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This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
The 1863 Star of India is the fourth oldest ship afloat in the United States, after the 1797 USS Constitution, 1841 Charles W. Morgan, and the 1854 USS Constellation, and is the oldest ship in the world that still sails regularly. Unlike many preserved or restored vessels, her hull, cabins and equipment are nearly 100% original.
MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic ocean liner Stockholm for Swedish American Line, and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. Ordered in 1944, and commenced service in 1948, at 76 years old, she is the oldest deep water passenger liner still around in a non retired status.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line.With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.
Unicorn's sister ship, HMS Trincomalee, has also been preserved and is the centrepiece of the National Museum of the Royal Navy based in Hartlepool. [6] Trincomalee and Unicorn are the second- and third-oldest ships still afloat, the oldest being the USS Constitution of 1797.
History buffs and boating fans can get a taste of how seafaring life used to be with tours on wind-driven ships and to vintage warships and submarines. 28 Historic Ships That You Can Actually Sail ...
The East Indiaman Götheborg is classified as a passenger ship sailing under the ordinary Swedish flag. But when in port, the ship is entitled to fly the old swallowtailed version of the flag, the SOIC flag (Svenska Ostindiska Companiet, "Swedish East India Company"), that the original vessel sailed under. [37]
Trincomalee is one of two surviving British frigates of her era—her near-sister HMS Unicorn (of the modified Leda class) is now a museum ship in Dundee.After being ordered on 30 October 1812, Trincomalee was built in Bombay, India, by the Wadia family [1] of shipwrights in teak, due to oak shortages in Britain as a result of shipbuilding drives for the Napoleonic Wars.