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Temporary ship list[edit]
Civilian vessels[edit]
- Achille Lauro
- Andrea Gail
- Appomattox 1893-1916 (renamed Seyer 1910), banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- Appomattox, one of the largest wooden ships ever built (97.2m).
- RMS Aquitania
- SS Arizona
- RMS Lusitania, Sunk by a German U boat on May 7, 1915 sinks in 18 minutes.
- SS Andrea Doria
- Atlas V (fr:Atlas V)
- Bluenose
- Renown (1888 barque), sunk for the shores of Den Helder, saved by the heroic Dorus Rijkers
- SS Britannic
- RMS Britannic, served as both civilian and war ship.
- RV Calypso
- TSS Camito, banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- SS Cap Arcona, served as both civilian and war ship.
- RMS Carpathia
- SS Central America, 1850s side wheel paddle steamer.
- Chickahominy (ship), banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- SS Cuba
- Cutty Sark, clipper.
- S.S Earnmoor, Steamship sunk in 1889 off of the West Indies. The second mate along with a few other survived a drift of 1,200 miles and 3 weeks in an open boat.
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald
- El Horria, oldest steamship still in service.
- Exxon Valdez
- TSS Fairstar
- RV Farley Mowat, flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Flying Cloud
- Fram
- SS Galileo Galilei, also known as SS Galileo and SS Meridian. Renamed SS Sun Vista before sinking in 1999.
- General Slocum
- Glomar Explorer
- TSS Golfito, banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- SS Great Eastern
- SS Great Britain
- Greenbriar (ship), banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- Halve Maen (Half Moon)
- Innisfallen
- M/V Kalakala
- Kon-Tiki
- Lady Nelson
- RMS Lusitania
- RMS Mauretania
- The Mayflower
- Nimrod
- Niña
- SS Normandie
- RMS Olympic, served as both civilian and war ship.
- Oracabessa, banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- Pinta
- Princess Alice
- RMS Queen Elizabeth
- RMS Queen Elizabeth 2
- RMS Queen Mary
- RMS Queen Mary 2, currently largest ocean liner.
- MS Queen Victoria
- Rainbow Warrior
- HMS Resolution
- Santa Maria
- SS Savannah and NS Savannah
- MV Steve Irwin, ship in use by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
- Thermopylae
- SS Tilapa, banana boat of Fyffes Line.
- RMS Titanic
- Tyger
- Victoria
- Wawona
- MV Doulos, World's oldest ocean going passenger ship, built in 1914.
- Biuki Gasa's Solomon Islands, dugout canoe used to find John. F. Kennedy and crew of the PT-109. Replica presented to United States in 2002.
- Exodus Ship with the first remnants of Jews returning to The Promised Land History of the Jews in the Land of Israel.
Warships[edit]
- HMNZS Achilles - fought the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate.
- Admiral Graf Spee - Pride of German Navy in early WWII, scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate.
- HMS Ajax - fought the Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate.
- Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi - the flagship of the Kido Butai.
- USS Arizona - American battleship destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, turned into a memorial.
- HMS Ark Royal - both HMS Ark Royal (91) and HMS Ark Royal (R09) - British aircraft carriers; the first, famous for its aircraft delivering the crippling blow to the Bismarck, the second was the last conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier in Royal Navy service.
- HMS Beagle - Ship on which Charles Darwin travelled to the Galapagos Islands, where he first formulated his ideas of evolution.
- HMS Belfast - light cruiser that participated in Operation Zipper, now moored on the River Thames in London.
- HMS Bellerophon, she became famous for transporting Napoleon to Saint Helena in 1815.
- German battleship Bismarck
- USS Bonhomme Richard - John Paul Jones' frigate, defeated HMS Serapis.
- HMHS Britannic (1914) - served and sunk during World War I, was the sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.
- RMS Britannic (1929) - served as both a civilian motor liner and as a troop ship during WWII.
- HMS Bounty - William Bligh's ship, famous for the mutiny that occurred on it.
- Japanese heavy cruiser Chōkai - flagship of Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi during the battle of Savo Island.
- USS Constitution - oldest warship still in commission afloat. Widely cited as the most famous U.S. warship of all time.
- HMS Discovery
- HMS Dreadnought - the first idea of a modern battleship.
- HM Bark Endeavour - Cook's ship
- HMS Erebus - British bombship that explored Antarctica.
- USS Enterprise - first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- USS Enterprise - most decorated carrier in World War Two
- ARA General Belgrano - sunk by the Royal Navy in the Falklands War
- Gloire - first large iron capital ship
- Golden Hind - Francis Drake's ship, used to circumnavigate the globe.
