Editing List of fictional ships (section)

===Single works===
* USS ''Abraham Lincoln''&nbsp;– frigate in ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1868
* ''African Queen''&nbsp;– ''[[The African Queen (novel)|The African Queen]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1935
* ''Alice May''&nbsp;– from the poem "[[The Cremation of Sam McGee]]" by [[Robert W. Service|Robert Service]], 1907
* ''Anchises''&nbsp;– ''[[One of Ours]]'' by [[Willa Cather]], 1922
* HMS ''Antigone'' – [[Leander-class cruiser (1931)|''Leander''-class cruiser]], ''[[The Cruiser]]'' by [[Warren Tute]], 1955
* ''Arabella''&nbsp;– ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' by [[Rafael Sabatini]], 1924
* ''Araby''&nbsp;– tramp freighter in ''Captain of the Araby'' and other Tod Moran adventure novels, by [[Howard Pease]], 1953
* ''Argo''&nbsp;– [[Greek mythology|Greek mythological]] ship in ''[[Argonautica]]'', the original story of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], by [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 3rd century BCE
* ''Ariadne'' – yacht in ''I Was There'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1873
** ''Mongolia'' – steamer running from Brindisi to Suez and Bombay 
**''Rangoon'' – steamer running from Calcutta to Hong Kong
** {{SS|Carnatic}} – steamer taken by Passepartout from Hong Kong to Yokohama
** ''Tankadère'' – pilot boat chartered by [[Phileas Fogg]] between Hong Kong and Shanghai
** ''General Grant'' – steamer running from Yokohama to San Francisco 
** ''China'' – missed steamer running from New York to Liverpool 
** ''Henrietta'' – paddle steamer chartered by Phileas Fogg between New York and Bordeaux
* ''Artemis''&nbsp;– ''[[Voyager (novel)|Voyager]]'' by [[Diana Gabaldon]], 1993
* HMS ''Artemis''&nbsp;– [[light cruiser]] in ''[[The Ship (novel)|The Ship]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1943
* USS ''Athena'' (PC-15) – {{sclass|Cyclone|patrol ship}} in ''The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story'' by [[Mark Helprin]], 2023<ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-1419769085 | title=The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (A Novel) | last1=Helprin | first1=Mark | date=2023 | publisher=Overlook Press }}</ref>
* ''Astrea''&nbsp;– Roman galley ship, ''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ|Ben-Hur]]'' by Genl [[Lew Wallace]], 1880
* ''Auf Wiedersehen''&nbsp;– sloop, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* ''Aurora''&nbsp;– ship in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] adventure ''[[The Sign of the Four]]'' by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1890
* ''Baalbek''&nbsp;– Libyan freighter, ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* USS ''Barracuda'' (SSN-593)&nbsp;– [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986 
* HMS ''Benbecula'' – A [[Royal Navy]] [[armed merchant cruiser]] in ''Rendezvous-South Atlantic'' by [[Douglas Reeman]] 
* USS ''Belinda'' (APA-22)&nbsp;– ''Away All Boats'' by [[Kenneth M. Dodson]], 1954 (also appears in [[Away All Boats|film version]])
* ''[[Billy Budd]]'' by [[Herman Melville]], 1924
** HMS ''Bellipotent''
** HMS ''Indomitable''
** ''Rights-of-Man''
* ''Britannia'' – Captain Grant's ship in ''[[In Search of the Castaways]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1867–1868
* HMS ''Broadsword'' – Royal Navy Destroyer, involved in an intentional incident in ''[[First Among Equals (novel)|First Among Equals]]'' by [[Jeffrey Archer]], 1984

* BRP ''Cagayan de Oro'' – Philippine Navy ''Whidbey Island''-class LSD, [[Dragon Strike (novel)|''Dragon Strike - The Millennium War'']] by [[Humphrey Hawksley]] and Simon Holberton, 1997
*USS ''Caine''&nbsp;– [[destroyer minesweeper]] (DMS) in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]'' by [[Herman Wouk]], 1951 (also appears in film version)
