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Sajek

03-20-07, 08:03 AM
My adventuring crew just got a caravel sailing ship, and were thinking of some names for it. Anyone have some suggestions? We thought of...

1. Cloudskim
2. The Sirocco
3. The Dusk Walker
boozerker

03-20-07, 08:07 AM
Ships Ahoy
Evil DM Mk3

03-20-07, 08:11 AM
5: The crimson wake
6: The vapour butterfly
7: The dancing jewel
8: The grand iron (all used in my champain)
boozerker

03-20-07, 08:13 AM
OK seriously :)

Waterfun

The Shark

Starmast

Goblin's Pace

Adventurer
revaar

03-20-07, 08:21 AM
The Crimson Sun

*insert PC's mother's name here*'s Pride (eg. Wanda's Pride)

Expanded Horizons

*off topic* -Wow! an Original 1001 thread!
WilwarinAndamar

03-20-07, 08:32 AM
Obsidian Rose
Typhoon Chaser
*insert diety*'s Favor
Dilsere
Morning Glory
Warforged Goblin

03-20-07, 09:15 AM
One I love is the Greek word for "folly" (and my buddies' band name), Akrasia.
Seeker95

03-20-07, 09:25 AM
ABILITY
ABINAGO
ACCOHANOC
ACCOMAC
ACOMA
ADEPT
AGATE PASS
AGAWAM
AHOSKIE
ALAMOGORDO
ALLAQUIPPA
ANAMOSA
ANGLER
ANKACHAK
ANOKA
ANTIGO
APALACHICOLA
APOHOLA
APOPKA
AQUIDNECK
ARAWAK
ARCATA
ARCO
ARCO
ARTISAN SECTION
BARBONCITO
BATTLE POINT
BLACK FOX
BOGALUSA
BOWFIN
BRIER
BURLESON
BUTTERNUT
CAMPTI
CANARSEE
CANONCHET
CAPE FLATTERY
CARASCAN
CARP
CASINGHEAD
CATAHECASSA
CHANAGI
CHEGODEGA
CHEKILLI
CHEPANOC
CHERAW
CHESANING
CHETEK
CHICOPEE
CHILKAT
CHIQUITO
CHOHONAGA
CHOLOCCO
CHOPPER
COATOPA
COCHALI
COD
COMPETENT
CONNEWANGO
COSHECTON
CRANDALL
CRILLEY
CROAKER
CUSSETA
DAHLONEGA
DEKANAWIDA
DEKANISORA
DEKAURY
DERRICK
DILIGENCE
DISCOVERY BAY
DYNAMIC
ECHOLS
EDENSHAW
ELK RIVER
ENDEAVOR
ENDURANCE
ETAWINA
EUFAULA
GANADOGA
GAUGER
GAFFEY
EASTMAN
GRANVILLE
HACKENSACK
HASTWIANA
HIAMONEE
HIAWATHA
HISADA
HOGA
HOUMA
HYANNIS
ITARA
IUKA
IWANA
JACONA
JUNALUSKA
KAKARNA
KALISPELL
KEOKUK
KETCHIKAN
KEWAUNEE
KEYPORT
KITTANNING
KITTATON
KODIAK
KONOKA
LELAKA
LING
LIONFISH
LITTLE COMPTON
LONOTO
LOS ALAMOS
FOWLER
LYNNHAVEN
MACHINIST
MACKERAL
MADOKAWANDO
MAHOA
MANDAN
MANHATTAN
MANISTEE
MANKATO
MANTEO
MANTEO
MARIN
MARINETTE
MARLIN
MASCOUTAH
MASSAPEQUA
MASSASOIT
MATUNAK
MAWKAW
MAZAPETA
MECOSTA
MECOSTA
MENASHA
MENOMINEE
MERCER
METACOM
MIGADAN
MIMAC
MINNISKA
MISHAWAKA
MONOB ONE
MONTEZUMA
MORATOC
MUSKEGON
NABIGWON
NADLI
NAHASHO
NAHOKE
NANIGO
NANTICOKE
NASHUA
NATAHKI
