List of ancient ships

These are specific ships (as opposed to ship types) which existed in the ancient or prehistoric era. They are known today either through archaeological artifacts or historical records.

Name Image Year of construction Type Build location[lower-alpha 1] Current location LOA
Pesse canoe 8040 to 7510 BC[1] Canoe Mesolithic Europe
(Exact area unknown)		 Netherlands
(Assen)		 00 9.75 ft (2.97 m)
Dufuna canoe 6550 BC[2] Canoe Neolithic Africa
(Exact area unknown)		 Nigeria
(Yobe State)		 28 ft (8.5 m)
Bibongho canoe N/A 6000~BC[3] Canoe Prehistoric Korea South Korea
(Gimhae)		 01 10.17 ft (3.10 m)
Khufu ship 2500 BC[4] Ritual barge Ancient Egypt Egypt
(Giza)		 99 142 ft (43 m)
Dover Bronze Age Boat 1500 BC Seagoing boat Prehistoric Britain United Kingdom
(Dover)		 31 ft (9.4 m)
Ma'agan Michael ship 400-500 BC Trade ship Palaestina Prima Israel
(Ma'agan Michael)		 37 ft (11 m)
Kyrenia ship
400-300 BC Trade ship Macedonia Cyprus
(Kyrenia)		 47 ft (14 m)
Hjortspring boat 400-300 BC[5] Unknown Undefined
(Nordic tribal area)		 Denmark
(Copenhagen)		 58 ft (18 m)
Syracusia 240 BC Monohull Syracuse, Sicily Lost 110 m (360 ft)
Tessarakonteres 3rd century BC Catamaran Egypt Lost 130 m (430 ft)
Sea of Galilee Boat 120 BC – 50 AD Fishing boat Ancient Rome Israel
(Ginosar)		 27 ft (8.2 m)
Nemi ships 1st century AD Monohull Lake Nemi, Italy Destroyed 31 May 1944 70 m (230 ft)
Arles Rhône 3 1st century AD[6] Trade ship Ancient Rome France
(Arles)		 98 102 ft (31 m)
De Meern 1 N/A 148 AD[7] Barge Ancient Rome Netherlands
(De Meern)		 N/A
Nydam Boat 310-320 Pre-Viking ship Undefined
(Nordic tribal area)		 Germany
(Gottorf Castle)		 76 ft (23 m)
Salme ships N/A 700-750 Viking ship Saaremaa Estonia
(Tallinn)		 N/A
Oseberg Ship 820[8] Viking ship Norway
(Vestfold)		 Norway
(Oslo)		 71 ft (22 m)
Gokstad ship 900[9] Viking ship Norway
(Vestfold)		 Norway
(Oslo)		 76 ft (23 m)
Skuldelev 2 1042 Viking ship Kingdom of Dublin Denmark
(Roskilde)		 97 98 ft (30 m)
Bremen cog 1380[10] Trade ship Holy Roman Empire
(Archbishopric of Bremen)		 Germany
(Bremerhaven)		 79 ft (24 m)

Notes
  1. Area of origin

References
  1. Wierenga, Jan (12 April 2001). "Kano Van Pesse Kon Echt Varen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  2. Gumnior, Maren; Thiemeyer, Heinrich (2003). "Holocene fluvial dynamics in the NE Nigerian Savanna". Quaternary International. 111: 54. doi:10.1016/s1040-6182(03)00014-4.
  3. "신석기인들이 만든 국내 최초의 배는 어떻게 생겼을까 - 김해뉴스". www.gimhaenews.co.kr.
  4. "Solar Lady". Solar Navigator. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. Pauline., Asingh (2009). Grauballemanden – portræt af et moselig. Moesgård Museum ([1. oplag] ed.). [Højbjerg]: Moesgård Museum. ISBN 9788702056884. OCLC 759086759.
  6. Georgina Muskett (2018). Archaeology Hotspot France: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists. Rowman & Littlefield. p. unknown. ISBN 978-1-4422-6923-1.
  7. http://cultureelerfgoed.nl/nieuws/romeins-schip-de-meern-1-terug-naar-leidsche-rijn
  8. UiO Museum of Cultural History (December 10, 2012). "The Oseberg finds". University of Oslo. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  9. UiO Museum of Cultural History (December 10, 2012). "The Gokstad finds". University of Oslo. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  10. Scholl, Lars (October 2, 2006). "The Bremen Cog of 1380" (PDF). German Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

See also
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