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 [a] 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)
Monoxiles della Marmotta —5620BC to 5300 BC [4] Dugout canoe Neolithic Europe Italy

(Museo delle Civiltà, Roma)

34.21 ft (10.43 m)
Pirogues de Bercy Pirogues neolithiques carnavalet.jpg 4500 BC [5] 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 [6] Dugout canoeNeolithic FranceFrance

(Musée de Cognac)

18.56 ft (5.66 m)
Khufu ship Giseh Sonnenbarke 07.jpg 2500 BC [7] Solar ship, sewn boat construction Ancient Egypt Egypt
(Giza)		142 ft (43 m)
Cooper River Canoe— Archaic period [b] [8] [9] [10] Dugout canoe United States United States

(Warren Lasch Conservation Center)

19.6 ft (6.0 m)
Lurgan Canoe "Eine beeindruckende Sammlung". 11.jpg 2000 BC [11] Dugout canoe Prehistoric Ireland Ireland

(Dublin)

50 ft (15 m)
Ferriby 3 2030–1780 BC [12] Sewn boat (wooden planks stitched together with cord) Bronze Age Britain Hull museums (not on display)7.7 m (25 ft) keel plank, interpreted as a hull length of 15.28 m (50.1 ft)
Carnegie boat —1870–1831 BC [13] [14] Solar shipAncient EgyptUnited States

(Pittsburgh)

32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Chicago boat Field Museum Funeral Boat 01.jpg 1870–1831 BC [13] Solar shipAncient EgyptUnited States

(Chicago)

32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Red boat [c] By ovedc - Egyptian Museum (Cairo) - 013.jpg 1870–1831 BC [13] [15] Solar shipAncient EgyptEgypt
(Sharm El-Sheikh Museum)		32.8 ft (10.0 m)
White boat [d] Cairo Dahshur boats00 (1).jpg 1870–1831 BC [13] [15] 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 [16] Seagoing boat, sewn boat with integral cleats for constructional lashingsPrehistoric Britain United Kingdom
(Dover)		31 ft (9.4 m) [e]
Hanson Log Boat Hanson Log boat in Derby Museum.jpg 1500 BC [17] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom
(Derby)		32 ft (10 m)
Zambratija boat 1200–1000 BCSewn boatCroatiaFrance39 ft (12 m)
Carpow Logboat Perth and Kinross Perth Museum Carpow Logboat 1.jpg 1000 BC [18] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Perth)

29 ft (8.8 m)
Second Lake Mendota canoe—1000 BC [19] Dugout canoeUnited States

(Lake Mendota)

United States

(Madison)

14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Ljubljana Marshes dugout canoe Dug-out canoe in the National Museum of Slovenia 01.jpg 9th century BC [20] Dugout canoe Slovenia 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 [21] [22] Merchant ship Phoenicia Spain

(Cartagena)

suviving fragments
Mazarrón II Pecio fenicio II de Mazarron (retocado).jpg 7th century BC [21] [22] Merchant ship Phoenicia Spain

(Cartagena)

26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Marseille 3 Archaic ship J.V. 9 (Mus d'Hist de Marseille) 01.jpg 525–500 BC [23] [24] Fishing vessel FranceFrance

(Marseille)

16.4 ft (5.0 m)
Marseille 4 Epave Jules Verne 7, Musee d'histoire de Marseille.jpg 525–500 BC [25] [26] Sailing vessel Ancient Greece France

(Marseille)

45.9 ft (14.0 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 [27] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Lincoln)

23 ft (7.0 m)
Hjortspring boat Hjortspring.jpg 400–300 BC [28] CanoeUnknown
(Nordic tribal area)		 Denmark
(Copenhagen)		58 ft (18 m)
Kyrenia ship Kyrenia shipwreck, Kyrenia Castle, Kyrenia, Northen Cyprus.jpg 400–300 BCTrade shipAncient Greece Cyprus
(Kyrenia)		47 ft (14 m)
Mohelnice monoxyl Celtic monoxylon from Mohelnice 02.jpg 3rd century BC [f] Dugout canoe Czechia Czechia

(Olomouc)

34.4 ft (10.5 m)
Poole Logboat Poole Logboat.jpg 300 BC [29] [30] LogboatPrehistoric BritainUnited Kingdom