NATCHITOCHES
NATICK
NAUBUC
NAVGATUCK
NEGWAGON
NEGWAGON
NEODESHA
NEW BEDFORD
NIANTIC
NOGALESEN
NOKOMIS
NUECES
NUMA
OAKRIDGE
OCALA
OCMULGEE
OCONOSTOTA
OKMULGEE
OLATHE
OPELIKA
ORONO
OSCEOLA
OSHKOSH
OSWEGATCHIE
OTOKOMI
OTTUMWA
OWACHOMO
OWATONNA
OZETTE
PADUCAH
PALATKA
PAMPANITO
PANAMETA
PAWHUSKA
PAWTUCKET
PETALESHARO
PHOEBUS
PIQUA
PITAMAKAN
POCASSET
POKAGON
PONTIAC
POROBAGO
POUGHKEEPSIE
POWHATAN
PREVAIL
PUSHMATAHA
QUILEUTE
RANGE RECOVERER
RASHER
RED CLOUD
REDWING
RELIANCE
REQUIN
RESOLUTE
RESOURCEFUL
RICHLAND
RONCADOR
RUNNER
SACO
SAGAWAMICK
SAKARISSA
SALUDA
SALVAGE
SAN ONOFRE
SAND CASTER
SANTAQUIN
SASSA
SASSACUS
SATAGO
SATANTA
SAUGUS
SEA FIGHTER
SEA SHADOW
SECOTA
SEGWARUSA
SENASQUA
SHABONEE
SHAHASKA
SHAMOKIN
SHIPPINGPORT
SIKIS
SKENANDOA
SMOHALLA
STEADFAST
SUITLAND
SUSTAIN
TACONNET
TAKOS
TAMAQUA
TATARRAY
TAZHIA
TENSAW
TOKA
TOMAHAWK
TONKAWA
TONTOCANY
TOPAWA
TORSK
TUSCUMBIA
TUSKEGEE
TUTAHACO
UNDAUNTED
VAGA
WABANAQUOT
WAHAKA
WAHPETON
WAHPETON
WAHTAH
WALLACUT
WANAMASSA
WANETA
WANNALANCET
WAPAKONETA
WAPATO
WASHAKIE
WATERFORD
WATHENA
WATSEKA
WAUBANSEE
WAUKEGAN
WAUWATOSA
WAWASEE
WAXAHACHIE
WEEHAWKEN
WENATCHEE
WENONAH
WEST MILTON
WHIPSTOCK
WHITE BUSH
WINAMAC
WINDIGO
WINDLASS
WINDSOR
WINGINA
WINNEMUCCA
WOONSOCKET
WOVOKA
YANABA
YANEGUE
YATANOCAS
YONAGUSKA
YUMA
Courtesy of the United States Service Craft Registry.
obrysii

03-20-07, 10:11 AM
322. The Crimson Hope
323. The Altruistic Dream
324. The Avarice Ideal
_Jayne_Cobb_

03-20-07, 10:15 AM
Pick up a pack of WizKids Pirates game. The checklist inside will provide more ship names then you could ever need.
marcel_deathbringer

03-20-07, 10:18 AM
325. The Wave Splitter
326. the Fury
327. The Jenny
IrishRover

03-20-07, 10:18 AM
325. Beyond Valor
325. <Nation's> Hope
326 Amazon Queen (With appropriate figurehead)
Tusalu

03-20-07, 10:25 AM
I donīt think itīs 300 yet
_Jayne_Cobb_

03-20-07, 10:59 AM
The obvious choice is, of course, Serenity, though barring that the S.S. More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, And The Incredible Hulk Put Together works too.
Seeker95

03-20-07, 11:19 AM
I donīt think itīs 300 yetRead post #8.
Selena Ombrenoire

03-20-07, 11:40 AM
333) The Run Amuck (That was the name of our ship in SW)
334) The Valkyrie
335) The Predator
336) The Elektra

-Selena
Dragonlover

03-20-07, 11:47 AM
The Forgotten Freedom.

