Summary
- Ships in One Piece reflect crew personalities and experiences through unique designs and functions.
- Each ship, from Grudge Dolph to Queen Mama Chanter, embodies a distinct theme that complements its crew.
- The Thousand Sunny, a reliable masterpiece, stands out as a key asset for the Straw Hat Pirates' adventures.
Ships in One Piece are more than just a means of transportation; they represent everything the crew riding them has faced and stands for. The chips in its woodwork—or whatever it is made of—are signs of grand adventures, telling stories of battles fought, dreams achieved, and bonds forged. While some of these One Piece ships appear plain, like the boilerplate marine ships heavily focused on function, others exhibit personality.
One Piece: A Straw Hat Pirate Is Getting His Own Spin-Off
A new One Piece spin off has been revealed. It revolves around a beloved Straw Hat pirate.
Be it through designs ranging from suspicious to divine or by bonding through thick and thin with their crew, these ships have ingrained themselves in the minds and hearts of crews and fans, sailing the seas—or clouds—as characters of their own.
10 Sexy Foxy - Foxy Pirates
Brimming With Trickery And Deviousness
- First Appearance: Chapter 304
Considering Foxy’s success when it comes to deception, the Sexy Foxy exhibits a devious personality that is on par with, if not greater than, its captain's. It is filled with several deadly traps, from rooms with completely spiked floors to trapdoors that spit their victims out of the ship.
As if to play the part of the quote “as sly as a fox,” the ship is adorned with a fox's head, tail, and paws that can trap smaller pirate ships. The little fame Foxy has for his Davy Back Fights would be non-existent without this ship.
9 Polar Tang - Heart Pirates
The Silent Predator Beneath The Waves
- First Appearance: Chapter 578
When it comes to being sneaky and undetectable, leave it to the Polar Tang. As a submarine, it loves to pop up at just the right moment to save the day. Without it, One Piece probably would have ended at Marineford, along with Luffy’s dreams, as the unconscious Straw Hat Captain would’ve been unable to escape.
One Piece: How Trafalgar Law's Ending May Be Tragic
Trafalgar Law was one of the Straw Hat's most valuable allies after the timeskip, which may lead to his ending being heartbreaking!
Its personality reflects that of its captain, whose movement, unless right before one’s eyes, is very unpredictable. As one of the most unique vessels to sail the Grand Line and beyond, it is a shame the Polar Tang got destroyed by unfortunate circumstances.
8 Victoria Punk - Kid Pirates
A Heavy Metal Monster
- First Appearance: Chapter 581
While the Victoria part of its name originates from the deceased childhood friend of Kid and Killer, the Punk part is the perfect fit for this beast of a ship. Decorated with a dinosaur skull as the figurehead, dinosaur ribs on the side, and another skull on the deck behind the already menacing figurehead, this ship screams edgy and wild, rebelliousness at its peak.
It perfectly complements the Kid Pirates' tyrannical and defiant nature. Sadly, this defiant nature led to Victoria Punk's destruction by Dorry and Brogy, and its remnants are probably splattered across the New World’s seabed.
7 Grudge Dolph - Hawkins Pirates
The Sailing Curse
- First Appearance: Chapter 581
Bedecked with several voodoo dolls and giant nails that are in tune with Hawkins’ eerie aura and his devil fruit abilities, the Grudge Dolph looks like something out of the workshop of a wizard shipwright. It has such an ominous vibe that one would expect dark, thunderous clouds to accompany it everywhere.
Everything about this ship seems ritualistic and cursed, right down to the cabin, which is unsurprisingly made out of straws, and a large candle that seems to count the crew’s days. Laying eyes on this ship feels like the trigger for an unfortunate day—or an unfortunate life.
6 Queen Mama Chanter - Big Mom Pirates
Sweet Tooth Horror
- First Appearance: Chapter 730
If one is trying to put a stop to their sweet tooth tendencies, the Queen Mama Chanter is the one place to avoid. It displays everything sweet and tasty, from candy canes and wafers on different sides to a large two-tiered cake behind its clown figurehead.
