"The HMS Alec Reeves" operated by playing an oboe at a certain pitch.

Now the interesting part, it would have to be navigated by having someone track the captains movement on a map (3d or 2d, no 4d as it would be trippy)his brain waves would be measured via a helmet using MRI and PET scans.

These would be sent to the captain who would also wear a helmet however his would amplify the recorded measurements to match his neurological activity, provided that the map reader isn't distracted by nearby butterfly's all should go well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain#Electrophysiology See Methods of observation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Reeves

(I'm pretty sure someone else came up with a similar/more-or-less-the-same theory of navigation but i never got his name so .... i take full credit)

I'd have a large UNSC Warship (Halo reference) with 2 M.A.C guns. I'd name it the "Aries". The A.I onboard would be female, named April.

The good ship Deathdeath.

My ship would be nautical and because I hate the sea and all its inhabitants it would vapourise everything within a two mile radius when I push the 'Fucking Kill It All' button. Also, it can go into space so I can avoid any repercussions of destroying most of the sea. It would be the size of a small country and I would call it the HMS Shhhhh...

I've always fantasized about having my own small boat, it'd be a small yacht or a converted fishing vessel, something along those lines. She'd have that used, slightly dilapidated look to her, as was used to such great effect on Firefly.

I've considered a few names for this vessel:

"Dauntless"

"Prometheus"

"Gaijin"

"Serenity"

"Dark Day"

And finally, "Searider Falcon".

Brownie points for getting the reference of the last two names.

Hmm... I've always wanted a ship named The Ekpyrosis.

Something like the Delphinus from Skies of Arcadia, but maybe a bit smaller. But the name? I don't know, "The Giant Enemy Crab"? All the good names are taken, but I think I'll go with "The Harmonica".

I'd name it Some Black Guy, just think about the possibilities.

I got one! A space ship called the R.B. Crunch. It would be powered by sun-dried plums wheat-based flakes, and...um.... cattle brands. These would be crafted by the crafty space gnomes of Tobaccoplantation 9, where the gnomes are forced into labor, but were liberated by some dudes named Larry.
Anyway, the ship would actually be made up of 100,000 cannons, which covered the ship. No part of the hull is visible because of the cannons.

hehe. I play EVE Online, I do this all the time.

right now, I have in my stable:

DTS Blinding Fury (Armageddon-class battleship)
DTS Revenant Purpose (Drake-class battlcruiser)
DTS Inferno
DTS Conflagration
DTS Immolation
DTS Incandescence (four Omen-class cruisers)
DTS Umbra (Covert Ops frigate)
DTS Penumbra (Stealth Bomber)

(DTS is the prefix for my in-game corp, btw)

On my other character, I have:

The Slab (mining barge)
Slush Puppy (Ice mining barge)
Muckraker (Other mining barge)
Big Truckin' (cargo transport)
The Dopefish (Runabout frigate)
Quixote (close-range combat destroyer)
Bedside Manner (remote repair cruiser)

I could go on for ages...

TomNook:
I'd name it Some Black Guy, just think about the possibilities.

lmao "oh sh!t, we got bombed by Some Black Guy!! "
"BATTLESTATIONS!! We just got Some Black Guy on our radar!"
genius, fuckin genius.

The HMS Firing Main Cannons.

The U.S.S. Die Motherlicking Phazon-munching Borg-fucking scum
any longer and it wouldn't fit

also it'd have that thing like in 'The Last Starfighter' where everything in a ceratin radius gets obliterated. and sonic charges like in Star Wars E:II

The HMS This Doesn't Even Seem Physically Possible!

Red vs. Blue references rock my world.

i would like a fleet of alteran warships each named after a legendary weapon in fable apart from the frying pan which would obviously be the flagship of my fleet and fully powered city ship and a loyal army of people with a strong ata gene and a zpm factory

OH ALSO the stick would be a giant space station capeable of holding the fleet and more powerful than all of them stargate and fable FTW!!

