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See also the [[Useful Notes]] on [[Naval Gazing]]. Not related to [[Shipping|artistic ships]].
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
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* Averted, partly, in ''Battle of the River Plate'', where the cruisers ''Achilles'' and ''Cumberland'' were played by the actual ''Achilles'' and ''Cumberland''. Then again, ''Graf Spee'' was played by the USS ''Salem'', which looked nothing like the real ''Graf Spee''. And ''Cumberland'' was minus a turret thanks to a refit.
** Of course, they couldn't use the real ''Graf Spee'', because it had already been defeated by the ''other'' real ships that starred in the movie and scuttled. Even in Hollywood, it's difficult to sink the same ship twice.
** Lampshaded when the German Captain says sometimes they even disguise themselves as an American cruiser and the captured British merchantman Captain accepts that as being why they have a number painted on the bow. This treads the line between [[Truth in Television]] and [[Very Loosely Based
** It's the silhouette that counts. By the time you're close enough to read the hull number it's far too late to matter.
** Besides, the ships are given acting credits during the title sequence - "HMS ''Sheffield'' as HMS ''Ajax''" and so on. The USS ''Salem'' looks as much like the ''Graf Spee'' as Will Smith looks like Muhammad Ali...
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