Boat names

Pequod

Pequod is a Native American whaling ship name.

Name of the boat that appears in the novel Moby-Dick.

Possibly it is a variant of the name “Pequot” which was an old Indian tribe North American.

Its nomenclature derives from the native terms “pekawatawog“, “pequttoog” or “paquatanog” that means “destroyer”.

Perseverance

Perseverance is an English sailboat name.

Pharaon

Pharaon is an English sailboat name.

Name of the ship that appears at the beginning of the novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” written by Alexandre Dumas.

Picasso

Picasso is a Spanish sailboat name.

Name inspired by the Spanish cubist painter Pablo Picasso.

Pinta

La Pinta is a Spanish sailboat name.

One of the ships that Christopher Columbus used to reach America in 1492.

Pinzón brothers

Pinzón brothers is an English sailboat name.

Martín Alonso Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón and Francisco Martín Pinzón were three Spanish navigators who accompanied Christopher Columbus in his discovery of America.

Pleiades

Pleiades is a Greek sailboat name.

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, are an open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. This group of young, hot stars is one of the most visible to the naked eye in the night sky, captivating humanity for millennia. (more…)

Plenitude

Plenitude is an English yacht name.

Plongeur

Plongeur is a French submarine name. Meaning “diver”.

First submarine whose propulsion system was not human traction.

It was built in 1863.

Polaris

Polaris is a Latin sailboat name.

Name of the brightest star in the constellation of the Little Bear. It is also known as the Polar Star or the North Star.

It comes from the Latin term “stella polaris“, literally “polar star”