* HMS ''Calypso''&nbsp;– frigate, ''[[The Captain from Connecticut]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1941
* USS ''Carl Jackson''&nbsp;– [[Nimitz class aircraft carrier|''Nimitz'']]-class aircraft carrier, ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* ''Centaur''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Sergestus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* ''Charon II'' – old freighter in ''Trapp and World War Three'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1988
* ''Chimaera''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by Gyas in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* ''Claymore'' – corvette in ''Quatrevingt-Treize'' (''93'') by [[Victor Hugo]], 1874
* HMS ''Compass Rose''&nbsp;– corvette in ''[[The Cruel Sea (book)|The Cruel Sea]]'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1951
* ''Covenant''&nbsp;– brig, ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1886
* HMAS ''Darwin'' – heavy cruiser in ''Away Boarders!'' by [[J._E._Macdonnell]], 1962
* ''Dazzler'' – sloop, ''[[The Cruise of the Dazzler]]'' by [[Jack London]], 1902
* USS ''Delaware''&nbsp;– frigate, ''[[The Captain from Connecticut]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1941
* ''Demeter''&nbsp;– Russian schooner in ''[[Dracula]]'' by [[Bram Stoker]], 1897
* USS ''Dolphin''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Ice Station Zebra (novel)|Ice Station Zebra]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1963
* USS ''Dragonfish'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in both ''[[Raise the Titanic!]]'' by [[Clive Cussler]], 1976, and ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* ''Dulcibella''&nbsp;– ''[[The Riddle of the Sands]]'' by [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], 1903
* ''Duncan''&nbsp;– ocean yacht, ''[[In Search of the Castaways]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1867
* USS ''Eel''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]'' (1955) and ''Dust on the Sea'' (1972) by [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]]
* ''Erasmus '' – Dutch [[Full-rigged pinnace|pinnace]] piloted by John Blackthorne in [[James A. Michener]]'s ''[[Shōgun (novel)|Shōgun]]'', 1975
* ''Erebus''&nbsp;– ''[[Alaska (novel)|Alaska]]'' by [[James A. Michener]], 1988
* ''Fenton'' – lugger, ''[[The Narrow Corner]]'' by [[W. Somerset Maugham]], 1932
* ''Fin of God''&nbsp;– [[Discworld geography#Countries on the Klatchian coast|Omnian]] ship, ''[[Small Gods]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]], 1992
* USS ''Fletcher'' (DDG-1005) – [[U.S. Navy]] [[Zumwalt-class destroyer|''Zumwalt''-class]] [[guided missile destroyer]] featured in ''The Backup Asset'' by [[Leslie Wolfe]], 2015
* ''The Fuwalda''&nbsp;– ship which took Tarzans's parents to Africa, ''[[Tarzan of the Apes]]'' by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], 1914
* ''Ghost''&nbsp;– sealing schooner, ''[[The Sea Wolf]]'' by [[Jack London]], 1904
* SS ''Gigantic'' – ''S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic'' (based on [[Sinking of the Titanic|the sinking]] of the [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], by [[Peter Selgin]], 1999
* ''The Glen Carrig''&nbsp;– from the horror novel ''[[The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"]]'' by [[William Hope Hodgson]], 1907
* ''Großadmiral Dönitz'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] nuclear submarine, ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'' by [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]], 1992
* ''Großadmiral Raeder'' – Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier, ''Fatherland'' by Robert Harris, 1992
* ''The Hesperus''&nbsp;– from the poem "[[The Wreck of the Hesperus]]" by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], 1842
