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| Ship | Operator | Film | Producer/Date | Notes |
Andrea Doria (or Cristoforo Colombo) | Italian Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self - end of film |
| Andrea Doria | Italian Line | Ghost Ship | 2002 | Large scale model of Andria Doria as the fictional Antonia Graza |
| Atlanta | CIL | Educating Rita | 1983 | Played self at quayside |
| Benediction | ? | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Ben-My-Chree [V] | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self laid up Vittoria Dock |
| Brave Merchant | Norse Merchant Ferries | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes |
| Caesarea | Sealink | Neither the Sea Nor the Sand | 1972 | |
| Canberra | P&O | Diamonds Are Fore Ever | 1971 | Played self |
| Canterbury | Southern Railway | Lavender Hill Mob | 1951 | Played self |
| Glen Usk | P&A Campbell | Tiger Bay | 1959 | Played Self (Previous entry for this film incorrect) |
| Clan Alpine | Clan Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Constitution | American Export Lines | An Affair to Remember | 1957 | Plays self |
| Crested Eagle | General Steam Nav. Co | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Studio model / set seen sinking at pier. |
| Dawn Merchant | Norse Merchant Ferries | 51st State | 2001 | Played self |
| Empress of France | Canadian Pacific Rly Co. | The Magnet | 1950 | Played self |
| Fenella II | Isle of Man Steam Packet | Penny Paradise | 1938 | Played self |
| Franconia II | Cunard | Too Much Money | 1926 | Played self |
| Free Enterprise I | Townsend Thoresen | The Italian Job | 1969 | Played Self |
| Free Enterprise II | Townsend Thoresen | San Ferry Ann | 1965 | Played self |
| Freshbrook | ? | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self? |
| Granuaile [II] | CIL | Educating Rita | 1980s | Played self at quayside |
| Ille de France | French Line | The Last Voyage | 1960 | Played SS Clarendon in a disaster movie and actually sunk for the part. |
| Invicta | British Railways | San Ferry Ann | 1960s | Played self |
| Ivernia | Cunard | The Mouse That Roared | 1959 | Played Self |
| Jeremiah O'Brien | | Titanic | 1998 | Titanic Engine Room Scenes |
| John Hawkins | Great Western Railway | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Plays self |
| Jonathan Swift | Irish Continental Group | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Played self - visible in Great South Wall scenes |
| J Farley | Wallasey Ferries | The Magnet | [1940s/50s?] | Played self |
| Kista Dan | J, Lauritzen | Hell Below Zero | 1954 | Played Ice Breaker in Film |
| Koningin Beatrix | Stena Line | Felicia's Journey | 1999 | Played self, supposedly leaving Rosslare, but was in fact leaving Fishguard! |
| Lady of Mann [I] | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Played Self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | Sea Co/IoMSPCo | The Boxer | 1997 | Played self |
| Lady of Mann [II] | Sea Co/IoMSPCo | The Commitments | 1991 | Played self |
| Lady Patricia | Arthur Guinness & Co | Hear My Song | 1991 | Played self |
| Lady Patricia | Arthur Guinness & Co | Far and Away | 1992 | Filmed on foredeck - heavily disguised |
| Largs Bay | Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line | A Night to Remember | 1958 | "Titanic" |
| Lochmore or Lochness | David MacBrayne | Whisky Galore | 1949 | |
| Liparus | Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Played self |
| Lurline | Matson Line | From Here to Eternity | 1953 | |
| Manx Maid | IoMSPCo | Letter to Brezhnev | 1985 | Played self laid up Vittoria Dock |
| Manxman [I] | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Depicted by Studio Set |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | SOS Titanic | 1979 | "Carpathia" |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | Yentl | 1982 | Russian Emigrant ship "Moskva" |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | The Mission | 1982 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Manxman [II] | IoMSPCo | Chariots of Fire | 1980 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Mauretania II | Cunard | The Lady Eve | 1941 | Played "SS Southern Queen" |