- HMS Hood - pride of the British fleet between WWI and WWII, sunk by the Bismarck in 1941
- KMS Scharnhorst German Battle-cruiser sunk at the Battle of the North Cape by HMS Duke of York.
- H. L. Hunley - The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat (USS Housatonic during the American Civil War).
- Imo - relief vessel involved in collision which led to the Halifax Explosion
- USS Indianapolis Carried the Atomic Bombs to Guam.
- HMS Iron Duke
- USS Maine - battleship that mysteriously blew up while visiting Cuba in 1898.
- Mary Rose - Henry VIII's flagship which sank in 1545.
- Medusa - Known for Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa.
- Mikasa - Togo's flagship at Battle of Tsushima.
- USS Missouri - American battleship upon which the Japanese signed the surrender documents, ending World War II
- USS Monitor - first ironclad ship featuring its main armament in a revolving turret.
- Mont-Blanc - Munitions ship involved in collision that led to the Halifax Explosion.
- Japanese battleship Nagato - flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- USS Nautilus - first nuclear submarine
- USS Nimitz - first of newest class of US aircraft carrier
- RMS Olympic - served as both civilian and war ship
- PT-109 - President John F. Kennedy's infamous command in WWII.
- HMS Ramillies British battleship in World Wars One and Two
- HMS Rattler and HMS Alecto - conducted tug-of-war between paddle and screw ships
- USS San Antonio - American amphibious transport dock.
- Santisima Trinidad (1769) Famous for her size.
- HMS Sovereign of the Seas (1637) Charles I's prestige battleship - largest warship of her day
- USS Taney - American Coast Guard cutter, survived the attack on pearl harbor, on display as a museum ship in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
- Temeraire - second in the line behind HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Famous as the subject of paintings by J. M. W. Turner.
- HMS Terror - British bombship, participated in the Battle of Baltimore in 1814
- USS Texas - American New York Class Battleship. Served in both World War I and World War II. Was part of Operation Overlord and saw action in Iwo Jima.
- German battleship Tirpitz - WWII sistership of the Bismarck.
- USS Torsk - American submarine, on display in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
- USS Triton - nuclear radar picket submarine - first with two reactors - first to sail around the world underwater
- Regalskeppet Vasa - Swedish galleon that sank in 1628, since restored and displayed at the Vasa Museum
- HMS Victory - Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and the oldest warship still in commission
- CSS Virginia - Confederate ironclad that was the nemesis of the USS Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads
- HMAS Voyager
- HMS Warrior - first ocean-going iron ship
- Japanese battleship Yamato - Largest battleship ever built, also mounting the largest caliber main armament ever built, at 18.1 inches in diameter
- USS Yorktown US Navy aircraft carrier, sunk in the Battle of Midway.
See also[edit]
These are lists of ships.
Civilian vessels[edit]
By type[edit]
Warships[edit]
By type[edit]
By country[edit]
- Germany: List of naval ships of Germany
- Japan: List of ships of the Japanese Navy
- New Zealand: List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy
- United Kingdom: List of Royal Navy ships
- United States: List of United States Navy ships
By era[edit]
Disasters[edit]
By size[edit]
Chronological[edit]
See also[edit]
The top 25 nations by 2008 Summer Olympics medals per capita are:[1]
| Rank | Nations | Medals | Population per medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
2 | 153,725 |
| 2 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
11 | 254,939 |
| 3 |  Iceland (ISL) |
1 | 304,367 |
| 4 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
5 | 401,542 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) |
46 | 447,844 |
| 6 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
9 | 463,717 |
| 7 |  Norway (NOR) |
10 | 464,445 |
| 8 |  Cuba (CUB) |
24 | 475,998 |
| 9 |  Armenia (ARM) |
6 | 494,764 |
| 10 |  Belarus (BLR) |
19 | 509,777 |
| 11 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
2 | 523,683 |
| 12 |  Estonia (EST) |
2 | 653,802 |
| 13 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
5 | 713,041 |
| 14 |  Bahrain (BRN) |
1 | 718,306 |
| 15 |  Latvia (LAT) |
3 | 748,474 |
| 16 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
4 | 749,020 |
| 17 |  Georgia (GEO) |
6 | 771,806 |
| 18 |  Denmark (DEN) |
7 | 783,531 |
| 19 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
6 | 874,124 |
| 20 |  Croatia (CRO) |
5 | 898,284 |
| 21 |  Hungary (HUN) |
10 | 993,091 |
| 22 |  Netherlands (NED) |
16 | 1,040,332 |
| 23 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) |
7 | 1,168,245 |
| 24 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
12 | 1,180,041 |
| 25 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
6 | 1,263,586 |
References[edit]
- ^ Culpepper, C. (August 24, 2008) "Medals per capita goes to the Bahamas" Los Angeles Times