I named my Caracal Sanford & Son

HMS Six Pedals

HMS Puma

doomsauce:
I got one! A space ship called the R.B. Crunch. It would be powered by sun-dried plums wheat-based flakes, and...um.... cattle brands. These would be crafted by the crafty space gnomes of Tobaccoplantation 9, where the gnomes are forced into labor, but were liberated by some dudes named Larry.
Anyway, the ship would actually be made up of 100,000 cannons, which covered the ship. No part of the hull is visible because of the cannons.

That's hillarious, come up with some more please. No sarcasm.

I've got another: UNS Doom from on High

Dead Stick (fishing boat)
HMS Thor (lightning-shooting vessel)
HMS Odin (biggest, most powerful ship ever)

Also, kudos to SteinFaust for the RvB references.

Stormwing.

Cookie for: the books it's from.

Two kinds of ship though.

1- large clanky moving part filled mega flying ship.

2- large clean quiet killton class space ship.

EDIT: Other name: Skyfall.

The Loki... Toothgrinder...
Heck anything from Norse mythology will get a ship named after it in my Sins of a Solar Empire campaign. Planets get named for mythological places.

Holy Orator Lassoing Yonder Sepia Hellhound In Twine

Abbreviate it.

The TCS Caution: This Vehicle Makes Wide Right Turns.

SS Pulitzer Laureate, because then I will always be a Pulitzer Laureate no matter my post count...that's right I'm not giving it up without kicking and screaming I rather like it. I've grown attached to it.

It'd have to be Minerva for me. Van Hoek'd be the captain though, not me.

I'd love a pirate ship. If we're going for more futuristic it could be a pirate themed airship...I think I'd call it the Dreamsinger, or maybe the Ardent Dawn

BOREALIS
AURORA
CADILLAC OF THE SKIES
WURLITZER MAGNUS

HMS Ark Royal III "Ark Harder".

The HMS Orson Welles When He Was Fat And Senile

The HMS Conchiglie, made entirely from pasta shells. It'd have to be a spaceship, because the shells would all go soft in water.

HMS Hadouken

The White Dragon. It's would be a Space BattleShip/carrier. it's mains weapons would be 2 Ion Beam cannons, and three heavy laser cannons, with 10 topoedo bays, able to carry, 50 fighters. plus my own The "Hornet"

the HMS STFU. specializes in communications disruption and uses alot of EMP weapons.
the SS Colonoscopy. specializes in sneak attacks which more often than not, end in nuclear strikes.

Fatalis

It's a ship owned by an organization who is not part of any nation's government. It orbits the earth, performing jobs for whoever pays the most. Capable of reconnaissance, and keeps a large supply of various missiles, manufactured either in the ship or by the current employers. Very few people on the ship (like, two) are allowed access to the media from earth, and those same people are the only ones allowed to communicate with those on earth. This is done to minimize the chance of rebellion. The crew is made up of people who have been tested to make sure that they will not question their actions. The crew is split as equally as possible between men and women, and relationships are encouraged, as people who like each other work well together. Everything involving relationships is allowed, also, divorces are gone through easily and people suffering from temporary emotional issues will be allowed not to work; one of the back ups (who's training consists of a simulation of everything the main worker has done) ca take over. Children are born on the ship, and are raised with jobs on the ship specifically in mind. The top people's (allowed access to media/communication) children are raised with top positions in mind. There is an abundance of food and drink, but alcohol and other substances affecting motor skills are strictly forbidden. Everyone is kept happy and ignorant, and only those in top-shape are allowed to perform real jobs. The system promotes hard work by rewarding outstanding successes with whatever that person likes, be it food, women, etc. to promote healthy competition and keep people working as well as possible.

Yeah. That's my ship, and it is pwn.

Covenant Super Star Destroyer
CRA Angelfire Crusader
Armament

120 Point-Defense Guns
25 Plasma Bolter Deck Guns
10 Projector Arrays
30 Helix Cannons
1 "Crucible" Class Antimatter Weapon

Built as Flagship for the Covenant Royal Armada circa 3501 for the Ori-Covenant War. Crew is over 2,000 individuals. Captain is the Lord Commander Phantom.

FTL Drive
Asgard-Covenant Slipstream Hyperdrive

Using Ancient and Covenant technology, the ship is the most advanced ship in the Imperial Fleet. This ship is my design, silver colored star destroyer bristling with weapons of all kinds.