Maritime Transport

Around 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea

rail; maritime (sea); road; inland waterways; air.

It is estimated humans first migrated to Sahul at least 65,000 years ago, making the ocean crossing from Sunda through Wallacea.

Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.

a major Japanese ship building, marine engineering, and service company

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806-15 September 1859) was an English civil and marine engineer considered "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most eminent Victorian engineer", and one whose work "altered the lives of almost every person in Britain, and millions abroad".

Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (French: [lesɛps]; 19 November 1805-7 December 1894) was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.

Malcolm "Malcom" Purcell McLean (November 14, 1913, May 25, 2001) was an American businessman who invented the modern intermodal shipping container, which revolutionized transport and international trade during the second half of the twentieth century.

Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787-28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America.

Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794, January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873-15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland.

Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, US also ; Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, romanized: Aristotélis Onásis, pronounced [aristoˈtelis oˈnasis]; 20 January 1906-15 March 1975) was a Greek and Argentine business magnate and shipping tycoon.

Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876-12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate and businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904.

Donald McKay (September 4, 1810, September 20, 1880) was a Nova Scotian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships, famed for his record-setting extreme clippers.

William Francis Gibbs (August 24, 1886, September 6, 1967) was an American naval architect of the mid-twentieth century.

John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann; February 24, 1841, August 12, 1914) was an Irish-American marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, USS Holland (SS-1) and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.

Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823, October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War.

Wilhelm Bauer (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈbaʊɐ]; 23 December 1822-20 June 1875) was a German marine engineer and inventor who built several hand-powered submarines.

Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lôme (French pronunciation: [stanislɑ ʃaʁl ɑ̃ʁi dypɥij d(ə) lom]; 15 October 1816-1 February 1885) was a French naval architect.

Simon Lake (September 4, 1866, June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy.

The ship's keel was laid down on 29 March 1938 at Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyard

Amagi's keel was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki, on 1 October 1942

The ship was built in 1927-1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan

The ship was built in 1927-1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan

The ship was laid down on 17 March 1912 at Mitsubishi's shipyard in Nagasaki.

completed on 20 November 1938 at Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyards

Chikuma was completed at Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards on 20 May 1939.

Jun'yō's keel was laid down by Mitsubishi on Slipway No. 3 at their shipyard in Nagasaki on 20 March 1939.

John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.

RMS Empress of Britain was a steam turbine ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 at the John Brown & Company shipyard in Scotland

RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line

as a combined ocean liner / cruise ship for the Swedish American Line

RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line.

RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, which entered service in 1889.

RMS Majestic was an ocean liner which entered service in 1890 and was operated by the White Star Line.

RMS Celtic was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line.

RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line.

RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932.

RMS Adriatic was a British ocean liner of the White Star Line.

She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.

RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.

SS Arabic was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line.

SS Laurentic was a British transatlantic ocean liner built in Belfast, Ireland, and launched in 1908.

SS Ceramic was an ocean liner built in Belfast for White Star Line in 1912-13 and operated on the Liverpool, Australia route.

MV Britannic was a British transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1961.

After a successful career as a liner in the 1930s, Georgic was requisitioned as a troopship in 1940.

She was designed and launched as the transatlantic liner Statendam, a new flagship for the Holland America Line (NASM), but the outbreak of First World War delayed her completion.

SS Amerika was a transatlantic ocean liner and a troop transport for the United States during both world wars.

SS Lapland was a steam ocean liner built in Ireland for the Belgian Red Star Line, as Red Star's flagship, similar in appearance to the fellow liners SS Samland, SS Gothland and SS Poland, but far larger.

SS Southern Cross was an ocean liner built in 1955 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line for Europe to Australia services.

RMS Andes was a 26,689 GRT steam turbine Royal Mail Ship, ocean liner, cruise ship, and the flagship of the Royal Mail Lines fleet.

RMS Pendennis Castle was a Royal Mail Ship, passenger and cargo liner operated by the Union-Castle Line.

