Most Famous Logos With a Ship PNG
There are some objects and concepts that we are accustomed to perceive solely by their direct meaning. For example, a ship. A means of transportation on water, a mode of transportation that takes passengers from point “A” to point “B”. If we talk about visual identity, we expect to see the image of the ship on the emblems of shipping and shipbuilding companies, businesses related to cruise tourism, or as part of animated franchises about piracy and shipping. However, the Ship also has a much more extensive symbolism than we can imagine. This is what we will discuss below.
The image of the ship is found in ancient pagan times when he was considered to be a sign of the prosperous achievement of the goal. If we assume a deeper meaning, then, for example, in ancient Egypt, the ship was a guide between worlds, being the main “vehicle” of the gods.
And the ship has always been considered a symbol of success, wealth, and abundance, because, in distant times, it brought goods from distant countries. To this day in China, a sailing ship is a talisman that brings financial prosperity and wealth in general.
As for modern psychology, the Ship symbolizes a person’s journey through life, the process of his transformation, as well as the search for the meaning of life. And also a sailing ship is a symbol of hope and safety.
We can only guess what meanings the brands we have collected below put into the image of the ship. Let’s take a look at the most interesting logos with ships.
Adnams Ghost Ship
Adnams Ghost Ship is the name of a beer brand, which has a very recognizable visual identity, with the ship image playing the leading role. The ghostly image in a dark blue color palette creates a sense of danger and brings us to an adventurous world full of challenges. The storm sea with the torn sails of the ship looks scary, while the white and yellow lettering at the bottom of the badge adds energy and light to the logo.
Anchor Bay Entertainment
The visual identity of Anchor Bay Entertainment is executed in a minimalistic black-and-white color palette and boasts a pretty laconic stylized ship image as its central part. It is a pirate ship with a huge black sail stylized as a camera film, with the white skull drawn above two crossed sabers. The image is accompanied by stable three-leveled lettering in a modern geometric sans-serif typeface.
Bank Negara Indonesia
Indonesia is a country with a lot of water around, so it’s no surprise that many Indonesian companies, regardless of their activity field, use sea-related images for their visual identity. And Bank Negara Indonesia is no exception. The logo of the bank is designed in a light sea-blue color palette with a stylized minimalistic ship in blue and red placed in the center of the composition. The image is accompanied by stable uppercase lettering in a classy serif font.
Boston United
The Boston United logo is executed in a more traditional style, with the use of a dark and intense color palette, based on yellow and black. The central part of a clean distinctive roundel with a wide white frame in a thick black outline is painted in solid yellow and boasts a black silhouette of an old-style clipper drawn against it. As for the lettering, it is executed in the bold geometric sans-serif typeface, in black, around the perimeter of the medallion.
Corsair
On the Corsair logo, we can only see the sharp sails of a ship. Drawn in solid black, the element is placed on the left side of the composition, followed by a medium-weight uppercase lettering in a modern sans-serif typeface with a lot of air inside and between the characters. The intensity of the emblem is perfectly balanced by the airiness and stability of the inscription, creating a very stylish minimalistic logo for the company.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
The visual identity of Cronulla-Sutherland Shark is executed in a traditional heraldic manner; with the contoured black-and-white clipper drawn above the solid blue waters, on a plain white background, inside a classy wide crest. The crest has a golden framing and a bright blue bottom part, with the uppercase lettering in a darker shade of blue set both above and below the central element.
Devon County Council
Devon Country Council also has its emblem based on the image of a ship. Its logo looks super modern as is set in a very minimalistic style with the use of a black monochromatic palette. The silhouette of a traditional ship with a wide sail is drawn against a transparent background and has its bottom part overlapped by two smooth arched lines, standing for the waves of the ocean.
Directorate General of Shipping
The Indian Directorate General of Shipping has a traditional yet very bright visual identity, with an enlarged roundel enclosed into a wreath frame with a sailor knot at the bottom. The central part of the roundel boasts a laconic black-and-white image of the front part of a ship, set above the waves in the country’s national colors, orange and green. The additional lettering is written in black serif capitals around the wide bright-blue outline of the medallion.
Fijian Drua
The ship from the Fijian Drua logo looks very progressive. It is drawn in an abstract style, with the use of just one color — a medium shade of blue, on a plain white background. The ship is made of two segments, the bottom one is composed of two parallel strokes of different lengths, and the sail, on the left side, featuring triangular cutouts. The emblem is placed above a two-leveled sans-serif lettering with the triangular cuts on the bars of the “R” and the “A”, supporting the ones from the sail of the ship.
