List of Fictional Ships - Literature - Single Works

Single Works

• USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1868
• Adventure — Oceangoing Salvage Tug — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• African Queen — The African Queen by C. S. Forester
• USS "Alliance" -- USN WW II Independence class aircraft carrier --"Hellcats" by Barrett Tillman, 1996
• HMS Amirante — Destroyer — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• Antarctica — Whaling Factory Ship — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• HMS Antigone — Leander class cruiser commissioned 1938 in "The Cruiser" by Warren Tute, 1955
• SNS Antilla- Spanish battleship in Trafalgar by Arturo Perez-Reverte, 2004
• Antonov — Soviet bulk freighter — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Arabella — Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini, 1924
• HMS Aries — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Argo — Jason and the Argonauts
• Artemis — Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• HMS Artemis — The Ship, by C. S. Forester, 1943
• Astrea — Roman galley ship — Ben-Hur by Genl Lew Wallace, 1880
• Aurora — Armed whale catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• Auxoil — Oil-rig tender — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• USS Avenger - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
• Baalbek — Libyan Freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• Bachir — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
• USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats by Kenneth M. Dodson, 1954 (also appears in film version)
• Bellatrix — Motor yacht — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• HMS Bellipotent — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
• Beryte — Libyan Auxiliary Cruiser — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
• Bird of Dawning — Bird of Dawning novel by John Masefield
• USS Bradford — Frigate — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
• Britannia - Captain Grant's ship in In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne.
• Black Swan - Pirate ship - "The Black Swan" by Rafael Sabatini, 1932 (prototype for Pirates of the Caribbean films)
• HMS Broadsword - Royal Navy Destroyer - A ship involved in an intentional incident in First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer
• Byblos — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
• BRP Cagayan de Oro - a Philippine Navy Whidbey Island class LSD - Dragon Strike - The Millennium War by Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton, 1997
• USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (also appears in film version)
• HMS Calypso — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
• USS Candlefish (SS-284) — Ghostboat by George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger, 1976. World War II Gato Class submarine
• USS Carl Jackson — Nimitz Class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• Caspar's Folly — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• USS Chicago - Nuclear Submarine (SSN) in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
• Chimay — Whale Cacher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• SS Claridon — The Last Voyage
• HMS Compass Rose — The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951
• Covenant — brig, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
• USS "Crown Point" --USN WW II Independence class aircraft carrier --"Hellcats" by Barrett Tillman, 1996.
• Crozet — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• HMS Cyclades — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Dawn Treader - Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
• USS Delaware — frigate — The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
• Demeter — Russian schooner in Dracula by Bram Stoker
• HMS Deterrent — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN- Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
• HMS Devastation — UK Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• USS Dolphin — Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean, 1963
• Doneska - Russian Submarine - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• Dostoiny — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, 1903
• Duncan — ocean yacht, In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne, 1867
• HMS Eagle — Invincible Class aircraft carrier — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• Erebus — Alaska
• Esmeralda - Racing Yawl - Her Name Will Be Faith by Max Marlow, 1988
• ESO - Experimental nuclear powered stealth minisub - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
• Evening Star — Alaska
• Explorer 1 - Bathyscape - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• Falkland — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• Fin of God — Omnian ship, Small Gods
• The Fuwalda — Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1914. The ship which took Tarzan's parents to Africa.
• USS Galveston - Aircraft Carrier - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• USS Garcia — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
• Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904
• The Gloria Scott — from the earliest Sherlock Holmes story, by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Grande Rapide — Ocean racing catamaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Gratulana — Liberian oil tanker — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Grenouille Frenetique (Frantic Frog) — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• The Hesperus — from the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• HISPANIOLA (capitalized throughout the story) — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Huntress — British survey ship — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Ilya Podogin - Soviet SSN - Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995
• USS Imperator - Submarine Amphibious Assault Ship - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• Incroyable — Opium smuggling Clipper — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
• USS Independence, a fictional Wasp-class amphibious assault ship where a large part of the plot from The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place.