SS Armenian was a British cargo liner

SS Cestrian was a British cargo liner

was a British cargo liner that was launched in Ireland in 1900

SS Winifredian was a British cargo liner

SS Belgenland was a transatlantic ocean liner and cruise ship

SS Veendam was a Dutch-owned transatlantic liner

SS Volendam was a Dutch-owned transatlantic liner

SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a steam ocean liner

SS Statendam was a steam turbine transatlantic liner

SS Rotterdam was a steam ocean liner

SS Pericles was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship.

SS Themistocles was a British steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship.

SS Demosthenes was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship.

SS Medic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line

SS Persic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line

SS Megantic was a British transatlantic ocean liner

SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line

SS Germanic was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff

SS Mesaba was a UK transatlantic cargo liner

SS Laurentic was a 18,724 GRT steam ocean liner

RMS Alcantara was an ocean liner which entered service just weeks before the start of World War I

RMS Alcantara was a Royal Mail Lines ocean liner that was built in Belfast in 1926.

RMS Mooltan was an ocean liner and Royal Mail Ship of P&O.

RMS Arlanza was a 14,622 GRT ocean liner of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.

SS Westernland was a transatlantic ocean liner

SS Maloja was an M-class passenger steamship of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

SS Doric was a British ocean liner operated by White Star Line

SS Runic was a steamship built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line

SS Coptic was a steamship built in 1881

SS Traffic was a tender of the White Star Line, and the fleetmate to the Nomadic.

SS Dwinsk was a transatlantic ocean liner

SS Republic was an ocean liner built in 1871 by Harland and Wolff

SS Oceana was a P&O passenger liner and cargo vessel

SS Statendam was a transatlantic ocean liner

SS Pennsylvania was a transatlantic liner

SS Doric was a British ocean liner operated by White Star Line

SS Noordam was a steam ocean liner

was a class of oceanographic research ship/weather ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II.

The ST-class was a type of armored boat of the Imperial Japanese Army that saw service during World War II.

The Akizuki class of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is intended to escort the Hyūga-class and Izumo-class helicopter-carrier destroyers

was a class of two support ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II.

in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a modified version of the Kongō class equipped with the Aegis Combat System.

is a third generation class of vessels in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

of guided-missile destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are equipped with the Aegis Combat System, and is the first of few ship classes outside the United States to have that capability.

was a class of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

was a class of two support ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II.

is a new class of attack submarines after 2022, developed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessels is class of patrol vessel built for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

was a class of auxiliary ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II.

The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.

The Teutonic-class ocean liners were a pair of passenger liners named the Teutonic and Majestic. The ships were built by Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, specifically for the White Star Line's transatlantic service route.

The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.

Olympic was the largest British-built ship in the world for over 20 years until the commissioning of Queen Mary in 1936

The Jubilee class were a group of five passenger and cargo ocean liners

The Point class is a class of six roll-on/roll-off sealift ships originally procured under a Private Finance Initiative

used during World War II by the Allied navies particularly as anti-submarine convoy escorts

The Centaur class aircraft carrier was the final iteration of the 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier

all three served as convoy escorts during the final year of the war

The Ranger-class tanker was a series of six fleet support tankers built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)

The Algerine-class minesweeper was a large group of minesweepers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War.

Aircraft Carrier of the Courageous class

Light cruiser of the Belfast class

WARRIOR light aircraft carrier (1946)

Designed as an Cavendish class heavy cruiser but redesigned as a aircraft carrier and renamed HMS Vindictive.

The Dale class were a class of replenishment oilers taken up for service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the inter-war period.

The power units were fitted on landing craft and ships during World War II

Holland 1 (or HM submarine Torpedo Boat No 1) is the first submarine owned by the Royal Navy.

RMS Walmer Castle was a Royal Mail Ship of the Union-Castle Line in service between London, England and Cape Town, South Africa between 1902 and 1930.

SS Maryland was a steam cargo and transport ship of the Atlantic Transport Line.

RMS Windsor Castle, along with her sister, RMS Arundel Castle, was an ocean liner laid down by the Union-Castle Line for service from the United Kingdom to South Africa.

The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century.

The first LCI(L)s entered service in 1943 chiefly with the Royal Navy (RN) and United States Navy.

on the passenger and mail service run between Britain and South Africa

was an 890 GRT coastal tanker which was built by A & J Inglis Ltd

RMS Parthia was the second of two all first class transatlantic passenger cargo liners built for the Cunard Line.

