List of gas carriers This list of gas carrier ships includes LPG carriers and LNG carriers. Ships with multiple names may be listed under each name. A * Al Barrah * Al Dafna * Al Jabirah * Al Oraic * Al Rayyan * Al Thakhira * Ayame * Almarona * Artemis Gas * Alrar ...

List of icebreakers This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold. Argentina * (1954–1982) * (19 ...

List of Liberty ships This is a list of Liberty ships, a type of mass-produced cargo ships built to meet inexpensively the United States' World War II maritime transport needs. Because of the large number of entries, the list has been divided into five sections by the ...

* List of lightvessels *

List of ocean liners This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships w ...

List of research vessels by country Following is a list of research vessels by country Argentina * * * * Australia * RSV Nuyina * RSV * RV ''Franklin'' * RV ''Investigator'' * MV ''Nella Dan'' * RV ''Southern Surveyor'' * RV Solander * RV Cape Ferguson Bangladesh ...

List of river cruise ships This is a list of river cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. As some river cruise ships have operated under multiple names, all names will be listed in the "Notes" section. See also * List of cruise ...

List of slave ships This is a list of slave ships. These were ships used to carry enslaved people, mainly in the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and the 19th centuries. * was launched in Liverpool in 1777. She traded locally until 1781 when her owners ren ...

List of tankers This is a list of tankers. The list includes merchant tankers as well as naval tankers that do not fall into more specialized lists such as List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and List of Type T2 Tanker names. *Former ...

Companies

* List of ships of Canada Steamship Lines * List of ships of Canadian Pacific * List of ships of the Clan Line *

List of ships built by Harland and Wolff A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of ships built at Hietalahti shipyard {{Short description, none The list of ships built at Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, is divided into three parts: * List of ships built at Hietalahti shipyard (1–200) * List of ships built at Hietalahti shipyard (201–400) __NOTOC__ T ...

List of ships of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company serviced the south coast of New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = C ...

List of ships built by John Brown & Company This is a list of ships built by John Brown & Company at their shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. A * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * B * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *RMS ''Britannia'' (1838) * * * * * * ...

List of LB&SCR ships The ''London Brighton and South Coast Railway'' operated a number of cross channel ferry services, between its ports of Shoreham, Newhaven and Littlehampton to Dieppe, Honfleur, and Jersey. The profitable Newhaven-Dieppe service was operated i ...

List of London and North Western Railway ships Holyhead services The London and North Western Railway operated a number of ships on Irish Sea crossings between Holyhead and Dublin, Howth or Kingstown. Fleetwood services The LNWR also operated a joint service with the Lancashire & Yorksh ...

List of P&O Ferries ships This is a list of vessels that have served with any of the subsidiaries that make up P&O Ferries. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of PandO ships Lists of ships, PandO Ships of P&O Ferries, * ...

List of ships of Sydney Ferries Transdev Sydney Ferries, formerly Harbour City Ferries, is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia, and is the operator of ferry services in the Sydney Ferries network since July 2012. It currently operates the ferry network under a contract until ...

Fictional

List of fictional ships 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. Anime and manga * ''Advenna Avis'' – ''Baccano!'' * ''Alexand ...

Merchant navy

* Canada List of ships of the Canadian Merchant Navy * United Kingdom List of ships of the Merchant Navy and List of Second World War ships of the Merchant Navy * United States List of ships of the United States Merchant Marine

Naval

Type

List of aircraft carriers This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves a ...

List of battleships The list of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called 'pre-dreadnought battleship', is not obvious, as the characteristics of t ...

List of cruisers This is a list of cruisers, from 1860 to the present. It includes torpedo, unprotected, protected, scout, light, armoured, battle-, heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates. Africa South Africa ; Protected cruiser * SATS ''Gen ...

Country

List of countries with warships This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. List States marked 'TC' are widely consid ...

* Algeria:

List of Algerian ships The list of ships of Algeria includes all ships designed, built, or operated in or by Algeria, in service with the Algerian National Navy. Ship classes ''Adhafer'' class corvette * In service: 3 ships: ''Adhafer'' (920); ''El Fatih'' (921) ...