• HMS Indomitable — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
• Jeroboam — Moby-Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville
• Jolly Roger — Captain Hook's pirate ship — Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• John Henry D — Fishing boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Joun — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• HMS Jupiter — Leander Class frigate — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• MV Julius Fucik - Freighter used as a military transport ship in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
• K-387 - Russian nuclear submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
• Karamagee — Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• USS Keeling — The Good Shepherd by CS Forester
• Kerguelen — Whale Catcher — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1962
• Kharkov - Moscow Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• USS "King's Mountain" - US Navy WW II Independence class aircraft carrier - "Hellcats" - Barrett Tillman, 1996
• HMS Kittiwake — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Korund — Tango Class submarine — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• USS Langley — a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier — The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman
• Laughing Sandbag — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• Leif Ericson — The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, 1975
• Leros — Greek Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
• Leopard - Akula class submarine - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
• USS Liberty - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
• Lobitos — Panamanian freighter — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• HMS Loch Torridon — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• HMS Loch Vennachar — Cruiser — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• The Magic Oat Boat — The Magic Oat Boat, (a Children's Story), 1992
• HMAS Magpie — Mine-sweeper — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Malange - Freighter - - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
• Marie Celeste — The Relation of J Habakuk Jephson by Arthur Conan Doyle (the real ship was Mary Celeste)
• Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
• USS Mary Jane - Naval Oceanographic Research Ship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• HMS Massive — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
• Medina — Motor cruiser — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• Mercedes Express Ocean racing trimaran — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Milka — Jingo (name parodies the Pinta)
• HMS Missile - Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
• Mongolia - Steamer in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, running from Suez to Bombay.
• Moonraker — Liberian tramp freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Myfanwy — Coaster — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Nancy Bell - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell by W. S. Gilbert
• USS Narwhal — SSN — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• USS Nashville — U.S. warship — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• USS Nathan James (DDG-80) — The Last Ship by William C. Brinkley, 1988
• Nautilus — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island
• Nellie — Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899
• HMS Nemesis — Tai-Pan by James Clavell, 1966
• Novgorod - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• Numestra del Oro - Armed Merchantman owned by a Colombian Cartel - Hammerheads by Dale Brown, 1990
• Olympus — Supertanker — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
• Omega 1 - Submersible Barge - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• Omega Challenger — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• HMS Orcus - Oberon class submarine - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
• Orel - Akula class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• Oska Laertes — Danish ferry — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Pacific Klondike - Deep ocean drillship - Fireplay by William Wingate, 1979
• Penguin — The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
• Pequod — Moby-Dick,or The Whale, by Herman Melville, 1851
• USS Pharris FF-1094 - Antisubmarine Frigate in Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancey
• USS Pequod — Firefox by Craig Thomas, 1977. Sturgeon-class SSN which rendezvoused on the Arctic ice to re-fuel the Mig-31 Firefox
• Pharaoh - in The Count of Monte Cristo. the ship on which Edmund Dantes first sailed
• HMS Phoenix - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
• HMS Plover — Bird class patrol boat — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Plymouth Corporation's Revenge — pirate ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• HMS Plymouth Sound — sailing Corvette — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
• Poltava - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• Poppy — Opium smuggling schooner — The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1960
• SS Poseidon — ocean liner, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, 1969
• Pushkin — The Last Ship by William Brinkley
• USS Pyramus — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
• Queequeg — The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket, 2004
• Rachel — Moby-Dick, or The Whale, in search of the Pequod
• USS Raleigh — Eyes of the Hammer by Bob Mayer, 1991
• Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch by Garland Roark
• Red October — Soviet submarine, The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, 1984
• USS Reluctant (AK-601) — World War II cargo ship in Mister Roberts (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
• USS "Reprisal" --U.S. Navy World War II Essex class aircraft carrier - "Hellcats" -Barrett Tillman, 1996
• HMS Retaliate — Polaris missile-carrying SSBN — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
• USS Retribution - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
• Retivy — Krivak class destroyer — The Antonov Project by Anthony Trew, 1979
• Rigel Star — Oil tanker — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
• Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd by Herman Melville
• USN Rio Grande — Aircraft Carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• USS Robert F. Kennedy — A stealth nuclear powered battle cruiser (BCGN) — North Cape by Joe Poyer
• Rocketing Spitfire — sloop — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• USS Rosemont - Los Angeles Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• Ryazan - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• HMS Sabre — S-Class submarine — Two Hours to Darkness by Anthony Trew, 1963
• HMS Safari - Swiftsure Class - Submarine by John Wingate, 1982
• HMS Saltash — The Cruel Sea (HMS Saltash Castle in the film)
• USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
• Santa Cascara (later HMS Golden Vanity) — Spanish galleon captured by the British — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• Santa Umbriago — Spanish warship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• Saracen — Supertanker fitted with reinforced bow. — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
• Saratov - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• HMS Saturn - Swiftsure Class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• Scorpion — Cruising yacht — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
• USS Scorpion — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
• USS Seamount — SSBN — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
• The Sea Witch — a yacht in The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, 1956
• USOS Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon, 1961
• Semittanté — Tramp Freighter — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• USS "Sharpsburg" --USN WW II Essex class aircraft carrier --"Hellcats" by Barrett Tillman, 1996.
