World's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
USS Enterprise
In 1956, it became the last major transatlantic passenger vessel to sink before aircraft became the preferred method of travel.
Andrea Doria
Gained widespread infamy after the March 24, 1989 oil spill in which it hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef. Also featured in the movie Water World.
Exxon Valdez
Named for the Spanish word for 'girl' and was a part of Columbus' fleet. The real name was Santa Clara. Also said to be Columbus' favorite.
Nina
Ship that was subject of the mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the captain, William Bligh.
HMS Bounty
Probably the strongest wooden ship ever built. Used in expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912.
Fram
Also known as 'Old Ironsides', it is the oldest warship still in commission afloat. Widely cited as the most famous U.S. warship of all time.
USS Constitution
Became famous for rescuing the survivors of Titanic after Titanic sank on 15 April 1912.
Carpathia
Ship that transported the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (United States), in 1620.
The Mayflower
Dutch ship captained by Henry Hudson.
Halve Maen (Half Moon)
One of the most famous warships of WWII - named after a German chancellor - Ordered by Churchill to be sunk.
Bismarck
A Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia launched in 1921, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province.
Bluenose
The name 'bluenose' originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians.
The largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus.
Santa Maria
Best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake.
The Golden Hind
On May 7, 1915, it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, the U-20. It sank within 18 minutes, killing 1,198 of the 1,962 people aboard. The sinking turned sentiments in neutral nations against Germany and helped provoke the United States into entering the war two years later.
RMS Lusitania
The flagship of Vasco da Gama's armada on his first voyage to India in 1497-1499
São Gabriel
A ship that Jacques-Yves Cousteau, one of the most important researchers in oceanography, equipped as a mobile laboratory for field research.
Calypso
A 60-gun frigate of the French Navy, famous for bringing the remains of Napoléon from Saint Helena back to France.
Belle Poule
Launched in 1906, it became a generic term for modern battleships.
HMS Dreadnought
Raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition. Named after the Inca sun god.
Kon-Tiki
Fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
Pinta
Ship made famous by Charles Darwin.
HMS Beagle
A lake freighter that sank suddenly during a gale storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Made famous by Gordon Lightfoot's hit song.
Edmund Fitzgerald
Name of a series of ships operated by Greenpeace.
Rainbow Warrior
Site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II.
USS Missouri
Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and the oldest warship still in commission.
HMS Victory
World's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole - not commanded by Captain Nemo though!
USS Nautilus
One of the five ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands or Moluccas. It was named after a church where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to Charles of Spain. Only ship to survive the expedition which circumnavigated the globe between 1519 and 1522.
Victoria
Ship famous for transporting Napoléon to Saint Helena in 1815.
HMS Northumberland and HMS Bellerophon
Captain Cook's first ship.
HMS Endeavour
The ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. She impressed him enough that he called her "the ship of my choice."
HMS Resolution
Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis's famous yacht that he named for his daughter
Christina
(Now Christina O).
Ship used by Ernest Shackleton in his 1908 Antarctic Nimrod Expedition for the South Pole.
Nimrod
Hijaked in 1985 by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF). The hijack was made into a television movie in 1990, starring Burt Lancaster and Eva Marie Saint.
Achille Lauro