* Canada:

List of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Navy was responsible for all of British North America, until Canadian Confederation in 1867. After Confederation the Royal Navy increasingly shared naval responsibilities with Canada but retained sole responsibility for other British c ...

and List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy * Egypt: List of ships of the Egyptian Navy * England:

List of early warships of the English navy This is a list of early warships belonging to the English sovereign or the English Government, the precursor to the Royal Navy of England (from 1707 of Great Britain, and subsequently of the United Kingdom). These include major and minor warship ...

* Finland: List of decommissioned ships of the Finnish Navy and List of current ships of the Finnish Navy * Germany:

List of naval ships of Germany The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. See also: * List of German Imperial Navy ships * List of Kriegsmarine ships * List of German Federal Navy ships * List o ...

* Greece:

List of Greek ships {{Commons cat, Ships of Greece Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, a ...

* India:

List of ships of the Indian Navy This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence Royal Indian Navy and the post-independence Indian Navy. Current ships Historical ships Note: Prior to 1950, Indian naval ships carried the prefix HMIS ("His Ma ...

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List of active Indian Navy ships List of active Indian Navy ships is a list of ships in active service with the Indian Navy. In service ships are taken from the official Indian Navy website.

* Israel: List of ships of the Israeli Navy * Japan:

List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868-1945. This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships ...

* Mexico: List of ships of the Mexican Navy * New Zealand:

List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy Sortable list of commissioned vessels of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present. It does not include vessels of the New Zealand Division (1921–1941) or New Zealand Naval Forces (1913–21) or earlier ves ...

*Ottoman Empire:

List of sailing ships of the Ottoman Empire This is a list of known sailing warships of the Ottoman Empire and its various North African vassal states and dependencies, from the origin of the empire in the Late Middle Ages to 1859. During this period, the Ottomans used both oar-powered ...

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List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire In the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, the Committee of Union and Progress that had taken control of the Ottoman Empire began to draw up plans to strengthen the Ottoman Navy.Langensiepen, Güleryüz, and Cooper, p. 14 The poor co ...

* Peru:

List of Peruvian Navy ships List of ships of the Peruvian Navy comprising almost every Peruvian warship commissioned after 1840. Vessels acquired in the 1840s and 1850s President Castilla sought to expand and well-equip the Peruvian Navy. His naval policy was to if Chile ...

* Portugal:

List of ships of the Portuguese Navy This is a list of various Portuguese warships. Historical warships Carracks (C), Naus (N) and galleons (G) * São Gabriel (C) - 1497 * São Rafael (C) - 1497 *Flor de la mar (C) - 1502 * Esmeralda (C) - 1503 * Lobo Soares (c.1516) * Santa Catari ...

* Scotland: List of warships of the Scots Navy * South Africa:

List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy The following is a list of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy. Pennant numbers South African Navy used the below pennant number prefix designations: * A — auxiliaries * C — cruisers * D — destroyers * F — frigates * H — sh ...

* Sri Lanka: List of ships of the Sri Lanka Navy * Turkey:

Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy * List of active ships of the Turkish Naval Forces * List of submarines of the Turkish Navy * List of major surface ships of the Turkish Navy This is a list of Turkish Navy The Turkish Naval Forces ( tr, ), or Turkish Navy ( tr, ) is th ...

* United Kingdom:

List of Royal Navy ships There are two lists of Royal Navy ships: * List of active Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. * List of ship names of the Royal Navy lists all names that Royal Navy ships ever bore. See also * *{{Port ...

* United States:

List of United States Navy ships List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel ...

Era

List of ancient ships This is a list of surviving ships which existed in the ancient era, ancient or prehistoric era. They are widely known today through archaeology, archaeological artifacts. All the ships on this list date to 5th century Anno Domini, AD or before. ...

List of ships captured in the 18th century During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were ...

List of ships captured in the 19th century Throughout naval history during times of war battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to ...

List of ships of World War II This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing ...

Superlatives

List of large sailing vessels This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length. The list, which is in the form of a table, covers vessel ...

