List of surviving ancient ships

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.

Name	Image	Year of construction	Type	Build location[a]	Current location	Overall length
Pesse canoe		8040–7510 BC[1]	Dugout canoe	Mesolithic Europe	Netherlands (Assen)	00 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)	0110.17 ft (3.10 m)
Monoxiles della Marmotta	—	5620BC to 5300 BC [4]	Dogout canoe	Neolithic Europe	Italy (Museo delle Civiltà, Roma)	0134.21 ft (10.43 m)
Pirogues de Bercy		4500 BC[5]	Dugout canoes	Neolithic France	France (Musée Carnavalet)	17.00 ft (5.18 m)
Dugout Canoe of Gué de Beaulieu		3500–3000 BC[6]	Dugout canoe	Neolithic France	France (Musée de Cognac)	18.56 ft (5.66 m)
Khufu ship		2500 BC[7]	Solar ship, sewn boat construction	Ancient Egypt	Egypt (Giza)	99142 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		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 ship	Ancient Egypt	United States (Pittsburgh)	32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Chicago boat		1870–1831 BC[13]	Solar ship	Ancient Egypt	United States (Chicago)	32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Red boat[c]		1870–1831 BC[13][15]	Solar ship	Ancient Egypt	Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh Museum)	32.8 ft (10.0 m)
White boat[d]		1870–1831 BC[13][15]	Solar ship	Ancient Egypt	Egypt (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		1500 BC[16]	Seagoing boat, sewn boat with integral cleats for constructional lashings	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Dover)	31 ft (9.4 m)[e]
Hanson Log Boat		1500 BC[17]	Logboat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Derby)	32 ft (10 m)
Zambratija boat		1200–1000 BC	Sewn boat	Croatia	France	39 ft (12 m)
Carpow Logboat		1000 BC[18]	Logboat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Perth)	29 ft (8.8 m)
Second Lake Mendota canoe	—	1000 BC[19]	Dugout canoe	United States (Lake Mendota)	United States (Madison)	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Ljubljana Marshes dugout canoe		9th century BC[20]	Dugout canoe	Slovenia	Slovenia (Ljubljana)	30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Hasholme Logboat		750–390 BC	Logboat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Hull)	42.3 ft (12.9 m)
Mazarrón I		7th century BC[21][22]	Merchant ship	Phoenicia	Spain (Cartagena)	suviving fragments
Mazarrón II		7th century BC[21][22]	Merchant ship	Phoenicia	Spain (Cartagena)	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Marseille 3		525–500 BC[23][24]	Fishing vessel	France	France (Marseille)	16.4 ft (5.0 m)
Marseille 4		525–500 BC[25][26]	Sailing vessel	Ancient Greece	France (Marseille)	45.9 ft (14.0 m)
Ma'agan Michael ship		5th century BC	Trade ship	Palaestina Prima	Israel (Ma'agan Michael)	37 ft (11 m)
Fiskerton log boat		457–300 BC[27]	Logboat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Lincoln)	23 ft (7.0 m)
Hjortspring boat		400–300 BC[28]	Canoe	Unknown (Nordic tribal area)	Denmark (Copenhagen)	58 ft (18 m)
Kyrenia ship		400–300 BC	Trade ship	Ancient Greece	Cyprus (Kyrenia)	47 ft (14 m)
Mohelnice monoxyl		3rd century BC[f]	Dugout canoe	Czechia	Czechia (Olomouc)	34.4 ft (10.5 m)
Poole Logboat		300 BC[29][30]	Logboat	Prehistoric Britain	United Kingdom (Poole)	33 ft (10 m)
Marsala Punic shipwreck		235 BC[31][32]	Warship	Ancient Carthage	Italy (Sicily)	115 ft (35 m)
Sea of Galilee Boat		120 BC–50 AD	Fishing boat	Ancient Rome	Israel (Ginosar)	27 ft (8.2 m)
Comacchio wreck		1st century BC[33][34]	Cargo vessel	Ancient Rome	Italy (Palazzo Bellini)	68.89 ft (21.00 m)
Zwammerdam 3		1st century BC–1st century AD[35][36]	Canoe	Ancient Rome	Netherlands (Archeon)	34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Alkedo		1st century AD[37][38]	Pleasure craft	Ancient Rome	Italy (Pisa)	72 ft (22 m)
Arles Rhône 3		1st century AD[39]	Trade ship	Ancient Rome	France (Arles)	98102 ft (31 m)
Marseille 5		1st–2nd century AD[40][41]	Coastal working boat	Ancient Rome	France (Marseille)	52.4 ft (16.0 m)
Marseille 6		1st–2nd century AD[42][43]	Coastal working boat	Ancient Rome	France (Marseille)	49.2 ft (15.0 m)
Pommeroeul 1		1st–2nd century AD[44][45]	Barge	Ancient Rome	Belgium (Ath)	39.3 ft (12.0 m)
Pommeroeul 2		1st century AD[44][46]	Dugout canoe	Ancient Rome	Belgium (Ath)	65.6 ft (20.0 m)
Zwammerdam 2		80–200 AD[47][48][49]	Cargo vessel	Ancient Rome	Netherlands (Archeon)	74.63 ft (22.75 m)
Mainz 6		81 AD[50]	Barge	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	13.7 ft (4.2 m)
Oberstimm 1		100 AD[51][52]	Military vessel	Ancient Rome	Germany (Manching)	49 ft (15 m)
Oberstimm 2		100 AD[53][52]	Military vessel	Ancient Rome	Germany (Manching)	50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Barchino F		2nd century AD[54]	Boat	Ancient Rome	Italy (Pisa)	29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Ship A		2nd century AD[55]	Shipping vessel	Ancient Rome	Italy (Pisa)	98 ft (30 m)[g]
De Meern 1		148 AD[56]	Barge	Ancient Rome	Netherlands (De Meern)	82 ft (25 m)
Bourse Roman shipwreck		160–220 AD[57][58]	Merchant ship	Ancient Rome	France (Marseille)	75.4 ft (23.0 m)
Bevaix boat		182 AD[59]	Trade ship	Ancient Rome	Switzerland (Laténium)	63.6 ft (19.40 m)
Mainz 3		191 AD[60]	Patrol vessel	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	55.77 ft (17.00 m)
Marseille 7		3rd century AD[61]	Coastal working boat	Ancient Rome	France (Marseille)	—
Roman ship of Marausa		3rd century AD	Merchant ship	Ancient Rome	Italy (Trapani)	91.5 ft (27.9 m)
Mainz 2		249 AD[62]	Navis lusoria	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Björkebåten		4th century AD[63][64]	Log boat	Sweden	Sweden (Gävle)	23.68 ft (7.22 m)
Mainz 4		4th century AD[65]	Navis lusoria	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Nydam Boat		310–320 AD[66]	Pre-Viking ship	Denmark (Nordic tribal area)	Germany (Gottorf Castle)	76 ft (23 m)
Mainz 1		385 AD[67]	Navis lusoria	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Mainz 5		395 AD[68]	Navis lusoria	Ancient Rome	Germany (Mainz)	70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Ship D		5th century AD[69]	Barge	Ancient Rome	Italy (Pisa)	—
Ship I		5th century AD[70]	River ferry	Ancient Rome	Italy (Pisa)	—
Chitimacha dugout canoe	—	450–620 AD[71][72]	Dugout canoe	United States	United States (Texas A&M University Conservation Research Laboratory)	14 ft (4.3 m)

See also

• Ships of ancient Rome
• List of oldest surviving ships
• List of longest ships
• List of longest wooden ships
• Museum ship
• List of museum ships
• Archaeology of shipwrecks

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