Tropes At Sea

""They speak in tropes, at sea.""

- Stephen Maturin, H.M.S. Surprise

Tropes related to ships and sailing.

Because Space Is an Ocean, a lot of these tropes also show up in Space Opera, or have space-operatic equivalents.

Tropes
Categories:
 * Aquatic Animal Tropes
 * Pirate Tropes
 * Seaborne and Submersible Vehicles
 * Sea Stories
 * Abandon Ship
 * The Ark
 * Artistic License Ships
 * The Bermuda Triangle
 * Boarding Party
 * Burial At Sea
 * Viking Funeral
 * The Captain
 * Commanding Coolness
 * Cool Boat
 * Deserted Island
 * The Drunken Sailor
 * Father Neptune
 * Flaunting Your Fleets
 * Going Down With the Ship
 * Houseboat Hero
 * Leaf Boat
 * The Longitude Problem
 * Lost At Sea
 * Married At Sea
 * Nautical Folklore
 * Nautical Knockout
 * Naval Gazing
 * History of Naval Warfare
 * Naval Weapons
 * Types of Naval Ships
 * Not So Safe Harbor
 * Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date
 * Ocean Madness
 * Ocean Punk
 * Pirate
 * Plucky Middie
 * Port Town
 * Seadog Beard
 * Sea Mine
 * Sea Monster
 * Sea Stories
 * Silent Running Mode
 * Sink the Life Boats
 * Sinking Ship Scenario
 * Sub Story
 * Hot Sub-On-Sub Action
 * Wooden Ships and Iron Men