HMHS Glenart Castle (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) was a steamship originally built as Galician in 1900 for the Union-Castle Line.

SS Minnedosa was one of a pair of transatlantic steam ocean liners that were built in the United Kingdom, launched in 1917 and operated by Canadian Pacific until 1935.

Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki, a Japanese company.

The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy consists of two vessels.

The firm built over 500 ships in a period of just over 100 years

The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound

is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy

Waverley makes passenger excursions from various British ports

transatlantic steam ocean liners

was a British Dominion Line ocean liner

a Norwegian whaling factory ship

was a major shipbuilding firm

is a wholly owned subsidiary company of BAE Systems, specialising in naval surface shipbuilding

constructing a wide range of commercial, naval, and passenger ships

were a class of supertanker ships

third generation of cruise ship

The Edge class is a class of cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises

are a class of cruise ships being built

The Oasis class is a class of six Royal Caribbean International cruise ships.

The Vision class is a group of six cruise ships built by Royal Caribbean International

MSC Meraviglia is the lead ship of the Meraviglia class

The Mistral class is a class of five landing helicopter docks built by France.

Renaissance Cruises was a cruise ship operating company

The Millennium class is a class of four cruise ships of Celebrity Cruises.

The Fantasia class is a class of cruise ships, operated by MSC Cruises.

starting to expand into sectors such as shipbuilding and mechanical works in general

was one of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy

Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship

was an Italian ocean liner built in the 1950s, sister ship of the SS Andrea Doria

was an Italian Giussano-class light cruiser that served in the Regia Marina

was a Condottieri-class light cruiser serving with the Italian Regia Marina

was a Condottieri-class light cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II

was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the transatlantic passenger liner SS Roma

SS Roma was an ocean liner built for the Italian shipping company Navigazione Generale Italiana of Genoa

The Tang-class submarine and the research submarine USS Albacore used the troublesome EMD 16-338.

is a retired, unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form

His invention revolutionised marine propulsion

Giuseppe Garibaldi was the seventh ship of the Giuseppe Garibaldi class of armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy

was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line

was an Italian Giussano-class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II

was an Italian Giussano-class cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II

The port is operated by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, originally a municipal body of the municipality of Rotterdam, but since 1 January 2004, a government corporation jointly owned by the municipality of Rotterdam and the Dutch State.

The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter

Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War.

The Northumberland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding business based at Howdon in Tyne and Wear.

Destriero was a 67-metre (220 ft) long, 13-metre (43 ft) wide, 400-ton displacement, yacht built by Fincantieri in their Muggiano yard at La Spezia in 1991.

The Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels ("Flying fish" in Danish) are warships of the Royal Danish Navy.

Waratah was a commercial steamship of the British Blue Anchor Line engaged in the transportation of passengers, cargo and mail between London and Sydney at the turn of the 20th century.

The Cruise & Ferries division constructs vessels mainly at shipyards in Finland and France.

is a South Korean shipbuilding company

is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England.

As a sealift ship, each Bay-class vessel is capable of carrying up to 24 Challenger 2 tanks or 150 light trucks

The Freedom class is a group of three cruise ships for Royal Caribbean International.

The Voyager class refers to a design of post-Panamax cruise ships owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.

The Tide class was a series of six replenishment oilers used by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)

The Type 42 or Sheffield class was developed to provide the Royal Navy with a cost-effective, medium-sized guided-missile destroyer focused on fleet air defence.

The Type 22 frigate also known as the Broadsword class was a class of frigates built for the British Royal Navy.

The Round Table class, also known as the Sir Lancelot class, was a British ship class designed for amphibious warfare missions in support of the main amphibious warfare ships.

William Patterson Shipbuilders was a major shipbuilder in Bristol, England, during the 19th century and an innovator in ship construction

was a German shipbuilding and locomotive building company

to build the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy

was a class of four ships built by the Imperial German Navy

was a class of three ships built for the German Imperial Navy

was a class of protected cruisers built by the Imperial German Navy

was a group of four light cruisers built for the German Imperial Navy

The Magdeburg class of light cruisers was a group of four ships built for the Imperial German Navy

was a class of torpedo boat built for the Imperial German Navy

It also built, in 1932, the ocean liner Conte di Savoia, the first major liner fitted with gyroscopic stabilizers.

Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Marcello class was a class of nine submarines built in 1937 and 1938 by CRDA in Trieste for the Royal Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina).

The Marconi class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina).

The Cagni or Ammiraglio Cagni class was a class of submarines built for Italy's Regia Marina during World War II.

All six boats were built at CRDA (Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico) di Monfalcone.

is a class of frigates and destroyers being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy

The Astute class is the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines (SSNs) in service with the Royal Navy.

The Flutto class were a large class of submarines built for the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) during the Second World War.

The Squalo-class submarines were a group of four submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s.

The Adua-class submarine was the fourth sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1930s.

The Glauco class was a pair of submarines ordered by the Portuguese government, but were taken over and completed for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1930s.

The Perla-class submarines were the third sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s and named after gemstones.

Of the 13 vessels in the class, six were built by CRDA at Monfalcone, four by OTO at Muggiano, and three by Cantieri Tosi in Taranto, the three main Italian shipyards for submarines.

The Sirena-class submarines were the second sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the early 1930s.

The Argonauta-class submarine was the first sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1930s.

Over 414 years Chatham Royal Dockyard provided more than 500 ships for the Royal Navy

The Arethusa-class cruisers were a class of eight oil-fired light cruisers of the Royal Navy all ordered in September 1912

The London class was a group of five predreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

The Leda-class frigates were a ship class of forty-seven 38-gun fifth-rate frigates constructed from 1805 to 1832 for the Royal Navy.

Deschimag became the greatest shipbuilding company in Germany

were a group of twelve destroyers built in the mid-1930s for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine

were a group of six destroyers built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during the late 1930s

were a group of fifteen destroyers built for the Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1938 to 1943

were a group of five destroyers built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine between 1941 and 1942

The Astraea class was an eight ship class of protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s.

The Type IX U-boat is a class of large U-boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1936 to 1945

They were the first submarines designed to operate primarily submerged

The US Navy has had Fairbanks-Morse diesels in operation on its submarines almost continuously since 1938.

Two of these 10-cylinder engines will provide 32,000 horsepower for powering U.S. Navy tanker-oiler vessels.

The class comprises fifteen oilers which are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel to United States Navy combat ships and jet fuel for aircraft aboard aircraft carriers at sea.

It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years.

Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard

specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels

such as nuclear submarines, main battle tanks, and armoured fighting vehicles

served almost exclusively in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II

They continued serving, with a series of upgrades, until the 1970s.

the surviving ships served in the US Navy into the 1970s

Two ships of the class became museum ships, nine were sunk in training exercises, and the others were scrapped.

Some of the U.S. Charles F. Adams class served during the blockade of Cuba in 1962 and during the Vietnam War

built for the United States Navy during the 1960s

to form part of the anti-air and antisubmarine screen for carrier task forces

Ticonderoga-class ships are designed to be elements of carrier strike groups or amphibious ready groups

These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE until 1975.

The first unit was commissioned in 1966 and the final sixth unit was decommissioned in 1989.

They were decommissioned in 1972 and 1973 in favor of the Knox-class frigate.

built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1950s

The class served extensively in World War II, and five of the class were lost in the war.

participated in every major naval campaign of the war

All 18 ships saw action in World War II, entirely in the Pacific Theater

a class of five 1850-ton United States Navy destroyers

all eight Farraguts saw extensive front-line service during World War II

the majority of which served with the United States Navy from after World War I and through World War II

the rest served throughout World War II

All served as convoy escorts during World War I.

All of the ships served as convoy escorts in World War I, and several attacked U-boats.

The 21 Pauldings doubled the number of destroyers in the US Navy.

Several of the ships rescued passengers and crew from ships sunk by U-boats

Several of the ships rescued passengers and crew from ships sunk by U-boats

The Sampson-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War I.

Four served as convoy escorts in the Atlantic

The ships escorted convoys in World War I.

All five ships took part in the cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1907-1909.

The Admiral Hipper class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine beginning in the mid-1930s.

