Film
- 903 - Iranian Kilo class submarine in Steel Sharks, 1996
- USS Abraham Lincoln — frigate in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
- Academic Vladislav Volkov — Russian research ship in Virus, 1999
- Acheron — French Napoleonic frigate in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003
- African Queen — The African Queen, 1951 with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
- Albatross — The Sea Hawk with Errol Flynn, 1940
- Amindra — with shanghaied sailor from the Glencairn, torpedoed and sank in The Long Voyage Home, 1940
- SS Andes — cruise ship in Let's Go Native, 1930
- SS Antonia Graza — derelict Italian luxury ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- Aquanaut 3 - experimental submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
- Arabella — Captain Blood with Errol Flynn, 1935
- Argo — galley Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts (TV miniseries)
- Argonautica — cruise ship Deep Rising
- USS Aspen — Full Fathom Five
- HMS Avenger — Billy Budd 1962
- Batavia Queen — steamship Krakatoa, East of Java 1969
- HMS Bedford — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- USS Bedford (DLG-113) — The Bedford Incident (also in book version)
- Belafonte — oceanographic research vessel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- USS Belinda (APA-22) — Away All Boats, 1956 (Also appears in original novel)
- Benthic Explorer — offshore support ship — The Abyss 1989
- Black Hawk — The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958
- Black Pearl (formerly HMS Wicked Wench) — slaver turned pirate ship Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Black Swan — The Black Swan 1942
- Brandenburg — World War II German battleship in We Dive at Dawn 1943
- SS Britannic — cruise ship in Juggernaut
- USS Caine — The Caine Mutiny (Also appears in written version)
- USS Charleston - On the Beach, 2000
- HMS Chester — British Type 23 frigate in Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
- SSN Davies (SSN-???) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Crash Dive, 1996
- HMS Devonshire — British Type 23 frigate sunk in Tomorrow Never Dies
- SS Chiku Shan — ferryboat — Blood Alley (1955)
- SS Claridon — ocean liner in The Last Voyage 1960
- HMS Compass Rose — Second World War Flower-class corvette in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- USS Copperfin — World War II sub Destination Tokyo, 1943 w/ Cary Grant
- HMS Dauntless — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Deep Quest - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- HMS Defiant — frigate in HMS Defiant, 1962
- Disco Volante — motor yacht/hydrofoil in Thunderball 1965
- USS Dragonfish — U.S. Submarine in Battle of the Coral Sea 1959
- Dulcibella — The Riddle of the Sands 1979
- USS Echo — sailing ship from The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1959
- Edinburgh Trader — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Elizabeth Dane — The Fog
- Elsinore — The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1937
- Empress — Chinese junk — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- HMS Endeavour — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- MS Ergenstrasse — The Sea Chase (1955) with John Wayne and Lana Turner, and Patriot Games (1992) with Harrison Ford.
- Esther — sailing merchantman, Old Ironsides 1926
- Flying Dutchman — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- The Flying Wasp — Caddy Shack 1980
- Geronimo — America's Cup racing yacht, Wind 1992
- Ghost — sealing schooner, The Sea Wolf 1941
- Glencairn — freighter — The Long Voyage Home
- Gloria N — E la nave va..., Federico Fellini
- SS Goliath — ocean liner — Goliath Awaits — TV film 1981
- Hahnchen Maru — cargo vessel modified to command ship — Contact, 1997
- Hai Peng — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- SS Happy Wanderer — cruise liner — Carry On Cruising
- USS Haynes (DE-181) — destroyer escort, The Enemy Below
- The Henrietta - paddle steamer - Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
- Immer Essen ("Always eating") — cruise ship, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- The Inferno — The Goonies
- HMS Interceptor — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- USS Intrepid — cruise ship in the film Intrepid
- JDS Isokaze — Aegis (Bôkoku no îgisu) 2005
- Jenny — Forrest Gump
- Jenny - Tug boat in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
- USS Kornblatt — Don't Give Up The Ship, 1959, starred Jerry Lewis
- USS Lansing (SSN-795) - Los Angeles Class SSN (Depicted as an SSBN) in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- Liparus — Karl Stromberg's submarine swallowing supertanker The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
- SS Lorelei — An ocean liner in Ghost Ship
- HMS Lydia — Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951
- Mary Deare — The Wreck of the Mary Deare, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, 1959
- USS Mako - Fast Attack Submarine in Danger Beneath The Sea, 2001
- USS Montana — The Abyss, The Fifth Missile
- Morning Star —Cutthroat Island 1995
- Nathan Ross — whaling ship, All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953
- Nautilus — Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969, Mysterious Island, The Return of Captain Nemo 1978, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003
- HMS Nereid - Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980
- Ning-Po Freighter owned by SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice
- USS Oakland (SSN-798) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Steel Sharks, 1996
- Olive Branch — sailing merchantman, Captain Caution, 1940
- Orca — Quint's fishing boat, Jaws, 1975
- Patna — tramp steamer in Lord Jim 1965
- Pequod — whaleship, Moby Dick 1956, 1978, 1998
- USS Pequod - American submarine, 2010: Moby Dick, 2010
- Poseidon — ocean liner/cruise ship, The Poseidon Adventure 1972, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979, The Poseidon Adventure 2005, Poseidon 2006
- USS Poseidon — USS Poseidon: Phantom Below 2005
- The Princess — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Q Boat — Q's 'fishing boat' The World Is Not Enough 1999
- "Proteus" - nuclear mini submarine from the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage."