* ''Hispaniola'' – ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1883
* ''Hoptoad''&nbsp;– from the novel "[[Pippi in the South Seas (book)|Pippi in the South Seas]]" by [[Astrid Lindgren]], 1948
* Speķa lode- from the novel series mežonīgie pīrāgi by māris putniņš
* ''Ilya Podogin'' – Soviet SSN, ''[[Icebound (novel)|Icebound]]'' by [[Dean Koontz]], 1995
* USS ''Independence'' – fictional [[Wasp class amphibious assault ship|''Wasp''-class amphibious assault ship]] where a large part of ''[[The Swarm (Schätzing novel)|The Swarm]]'' by [[Frank Schätzing]] takes place, 2004
* ''Indra''&nbsp;– schooner, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* HMS ''Iphigenia''&nbsp;– frigate, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by [[John Winton]], 1971
* The ''Iron Pirate'' (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novel ''The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea'' by [[Max Pemberton]]. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
* USS ''James T Doig''&nbsp;– destroyer, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by John Winton, 1971
* ''Janet Coombe''&nbsp;– from the novel ''[[The Loving Spirit]]'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]], 1931
* ''Jolly Roger''&nbsp;– [[Captain Hook]]'s pirate ship, ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'' by [[J. M. Barrie]], 1904
* USS ''Keeling'' – [[Mahan-class destroyer]], codename "[[Greyhound (film)|Greyhound]]", in ''[[The Good Shepherd (nautical fiction)|The Good Shepherd]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1955
* ''Korund''&nbsp;– [[Tango-class submarine|''Tango''-class submarine]], ''Eagle Trap'' by [[Geoffrey Archer (writer)|Geoffrey Archer]], 1993
* USS ''Langley''&nbsp;– a [[Forrestal class aircraft carrier|''Forrestal''-class aircraft carrier]], ''The Sixth Battle'' by [[Barrett Tillman]], 1992
*''[[The Last Ship (novel)|The Last Ship]]'' by [[William Brinkley]], 1988<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastshipnovel00brin/page/21 21]|edition=Paperback|date=February 1989|last=Brinkley|first=William|title=The Last Ship|url=https://archive.org/details/lastshipnovel00brin|url-access=registration|quote=USS ''Nathan James'', DDG 80, guided missile destroyer, first of her class,|isbn=0345359828}}</ref>
** {{USS|Nathan James}} (DDG-80), the first nuclear powered [[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|Arleigh Burke]] class guided-missile destroyer (By the time the [[The Last Ship (TV series)|TV series of the same name]] was produced in 2014, the {{USS|Roosevelt|DDG-80|6}} had been commissioned as DDG-80 with destroyers up to at least DDG-120 awarded, so was renumbered as DDG-151.)
** ''Pushkin''&nbsp;– a Russian [[ballistic missile submarine]] that also survived the nuclear attack
* ''Leif Ericson''&nbsp;– ''[[The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]'' by [[Robert Shea]] and [[Robert Anton Wilson]], 1975
* HMS ''Leviathan'' – aircraft carrier, {{HMS|Leviathan}} by [[John Winton]], 1967 (There was a real carrier named HMS ''Leviathan'' but she was scrapped incomplete in 1968)
* USS ''Levant'' – corvette in ''[[The Man Without a Country]]'' by [[Edward Everett Hale]], 1863
* ''Liberian Star'' – ''[[Snakehead (novel)|Snakehead]]'', of the [[Alex Rider]] series by [[Anthony Horowitz]], 2007
* USS ''Mako'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* HMS ''Mallard'' – corvette, ''A Flock of Ships'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1986
* ''Marie Celeste''&nbsp;– from the short story ''[[J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement]]'' by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1884 (the real ship was ''[[Mary Celeste]]'')
* ''Mary Deare''&nbsp;– ''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' by [[Hammond Innes]], 1956
