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)
Pirogues de Bercy
4500 BC[4]
Dugout canoes
Neolithic France
France
(Musée Carnavalet)
17.00 ft (5.18 m)
Dugout Canoe of Gué de Beaulieu
3500–3000 BC[5]
Dugout canoe
Neolithic France
France
(Musée de Cognac)
18.56 ft (5.66 m)
Khufu ship
2500 BC[6]
Solar ship
Ancient Egypt
Egypt (Giza)
99142 ft (43 m)
Cooper River Canoe
—
2140 BC[7][8]
Dugout canoe
East Branch of the Cooper River, in present-day South Carolina, USA
>6 m (20 ft)
Lurgan Canoe
—
2000 BC[9]
Dugout canoe
Prehistoric Ireland
Ireland
(Dublin)
50 ft (15 m)
Carnegie boat
—
1870–1831 BC[10][11]
Solar ship
Ancient Egypt
United States
(Pittsburgh)
32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Chicago boat
1870–1831 BC[10]
Solar ship
Ancient Egypt
United States
(Chicago)
32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Red boat[b]
1870–1831 BC[10][12]
Solar ship
Ancient Egypt
Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh Museum)
32.8 ft (10.0 m)
White boat[c]
1870–1831 BC[10][12]
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[13]
Seagoing boat
Prehistoric Britain
United Kingdom (Dover)
31 ft (9.4 m)[d]
Hanson Log Boat
1500 BC[14]
Logboat
Prehistoric Britain
United Kingdom (Derby)
32 ft (10 m)
Carpow Logboat
1000 BC[15]
Logboat
Prehistoric Britain
United Kingdom
(Perth)
29 ft (8.8 m)
Second canoe found in Lake Mendota
—
1000 BC[16]
Native American canoe
Lake Mendota, in current Wisconsin, USA
14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Dugout canoe from the Ljubljansko barje
9th century BC[17]
Dugout canoe
Ljubljana Marsh
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[18][19]
Boat
Ancient Phoenicia
Spain
(Cartagena)
26.5 ft (8.1 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[20]
Logboat
Prehistoric Britain
United Kingdom
(Lincoln)
23 ft (7.0 m)
Hjortspring boat
400–300 BC[21]
Canoe
Unknown (Nordic tribal area)
Denmark (Copenhagen)
58 ft (18 m)
Kyrenia ship
400–300 BC
Trade ship
Macedonia
Cyprus (Kyrenia)
47 ft (14 m)
Mohelnice monoxyl
3rd century BC[e]
Dugout canoe
Czechia
(Moravia)
Czechia
(Olomouc)
34.4 ft (10.5 m)
Poole Logboat
300 BC[22][23]
Logboat
Prehistoric Britain
United Kingdom
(Poole)
33 ft (10 m)
Marsala Punic shipwreck
235 BC[24][25]
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[26][27]
Cargo vessel
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Palazzo Bellini)
68.89 ft (21.00 m)
Zwammerdam 3
0 AD[28][29]
Canoe
Ancient Rome
Netherlands
(Archeon)
34.9 ft (10.6 m)
Alkedo
1st century AD[30][31]
Pleasure craft
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Pisa)
72 ft (22 m)
Arles Rhône 3
1st century AD[32]
Trade ship
Ancient Rome
France (Arles)
98102 ft (31 m)
Pommeroeul 1[33][34]
1st–2nd century AD
Barge
Ancient Rome
Belgium
(Ath)
39.3 ft (12.0 m)
Pommeroeul 2[33][35]
1st century AD
Dugout canoe
Ancient Rome
Belgium
(Ath)
65.6 ft (20.0 m)
Zwammerdam 2
80–200 AD[36][37][38]
Cargo vessel
Ancient Rome
Netherlands
(Archeon)
74.63 ft (22.75 m)
Mainz 6
81 AD[39]
Barge
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
13.7 ft (4.2 m)
Oberstimm 1
100 AD[40][41]
Military vessel
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Manching)
49 ft (15 m)
Oberstimm 2
100 AD[42][41]
Military vessel
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Manching)
50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Barchino F
2nd century AD[43]
Boat
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Pisa)
29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Ship A
2nd century AD[44]
Shipping vessel
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Pisa)
98 ft (30 m)[f]
De Meern 1
148 AD[45]
Barge
Ancient Rome
Netherlands
(De Meern)
82 ft (25 m)
Bevaix boat
182 AD[46]
Trade ship
Ancient Rome
Switzerland
(Laténium)
63.6 ft (19.40 m)
Mainz 3
191 AD[47]
Patrol vessel
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
55.77 ft (17.00 m)
Roman ship of Marausa
3rd century AD
Merchant ship
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Trapani)
91.5 ft (27.9 m)
Mainz 2
249 AD[48]
Navis lusoria
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Björkebåten
4th century AD[49][50]
Log boat
Sweden
Sweden
(Gävle)
23.68 ft (7.22 m)
Mainz 4
4th century AD[51]
Navis lusoria
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Nydam Boat
310–320 AD[52]
Pre-Viking ship
Denmark
(Nordic tribal area)
Germany
(Gottorf Castle)
76 ft (23 m)
Mainz 1
385 AD[53]
Navis lusoria
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Mainz 5
395 AD[54]
Navis lusoria
Ancient Rome
Germany
(Mainz)
70.53 ft (21.50 m)
Ship D
5th century AD[55]
Barge
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Pisa)
—
Ship I
5th century AD[56]
River ferry
Ancient Rome
Italy
(Pisa)
—
Chitimacha dugout canoe
—
5th century AD[57]
Dugout canoe
Belle River, just south of present-day Donaldsonville, Louisiana, USA
14 ft (4.3 m)
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