Ships
- HMS Vivid was a wood paddle packet launched in 1848 and sold in 1894.
- HMS Vivid was an iron screw yacht purchased from civilian service in 1891, where she had been named Capercailzie. She became the Devonport base ship in 1892 and was sold in 1912, later being wrecked in 1913.
- HMS Vivid was a V class submarine launched in 1943 and broken up in 1950.
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The voyage to ruin I must run,
Dawn ships clouted aground,
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