Not only does the ship portray a delightfully horrid personality, looking to trap its opponents in layers of icing and flour, but it is also alive. Thanks to Big Mom’s Devil Fruit, it gleefully sings the word “Ship” as it sails the seas and has even been shown to express fear when damaged.
5 The Ark Maxim - Enel
The Divine War Machine
- First Appearance: Chapter 277
Built by the Divine Squad of Skypiea, albeit forcefully, this ship exudes an otherworldly persona just like its owner, the self-proclaimed god Enel. Despite its massive structure, embellished with a throne and a large golden face towering above it, it is capable of flight, all the way to the moon. It even has a failsafe for its power supply.
One Piece: How Strong is Enel?
Enel was countered perfectly by Luffy, making him the hardest One Piece villain to analyze in terms of power. So just how strong is he really?
Aside from mirroring personalities with Enel, The Ark Maxim also aids him in launching unconventional and devastating attacks. It can create storm clouds that pair almost too perfectly with Enel’s Goro Goro No Mi, making it more of a holy weapon than a ship.
4 Hitsugibune - Dracule Mihawk
Death In A Dinghy
- First Appearance: Chapter 49
Minimalist? Yes. Menacing? Absolutely. The Hitsugibune is more of a raft, but the adventures it has been through and the seas it has crossed make it worthy of being referred to as a ship. With a mast that looks like a crucifix and green-flamed candles on both sides, this ship’s morbid disposition is in line with its name, which means "Coffin Boat," and its structure, which looks like its name.
Big enough for just one man, this ship proves that when a character has as much aura and presence as Mihawk, they need nothing else to traverse the Grand Line.
3 Thriller Bark - Thriller Bark Pirates
The Horror House Of The Seas
- First Appearance: Chapter 446
Originally an island, Thriller Bark is one of the largest ships in One Piece, if not the largest. It is home to a graveyard, an undead forest filled with zombies resembling Frankenstein, and a crew with a gothic personality. The ship itself expresses the same ghostly aura, with the thick fog and props one would expect in a horror movie.
In retrospect, the ship was the movie, as it was the location for the Thriller Bark arc. It was destined to wander the Florian Triangle after Gecko Moria’s defeat, but he came back to reclaim it, using it to sail to Pirate Island.
2 Thousand Sunny - Straw Hat Pirates
Franky’s Reliable Masterpiece
- First Appearance: Chapter 436
The Thousand Sunny may not have the same emotional ties to the Straw Hats as its predecessor, but its reliable nature makes it one of the best ships in One Piece. Built from the strongest and finest wood, it is the culmination of the wishes of each Straw Hat with regard to their new home, and is as sturdy as they come.
One Piece: This Straw Hat Could Have Eaten The Mera Mera no Mi
Things would have been a lot different if Franky had eaten the Mera Mera no Mi.
As Franky’s lovechild, the ship has a ton of features that have saved its merry crew multiple times, especially the Coup de Burst that serves as their last resort when escaping, and they treat this vessel like a part of the crew.
1 Going Merry - Straw Hat Pirates
The Ship That Was Like Family
- First Appearance: Chapter 41
Nothing will tug at the heartstrings of the Straw Hats like the Going Merry, the crew's first official ship. It may not have been the best ship in terms of sturdiness or function, but it endured the rough seas as best it could and was loved and taken care of to the point that it developed a Klabautermann.
The Going Merry’s Klabautermann could sail and repair the ship independently, and even reveal itself to those who care for it. When it finally could not take any more, the Going Merry received a touching Viking funeral at Water 7.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Directors
- Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Cast
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Mayumi TanakaMonkey D. Luffy (voice) -
Kazuya NakaiRoronoa Zoro (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Writers
- Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
- Franchise(s)
- One Piece
- Creator(s)
- Eiichiro Oda
- Seasons
- 21
- Studio
- Toei Animation
- Number of Episodes
- 1122