List of large sailing yachts This article lists active sailing yachts in excess of in sparred length. This list features vessels with sails which were classed as yachts when they were launched as well as any vessels which were subsequently converted to operate with sails and ...

List of largest container ships This is a list of container ships with a capacity larger than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Container ships have been built in increasingly larger sizes to take advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermoda ...

List of largest cruise ships The Symphony of the Seas is the world's largest passenger cruise ship. Measuring 362m (1,188ft) long, the ship has a capacity of nearly 9,000 passengers and crew, features 23 swimming pools and 18 decks. Cruise ships are large passenger ships us ...

List of largest ships by gross tonnage Depending on design requirements, some ships have extremely large internal volumes in order to serve their duties. Gross tonnage is a monotonic and 1-to-1 function of the ship's internal structural volume. It does not include removable objects pla ...

List of the largest ships hit by U-boats in World War I During the First World War, U-boats of the German Imperial Navy (german: Kaiserliche Marine) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy (german: Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine or K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) sank over 6,000 Allied and neutral ships totaling o ...

List of longest naval ships This is a list of longest naval ships. List *Ships may differ within the class. Measures are taken from the largest ship of the class. References * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Naval Ships, Longest Lists of ships Longest ship Ships, naval ...

List of longest ships The world's longest ships are listed according to their length overall, overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or ...

List of longest wooden ships This is a list of the world's longest wooden ships. The vessels are sorted by ship length including bowsprit, if known. Finding the world's longest wooden ship is not straightforward since there are several contenders, depending on which definiti ...

List of oldest surviving ships This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on this list which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations all d ...

Timeline of largest passenger ships This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given ...

Sailing ships

List of clipper ships The period of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s, and over time features such as the hull evolved from wooden to composite. At the 'crest of the clipper wave' year of 1852, there were 200 clippers rounding Cape Horn. ...

List of French sail frigates This article is a list of French naval frigates during the Age of Sail, from the middle of the 17th century (when the type emerged) until the close of the sailing era in the middle of the 19th century. The tables excludes privateer frigates ( ...

List of schooners __TOC__ The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels. Active schooners Historical schooners * '' A. W. Greely'', originally named ''Donald II'' * '' Ada K. Damon'' * ''Albatross'' * * '' Alvin Clark'' * '' America'' * '' American Spi ...

List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy. Frigates were the backbone of the early Navy, although the list shows that many suffered unfortunate fates. The sailing frigates of the United States built from 1797 on were unique i ...

List of sloops of war of the United States Navy This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy. Sailing sloops of war *, scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture *, lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard *, captured 14 December 1814 * *, wrecked 15 Novem ...

List of ships of the line of the United States Navy This is a list of ships of the line of the United States Navy. Because of the operating expense, a number of these were never launched. These ships were maintained on the stocks, sometimes for decades, in case of an urgent need. Continental Nav ...

List of ships of the Confederate States Navy This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and pr ...

List of tall ships This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length. The list, which is in the form of a table, covers vessel ...

List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarch ...

Shipwrecks

List of ships sunk by icebergs A non-exhaustive listing of ships which have sunk as a result of striking ice masses of larger than "growler" or pack size (such collisions with minor ice are comparatively common, usually resulting in less damage). Note that many vessels have be ...

List of ships sunk by missiles This is a list of ships sunk by missiles. Ships have been sunk by unguided projectiles for many centuries, but the introduction of guided missiles during World War II changed the dynamics of naval warfare. 1943 saw the first ships to be sunk by g ...

List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll While submarines were invented centuries ago, development of self-propelled torpedoes in the latter half of the 19th century dramatically increased the effectiveness of military submarines. Initial submarine scouting patrols against surface wa ...

* List of shipwrecks by country * List of shipwrecks by year

Museum ships

List of museum ships This list of museum ships is a comprehensive, sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. Replica ships are listed separately in the article on ship replicas. Ships that are not museum ships, but are still actively used fo ...

, sorted by name * Categories of museum ships by country {{DEFAULTSORT:ships