- Rachel — Moby-Dick, 1956, 1998
- Rasputin - Ex-Soviet Submarine in Rapid Assault, 1997
- Reaper- Dog's ship in Cutthroat Island, 1995
- Red Witch — Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne, 1948
- Red October — Hunt For Red October novel by Tom Clancy, 1984 and Hunt For Red October film with Sean Connery, 1990
- 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)
- U-571 appears in U-571 (film), coincidently same number as German submarine U-571
- Rights-of-Man — Billy Budd, 1962
- Rob Roy — commercial freighter, Windbag the Sailor, 1936
- USS San Pablo — The Sand Pebbles, 1966
- HMS Saltash Castle — Second World War frigate in The Cruel Sea, 1953
- Saracen — yacht, Dead Calm
- USS Sarasota - Aircraft Carrier, Crash Dive, 1996 & Rapid Assault, 1997
- USS Sawfish — On the Beach, 1959
- USS Scotia - submarine, 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 2007
- Sea Cliff - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- Sea Star — tug in Virus, 1999
- HMS Sea Tiger — Second World War submarine, We Dive at Dawn, 1943
- USS Sea Tiger — World War II submarine, Operation Petticoat 1959; also TV series 1977
- SS Sea Witch — Action in the North Atlantic 1943
- SSNR Seaview — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 with Walter Pidgeon
- HMS Shag at Sea - yacht, Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
- HMS Sherwood - British cruiser, Carry on Admiral 1957
- HMS Solent - British destroyer, Sink the Bismarck! 1960
- IJN Shinaru — Japanese aircraft carrier, Torpedo Run 1958
- Stealth Ship — media mogul Elliot Carver's secret news creator in Tomorrow Never Dies. Is based on the real life Sea Shadow (IX-529) 1997
- St. Georges — British spy ship trawler For Your Eyes Only 1981
- USS Starfish — Hellcats of the Navy
- Starfish - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- USS Stingray - Balao-class submarine, Down Periscope, 1996 with Kelsey Grammer; no relation to the Salmon-class SS-186 USS Stingray
- HMS Surprise - Master and Commander the Far Side of the World
- USS Thunderfish — Operation Pacific, 1954 with John Wayne
- USS Tigerfish (SSN 509) - United States nuclear submarine from Ice Station Zebra.
- USS Tiger Shark — The Atomic Submarine
- SS Titanic II — cruise liner, Titanic II, 2010
- HMS Torrin — In Which We Serve, 1942
- Turtle - DSV in Raise the Titanic!
- Ulysses — submarine, Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- SSN Ulysses (SSN-???) - Los Angeles Class in Crash Dive, 1996
- USS Valhalla (SSN-905) - Los Angeles Class SSN in Rapid Assault, 1997
- SS Venture — King Kong, 1933, 2005
- HMS Venus — British frigate — Carry On Jack, 1962
- HMS Viperess — British Victor-class destroyer — The Cruel Sea, 1953
- HMS Victoria — British WWI ironclad, Britannic, 2000
- The Wanderer - Captain Ron, 1992 with Martin Short and Kurt Russell
- We're Here — Captains Courageous, 1937 with Spencer Tracy
- Wonkatania — Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (also appears in 2005 adaptation), based on the Cunard Line tradition of ending ships with an -ania (i.e., RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania)
- Yellow Submarine — The Beatles' psychedelic submarine
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