Dragonlover
boozerker

03-20-07, 12:22 PM
The Oceanic

Pebble's Throw
Journeyman Samwise

03-20-07, 03:34 PM
Go historical, there's a Welsh tale that alleges that King Arthur's ship was named (translated) Sails-the-Far-Shores, which is a pretty cool name for a ship.
Seeker95

03-20-07, 04:59 PM
Sails-the-Far-Shores, which is a pretty cool name for a ship.Until you translate it, of course. :P
SeptimusMagistos

03-20-07, 05:38 PM
Bouncing Betty Bobkins

Old Sinker

Sailor's Trough
Singer_of_the_Song

03-20-07, 05:51 PM
Fishkiller

<King's> Fury

Dregger

Sea's Master
Voran

03-20-07, 06:42 PM
"Not a Pirate"

"Barrel of Seamonkeys"



Seriously tho, for majestic names, I usually rip off stuff inspired by Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.

Have a nice spelljamming vessel named the Pax Karis. (Peace of Karis)
DarthMarasmus

03-20-07, 07:39 PM
351) The Aeon
352) The Gypsy Rose
353) The Invincible
354) The Relentless
355) The Pirate Ship Revenge
Patera_Quetzal

03-20-07, 08:05 PM
Bride of Neptune (i.e., whoever your ocean god is); or
Umberlee's Daughter
Fencerboy

