This is a list of surviving
ships
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, ...
from the
ancient
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or
prehistoric
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era. All the ships on this list date to
5th century
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AD or before.
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Ships of ancient Rome
Ancient Rome had a variety of ships that played crucial roles in its Military of ancient Rome, military, Ancient Roman trade, trade, and transportation activities. Rome was preceded in the use of the sea by other ancient, seafaring History of th ...
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List of oldest surviving ships
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, ...
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List of longest ships
The world's longest ships are listed according to their length overall, overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or ...
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List of longest wooden ships
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Museum ship
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small numb ...
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List of museum ships
This list of museum ships is a sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notab ...
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Archaeology of shipwrecks
The archaeology of shipwrecks is the field of archaeology specialized most commonly in the study and exploration of shipwrecks. Its techniques combine those of archaeology with those of Underwater diving, diving to become Underwater archaeology. ...
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Ancient
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient h ...