Ship Tournament

Here we will be doing poll brackets about ships. The floating kind, not the MSR kind. Unless...

Current and planned brackets are as follows:

Best ship names ROUND 1 ROUND 2

Fictional ships (submissions open)

Toxic Yuri bracket (AKA ship collisions)

Ocean liner bracket

21st century cruise ship bracket

Grand staircase bracket (Coming soon)

When I get a few submissions, I will make posts with alphabetical submission lists for these upcoming polls and link them above. Please check these before submitting to avoid double ups!

If you would like to submit for these polls, please send an ask to this blog with 1) the poll name you're submitting for; 2) the name of the ship (and preferably the year launched to avoid confusion); and 3) A picture (either a painting or photograph) of the ship/ship feature you're submitting. Please also consider adding propaganda to boost your submission's chances with swing voters!

I reserve the right to assess submissions for appropriateness and omit them for any reason. Separate post with more info on this here.

AI generated images are not wanted. I will do my best to vet the submissions but if you spot images that are AI, please let me know and I will do my best to replace the images with proper sources.

All polls are IRL ships only unless stated otherwise.

(Also I'm gonna be real if you put Olympic and Titanic against each other again for that bracket I think it will hurt me on a very personal level)

This is EXCELLENT news and i cannot wait to see them!! Ocean Liner Bracket will probably be next after fictional ships and maybe grand staircases.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Red Cloud - showstopping. ominous. picnic at hanging rock vibes.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Viking Venus - Alliteraton. Named for the planet Venus in a fleet tradition.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Olympic - Named for Mount Olympus of mythology, meant to invoke a towering and mystical quality.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Leviathan - A sea monster is a rad namesake for a ship

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Umbria - Named for a region in Italy, but also reminds me of darkness. It's a little emo.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Berengaria - A medieval English Queen, her husband was Richard I. She is famous for perhaps never having set foot in England before her husband's death. As ships do not have feet and also float, I find this an appropriate namesake.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Mary Celeste - I don't know the origin but it is a very pretty name for a ship.

This poll is purely about the name itself, not the ship/ships associated.

Propaganda:

Aquitania - The name comes from Gallia Aquitania, an ancient Roman province, but the name very much invokes the sea IMO.

Matchups as follows:

Aquitania vs Lusitania

Leviathan vs Huáscar

Mary Celeste vs Empress of Ireland

Olympic vs Błyskawica

Berengaria vs Nautilus

Viking Venus vs Empire Sorcerer

Umbria vs Pandora

Red Cloud vs Meteor