03-20-07, 09:57 PM
ABILITY
ABINAGO
ACCOHANOC
ACCOMAC
ACOMA
ADEPT
AGATE PASS
AGAWAM
AHOSKIE
ALAMOGORDO
ALLAQUIPPA
ANAMOSA
ANGLER
ANKACHAK
ANOKA
ANTIGO
APALACHICOLA
APOHOLA
APOPKA
AQUIDNECK
ARAWAK
ARCATA
ARCO
ARCO
ARTISAN SECTION
BARBONCITO
BATTLE POINT
BLACK FOX
BOGALUSA
BOWFIN
BRIER
BURLESON
BUTTERNUT
CAMPTI
CANARSEE
CANONCHET
CAPE FLATTERY
CARASCAN
CARP
CASINGHEAD
CATAHECASSA
CHANAGI
CHEGODEGA
CHEKILLI
CHEPANOC
CHERAW
CHESANING
CHETEK
CHICOPEE
CHILKAT
CHIQUITO
CHOHONAGA
CHOLOCCO
CHOPPER
COATOPA
COCHALI
COD
COMPETENT
CONNEWANGO
COSHECTON
CRANDALL
CRILLEY
CROAKER
CUSSETA
DAHLONEGA
DEKANAWIDA
DEKANISORA
DEKAURY
DERRICK
DILIGENCE
DISCOVERY BAY
DYNAMIC
ECHOLS
EDENSHAW
ELK RIVER
ENDEAVOR
ENDURANCE
ETAWINA
EUFAULA
GANADOGA
GAUGER
GAFFEY
EASTMAN
GRANVILLE
HACKENSACK
HASTWIANA
HIAMONEE
HIAWATHA
HISADA
HOGA
HOUMA
HYANNIS
ITARA
IUKA
IWANA
JACONA
JUNALUSKA
KAKARNA
KALISPELL
KEOKUK
KETCHIKAN
KEWAUNEE
KEYPORT
KITTANNING
KITTATON
KODIAK
KONOKA
LELAKA
LING
LIONFISH
LITTLE COMPTON
LONOTO
LOS ALAMOS
FOWLER
LYNNHAVEN
MACHINIST
MACKERAL
MADOKAWANDO
MAHOA
MANDAN
MANHATTAN
MANISTEE
MANKATO
MANTEO
MANTEO
MARIN
MARINETTE
MARLIN
MASCOUTAH
MASSAPEQUA
MASSASOIT
MATUNAK
MAWKAW
MAZAPETA
MECOSTA
MECOSTA
MENASHA
MENOMINEE
MERCER
METACOM
MIGADAN
MIMAC
MINNISKA
MISHAWAKA
MONOB ONE
MONTEZUMA
MORATOC
MUSKEGON
NABIGWON
NADLI
NAHASHO
NAHOKE
NANIGO
NANTICOKE
NASHUA
NATAHKI
NATCHITOCHES
NATICK
NAUBUC
NAVGATUCK
NEGWAGON
NEGWAGON
NEODESHA
NEW BEDFORD
NIANTIC
NOGALESEN
NOKOMIS
NUECES
NUMA
OAKRIDGE
OCALA
OCMULGEE
OCONOSTOTA
OKMULGEE
OLATHE
OPELIKA
ORONO
OSCEOLA
OSHKOSH
OSWEGATCHIE
OTOKOMI
OTTUMWA
OWACHOMO
OWATONNA
OZETTE
PADUCAH
PALATKA
PAMPANITO
PANAMETA
PAWHUSKA
PAWTUCKET
PETALESHARO
PHOEBUS
PIQUA
PITAMAKAN
POCASSET
POKAGON
PONTIAC
POROBAGO
POUGHKEEPSIE
POWHATAN
PREVAIL
PUSHMATAHA
QUILEUTE
RANGE RECOVERER
RASHER
RED CLOUD
REDWING
RELIANCE
REQUIN
RESOLUTE
RESOURCEFUL
RICHLAND
RONCADOR
RUNNER
SACO
SAGAWAMICK
SAKARISSA
SALUDA
SALVAGE
SAN ONOFRE
SAND CASTER
SANTAQUIN
SASSA
SASSACUS
SATAGO
SATANTA
SAUGUS
SEA FIGHTER
SEA SHADOW
SECOTA
SEGWARUSA
SENASQUA
SHABONEE
SHAHASKA
SHAMOKIN
SHIPPINGPORT
SIKIS
SKENANDOA
SMOHALLA
STEADFAST
SUITLAND
SUSTAIN
TACONNET
TAKOS
TAMAQUA
TATARRAY
TAZHIA
TENSAW
TOKA
TOMAHAWK
TONKAWA
TONTOCANY
TOPAWA
TORSK
TUSCUMBIA
TUSKEGEE
TUTAHACO
UNDAUNTED
VAGA
WABANAQUOT
WAHAKA
WAHPETON
WAHPETON
WAHTAH
WALLACUT
WANAMASSA
WANETA
WANNALANCET
WAPAKONETA
WAPATO
WASHAKIE
WATERFORD
WATHENA
WATSEKA
WAUBANSEE
WAUKEGAN
WAUWATOSA
WAWASEE
WAXAHACHIE
WEEHAWKEN
WENATCHEE
WENONAH
WEST MILTON
WHIPSTOCK
WHITE BUSH
WINAMAC
WINDIGO
WINDLASS
WINDSOR
WINGINA
WINNEMUCCA
WOONSOCKET
WOVOKA
YANABA
YANEGUE
YATANOCAS
YONAGUSKA
YUMA
Courtesy of the United States Service Craft Registry.
thats disgusting!! Have you no better things to do with your time!! ;) :P


On topic:
358: The Unsinkable (guaranteed to be attacked by uber-sea-monster)
359: The Sinkable (everyone will run, thinking its a bluff)
360: The Sahuagin Surprise
361: The Seasparkle
362: The Lusty Mermaid
363: The Broken Mast
364: Ship
365: Years End
366: New Year
367: Pearl Hunter
368: The Interceptor
369: Ol' Girl
370: The Depth Challenger
Capt. Pixel

03-21-07, 12:28 AM
So far my group has commandeered "The Tentacle",
bought the "S.S. B.I.L." (S**t Sounds Better In Latin),
fought, defeated and sold "The Sable Drake" (yes, Naki escaped and re-aquired her ship later- Stormwrack),
and are about to cross paths with "The Black Orchid" and Captain Valance
:cool:
khyron1144

03-21-07, 02:54 AM
375) Mary Celeste
376) Titanic
377) Poseidon
Seeker95

03-21-07, 09:49 AM
thats disgusting!! Have you no better things to do with your time!! ;) :P
Nope.

However, in my defense, it takes much less time to compile many of the things I compile and /sblock than you would think. My Google-fu is quite adept, and my word processing* (Search & Replace) for formatting is faster than anyone I know.

*MS Word at work, and OpenOffice at home.
Rogue Shadows

03-21-07, 10:03 AM
378) Spelljammer
Because it's fun to reference the obsolete

379) Ender's Folly
I have no clue, I just like this name

380) Aglaia
One of the Three Graces in Greek mythos

381) Hispaniola
The ship from Treasure Island

382) Unicron
"I...AM UNICRON..."

383) Starscream
"Megatron respects my abilities as a superior warrior. That's why I'M second in command...and you're on guard duty."

384) Shockwave
"It's not guard duty! I'm a guardian of an entire planet! And I'm significantly understaffed!"
Mogarth_Warheart

03-21-07, 10:40 AM
soybomb
Red Dragon

03-21-07, 12:52 PM
The Kerrigan

The Justice's Sword

The Shadowmoon

The Fortune's Wind

The Black Pearl :P

The Enterprise :P
Journeyman Samwise

03-21-07, 01:09 PM
Until you translate it, of course. :P

Oh hush, it would work in Werewolf.

- Journeyman "Raging Fist of Wotan" Samwise.
Escef

03-21-07, 01:36 PM
DeathTrap
Bucket
SwissCheese
HolyHull
Cursed Life
Liability
Garbage Scow
Patchwork
Floating Vagabond :)
Driftwood
Salvage
Gods' Hatred
Punishment
Bad Karma
I Hate My Life
Please Sink Me, I Need the Insurance Money
F.O.R.D., which would stand for:

Fix Or Repair Daily
:censored:ed-Over, Rebuilt Dredger
:censored:ing Owner's Really Dumb
Found On River Dredging
JasonOrlandoHawk

03-21-07, 04:42 PM
The Stampede

(because everything is more exciting if you add the words "the Stampede.")
anton1066

03-21-07, 07:24 PM
Eager Beaver
Duct Tape
Sea Coffin
DDdreamer

03-23-07, 07:45 AM
S.S CSA(S.S cant stay afloat):P
lordofthe_wog

03-23-07, 11:47 AM
Interpid
Pride of the Homeland
HerbalTea

03-23-07, 11:50 AM
sir sinksalot
made by me
Mpinkard

03-23-07, 11:54 AM
The post seems to have degraded into sillyness, I would however; like to posta few recomended names that I have used over the years in my pirate campaigns.

The Red Witch(Named after the John Wayne movie "Wake of the Red Witch")

Wave Razor

The Broadsword Biter

The Harbinger

Storms Hand

The Dark Lady's Kiss (or Umberlee's Kiss if Forgotten Realms)

Sirien's Bane

Star Chaser

Kraken's Grip

The Dama Rosa(taken from an old Dungeon issue)

The Moon's Shadow (or Selune's Shadow of Forgotten Realms)

Taka Huzd (Hoard Taker)

Rushing Harrow

** 's Cutlass (** could be King, Captian or Owner's first/last name)




I could sit here forever writting names based on information about character's I have played or Run in the past. My Personal Favorites I'll not list here since I want to have in a Published short story.
Stormonu

03-23-07, 12:14 PM
Ship names that have shown up in my current campaign:

The Devil of Portsmouth
The Devil's Maiden
The Lesson of Jetsom (Often called "The Lesson" by its crew, in reference to the trouncing they intend to give to opponents)
The Kraken's Wake
The Sea Witch
Riven's Mast
Technophobe