(Poole)

33 ft (10 m)
Marsala Punic shipwreck Marsala ship 2.jpg 235 BC [31] [32] Warship Ancient Carthage Italy

(Sicily)

115 ft (35 m)
Sea of Galilee Boat JesusBoat.jpg 120 BC–50 ADFishing 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 [33] [34] Cargo vessel Ancient RomeItaly

(Palazzo Bellini)

68.89 ft (21.00 m)
Zwammerdam 3 Romeinse boomstamkano Zwammerdam 3. - Zwammerdam, boot 3 - 60022769 - RCE.jpg 1st century BC–1st century AD [35] [36] 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 [37] [38] Pleasure craftAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

72 ft (22 m)
Arles Rhône 3 Musee de l'Arles antique, Arles, France (16194233455).jpg 1st century AD [39] Trade shipAncient RomeFrance
(Arles)		102 ft (31 m)
Marseille 5 Epave Jules Verne 3, Musee d'histoire de Marseille.jpg 1st–2nd century AD [40] [41] Coastal working boatAncient RomeFrance

(Marseille)

52.4 ft (16.0 m)
Marseille 6 Epave Jules Verne 4, Musee d'histoire de Marseille.jpg 1st–2nd century AD [42] [43] Coastal working boatAncient RomeFrance

(Marseille)

49.2 ft (15.0 m)
Pommeroeul 1 Barge espace gallo-romain de ath 03.jpg 1st–2nd century AD [44] [45] Barge Ancient RomeBelgium

(Ath)

39.3 ft (12.0 m)
Pommeroeul 2 Bateau espace gallo-romain de ath 04.jpg 1st century AD [44] [46] Dugout canoeAncient RomeBelgium

(Ath)

65.6 ft (20.0 m)
Zwammerdam 2 Archeon Zwammerdam2 1.jpg 80–200 AD [47] [48] [49] 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 [50] BargeAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

13.7 ft (4.2 m)
Oberstimm 1 KMM - Romerschiffe 6.jpg 100 AD [51] [52] Military vesselAncient RomeGermany

(Manching)

49 ft (15 m)
Oberstimm 2 KMM - Romerschiffe 8.jpg 100 AD [53] [52] 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 [54] 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 [55] Shipping vesselAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

98 ft (30 m) [g]
De Meern 1 De Meern - Castellum Hoge Woerd 20210911 De Meern 1 - bovenaanzicht.jpg 148 AD [56] BargeAncient RomeNetherlands

(De Meern)

82 ft (25 m)
Bourse Roman shipwreck Epave du navire romain de la Bourse, MHM 1.jpg 160–220 AD [57] [58] Merchant shipAncient RomeFrance

(Marseille)

75.4 ft (23.0 m)
Bevaix boat Latenium, Challand gallo-romain, MUS-LAT-005.jpg 182 AD [59] 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 [60] Patrol vessel Ancient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

55.77 ft (17.00 m)
Marseille 7 Epave d'un bateau de commerce..jpg 3rd century AD [61] Coastal working boatAncient RomeFrance

(Marseille)

—
Roman ship of Marausa Nave romana Marausa.jpg 3rd century ADMerchant shipAncient 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 [62] Navis lusoria Ancient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Björkebåten Bjorkebaten.jpg 4th century AD [63] [64] 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 [65] Navis lusoriaAncient RomeGermany

(Mainz)

70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Nydam Boat Nydam.jpg 310–320 AD [66] 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 [67] 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 [68] 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 [69] BargeAncient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

—
Ship I Nave I Museo delle Navi Antiche di Pisa.jpg 5th century AD [70] River ferry Ancient RomeItaly

(Pisa)

—
Chitimacha dugout canoe—450–620 AD [71] [72] Dugout canoeUnited StatesUnited States

(Texas A&M University Conservation Research Laboratory)

14 ft (4.3 m)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Area of origin
  2. ↑ Carbon-14 dated to 4170 BP (+/- 60)
  3. ↑ Its official name is GC 4926
  4. ↑ Its official name is GC 4925
  5. ↑ Extant length
  6. ↑ 400–50 AD
  7. ↑ 32.8 ft (10 m) section preserved

References

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