List of surviving ancient ships

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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.

Contents

NameImageYear of constructionTypeBuild location [lower-alpha 1] Current location Overall
length
Pesse canoe Boomstamkano van Pesse, Drents Museum, 1955-VIII-2.jpg 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 Pirogues neolithiques carnavalet.jpg 4500 BC [4] Dugout canoes Neolithic France France

(Musée Carnavalet)

17.00 ft (5.18 m)
Dugout Canoe of Gué de Beaulieu Dug-out.jpg 3500–3000 BC [5] Dugout canoeNeolithic FranceFrance

(Musée de Cognac)

18.56 ft (5.66 m)
Khufu ship Solar boat2(js).jpg 2500 BC [6] Solar ship Ancient Egypt Egypt
(Giza)		142 ft (43 m)
Cooper River Canoe—2140 BC [7] [8] Dugout canoeEast Branch of the Cooper River, in present-day South Carolina, USA >6 m (20 ft)
Lurgan Canoe —2000 BC [9] Dugout canoe Prehistoric Ireland Ireland

(Dublin)

50 ft (15 m)
Carnegie boat —1870–1831 BC [10] [11] Solar shipAncient Egypt United States

(Pittsburgh)

32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Chicago boat Field Museum Funeral Boat 01.jpg 1870–1831 BC [10] Solar shipAncient EgyptUnited States

(Chicago)

32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Red boat [lower-alpha 2] By ovedc - Egyptian Museum (Cairo) - 013.jpg 1870–1831 BC [10] [12] Solar shipAncient EgyptEgypt
(Sharm El-Sheikh Museum)		32.8 ft (10.0 m)
White boat [lower-alpha 3] Cairo Dahshur boats00 (1).jpg 1870–1831 BC [10] [12] Solar shipAncient EgyptEgypt
(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 Bronze age boat (3752754931).jpg 1500 BC [13] Seagoing boatPrehistoric Britain United Kingdom
(Dover)		31 ft (9.4 m) [lower-alpha 4]
Hanson Log Boat Hanson Log boat in Derby Museum.jpg 1500 BC [14] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom
(Derby)		32 ft (10 m)
Carpow Logboat Perth and Kinross Perth Museum Carpow Logboat 1.jpg 1000 BC [15] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Perth)

29 ft (8.8 m)
Second canoe found in Lake Mendota—1000 BC [16] Native American canoe Lake Mendota, in current Wisconsin, USA 14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Dugout canoe from the Ljubljansko barje Dug-out canoe in the National Museum of Slovenia 01.jpg 9th century BC [17] Dugout canoe Ljubljana Marsh Slovenia

(Ljubljana)

30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Hasholme Logboat Hasholme boat 6 July 2018 1.jpg 750–390 BCLogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Hull)

42.3 ft (12.9 m)
Mazarrón I MazarronIa.jpg 7th century BC [18] [19] Boat Ancient Phoenicia Spain

(Cartagena)

26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Ma'agan Michael ship Hecht 090710 Maagan Michael Boat 2.jpg 5th century BCTrade ship Palaestina Prima Israel
(Ma'agan Michael)		37 ft (11 m)
Fiskerton log boat The Fiskerton Boat (geograph 7207022).jpg 457–300 BC [20] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Lincoln)

23 ft (7.0 m)
Hjortspring boat Hjortspring.jpg 400–300 BC [21] CanoeUnknown
(Nordic tribal area)		 Denmark
(Copenhagen)		58 ft (18 m)
Kyrenia ship Kyrenia shipwreck, Kyrenia Castle, Kyrenia, Northen Cyprus.jpg 400–300 BCTrade ship Macedonia Cyprus
(Kyrenia)		47 ft (14 m)
Mohelnice monoxyl Celtic monoxylon from Mohelnice 02.jpg 3rd century BC [lower-alpha 5] Dugout canoe Czechia

(Moravia)

Czechia

(Olomouc)

34.4 ft (10.5 m)
Poole Logboat Poole Logboat.jpg 300 BC [22] [23] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Poole)

33 ft (10 m)
Marsala Punic shipwreck Marsala ship 2.jpg 235 BC [24] [25] Warship Ancient Carthage Italy

(Sicily)

115 ft (35 m)
Sea of Galilee Boat JesusBoat.jpg 120 BC–50 AD Fishing boat Ancient Rome Israel
(Ginosar)		27 ft (8.2 m)
Comacchio wreck Museo del carico della Nave Romana di Comacchio 16.JPG 1st century BC [26] [27] Cargo vessel Ancient RomeItaly