* M.G.B. 1087, [[motor gunboat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''Milka''&nbsp;– ''[[Jingo (novel)|Jingo]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]], 1997 (name parodies the ''[[Pinta (ship)|Pinta]]'')
* ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by [[Herman Melville]], 1851
** ''Pequod'' – American whaling ship searching for Moby-Dick
** ''Bouton de Rose'' – French whaler with ambergris
** ''Jeroboam'' – plague ship
** ''Rachel'' – American whaling ship that finds Ishmael
** ''Samuel Enderby'' – British whaler captained by Boomer
* ''Mortzestus''&nbsp;– horror novel ''[[The Ghost Pirates]]'' by [[William Hope Hodgson]], 1909
* ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]''&nbsp;– ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]'' (1870) and ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (1874) by [[Jules Verne]]
* ''Nellie'' (presumably for one of the ''Nelson''s in British service)&nbsp;– ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' by [[Joseph Conrad]], 1899
* ''Not for Hire'' – paddle-wheel steamboat in ''[[The Fabulous Riverboat]]'' by [[Philip José Farmer]], 1971
* ''Numestra del Oro'' – [[Merchant raider|armed merchantman]] owned by a Colombian cartel, ''[[Hammerheads]]'' by [[Dale Brown]], 1990
* USS ''Okinawa'' (LHD-10) – [[U.S. Navy]] [[Wasp-class amphibious assault ship|''Wasp''-class]] (LHD) [[Landing Helicopter Dock]] / [[amphibious assault ship]] featured in ''The Ghost Pattern'' by [[Leslie Wolfe]], 2015
* HMS ''Orcus'' – [[Oberon-class submarine|''Oberon''-class submarine]], ''Submarine'' by John Wingate, 1982
* HMS ''Pandora''&nbsp;– frigate, ''One of Our Warships'' by [[John Winton]], 1975
* ''Pacific Klondike'' – deep ocean drillship based on the [[Glomar Explorer]], ''Fireplay'' by [[William Wingate]], 1977
* PC-237&nbsp;– U.S. Navy patrol craft, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* ''Penguin''&nbsp;– ''[[The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket]]'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]], 1838
* ''Pharaon'' – the ship on which [[Edmond Dantès]] first sailed in ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas]], 1844
* ''Pocahontas'' – ''[[The Good Soldier]]'' by [[Ford Madox Ford]], 1915
* ''Polar Star'' – Soviet [[factory ship]] in ''[[Polar Star (novel)|Polar Star]]'' by [[Martin Cruz Smith]], 1989
* SS ''Poseidon''&nbsp;– ocean liner (based on the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}), ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (novel)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' by [[Paul Gallico]], 1969
* ''Pristis''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Mnestheus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* USS ''Pyramus''&nbsp;– [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris missile]]-carrying [[Ballistic missile submarine|SSBN]], ''The Deep Silence'' by [[Douglas Reeman]], 1967
* ''[[The Pyrates]]'' by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], 1983
** ''Grenouille Frénétique (Frantic Frog)''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Laughing Sandbag''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Plymouth Corporation's Revenge''&nbsp;– pirate ship
** ''Rocketing Spitfire''&nbsp;– sloop
** ''Santa Cascara'' (later HMS ''Golden Vanity'') – Spanish galleon captured by the British
** ''Santa Umbriago''&nbsp;– Spanish warship
** ''Twelve Apostles''&nbsp;– passenger ship
* ''Queequeg''&nbsp;– ''[[The Grim Grotto]]'' by [[Lemony Snicket]], 2004
* ''Queen Anne'', ocean liner in ''Oh To Be In England'', a short story by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]] in ''The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories'', 1959
