This is a list of surviving ships from the ancient or prehistoric era. All the ships on this list date to 5th century AD or before.
Name | Image | Year of construction | Type | Build location [a] | Current location | Overall length |
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Pesse canoe | 8040–7510 BC [1] | Dugout canoe | Mesolithic Europe | Netherlands (Assen) | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) | |
Dufuna canoe | — | 6550 BC [2] | Dugout canoe | Neolithic Africa | Nigeria (Yobe State) | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Bibongho canoe | — | 6000 BC [3] | Dugout canoe | Prehistoric Korea | South Korea (Gimhae) | 10.17 ft (3.10 m) |
Pirogues de Bercy | 4500 BC [4] | Dugout canoes | Neolithic France | France (Musée Carnavalet) | 17.00 ft (5.18 m) | |
Dugout Canoe of Gué de Beaulieu | 3500–3000 BC [5] | Dugout canoe | Neolithic France | France (Musée de Cognac) | 18.56 ft (5.66 m) | |
Khufu ship | 2500 BC [6] | Solar ship | Ancient Egypt | Egypt (Giza) | 142 ft (43 m) | |
Cooper River Canoe | — | Archaic period [b] [7] [8] [9] | Dugout canoe | United States | United States | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
Lurgan Canoe | 2000 BC [10] | Dugout canoe | Prehistoric Ireland | Ireland (Dublin) | 50 ft (15 m) | |
Carnegie boat | — | 1870–1831 BC [11] [12] | Solar ship | Ancient Egypt | United States | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) |
Chicago boat | 1870–1831 BC [11] | Solar ship | Ancient Egypt | United States (Chicago) | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) | |
Red boat [c] | 1870–1831 BC [11] [13] | Solar ship | Ancient Egypt | Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh Museum) | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) | |
White boat [d] | 1870–1831 BC [11] [13] | Solar ship | Ancient Egypt | Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh Museum) | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) | |
Appleby logboat | — | 1500–1300 BC | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (North Lincolnshire Museum) | — |
Dover Bronze Age Boat | 1500 BC [14] | Seagoing boat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Dover) | 31 ft (9.4 m) [e] | |
Hanson Log Boat | 1500 BC [15] | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Derby) | 32 ft (10 m) | |
Carpow Logboat | 1000 BC [16] | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Perth) | 29 ft (8.8 m) | |
Second Lake Mendota canoe | — | 1000 BC [17] | Dugout canoe | United States | United States (Madison) | 14.5 ft (4.4 m) |
Ljubljana Marshes dugout canoe | 9th century BC [18] | Dugout canoe | Slovenia | Slovenia | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) | |
Hasholme Logboat | 750–390 BC | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Hull) | 42.3 ft (12.9 m) | |
Mazarrón I | 7th century BC [19] [20] | Merchant ship | Phoenicia | Spain | suviving fragments | |
Mazarrón II | 7th century BC [19] [20] | Merchant ship | Phoenicia | Spain | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) | |
Marseille 3 | 525–500 BC [21] [22] | Fishing vessel | France | France | 16.4 ft (5.0 m) | |
Marseille 4 | 525–500 BC [23] [24] | Sailing vessel | Ancient Greece | France (Marseille) | 45.9 ft (14.0 m) | |
Ma'agan Michael ship | 5th century BC | Trade ship | Palaestina Prima | Israel (Ma'agan Michael) | 37 ft (11 m) | |
Fiskerton log boat | 457–300 BC [25] | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Lincoln) | 23 ft (7.0 m) | |
Hjortspring boat | 400–300 BC [26] | Canoe | Unknown (Nordic tribal area) | Denmark (Copenhagen) | 58 ft (18 m) | |
Kyrenia ship | 400–300 BC | Trade ship | Macedonia | Cyprus (Kyrenia) | 47 ft (14 m) | |