(Palazzo Bellini)

68.89 ft (21.00 m)
Zwammerdam 3 Romeinse boomstamkano Zwammerdam 3. - Zwammerdam, boot 3 - 60022769 - RCE.jpg 0 AD [28] [29] CanoeAncient RomeNetherlands

(Archeon)

34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Alkedo Alkedo, nave militare riutilizzata come da diporto, I-15 dc. ca. 01.jpg 1st century AD [30] [31] Pleasure craftAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

72 ft (22 m)
Arles Rhône 3 Musee de l'Arles antique, Arles, France (16194233455).jpg 1st century AD [32] Trade shipAncient RomeFrance
(Arles)		102 ft (31 m)
Pommeroeul 1 [33] [34] Barge espace gallo-romain de ath 03.jpg 1st–2nd century AD Barge Ancient RomeBelgium

(Ath)

39.3 ft (12.0 m)
Pommeroeul 2 [33] [35] Bateau espace gallo-romain de ath 04.jpg 1st century ADDugout canoeAncient RomeBelgium

(Ath)

65.6 ft (20.0 m)
Zwammerdam 2 Archeon Zwammerdam2 1.jpg 80–200 AD [36] [37] [38] Cargo vesselAncient RomeNetherlands

(Archeon)

74.63 ft (22.75 m)
Mainz 6 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 6, Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (34983378421).jpg 81 AD [39] BargeAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

13.7 ft (4.2 m)
Oberstimm 1 KMM - Romerschiffe 6.jpg 100 AD [40] [41] Military vessel Ancient RomeGermany

(Manching)

49 ft (15 m)
Oberstimm 2 KMM - Romerschiffe 8.jpg 100 AD [42] [41] Military vesselAncient RomeGermany

(Manching)

50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Barchino F Barca F, piroga di eta adrianea usata per il trasporto di merci sul fiume e tra le navi maggiori, 03.jpg 2nd century AD [43] BoatAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Ship A Nave A, imbarcazione da trasporto delle anfore, 250-280 dc. ca. 00.jpg 2nd century AD [44] Shipping vesselAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

98 ft (30 m) [lower-alpha 6]
De Meern 1 De Meern - Castellum Hoge Woerd 20210911 De Meern 1 - bovenaanzicht.jpg 148 AD [45] BargeAncient RomeNetherlands

(De Meern)

82 ft (25 m)
Bevaix boat Latenium, Challand gallo-romain, MUS-LAT-005.jpg 182 AD [46] Trade shipAncient Rome Switzerland

(Laténium)

63.6 ft (19.40 m)
Mainz 3 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 3 used for border control on the Rhine (navis actuaria), Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (35074023586).jpg 191 AD [47] Patrol vessel Ancient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

55.77 ft (17.00 m)
Roman ship of Marausa Nave romana Marausa.jpg 3rd century AD Merchant ship Ancient RomeItaly

(Trapani)

91.5 ft (27.9 m)
Mainz 2 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 2, Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (35072619766).jpg 249 AD [48] Navis lusoria Ancient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Björkebåten Bjorkebaten.jpg 4th century AD [49] [50] Log boat Sweden Sweden

(Gävle)

23.68 ft (7.22 m)
Mainz 4 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 4, Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (34268504194).jpg 4th century AD [51] Navis lusoriaAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Nydam Boat Nydam.jpg 310–320 AD [52] Pre-Viking shipDenmark

(Nordic tribal area)

Germany

(Gottorf Castle)

76 ft (23 m)
Mainz 1 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 1, Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (34265798514).jpg 385 AD [53] Navis lusoriaAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Mainz 5 The remains of the Mainz Wreck 5, Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz (34302523533).jpg 395 AD [54] Navis lusoriaAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Ship D Nave D, grande barcone fluviale per il trasporto della rena, trainato da un'alzaia di cavalli parzialmente rinvenuta, VI secolo dc. 06.jpg 5th century AD [55] BargeAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

—
Ship I Nave I Museo delle Navi Antiche di Pisa.jpg 5th century AD [56] River ferry Ancient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

—
Chitimacha dugout canoe—5th century AD [57] Dugout canoe Belle River, just south of present-day Donaldsonville, Louisiana, USA 14 ft (4.3 m)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Area of origin
  2. ↑ Its official name is GC 4926
  3. ↑ Its official name is GC 4925
  4. ↑ Extant length
  5. ↑ 400–50 AD
  6. ↑ 32.8 ft (10 m) section preserved

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