Poseidon (ship name)
# Poseidon (ship name)

Poseidon has been the name of a number of ships, both real and in fiction.

## Real ships

* SS Poseidon was 1968–1969 the name of a steam cargo ship built in 1941 for the British Government and originally named Empire Ballard.
* BN Poseidon was 1951–1959 the name of a coastal tanker launched in 1942 as Empire Faun
* ST Poseidon was 1973–1976 the name of a steam tug built in 1941 for the British Government and originally named Empire Fir.
* HMS Poseidon was a Royal Navy Parthian-class submarine, launched in 1929 and sunk in 1931.
* USS Poseidon (ARL-12) was a United States Navy Achelous-class repair ship, built in 1944 and sold off in 1961.
* Greek submarine Poseidon (S-78), a Gato-class submarine

## In fiction

* Poseidon (fictional ship), the subject of the 1969 novel The Poseidon Adventure as well as the films based on that novel: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Poseidon Adventure (2005), and Poseidon (2006).
* USS Poseidon, a US Navy attack submarine in the 2005 film Phantom Below.