The H class was a series of battleship designs for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine

The FM PC2.5 STC engine is well suited for marine applications

The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD), used by the United States Navy.

a U.S. manufacturer of marine engines

The Type VII is a class of medium U-boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1935 to 1945.

The Fairbanks Morse 28/33D STC combines world-class engineering

The FM 32/44 CR engine boasts the newest technologies

This reliable, high-output engine is the four-stroke heart of medium and large diesel power

With over 840 engines in operation

RV Atlantis was a ketch rigged research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1931 to 1966.

is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea

In December 2011, DSME won a contract to build three 1,400-ton Chang Bogo-class submarines for Indonesia

a series of diesel-electric attack and ballistic missile submarines

a family of very large container ships

Hanwha completed its take over of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), renaming it Hanwha Ocean in 2023.

The new FM 175 D engine boasts a clear and compact design intended to deliver continuous, reliable performance.

The Mitscher-class destroyer was an experimental destroyer class of four ships

The Royal Navy's T class (or Triton class) of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P, and R classes.

of British diesel-electric submarines were designed for use in the Pacific War

SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner, launched in 1934

Seagull is a multi-role unmanned surface vessel (USV) manufactured by Elbit Systems

is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy

It is a producer of ships for the United States Navy

Avondale Shipyard was an independent shipbuilding company

a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy

is a class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy

is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy

amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy

amphibious assault ships for the United States Navy

the primary destroyer built for the United States Navy during the 1970s and 1980s

The Evergreen G class is a series of 11 container ships built for Evergreen Marine by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan.

the US Navy's second-generation anti-submarine warfare (ASW) escorts

The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years.

built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy)

for use in transatlantic traffic from Gothenburg to New York as well as long-distance cruising

MS Pride of America is a cruise ship operated by NCL America

was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections

Liguria was a protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Minerva was a torpedo cruiser of the Partenope class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s.

Kasuga was the next-to-last of the 10 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruisers to be built.

Nisshin was the last of the 10 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruisers to be built.

Libia was a protected cruiser built in Italy in the 1900s.

Ramb III was the third of four sister reefer ships all built to the same design.

MV Nino Bixio was an Italian cargo ship.

Alessandro Poerio was an Italian scout cruiser, the lead ship of the Alessandro Poerio class.

Cesare Rossarol was an Italian scout cruiser.

Guglielmo Pepe was an Italian Alessandro Poerio-class scout cruiser.

Augusto Riboty was one of three Mirabello-class scout cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I.

Carlo Mirabello was one of three Mirabello-class scout cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I.

Carlo Alberto Racchia was one of three Mirabello-class scout cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I.

Impero was the fourth Littorio-class battleship built for Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during the Second World War.

Akhisar was a torpedo boat built in Italy during the early 20th century, the lead ship of her class.

SS Bosnia was an Italian cargo liner built in the 1890s that was shelled and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I.

SS Minas was an Italian troopship which was sunk on 15 February 1917 in the Central Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 870 lives.

RFA Maine was a 7,432 GRT hospital ship which was built in 1924 as the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci by SA Ansaldo, La Spezia, Italy for the Società di Navigazione Transatlantica Italiana.

Alpino was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Artigliere ("Artillerist," "Artilleryman," or "Gunner") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Ascaro ("Askari") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy").

Bersagliere (a member of the Bersaglieri) was the lead ship of the Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy").

Carabinere ("Carabinier") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Corazziere ("Cuirassier") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Fuciliere ("Fusilier") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Garibaldino (an alternative term for "Redshirt") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

Granatiere ("Grenadier") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy").

Lanciere ("Lancer") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy").

Borea was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the late 1920s.

Italian destroyer Espero was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s.

Zeffiro was one of eight Turbine-class destroyer built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s.

Ostro was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s.

Lanzerotto Malocello was one of a dozen Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s.

SS Federico C.

Pontiere ("Bridgeman") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).

The Italian ship Ramb I was a pre-war "banana boat" converted to an auxiliary cruiser in World War II.

Draç was a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy that entered service in 1907.

SS Re Umberto was an Italian passenger ship that struck a mine laid by the German submarine SM UC-14 and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Linguetta, Albania on 4 December 1915 with the loss of 94 lives, while she was travelling from Taranto, Italy to Valona, Albania.