| Massey Shaw | London County Council | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self (fire boat) |
| Maxim Gorkiy | Sovcomflot | Terror on the Britannic (Juggernaut) | 1974 | Played "SS Britannic" |
| Medway Queen | Medway Steam Packet Co | Dunkirk | Ealing Films 1958 | Played self |
| Miranda Guinness | Arthur Guinness & Co | Hear My Song | 1991 | Played self |
| Mona's Isle | IoMSPCo | Chariots of Fire | 1980 | Played cross channel steamer |
| Mona's Queen | IoMSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Played Self |
| Nieuw Amsterdam | Holland America Line | On The Waterfront | 1954 | Played self |
| Oswestry Grange | Houlder Brothers | Tiger Bay | 1959 | Played the "Paloma" registeredin Caracas |
| Prince of Scandinavia [?] | Scandinavian Seaways | Still Crazy | 1998 | |
| Queen Elizabeth | Cunard | Next to No Time | 1959 | Played self |
| Queen Elizabeth 2 | Cunard | "The Magic Christian" | 1969 | Played self |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | The Aviator | 2004 | Played self ? |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | SOS Titanic | 1979 | "Titanic" |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | |
| Queen Mary | Cunard | Assault on A Queen | 1966 | Played Self |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Titanic 2 | 2010 | Played fictional ship Titanic 2 |
| Queen Mary | ex-Cunard | Britannic | 1997 | Played Britannic some scenes. Others computer generated. |
| Queen Mary | Cunard | Dodsworth | 1936 | Played self |
| Quiberon | Brittany Ferries | Wycliffe | 1990s | Played self arriving Millbay |
| Rex | Italian Line | Dodsworth | 1936 | Played Self |
| Roebuck | British Railways (ex GWR) | Heroes of Telemark | 1964 (filmed 1964) | Played SS Galtesund |
| Seabourn Legend | Carnival Corporation | Speed 2 - Cruise Control | 1997 | Played self in a hi-jack drama |
| SF Ammonia | Norsk Transport | Heros of Telemark | 1965 | Plays SF Hydro of 1914 a ship of similar design |
| St. Cicilia | Wightlink | Aime Ton Pere [Honour They Father] | 2002 | Plays fictious "Norse Link" Baltic ferry. |
| St. Trillo | Liverpool & North Wales S.S. Co | Hindle Wakes | 1952 | |
| Scammonden | ESL | Yanks | 1979 | US Troop Ship |
| Shieldhall | Solent Steam Nav. Co | Angela's Ashes | Paramount 1999 | "Sartroculus" in opening scenes"Irish Oak", closing sequence. |
| Shieldhall | Solent Steam Nav. Co | Jewels | 1992 | Played Southern Railway Train Ferry |
| Siren [?] | Ocean Surveys | Michael Collins | 1996 | CDSPCo Ferry |
| Sir Joseph Bazelgette | Dublin Corporation | Borstal Boy | 1999 | Ferry |
| Sir Joseph Bazelgette | Dublin Corporation | Johnny Starlight | 1998 | War Transport [interior] |
| Snaefell [?] | IoMSPCo | Alligator Called Daisy | 1955 | Cross Channel Ferry |
| Stena Europe | Stena Line | Baltic Storm | 2003 | Plays ESTONIA |
| Stena Explorer (HSS) | Stena Line | The General | 1998 | Appears as herself at Dún Laoghaire. Appearance is an anachronism as the film is supposed to be set in the 1980s. |
| Stena Forwarder | Stena Line | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes |
| Southern Harvester | Christian Salvesen | Hell Below Zero | 1954 | |
| Ulysses | Irish Continental Group | Veronica Guerin | 2003 | Plays self, visible in opening aerial scenes |
| Viking | IoMPSPCo | No Limit | 1935 | Plays self - visible in harbour scene |
| Waverley | Waverley Steam Navigation Co | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | |
| Westerdam [ex Homeric] | Holland America Line | Out to Sea | 1997 | |
| Windsor Castle | Union Castle | Doctor In Trouble | 1962 | Played fictitious "Golden Horn" |
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the following for contributing to this list: Gary Andrews, Dave Butler, Wayen Blackburn, Neil Ralphs, Adrian Sweeney, Patrick Hill, Graham Mackenzie, Mathias Wolff, David Fairclough, Colin Smith, John Williams, G Harmon the Ostend Ferry Crew, Matt Cross, Mike Edmondson, Tony Sheehan, Richard Seville, Bill Hamilton, Kevin Bennett, George T. Prince, Richard O'Shea,Lester May Kierran, Andrew Hall, Michael Grace, Andrew Rutter and John Thomas. |