* ''The Ramchunder'' – an East Indiaman, Captain Bragg, in [[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]] by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]], 1847–1848
*''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' by [[Tom Clancy]], 1984
** ''Red October'' (''Krasniy Oktyabr'') – The new Soviet [[Typhoon-class submarine|Typhoon-class]] [[ballistic missile submarine]] commanded by defecting Captain Marko Ramius
** ''Vladimir Konovalov'' – Soviet [[Alfa-class submarine|Alfa-class]] [[attack submarine]] hunting ''Red October''
** {{USS|Dallas|SSN-700|6}} – an actual US Navy [[attack submarine]] also shadowing ''Red October''
* ''Red Witch''&nbsp;– ''Wake of the Red Witch'' by [[Garland Roark]], 1946
* USS ''Reluctant'' (AK-601)&nbsp;– World War II cargo ship in ''[[Mister Roberts (novel)|Mister Roberts]]'' by [[Thomas Heggen]], 1946 (also appears in play, film and TV series versions)
* ''Sable Lorcha''&nbsp;– lorcha, ''[[The Sable Lorcha]]'' by [[Horace Hazeltine]], 1912
* HMS ''Saltash''&nbsp;– frigate in ''[[The Cruel Sea (book)|The Cruel Sea]]'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1951 (HMS ''Saltash Castle'' in the film)
* USS ''San Pablo''&nbsp;– river gunboat in ''[[The Sand Pebbles (novel)|The Sand Pebbles]]'' by [[Richard McKenna]], 1962
* ''Santa Ybel''&nbsp;– Spanish treasure ship, ''Secret Sea'' by [[Robb White]], 1947
* HMS ''Saturn'' – [[Swiftsure-class submarine|''Swiftsure''-class sub]], ''The Saturn Experiment'' by Peter Shepherd, 1988
* USS ''Savo'' – aircraft carrier in ''[[The Bridges at Toko-ri]]'' by [[James A. Michener]], 1953
* HMS ''Scorpion'' – submarine in ''Send Down a Dove'' by Charles MacHardy, 1968
* USS ''Scorpion''&nbsp;– ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]'' by [[Nevil Shute]], 1957
* ''Scylla''&nbsp;– racing ship captained by [[Cloanthus]] in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]], 1st century BCE
* USS ''Sea Trench'' – ''[[Aquarius Mission]]'' by [[Martin Caidin]], 1978
* ''The Sea Witch''&nbsp;– yacht, ''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' by [[Hammond Innes]], 1956
* USOS ''Seaview''&nbsp;– ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' by [[Theodore Sturgeon]], 1961
* ''Shark'' – destroyer, ''[[Black August (novel)|Black August]]'' by [[Dennis Wheatley]], 1934
* {{HMS|Sirdar|fictional|6}}&nbsp;– British destroyer, ''[[The Guns of Navarone (novel)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1957 (the actual HMS ''Sirdar'' was a submarine)
* ''Siren'' – yacht, ''[[A Damsel in Distress (novel)|A Damsel in Distress]]'' by [[P. G. Wodehouse]], 1919
* ''Slewfoot'' – the crew's nickname for a [[PT boat]] whose number is never given, in ''Torpedo Run'' by [[Robb White]], 1962
* ''Speranza'' – ''[[Arrival and Departure]]'' by [[Arthur Koestler]], 1943
* ''Spirit of the Hudson'' – riverboat casino in ''Backflash'' by [[Donald E. Westlake]] writing as Richard Stark, 1998
* USS ''Starbuck'' (SSN-989){{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}&nbsp;– ''[[Pacific Vortex!]]'' by [[Clive Cussler]], 1983 (Cover of Sphere edition shows [[USS S-3 (SS-107)|SSN-107]] on the fin.)
* USS ''Stingray'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* USS ''Stormy Beach'' – [[USS Long Beach (CGN-9)|''Long Beach''-class cruiser]], ''Fireplay'' by [[William Wingate]], 1977
* USS ''Swordfish''&nbsp;– ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]'' by [[Nevil Shute]], 1957
* HMS ''Sybaris''&nbsp;– British heavy cruiser, ''[[The Guns of Navarone (novel)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1957
*''[[Tai-Pan (novel)|Tai-pan]]'' by [[James Clavell]], 1966
** [[Asian Saga|Struan & Company]]
***''China Cloud'' – 22 gun [[Clipper#China_clippers_and_the_apogee_of_sail|China Clipper]], flagship of Struan & Co
***''Blue Cloud'' – clipper; Struan's ships are all named for his mother, whose maiden name was [[McCloud (surname)|McCloud]].
