Surprise - Ships

Ships

  • HMS Surprise, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
    • HMS Surprise (novel), a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian
  • USS Surprise, the name of several United States Navy ships
  • HMS Surprise (replica ship), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • HMS Surprize (1746), a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy
  • Surprize (ship), convict ship sailed to Australia 1790
  • Surprise (clipper), 1850 clipper ship in the San Francisco and tea trades
  • Surprise (1777), the first American naval ship of the name
  • Surprise (paddle steamer), the first paddle steamer, and the first steam powered vessel, built and run in Australia

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