ARNO destroyer (1, 1915)

The Adatepe class or Kocatepe class were two destroyers built for the Turkish Navy by the Italian company Ansaldo of Genoa in 1931.

The Almirante Clemente class of destroyer escorts were a class of warships built for several countries.

The Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruisers were a class of ten armoured cruisers built in Italy in the 1890s and the first decade of the 20th century.

The Arthur Middleton-class attack transport was a class of three US Navy attack transports that saw most of their service in World War II.

The Windsor-class attack transport was a class of nine US Navy attack transports.

The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy

The Attacker class were a class of American-built escort aircraft carriers that served with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War.

The Osprey class are a series of coastal minehunters designed to find, classify, and destroy moored and bottom naval mines from vital waterways.

Eight new LSDs of the Thomaston class were undertaken

Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship: Laid down, 10 November 1969, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula, MS.

Type, Class: Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD); Austin - class; Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

The Claud Jones class were the second dedicated ASW vessel of cold war for the US Navy.

was one of four water distilling ships built for the United States Navy during World War II

constructed and commissioned by the United States Navy between 1965 and 1972

originally laid down for the United States Navy as ocean escorts

The Maumee class was a class of four United States Navy fleet oilers

The De Soto County-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy

The Bogue class was a class of 45 escort carriers built in the United States during World War II.

is a class of air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) used by the United States Navy

roll-on/roll-off container ship built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi

reclassified as light scouts in July, 1921 and as destroyers in September, 1938

"Soldati", 1st group destroyers (ARTIGLIERE) (1907 - 1910)

The conversion entailed the installation of four cranes, addition of roll on/roll off capability and a redesign of the cargo hold to better facilitate storage of vehicles.

Its tasks consisted mainly of escorting fast troop transport convoys on the Naples-Palermo-Tripoli route as well as laying mines.

in 1839 Jacobi constructed a 28-foot electric motor boat powered by battery cells, which carried 14 passengers on the Neva river against the current at three miles per hour.

A landing craft utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore.

USNS Eltanin (T-AK-270/T-AGOR-8) was an Eltanin-class cargo ship with an ice-breaking hull acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1957

was an Osage-class vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II

Glacier was the first icebreaker to make her way through the frozen Bellingshausen Sea

a series of break bulk and general cargo freighters built in the mid-1960s

Mount Temple was a passenger cargo steamship

admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty

The 250hp Invader marine gasoline powered engine shown above was a license-built Hall-Scott Motor Car Company design.

Higgins Industries is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), which was used extensively in the Allied forces' D-Day Invasion of Normandy.

The Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II.

Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores.

designed for carrying personnel and vehicles from ship to shore without requiring a pier or other shore-based structure

U.S. Navy PT boats were organized into MTBRONs.

The A-1 lifeboat was a powered lifeboat that was made to be dropped by fixed-wing aircraft into water

built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft

naval surface-to-air missile system

is a fast class of patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries

Manufactured by IAI Ramta in 2004

Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs.

Prototype MTB of 76ft Higgins type.

70ft prototype MTB "Higgins Hellcat" with high speed and low silhouette.

MGB69 motor gun boats (12, 1940 - 1941 / 1941 - 1942)

Discovery was a small 20-ton, 38-foot (12 m) long "fly-boat" of the English East India Company, launched before 1602.

is a high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions

is a class of patrol boats

was a dreadnought battleship of the Brazilian Navy

was a Fuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy

was a Shikishima-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy

HMS Agincourt was a dreadnought battleship built in the United Kingdom

was a dreadnought battleship built for the Chilean Navy

Hamidiye was an Ottoman cruiser that saw extensive action during the Balkan Wars and World War I

was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers

was the second ship of the two Katori-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy

was the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleships

was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy

HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy

HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy

the first battlecruiser to be built by any country in the world

HMS Superb was one of three Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy

HMS Monarch was the second of four Orion-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy

were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy

was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers

was the second and last Izumo-class armored cruiser

was a protected cruiser operated by the Brazilian Navy

The first icebreaker Krassin, or Krasin, (Russian: Красин) was built for the Imperial Russian Navy as Svyatogor.

Furious was modified as an aircraft carrier while under construction.

HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy

was the name ship of her class of two battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s

HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.

was the second and last Asama-class armored cruiser

was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy

was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Chinese Navy by Armstrong Whitworth in Elswick, England

was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy built by Armstrong Whitworth in Elswick, England

was a Russian icebreaker originally built in England for the Russian Empire

was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy

Courageous and Glorious were decommissioned after the war and laid up, then rebuilt as aircraft carriers in the mid-1920s.

a major 19th-century industrial and shipbuilding complex located in the Isle of Dogs, London

was the last of the three Minotaur-class armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s

was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP)

HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the Eidsvold class in the Royal Norwegian Navy.

HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Dogali was a unique protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s.

Piemonte was a unique protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s by the British shipyard Armstrong Whitworth.

It represented a typical protected cruiser design of the British Armstrong shipyard in Elswick of the turn-of-the-century period.

HMS Vindex was a Royal Navy seaplane carrier during the First World War, converted from the fast passenger ship SS Viking.

HNoMS Tordenskjold, known locally as Panserskipet Tordenskjold, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship.

HNoMS Harald Haarfagre, known locally as Panserskipet Harald Haarfagre, was a Norwegian coastal defence ship.

Sampo was a Finnish state-owned steam-powered icebreaker.

was the lead ship of a class of her class of training protected cruisers originally built for the Manchu Qing Dynasty

While joining the revolt, the crew of the scout cruiser murdered one of their officers.

was a Hai Chi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy

was the second ship of the Hai Chi class of protected cruisers and one of the last built for the Manchu Qing dynasty

was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy

HMS Achilles was a Warrior-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy

HMS Adventure was the name ship of her class of two scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy

HMS Amethyst was a third-class protected cruiser of the Topaze class of the Royal Navy.

HMS Attentive was one of two Adventure-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy

HMS Afridi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907

HMS Birmingham was the lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the Town-class light cruisers built by the Royal Navy

HMS Newcastle was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 25 November 1909 from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth.

HMS Weymouth was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.

HMS Lancaster was one of 10 Monmouth-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy

HMS Hampshire was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

was a Chilean armoured cruiser

HMS Cobra was a turbine-powered destroyer of the Royal Navy.

was a steel, triple-screw turbine-driven passenger steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1905 and 1954

HMS Baralong was a cargo steamship

The Yorktown (CV-5) class carriers were designed for fleet operation rather than independent operation.

Two Kearsarge (later designated BB-5) class battleships were constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding

The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers were a group of four supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s

These carriers are based on an improved Forrestal class design featuring improved elevator and flight deck arrangement.

The battleship Delaware, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., was one of two sister ships, the other being the North Dakota.

Danae class light cruisers

HMS Emerald was an Emerald-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy.

Tarmo is a Finnish steam-powered icebreaker

SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner

RMS Ascania was an ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line.

MS Gripsholm was an ocean liner

The mission of CALIFORNIA-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers was to operate offensively in the presence of air, surface, and subsurface threats.

The four Virginia class guided missile cruisers were equipped to fulfill multiple tasks in all warfare mission areas.

The Pennsylvania class battleships were an enlargement of the preceding Nevada class

The Essex class aircraft carriers formed the core of the fast carrier task forces that won the war in the Pacific.

were two monitors originally built as coastal defence ships

Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy

was a British oil tanker

passenger-and-cargo ocean liner

was a cargo steamship

HMS E29 was a British E-class submarine

SS Yongala was a passenger steamship

Storstad was a steam cargo ship

The Colorado class battleships (or Maryland class, for those who prefer to name ship classes after the first unit to be completed)

The Midway-class aircraft carriers were designed as the U.S. Navy's first armored "supercarriers" during World War II

At the launch of ENTERPRISE on September 24, 1960, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the mightiest warship to ever sail the seas.

Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy

an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy

an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy

HMS E30 was a British E-class submarine

HMS H41 was a British H-class submarine

HMS K11 was a K class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth

HMS K12 was a K class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth

HMS L52 was a late-model L-class submarine

was an M-class submarine of the Royal Navy

representing a pivotal shift in American naval architecture as the first vessel designed from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.

Odense Steel Shipyard (Danish: Odense Staalskibsværft) was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense.

