List of oldest surviving ships

List criteria

With these things in mind, the following are excluded

• Replicas – There is an article on ship replicas.
• Underwater wrecks – There is an index with lists of shipwrecks.
• Ships made after 1918 – This is a list of "oldest" ships launched before 1919.

  The following things are included in this page

• Reconstructed ships – "Restored" is fine as long as the ship retains its original features or some of its original features.
• Wreckage – As long as they are restored in some way and put on display as a museum exhibit. All of the ships listed below include a fully intact or partially intact hull. Ships like the Lady Elizabeth are still considered to be surviving despite their current condition of not being preserved.

  Legend

• N/A indicates that information is unavailable or yet to be evaluated.

  Oldest ships

Before 500 AD

500–1400s AD

1500s–1859