See also
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Many vessels have been named Minerva for the mythological figure Minerva:
Britannia may refer to any one of a large number of ships:
Several vessels have been named Thames, for the River Thames:
A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean.
A number of sailing vessels were named Alexander:
A number of ships have been named Asia, including:
Many ships have borne the name Isabella:
A number of sailing ships have been named Queen Charlotte.
A number of sailing ships have been named Eliza.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
A number of vessel were named Caroline:
Several ships have borne the name Caledonia for Caledonia:
Several vessels have been named Recovery:
Ceres was launched in France in 1784. The British captured her circa 1800 and sold her as a prize. Once under British ownership she sailed to the Mediterranean, but in 1801 she started sailing in the slave trade. She made four voyages as a slave ship, gathering slaves in West Africa and delivering them to the West Indies. After the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 she became a West Indiaman, and then an East Indiaman. She was last listed in 1822.
During the Age of Sail many merchant ships were named Ganges, after the Ganges river in India.
Several ships have been named Swallow for the bird Swallow:
Several vessels have been named Tartar:
Several ships have been named Thetis for Thetis:
Several vessels have been named Sappho for the Greek poet Sappho: