History Main / CoolBoat

* The ''Dawn Treader" from ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', which Caspian sailed to the Uttermost East, and back.

* The ''Yabba Dabba Doo'', the eco-terrorist Dufresne's vessl from ''Literature/SewerGasAndElectric'', is the only submarine in history to boast an on-board arboretum [[spoiler:that's also the escape-capsule]], a polka-dot paint job, and hamster tubing threaded through its interior alongside the wires and pipes.

* The ''Prince Alfra'' is the titular "The Iron Ship" in the first book of K.M. Mckinley's ''The Gates of the World'' trilogy. ''Prince Alfra'' is the world's first oceanic iron ship in a world dominated by ships made of pumice-like floatstone. On a world where the seas are haunted by the undead and other beings, the iron hull makes the Alfra impervious to supernatural attack. The Alfra is powered by a unique design of ''glimmer engines'', normally iron and the magical glimmer are anaethma to each other but experimental alchemical treatments enable the combination. These glimmer engines and a prototype paddle wheel/screw propeller propulsion system give the ''Prince Alfra'' unequaled speed and strength.

* The 'Dawn Treader" from ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', which Caspian sailed to the Uttermost East, and back.

* ''The Iron Ship'' by K.M [=McKinley=] has the titular iron ship. In a world with an ocean haunted by the undead and monsters, sailing long distances isn't feasible because almost all ships are made with a pumice-like stone that offers little protection. Enter the prototype ship, made with a hull of treated iron, the metal is an anaethma to the touch for the undead and strong enough to withstand sea monster tentacles and ramming attacks. The ship also has unique method of propulsion. It uses an engine that mixes metal pellets with a magical fluid to create an enormous but controlled explosive reaction. This gives the ship unparalleled speed and range.

** The King of the Sea from the novel of the same name: an ironclad warship originally named Nebraska and built in Oregon for the Sultan of Shemmeridan, it's literally the mightiest ship of the whole world, with thicker armor, larger main guns (four of them in two turrets) and greater speed than anything anyone else had built to that point. As soon as he learns that the new Sultan of Shemmeridan refused to buy it (and left the builders the money paid in advance), Yanez bought it for twice the requested price-and found out the ship was so invincible he had still bought it cheap.

** In the ''''ComicBook/BatmanReignOfTerror'' Creator/{{Elseworlds}}, [[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]] Batman has a ship with bat-shaped sails.

* Various incarnations of the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batboat]]. Especially the ones that turn into a Batsub.
** In the ''Captain Leatherwing'' {{Elseworld}}, Pirate Batman has the Flying Fox.
** In the ''Reign of Terror'' {{Elseworld}}, [[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]] Batman has a ship with bat-shaped sails.
* Kate Kane and Julia Pennyworth operate out of the ''Sequoia'', a large motoryacht that houses all of Kate's gear and vehicles, in ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth''.

* ''Iron Man Noir'' features Stark Industries' ''Happy Hogan'', a ''very'' small submersible with just enough room for four people (plus enough headroom to stand), and Captain Namor's ''Lady Dorma'', a sub easily twice the ''Hogan'''s size and with a lot more power.

* A literal one appears in ''[[ComicBook/{{Swordquest}} Swordquest: Waterworld]]'' -- the ''Ice Queen'', a pirate ship made entirely out of ice.
* The escape submarine concealed in a "sinking" motorboat that the villain uses in the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' book ''[[Recap/TintinTheRedSeaSharks The Red Sea Sharks]]''.

* In ''Super Snail'' from [=QCPlay=] Limited, in Britland the ability that Super Snail has is being able to purchase a naval fleet from the Age of Sail. This is one of the best abilities as the fleet will deliver an opening salvo on enemies including [[BossBattle the Apostles there]] as well as allow you to explore various ocean kingdoms. Your fleet include highly fictionalized versions of real-life ships - the Caravel is a [[ThisIsADrill anime-style drill ship]] while the [[TheAestheticsOfTechnology futuristic Royal Battleship]] carries a high tech {{BFG}} on its deck, as well as some more fantastical examples. Super Snail can have up to 5 vessels from among the following: Caravel, Hansa Sailboat, Yamato Warship, Galleon, Corvette, Light Cruiser, Flemish Galleon,Turtle Ship, Royal Battleship, Carrack, Fortune Ship, Venetian Gunboat, HMS Victory, Soleil Royal, St. Trinidad, Roma Ranger and the Treasure Tree. The Roma Ranger is the sole non-sailing ship and an expy of the giant mecha [[Film/PacificRim Gypsy Danger]] while the Treasure Tree is a sailed vessel with a magical tree and seven treasures to house a miniature world in its branches The Treasure Tree is unusually small, but all its artifacts and magic circles make it extremely powerful especially for its small size. Finally there's the unlockable Ghost Ship which is available after finding all the other ships, the Ghost Ship gains more power for how many Wails it collects from your fallen sailors - and you'll have thousands of those.

* In ''Super Snail'' from [=QCPlay=] Limited, in Britland the ability that Super Snail has is being able to purchase a naval fleet from the Age of Sail. This is one of the best abilities as the fleet will deliver an opening salvo on [[BossBattle the Apostles there]] as well as allow you to explore various ocean kingdoms. Your fleet include highly fictionalized versions of real-life ships - the Caravel is a [[ThisIsADrill anime-style drill ship]] while the [The[AestheticsOfTechnology futuristic Royal Battleship]] carries a high tech {{BFG}} on its deck, as well as some more fantastical examples. Super Snail can up to 5 vessels from among

* In ''The Bone Ships'', from RJ Barker, all bone ships are cool seeing as they're made from the skeleton of an arakeesian (sea dragon). But when Lucky Meas Gilbryn, the greatest "[[CallARabbitASmeerp Shipwife]]" of the 100 Islands is introduced, the protagonist Joron Twiner especially notes that her previous command was the ''Arakeesian Dread''. This was one of the last ships from a sea dragon old enough to develop 5 ribs. The Dread had a skull prow/metal-encased battering ram longer than an average ship and a crown of floating corpselights (imprisoned souls). For firepower it had 20 gallowbows (ballista) and banks of crossbows below deck, as well as a crew of 400 to row and keep the Dread a brilliant white.

* In ''The Bone Ships'', all bone ships are cool seeing as they're made from the skeleton of an arakeesian (sea dragon). But when Meas "Lucky" Gilbryn, the greatest "[[CallARabbitASmeerp Shipwife]]" of the 100 Islands is introduced, the protagonist Joron Twiner especially notes that her previous command was the ''Arakeesian Dread''. This was one of the last ships from a sea dragon old enough to develop 5 ribs. The Dread had a skull prow/metal-encased battering ram longer than an average ship and a crown of floating corpselights (imprisoned souls). For firepower it had 20 gallowbows (ballista) and banks of crossbows below deck, as well as a crew of 400 to row and keep the Dread a brilliant white.

* In the ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' video game, [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Transformers}} Tidal Wave]] ''is'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymNA87LSVg the Cool Boat.]] And did I mention that he's the biggest Transformer in the game ''by a long shot?'']]
* VideoGame/{{Undertow}}:

* One of [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi's]] transformations in ''Yoshi's Universal Gravitation'' is a boat that navigates though the waters you get to tilt in some stages.

** The ''Utan Sonar'' and ''Victory Hunter'' captained by Shoujou and Mashira, respectively. As the name implies, the ''Utan Sonar'' has a sonar beacon that is powered by [[MakeMeWannaShout Shoujou's voice]] -- and while the masts of most sailing ships are made out of an entire tree's trunk, ''Sonar'''s masts are actual, living trees. ''Victory Hunter'' has a giant clamp on the front (that looks like a Cymbal Clapping Monkey) that can be used to pull up stuff from the bottom of the ocean.

* ''The Iron Ship'' by K.M [=McKinley=] has the titular iron ship. In a world with an ocean haunted by the undead and monsters, sailing long distances isn't feasible because almost ships are made with a pumice-like stone that offers little protection. Enter the prototype ship, made with a hull of treated iron, the metal is an anaethma to the touch for the undead and strong enough to withstand sea monster tentacles and ramming attacks. The ship also has unique method of propulsion. It uses an engine that mixes metal pellets with a magical fluid to create an enormous but controlled explosive reaction. This gives the ship unparalleled speed and range.

* In ''The Bone Ships'', all bone ships are cool seeing as they're made from the skeleton of an arakeesian (sea dragon). But when Meas "Lucky" Gilbryn, the greatest "[[CallARabbitASmeerp Shipwife]] of the 100 Islands is introduced, the protagonist Joron Twiner especially notes that her previous command was the ''Arakeesian Dread''. This was one of the last ships from a sea dragon old enough to develop 5 ribs. The Dread had a skull prow/metal-encased battering ram longer than an average ship and a crown of floating corpselights (imprisoned souls). For firepower it had 20 gallowbows (ballista) and banks of crossbows below deck, as well as a crew of 400 to row and keep the Dread a brilliant white.

* Thunder from ''Series/ThunderInParadise''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', the pirate Sea Hawk has the Solar Sailor, a pirate ship that can operate in water.. [[IfItSwimsItFlies and in the air]], being able to fly thanks to solar-powered sails.

* The Nautilus from Disney's ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.

* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' featured the enormous ''U.S.S. FLAGG'', which featured in the cartoon and the toys (in which it was a huge 7-foot playset).

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', villain Black Manta has ''two'' cool subs. A smaller, slimmer and clean-designed one, used by a few operatives in specific missions, and a much bigger and bulkier one (enough to store the smaller one inside it with room to spare) serving as a mobile base. Given that both are manta-shaped, the smaller one looks like a juvenile offspring of the bigger one. In the second season, it becomes [[RuleOfSymbolism very symbolic]], as [[spoiler:the smaller one is usually piloted by Manta's son Kaldur/Aqualad, who took the identity of Black Manta II(Kaldur was still a good guy, but was [[TheMole undercover]]), while his father usually stayed in the bigger manta-sub]].

-->'''Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft,''
-->''And oh, how the wild winds drove her.''
-->''She'd got several blasts, she'd twenty-seven masts,''

* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'': Well, more like "Cool Submarine": The ''Yonoa'' has an interior which one can see from far away, especially in the HD remaster. Besides the Control Room (with portraits of [[BigBad Commander Sith]]) and the Engine Room, the sub also has (from left) an entertainment center, a laundry room, a mess hall, and a crew cabin. And above the mess hall is a luxurious Captain's Cabin with a golden four-poster or canopy bed, which is probably Commander Sith's way of sleeping at night. It's no wonder the sub is so luxurious.

* ''VideoGame/ActOfWar'' ExpansionPack, High Treason, allows you to build modern warships like the experimental [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Shadow_%28IX-529%29 IX-529 Sea Shadow]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt_class_destroyer DD(X) Class Destroyer]] along with more classical [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke_class_destroyer DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer]].

* Parodied in Website/SomethingAwful's "[[https://www.somethingawful.com/news/ship-sail-magnificent/ A Most Magnificent Ship]]." The ship in question is made of the most beautiful materials in the world with [[AwesomeButImpractical no regard for whether they'll withstand a moment's use]]. For starters, its hull is made of paper-thin porcelain.

* Parodied in Website/SomethingAwful's "[[https://www.somethingawful.com/news/ship-sail-magnificent/ A Most Magnificent Ship]]." The ship in question is made of the most beautiful materials in the world with no regard for whether they'll withstand a moment's use. For starters, its hull is made of paper-thin porcelain.

* ''Roleplay/TVTropesRollToDodge'':The Jetbus becomes ''seaworthy'' seaworthy after upgrading.