Valhalla Rising

Book (Chapter) indicates the chapter(s) in which the vessel (either fictitious or historic) is actually in the adventure and excludes references in which the vessel is only discussed.

Book (Chapter)* indicates the chapter(s) in which the vessel (either fictitious or historic) is only mentioned in the book.

Vessel:

Skipper:

Book (Chapter):

Abraham Lincoln, an U.S. Navy ship.

 

Valhalla Rising (Monster from the Deep, 37)*

Abyss Navigator, a NUMA submersible on board the Deep Encounter.

Al Giordino

Valhalla Rising (13, 16)
Alabama, a battleship.
  • Sunk by the Kearsarge.
    		•

    Valhalla Rising (Prologue, 37)*

    Albacore

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (57)*
    Alfred Aultman, an U.S. Navy vessel.
  • Mercury, a Navy deep submergence rescue vehicle, is on board.

    • Lt. Commander Mike Turner

    Valhalla Rising (31)

    Ancient Mariner, a NUMA submersible.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (7*, 9)

    Arvor III

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (49)*

    Atocha

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (13)*

    Audacious, a tug owned by the Quest Marine Offshore Company.

    Captain Jock McDermott

    Valhalla Rising (8)

    Australian guided missile frigate.

    Captain Harlow

    Valhalla Rising (7, 8)

    Bonhomme Richard

    John Paul Jones

    Valhalla Rising (37, 49)*

    Carpathia

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (5)*

    Central America

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (13)*

    Compass Rose, coastal cargo carrier.

    		 

    Valhalla Rising (31)

    Coral Wanderer, a submarine yacht.

    Captain Jimmy Flett

    Valhalla Rising (49, 51, 52)
    Deep Encounter, a NUMA survey ship.
  • Abyss Navigator, a NUMA submersible, is on board.
  • Sea Sleuth, an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) is on board.

    • Captain Burch

    Valhalla Rising (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21)

    Dive thrusters.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (18)

    Earl of Wattlesfield, a British containership owned by Collins and West Shipping Lines.

    Captain Malcom Nevins

    Valhalla Rising (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

    Edinburgh

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (13)*
    Emerald Dolphin, a luxury cruise ship owned by Blue Sea Criuse Lines.

    Captain Jack Waitkus

    		 Valhalla Rising (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13)
    Essex, a whaling ship.
  • The basis of Melville's Moby Dick.

    • Valhalla Rising (37)*

    Evacuation pods on the Golden Marlin.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (30, 31)

    Golden Marlin, a luxury submarine owned by Blue Seas Cruise Lines.

    Captain Baldwin

    Valhalla Rising (29, 30, 31, 32)

    Great Eastern, an ocean liner.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (53, 55)*

    Helena, a Navy gunboat.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (Monster from the Deep)*
    Housatonic, a Union sloop-of-war.
  • Sunk by the Hunley.
    		•   

    Valhalla Rising (37)*

    Hunley, a Confederate submarine.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (37, 49)*

    Huron, a Coast Guard cutter.

    Captain Buck Compton

    Valhalla Rising (46)

    Joseph Ryan, a Coast Guard cutter.

    		 

    Valhalla Rising (31)
    Kearsarge, a wooden-hulled warship (US Navy frigate) sunk by a man-made vessel that resembles a whale.
  • Sunk the Alabama.

    • Captain Leigh Hunt

    Valhalla Rising (Monster from the Deep, 37)*

    King Zeus, an oil tanker.

    		 

    Valhalla Rising (31)

    Lusitania

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (29)*

    Maine

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (24)*

    Mercury, a Navy deep submergence rescue vehicle on board the Alfred Aultman.

    Chief McKirdy

    Valhalla Rising (31, 32)

    Mongol Invader, a LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker owned by Cerberus.

  • Escape submarine.
    		•

    Omo Kanai

    Valhalla Rising (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)

  • Valhalla Rising (52)
    		•

    Morro Castle

    Valhalla Rising (29)*
    Nautilus, a submarine.
  • Based on Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
    		•

    Captain Cameron Amherst

    Valhalla Rising (57)

    Orion, a US Navy oceangoing tug.

    		 

    Valhalla Rising (31)

    Pacific Chimera, an oil tanker.

    Captain Don Walsh

    Valhalla Rising (46)
    H.M.S. Pathfinder, a British ship.
  • Sunk by the U-21.
    		•  

    Valhalla Rising (37)*

    Pegasus, an oil rig work boat owned by Cerebus Corporation.

    Captain Wheeler

    Valhalla Rising (14, 19, 20)

    Periwinkle, a motor yacht (catamaran).

    Clive Cussler

    Valhalla Rising (16, 17, 18)
    Sea Scout, an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle).
  • Sister vehicle to the Sea Sleuth.
    		•   

    Valhalla Rising (32)
    Sea Sleuth, an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) on board the Deep Encounter.
  • Sister vehicle to the Sea Scout.
    		•   

    Valhalla Rising (12)

    Seigen, a German sub.

    Valhalla Rising (31)*

    Tavda, a Russian sub.

    Valhalla Rising (31)*

    Thruster.

    Valhalla Rising (18)
    Timothy Firme, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
  • Sister ship to the William Shea.
    		•   

    Valhalla Rising (48, 50, 51)

    Titanic.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (3, 5, 12, 29, 31)*
    U-21
  • Sunk the H.M.S. Pathfinder.
    		•  

    Valhalla Rising (37)*
    William Shea, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
  • Sister ship to the Timothy Firme.
    		•

    Admiral Amos Dover

    Valhalla Rising (48, 49, 50, 51)

    Viking knarr.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (Into Oblivion, 57)

    Viking long ship.

    		  

    Valhalla Rising (Into Oblivion)*
    Work boat owned by NUMA, designed for close to shore survey.  

    Valhalla Rising (57)

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