# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/141 "2007-05-08T03:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Is C-57D from _Forbidden Planet_? [/QUOTE] It is, and also in _Serenity_ it is the designation of the SAR ship that crashed on Miranda – no coincidence. It’s hard to believe this one’s been overlooked, but I didn’t notice it going through the thread: **Heart of Gold** ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/142 "2007-05-08T03:47:06Z")
Probably because its too easy (HitchHiker’s Guide to The Galaxy) Balance of Judgement Wrath of Achilles Resolution of Hector Brian ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/143 "2007-05-08T09:53:31Z")
Kudos to Tuckerfan! My SO was pleased to see Titan listed. We’ve done the thread from the beginning until now and wish to add: Potent Voyager Orion Erlkonig (accent over o) Orca Nebuchadnezzar (poor spelling?) FedShip ASN/29 I add, funnest thread ever! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/144 "2007-05-08T10:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=DesertDog] It’s hard to believe this one’s been overlooked, but I didn’t notice it going through the thread: **Heart of Gold** [/QUOTE] It was in my OP. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/145 "2007-05-08T10:58:40Z")
The \*Orca \* was the boat in Jaws, wasn’t it? The \*Nebucadnezzar \* (I can’t spell it either) was in the Matrix ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/146 "2007-05-08T11:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] A few more from me. **Far-Stretching Sense Cluster** [/QUOTE] That’s another Niven, almost certainly from one of the _Draco’s Tavern_ shorts, and I’ll hazard a guess on _War Movie_. Now a connected sextet: **Sibella Kathleen Triton Juno Calypso Dido** And for a bonus, give me (a) some actual book names and (b) the original name of one of these six. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/147 "2007-05-08T11:46:54Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] That’s another Niven, almost certainly from one of the _Draco’s Tavern_ shorts, and I’ll hazard a guess on _War Movie_. [/QUOTE] Right on target. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/148 "2007-05-08T13:12:26Z")
Hoorah! Then here’s another one: **Starfare’s Gem**. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/149 "2007-05-08T13:49:54Z")
From **Malacandra** ’s post above Sibella - Ramage (first book) Kathleen -Ramage and the Drumbeat Triton - Ramage and the Freebooters (Also Gov Ramage RN) Juno - Ramage’s Diamond Calypso - Ramage and the Rebels (and a bunch of others!) Dido - Ramage and the Dido All books by Dudley Pope! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/150 "2007-05-08T14:24:47Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] From **Malacandra** ’s post above Sibella - Ramage (first book) Kathleen -Ramage and the Drumbeat Triton - Ramage and the Freebooters (Also Gov Ramage RN) Juno - Ramage’s Diamond Calypso - Ramage and the Rebels (and a bunch of others!) Dido - Ramage and the Dido All books by Dudley Pope! [/QUOTE] Close enough! Here’s the run-down: **Sibella** frigate - Ramage (first book) - Taken over in a sinking condition with the senior officers dead, abandoned shortly after **Kathleen** cutter - Ramage and the Drumbeat - Actually “Ramage”, late on. Lost at the conclusion of the second book having been used to ram a Spanish ship at the Battle of St Vincent. **Triton** brig - Ramage and the Freebooters (Also Gov Ramage RN) - lost in a hurricane (dismasted and wrecked) **Juno** frigate - Ramage’s Diamond **Calypso** frigate - Ramage and the Rebels (and a bunch of others!) - Close: Captured (as the **Surcouf** ) in “Diamond”, renamed and given to Ramage in “Ramage’s Mutiny”, then his regular command for nearly all the rest of the series **Dido** “seventy-four” - Ramage and the Dido - Whereupon, sadly, Pope became too ill to write further ☹ /pleased at finding a fellow fan ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/151 "2007-05-08T14:27:42Z")
A couple of mine have bit the dust (U-96 inspired **Das Boot** ; USS Ruben James was in \*\*The Hunt for Red October \*\* – although according to IMDB, she was also played by the USS Wadsworth FFG-9, and in one shot the “-9” is visible). These are still extant: Arctic Warrior Louisa USS Cygnus Special question: in which movie does the QEII (playing herself) come under a particularly ineffective attack? (The real QEII is shown in an earlier establishing shot, but for the actual attack scene, I’m pretty sure they just used some soundstage trickery!) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/152 "2007-05-08T14:29:59Z")
USS Cygnus – Starship: _The Black Hole_ ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/153 "2007-05-08T14:54:26Z")
I might not be back so here are the answers. [spoiler]Duncan In Search Of The Castaways by Jules Verne: Ship owned by Lord Glenarvon The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: Rescue ship owned by Lord Glenarvon Aesclipus Twenty Med Ship by Murry Leinster: Space faring medical ship. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/154 "2007-05-08T17:04:50Z")
The _Arctic Warrior_ is from Ghost Ship (wasn’t \*the \* ghost ship, but the one that found it, right?) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/155 "2007-05-08T17:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] The \*Orca \* was the boat in Jaws, wasn’t it? [/QUOTE] Yeah, but it needed to be bigger. My picks still unanswered: **X-1 X-2 X-X-1 Planet Express Ship** ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/156 "2007-05-08T17:22:55Z")
Planet Express Ship is Futurama, of course. (It’s just too easy!) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/157 "2007-05-08T17:43:17Z")
X-1 & X-2 are the Venture Brothers’ vehicles (2 is the boat, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/158 "2007-05-08T17:49:26Z")
X-X-1 was Jonas Ventures plane ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/159 "2007-05-08T17:55:58Z")
edit to above: Jonas Venture Junior! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/160 "2007-05-08T18:14:40Z")
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