A ship could represent the following:
Cross culture, trading, savior, conqueror, wealth...
there is no ship
un navire
The ship on the Bahamian Coat of arms is reputed to represent the Santa Maria, flagship of the small fleet that took Columbus to the "New World in 1492.
a Polar Bear
The emblem of Costa Rica is its coat of arms. It has three volcanoes to represent the volcanoes in the country, a merchant ship to represent its maritime history, a golden frame to represent coffee and seven stars to represent the provinces.
Besides the redemptive structure of Robinson Crusoe, we can see many Biblical and caused every thing I had in the Ship to be punctually deliver'd me.
the country of Scotland Or the letter M (on a sailing ship).
H.M.S. is the acronymic prefix placed in front of the name of vessels of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The letters stand for "Her Majesty's Ship" or "Her Majesty's Submarine" The great beauty of the prefix lies in the ability of two of the letters to represent two different words. The "H" being able to represent "His" when the Sovreign is male and "Her" when the Sovreign is female, as at present. The "S" can be used to represent "Ship" or "Submarine". i.e. Her Majesty's Ship becomes His Majety's Ship if the sovreign is male. Variations are used in the Navies of Commonwealth Realms (The 15 countries that share Elizabeth II as their head of state). Typically these variations incorporate the initial letters of the name of the country between the M and the S. e.g. Australian Navy ships are prefixed H.M.A.S. New Zealand ships are prefixed H.M.N.Z.S. Canadian ships are prefixed H.M.C.S. Jamaican ships are prefixed H.M.J.S. Barbads ships are prefixed H.M.B.S.
Save Our Ship. ...---...also means Save our souls, but as the SOS signal is a prosign, its letters have no meaning. It is simply chosen as being easy to remember
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses the letter "ʃ" to represent the "sh" sound in English words like "ship" or "sheep."
A tank in a tanker into which slops are pumped. These represent a residue of the ship's cargo of oil together with the water used to clean the cargo tanks. They are left to separate out in the slop tank.
In this line from Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, "it is the star to every wand'ring bark," the bark represents a ship. The speaker is comparing love to a guiding star that directs and guides every wandering ship (or person) back to its desired destination.