# Name that fictional ship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914 "2007-05-05T19:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/61 "2007-05-06T00:44:24Z")
Splendor Hyaline - The chronicles of Narnia, and i believe it was spelled splendour hyaline 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/62 "2007-05-06T00:48:56Z")
**Fin of God** - Small Gods (Discworld) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/63 "2007-05-06T03:31:53Z")
**Bistromath** - Douglas Adams **Guinivere One** - Doctor Who ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/64 "2007-05-06T03:48:40Z")
I thought the USS Abraham Lincoln was Pinkerton’s ship in the opera “Madama Butterfly.” And the Busted Flush was the boat Travis McGee lived on in John D. MacDonald’s stories. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/65 "2007-05-06T03:54:25Z")
**Sea Tiger** was the submarine from _Operation Petticoat_. **Sleuth** was the Hardy Boys’ speedboat. How about **Munequita**? (It’s a Spanish word and should have a tilde over the n, but I don’t know how to do that.) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/66 "2007-05-06T04:14:22Z")
All the ones I know have been named already, but I can add a few: _Dutiful Passage Teacher Serenity_ (Hey, there’s gotta be at least one easy one, right?) _Covenant City of Asgard Streaker_ ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/67 "2007-05-06T04:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Clark K] **Sleuth** was the Hardy Boys’ speedboat. [/QUOTE] I’m so happy someone got that! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/68 "2007-05-06T05:42:48Z")
Am I allowed to add one? OK, in which work of fiction do we find _The Patna_? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/69 "2007-05-06T05:47:46Z")
I’d like to add one I’m surprised wasn’t mentioned already: _The Epoch_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/70 "2007-05-06T06:22:14Z")
Without reading the whole thread, here’s what i got: Cavorite Sphere–first ship on the Moon–H.G. Wells’ _First Men in the Moon_ R-XM–first ship on Mars–_Rocketship-XM_ USS Bozeman–Federation starship, \*ST:TNG \* episode ? Busted Flush–houseboat–John D. MacDonald’s \*Travis Mcgee \* novels USS Sulaco–Colonial marines starship–_Aliens_ USS Grissom–Federation starship, _Star Trek III_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/71 "2007-05-06T06:33:06Z")
And after searching through the thread,I’ll add a few more: Demeter Vulture Seaview Jupiter 2 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/72 "2007-05-06T06:54:37Z")
**Fish’s picks:** USNC Iroquois (hint: from a novel based on a video game; USNC stands for United Nations Space Command) Tarantula (hint: 1879; it is the very model of the modern operetta) The Slippery Pig (hint: video game) Boise (hint: Qadgop should know this one) The Moldy Crow (hint: video game; science-fiction first-person shooter based on a movie) Asgard (hint: RAH) HMS Indomitable (hint: the ship is sometimes called the Bellipotent because its editor was asleep at the switch; it is a book from 1891 featuring Billy and Claggart) **silenus’s picks:** Vrolijkheid **labtrash’s picks:** Karnak **Clark K’s picks:** Muñequita **Kat’s picks:** Dutiful Passage Teacher Serenity Covenant City of Asgard Streaker **KarlGauss’s pick:** The Patna **bouv’s pick:** The Epoch **Dr. Rieux’s picks:** Demeter Vulture Seaview Jupiter 2 ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/73 "2007-05-06T07:17:48Z")
**Demeter** is the Ship in Dracula. **Serenity** is of course the ship in the Firefly movie of the same name. From Fish’s hint, I’ll guess the **UNSC Iriquois** is from a Halo novelization. I’ll add one: the **USS Swinetrek** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/74 "2007-05-06T08:12:03Z")
[QUOTE=Malodorous] I’ll add one: the **USS Swinetrek** [/QUOTE] \*\*Pigs… In… Spaaaaaaaace!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/75 "2007-05-06T08:58:02Z")
Seaview is a submarine - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dutiful Passage sounds kind of like an Iain M Banks ship name (in which case it would be a starship) - Use of Weapons? ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/76 "2007-05-06T11:38:04Z")
The RAH version of the **Asgard** is in \*Starman Jones \* and I would put \*\*Gay Deceiver \*\* in \*Number of the Beast \* rather than _The Cat Who Walked Through Walls_. How about: The **Nutmeg of Consolation** and **USCGC Eagle** : ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/77 "2007-05-06T11:53:32Z")
**Nutmeg of Consolation** is a ship in a Patrick O’Brian book (good job, I was trying to come up with a ship from those books that I could be certain wasn’t based on a real one, but couldn’t). ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/78 "2007-05-06T12:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=Boulter’s Canary] Dutiful Passage sounds kind of like an Iain M Banks ship name (in which case it would be a starship) - Use of Weapons? [/QUOTE] You’re half right. It’s a starship, but not from Iain M Banks. And **Dr. Rieux** ’s Jupiter 2 is, of course, the spaceship from _Lost in Space_. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/79 "2007-05-06T13:12:57Z")
_Streaker_ is the dolphin-crewed starship in David Brin’s Startide Rising. _Naglfar_ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/80 "2007-05-06T13:39:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] And after searching through the thread,I’ll add a few more: Demeter Vulture Seaview Jupiter 2 [/QUOTE] The Vulture is from shortlived TV series _Salvage 1_ starring Andy Griffith. Demeter, I think, is from _The Cat Who Walks Through Walls_ I’ll add: Skylark New York Eagle Gumdrop Snoopy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=5)