The Absalon class are frigates of the Royal Danish Navy, commissioned in 2005.

The Iver Huitfeldt class is a three-ship class of air defence frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.

Rio Grande do Sul was a Bahia-class cruiser built for the Brazilian Navy in 1909-10.

HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy

HMS E39 was a British E-class submarine

HMS E40 was a British E-class submarine

HMS H42 was a British H-class submarine

HMS H43 was a British H-class submarine

HMS H44 was an H-class submarine of the Royal Navy.

HMS Karrakatta (or Karakatta) was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1889.

HMS Katoomba was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy

HMS L53 was a late-model L-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

HMS R9 was one of 10 R-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

HMS R10 was one of 10 R-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

NMS Elisabeta was a small protected cruiser built for the Romanian Navy during the 1880s

The Rosario-class gunboats were a class of two pre-World War I warships, designed and built in England in 1907-1909 as armoured riverine gunboats

was a Russian steam-powered twin-screw icebreaker

USS Isla de Cuba was a Isla de Luzón-class protected cruiser of the United States Navy captured from the Spanish Navy during the Spanish-American War.

HMAS Grantala was a passenger steamship that was built in England in 1903

Belpamela was a heavy lift motor cargo ship with two thirds of the superstructure in the front and an engine located aft.

Santagata was a 7,049 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943

RMS Ausonia, launched in 1921, was one of Cunard's six post-World War I "A-class" ocean liners for the Canadian service.

SS Baikal was an ice-breaking train ferry that linked the eastern and western portions of the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Lake Baikal.

Belgian Crew was a 7,048 GRT cargo ship

SS Caserta was an Italian ocean liner named for the city of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy.

SS Dordogne was a steam-powered oil tanker that served the French Navy.

She operated as an oil tanker for the Burmah Oil Company

Inchearn was a 7,024 GRT refrigerated cargo ship

The ship was built by Armstrong Whitworth and Company in High Walker and launched on 6 January 1921 by Mrs. John Kenneth Foster.

SS San Wilfrido was a 6,458 GRT steam-powered British tanker

Silverlip was a steam tanker built in 1902

SS Tairoa was a British cargo liner and refrigerated freight ship

TSS Train Ferry No. 1 was a Roll-on/roll-off freight vessel built for the British War Office in 1917

TSS Train Ferry No. 2 was a freight vessel built for the British Army War Office in 1917.

Tower Belle was built in 1920 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Armstrong Whitworth, originally known as Wincomblee.

The first USS Honolulu (ID-1843) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy probably from 1918 to 1919.

three contracts were awarded for the Illinois (later designated BB-7) class battleships, one at Newport News, one by Cramp Shipbuilding (Philadelphia) and one at Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco

The BB-34 New York Class battleships, laid down in 1911, were the first US Navy battleships armed with 14-inch guns

Three Maine class battleships were authorized in FY1899 in response to Russian battleships which had greater speed.

It specialised in the development and production of the steam turbine engines that Parsons had invented for marine use.

Richardsons Westgarth & Company was a leading British shipbuilding and marine engineering business.

was the first training ship of the Chilean Navy

was a Danae-class cruiser that served with the Royal Navy

was a British G-class submarine built for the Royal Navy

was a British G-class submarine built for the Royal Navy

was an M-class submarine of the Royal Navy

was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy

as the passenger/cargo ship North Lyell

of coastal defence ships was ordered by Norway

DES MOINES heavy cruisers (1948 - 1949)

NEW MEXICO battleships (1917 - 1919)

CONNECTICUT 1st class battleships (1906)

John J. Harvey is a fireboat formerly of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

Spirit of Australia is a wooden speed boat built in a Sydney backyard, by Ken Warby

De Grasse was an anti-aircraft cruiser of the French Navy.

Initially S. E. Saunders Ltd concentrated on building powerboats, gunboats etc.

is the exclusive operator of all the public terminals in the Port of Shanghai

The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is an ancient maritime trade route in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific that connected Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, eastern Africa, and Europe.

owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal

responsible for the operation and management of the Panama Canal

is a global port operator and supply chain company

is a port operator headquartered in Singapore

specialising in port throughput and container and transport logistics