***''Resting Cloud'' – [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]], Struan's HQ prior to the establishment of [[British Hong Kong]]
***''Scarlet Cloud'' -–lost ship, nearly precipitating Struan's bankruptcy
***''Thunder Cloud'' – Struan's record setting first ship to arrive in Hong Kong from London after the establishment of British Hong Kong
** [[East Indies Station|Royal Navy]]
*** HMS ''Vengeance'' – 74 gun flagship of the [[East Indies and China Station]], based on {{HMS|Cornwallis|1813|6}}
*** HMS ''Mermaid'' – 22 gun [[Sloop-of-war]] under the command of Captain Glessing
*** HMS ''Nemesis'' – the first [[steam frigate]] to make the journey from London to Hong Kong, based on the {{HMS|Rattler|1843|6}}
**Other ships
***''White Witch'' – 22 gun [[Clipper#China_clippers_and_the_apogee_of_sail|China Clipper]], flagship of Brock & Sons
***''Gray Witch'' – clipper under the command of Brock's son Gorth
***''Princess of Alabama'' – 20 gun [[brig]], flagship of Cooper & Tillman
***''Vagrant Star'' – an [[East Indiaman]] in which Struan and Brock met prior to the events in ''Tai-pan''
* USS ''Tallahatchie County'' – [[U.S. Navy]] submarine tender in ''[[To Kill the Potemkin]]'' by [[Mark Joseph (author)|Mark Joseph]], 1986
* HMS ''Téméraire''&nbsp;– Polaris nuclear submarine, ''The Fighting Temeraire'' by [[John Winton]], 1971
* USS ''Thomas Jefferson''&nbsp;– ''[[Nimitz Class (novel)|Nimitz Class]]'' by [[Patrick Robinson (author)|Patrick Robinson]], 1997
* {{HMS|Thunder Child}}&nbsp;– ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]], 1897
* SS ''Titan''&nbsp;– ''[[Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan]]'' by [[Morgan Robertson]] (a fictional story that is very similar to the real life of the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] 14 years later in 1912), 1898
* MV ''Toscana''&nbsp;– ship used by the mercenaries in ''[[The Dogs of War (novel)|The Dogs of War]]'' by [[Frederick Forsyth]], 1974
* HMS ''Tristram'' – submarine in ''His Majesty's U-Boat'' by [[Douglas Reeman]], 1973
* HMS ''Tynecastle'' – frigate in ''Trapp and World War Three'' by [[Brian Callison]], 1988
* ''U-174'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]], ''[[Fatherland (novel)|Fatherland]]'' by [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]], 1992
* ''U-246'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]] in ''Away Boarders!'' by [[J._E._Macdonnell]], 1962 (There was a real, unrelated U-246)
* ''U-996'' – [[Kriegsmarine]] [[U-boat]], ''An Operational Necessity'' by [[Gwyn Griffin]], 1967
* HMS ''Ulysses''&nbsp;– ''[[HMS Ulysses (novel)|HMS Ulysses]]'', by [[Alistair MacLean]], 1955
* SS ''Valparaiso''&nbsp;– ''Godhead Trilogy'' by [[James Morrow]], 1994–1999
* ''Victor'' – Polish destroyer in ''[[The Good Shepherd (nautical fiction)|The Good Shepherd]]'' by [[C. S. Forester]], 1955
* USS ''Vindicator'' (NMSS-3)&nbsp;– nuclear-powered strategic missile battleship, ''Fire Lance'' by [[David Mace]], 1986
* ''Vingilot''&nbsp;– ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]], 1977
* HMS ''Vortex'' – [[V and W-class destroyer]] in ''The Admiral'' by [[Warren Tute]], 1963
* ''The Walrus''&nbsp;– Flint's pirate ship in ''[[Treasure Island]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], 1883
* USS ''Walrus''&nbsp;– submarine in ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]'' by [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]], 1955
* ''We're Here''&nbsp;– ''[[Captains Courageous]]'': ''A Story of the Grand Banks'', by [[Rudyard Kipling]], 1897
* HMS ''Winger'' – [[Flower-class corvette]] (based on the real {{HMS|Shearwater|L39|6}}) in ''Corvette Command'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], 1944
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