Mohelnice monoxyl | 3rd century BC [f] | Dugout canoe | Czechia | Czechia (Olomouc) | 34.4 ft (10.5 m) | |
Poole Logboat | 300 BC [27] [28] | Logboat | Prehistoric Britain | United Kingdom (Poole) | 33 ft (10 m) | |
Marsala Punic shipwreck | 235 BC [29] [30] | Warship | Ancient Carthage | Italy (Sicily) | 115 ft (35 m) | |
Sea of Galilee Boat | 120 BC–50 AD | Fishing boat | Ancient Rome | Israel (Ginosar) | 27 ft (8.2 m) | |
Comacchio wreck | 1st century BC [31] [32] | Cargo vessel | Ancient Rome | Italy (Palazzo Bellini) | 68.89 ft (21.00 m) | |
Zwammerdam 3 | 1st century BC–1st century AD [33] [34] | Canoe | Ancient Rome | Netherlands (Archeon) | 34.9 ft (10.6 m) | |
Alkedo | 1st century AD [35] [36] | Pleasure craft | Ancient Rome | Italy (Pisa) | 72 ft (22 m) | |
Arles Rhône 3 | 1st century AD [37] | Trade ship | Ancient Rome | France (Arles) | 102 ft (31 m) | |
Marseille 5 | 1st–2nd century AD [38] [39] | Coastal working boat | Ancient Rome | France (Marseille) | 52.4 ft (16.0 m) | |
Marseille 6 | 1st–2nd century AD [40] [41] | Coastal working boat | Ancient Rome | France (Marseille) | 49.2 ft (15.0 m) | |
Pommeroeul 1 | 1st–2nd century AD [42] [43] | Barge | Ancient Rome | Belgium (Ath) | 39.3 ft (12.0 m) | |
Pommeroeul 2 | 1st century AD [42] [44] | Dugout canoe | Ancient Rome | Belgium (Ath) | 65.6 ft (20.0 m) | |
Zwammerdam 2 | 80–200 AD [45] [46] [47] | Cargo vessel | Ancient Rome | Netherlands (Archeon) | 74.63 ft (22.75 m) | |
Mainz 6 | 81 AD [48] | Barge | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 13.7 ft (4.2 m) | |
Oberstimm 1 | 100 AD [49] [50] | Military vessel | Ancient Rome | Germany (Manching) | 49 ft (15 m) | |
Oberstimm 2 | 100 AD [51] [50] | Military vessel | Ancient Rome | Germany (Manching) | 50.5 ft (15.4 m) | |
Barchino F | 2nd century AD [52] | Boat | Ancient Rome | Italy (Pisa) | 29.5 ft (9.0 m) | |
Ship A | 2nd century AD [53] | Shipping vessel | Ancient Rome | Italy (Pisa) | 98 ft (30 m) [g] | |
De Meern 1 | 148 AD [54] | Barge | Ancient Rome | Netherlands (De Meern) | 82 ft (25 m) | |
Bourse Roman shipwreck | 160–220 AD [55] [56] | Merchant ship | Ancient Rome | France (Marseille) | 75.4 ft (23.0 m) | |
Bevaix boat | 182 AD [57] | Trade ship | Ancient Rome | Switzerland (Laténium) | 63.6 ft (19.40 m) | |
Mainz 3 | 191 AD [58] | Patrol vessel | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 55.77 ft (17.00 m) | |
Marseille 7 | 3rd century AD [59] | Coastal working boat | Ancient Rome | France (Marseille) | — | |
Roman ship of Marausa | 3rd century AD | Merchant ship | Ancient Rome | Italy (Trapani) | 91.5 ft (27.9 m) | |
Mainz 2 | 249 AD [60] | Navis lusoria | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 70.53 ft (21.50 m) | |
Björkebåten | 4th century AD [61] [62] | Log boat | Sweden | Sweden (Gävle) | 23.68 ft (7.22 m) | |
Mainz 4 | 4th century AD [63] | Navis lusoria | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 70.53 ft (21.50 m) | |
Nydam Boat | 310–320 AD [64] | Pre-Viking ship | Denmark (Nordic tribal area) | Germany | 76 ft (23 m) | |
Mainz 1 | 385 AD [65] | Navis lusoria | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 70.53 ft (21.50 m) | |
Mainz 5 | 395 AD [66] | Navis lusoria | Ancient Rome | Germany (Mainz) | 70.53 ft (21.50 m) | |
Ship D | 5th century AD [67] | Barge | Ancient Rome | Italy (Pisa) | — | |
Ship I | 5th century AD [68] | River ferry | Ancient Rome | Italy (Pisa) | — | |
Chitimacha dugout canoe | — | 450–620 AD [69] [70] | Dugout canoe | United States | United States (Texas A&M University Conservation Research Laboratory) | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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