• Shelif — Fishing boat — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• USS Shenandoah — Aircraft carrier — The Hero Ship by Hank Searls, 1969
• USN Shenandoah — US Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• Shodo — Japanese Whaling Factory Ship — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Shodo 4 — Japanese whale catcher — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Siren - yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, 1919
• USS Skippack — SSN — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Smolensk - Alfa class submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor, 1987
• Southern Sun — Freighter — The Moonraker Mutiny by Anthony Trew, 1972
• Speranza - Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler, 1943
• USN Springfield — Aircraft carrier — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• Splendor Hyaline — The Horse and his boy by C. S. Lewis
• USS Starbuck (SSN-989) — Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler, 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows SSN-107 on the fin)
• USS Stevens — Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate — Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993
• USS Stinson — Spruance class destroyer — The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler, 1986
• USS Stormy Beach - Long Beach Class cruiser - Fireplay by William Wingate
• Student Prince — Freighter — The Soukour Deadline by Anthony Trew, 1976
• Samurai Maru — Japanese Seagoing Tugboat — The Unripe Gold, by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1983
• Sunboro Beauty — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Sweet Ribena — Multihulled ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• USS Swordfish — On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
• USS Swordfish - Trident Class SSBN - Inoculate! by Neil Bayne, 1979
• Tambov - Russian nuclear submarine - Silent Hunter by Charles D. Taylor
• HMS Teaser — Aircraft Carrier- Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• HMS Temeraire (S.191) - SSN - The Deep Silence by Douglas Reeman, 1967
• Thorshammer — Norwegian Destroyer — A Grue of Ice by Geoffrey Jenkins
• USS Thomas Jefferson — Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson
• HMS Thunder Child — The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
• SS Titan — Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, 1898
• Tornado Four — Ocean racing sloop — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• Trident — Survey Ship — Collision by Anthony Wall, 1986
• Twelve Apostles — passenger ship — The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
• HMS Ulysses — HMS Ulysses
• USS Urchin — Air Force One by Edwin Corley, 1978
• SS Valparaiso — Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow
• USS Vindicator (NMSS-3) — Nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, Fire Lance by David Mace, 1986
• Vingilot — The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
• USS Viperfish — Spy Sub
• Vitebsk - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• Vladimir - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• Vologda - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• Voronetz - Victor class - The Saturn Experiment - Peter Shepherd, 1988
• The Walrus — Flint's pirate ship in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• USS Warren Harding — in Robert Clark Young's naval satire One of the Guys
• We're Here — Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by Rudyard Kipling, 1896
• USN Willowtrack — US Submarine — Hunter-Killer by Geoffrey Jenkins, 1966
• Wilson's Savoury — Ocean racing yacht — Sea Fever by Anthony Trew, 1980
• USS Woodbridge (SSN-349) - Los Angeles Class - The Tiger Cruise by Richard Thompson, 1999
• Yabba-Dabba-Doo — Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff, 1997