03-23-07, 07:11 PM
The Salty Tentacle
The Rusty Tub
BrineBreaker
Barnacle Bill's Boullion Bouncer
The_Basilisk

03-23-07, 07:27 PM
I've run 3 seafaring campaigns before. I can't remember the name of the first ship though. The others were:

-Dragonfang
-my personal fav, The Timbershark
later, when it became a flying ship, renamed the Timberhawk
Damior

03-23-07, 10:02 PM
The Unsinkable II, cause the unsinkable went down in a big explosion type thing- Not dnd, movie, book or real life. Boy Scouts, figure that one out

The Phoenix Royal- Perigan Naval Longship in my current campaign

The Dauntless

The Interceptor

The Black Pearl

w00t Pirates of the Caribbean! Johnny Depp is teh p0wner!
Rogue Elendae

03-26-07, 01:41 AM
Lost track of the numbering a while back, but here's some I've used in my games and a few stories I've been writing:

The Rebellious Wolf
The Aeon's Rebellion (mind you, this ship name was used in a FFX fanfic. Dunno how it'd apply outside of that world setting)
The Leviathan Ascendant
The Errant Wraith
The Event Horizon
The Stormrunner

and, for those Pokemon fans out there: The Saint Anne (guaranteed to sink due to villains who never expect retaliation, with intrepid heroes and hapless bad guys aboard)
_Jayne_Cobb_

03-26-07, 09:22 AM
The Dirty Sanchez
The Rusty Trombone
Manwe

03-26-07, 12:11 PM
Can't believe it hasn't been suggested yet.

The Pequod.
Escef

03-26-07, 02:24 PM
Can't believe it hasn't been suggested yet.

The Pequod.

Yeah, two people suggested The Black Pearl before anyone suggested the Moby Dick reference.

And now, some slightly more serious than my last batch suggestions:

Argo
Predator
Weatherlight
Raptor
Axalon
Nemesis
Ark
Lucitania
Titan
Dread (predatory animal) (Dreadwolf, Dreadfalcon, Dreadlion)
smeagol_lied

03-26-07, 04:12 PM
George

The midnight wreckage
The admiral's wrath
The soul of storm
SeptimusMagistos

03-26-07, 05:30 PM
The Blank
Shedeo

03-26-07, 07:36 PM
A former character in a game of mine "grew up" to own a ship with this name-

The Adrift.
RedRory

03-26-07, 07:51 PM
Nostromo (ship from Alien, :D Joseph Conrad novel)

Indefatigble (Horatio Hornblower)
Leopard (Patrick O Brian)
Ariel (Patrick O Brian)
Medusa
Temeraire (Trafalgarl)
H.M.S. Victory (Nelson's ship at Trafalgar)
Defiance (Trafalgar)
Minotaur (Trafalgar)
Formidable (Trafalgar)
Intrepid (Trafalgar)

The Perilous Halibut
Scheherazad
Link182

03-26-07, 08:38 PM
The Stugots, well if your a Soprano's fan anyway

The Laughin' Halfing

The Ugly Ogre
Fencerboy

03-26-07, 10:43 PM
Honestly, stop saying the Black Pearl.

The Ark is just freakin' awesome though, definately going to be a leaky old rowboat in my campaign sometime!! :D
obrysii

03-26-07, 11:50 PM
Enterprise
DragonStrife

03-27-07, 07:07 PM
Dragon's Strife
Midnight Cloud
North Star
Time Trap
Freezing Gale
Sword of (insert famous hero)
The Scavenge
The River's Shore
Master of Shadows
Mistress of Mythes
King's Might
Queen's Furry
The Prospect
The Tempest
The Night's Song
hope this helps!
UAMDB

03-27-07, 08:04 PM
I cant believe no one mentioned the best name for a ship yet

The Sloop John B.