Manchester City
The ship is part of the historic coat of arms of the city of Manchester, so we also see this symbol on the logos of many brands, companies, and teams based there. The Manchester City logo is no exception, and the gradient gold ship here is drawn in the upper part of a sleek white and blue roundel. Drawn on a plain white background the ship image is accompanied by the famous pentagonal rose at the bottom and a clean fresh lettering around the perimeter of the medallion.
Manchester United
On the logo of the legendary Manchester United football club, you can also see a ship, yet here it is drawn on a narrow top part of the strict geometric shield, executed in a solid yellow and gradient red color palette. The laconic style and distinctive contours of the ship are supported by the geometric contour of a red while, drawn on the largest part of the crest. The sharpness of the central elements is balanced by two softened ribbons with the lettering.
Melbourne City FC
Another football club that uses an image of a ship in their visual identity is Melbourne City FC. The central part of the club’s circular logo is split into four equal segments with a strict medium-thick Red Cross. Each of the segments boasts a bright golden heraldic image, drawn on a plain white background, and the image of a ship is the one in the bottom right corner of the composition.
Midjourney
The Midjourney logo with a ship is definitely the most minimalistic one on our today’s list. The laconic ship image is contoured in thick black lines and accompanied by a minimalistic wavy bottom part, drawn in the same style and thickness. The softened contours of both elements and the simplicity of the design make the logo look super-friendly and modern.
Odesa Film Studio
A classy and elegant ship makes up the central part of the Odessa Film Studio logo. It is drawn in smooth pinkish-golden gradients against a solid white background in the center of a circular medallion with a matte gradient blue framing, stylized as a compass ring with lines and triangles around the perimeter. The badge has no additional lettering and looks very elegant and pleasant.
Old Spice
The Old Spice logo can be called one of the most famous insignias with an image of a ship, without any exaggeration. The solid silhouette of a classy clipper with multiple sails is drawn in a beautiful burgundy color on top of the composition with a plain white background. The small emblem is accompanied by an enlarged elegant cursive lettering written in the same shade of red.
OpenSea
The visual identity of the token marketplace OpenSea looks pretty simple and professional, evoking a sense of trustworthiness and reliability. The badge is composed of a delicate emblem in blue and white, and a stable bold title case lettering written in black characters of a classy sans-serif typeface. The emblem of the company boasts a simple white silhouette of a small sailboat drawn on a solid blue roundel without any additional elements.
Plymouth Argyle
Another British football club, that uses an image of a ship in its logo is Plymouth Argyle. The badge of the team is executed in calm and noble dark-green and white color palettes with a traditional crest placed above a curved classy ribbon with the “PAFC” abbreviation written on it in white capitals with tiny sharp serifs on the ends of the bars. As for the crest part, it boasts an image of a large ship with several sails, drawn against a solid green background and accompanied by a stylized water surface depicted as white dots of different sizes.
Sunderland AFC
The Sunderland AFC logo looks extremely brutal in its black red and white color palette. The minimalistic vertically extended shield, which makes the shape of the badge, is split into two parts — the top one in solid black, and the central one in red and white with vertical stripes. The striped part of the crest boasts a stylized black image of a football with the classy serif “AFC” abbreviation on it, while the top segment features a schematic drawing of a warship with geometric contours.
The Pirate Bay
The ship from the Pirate analog is definitely one of the most elegant and detailed ones. Drawn in smooth and sleek copper-to-black gradients, it is placed against a plain white background and accompanied by sophisticated gothic-style lettering with elongated bars of the title case characters. The badge looks very interesting and expensive.
Valhalla Motion Pictures
The visual identity of the Valhalla Motion Pictures company is executed in a laconic black-and-white color palette with a Viking ship and a crescent moon making up the graphical part, drawn on a solid black square on top of the composition. The emblem is accompanied by an extended serif lettering, which has its triangular serifs supporting the sharpness of the crescent and the ship drawn above.
Venture Lagoons
The black ship with wide sails, drawn on the emblem of Venture Lagoons, is set in the center of a square banner in smooth yellow shades, looking like a historical document. The ship is enclosed into a circular black outline and accompanied by several pirate symbols drawn in the corners of the banner. The uppercase inscription in a classy serif ripe face is written along the bottom border of the badge.
Viking River Cruises
The visual identity of Viking River Cruises looks super modern and stylish despite the fact, that its main element is an an image of a historical Viking boat. The body of the ship is drawn in solid black, while the fancy sail features a striped pattern in red and white, which is supported by a long decorative element with a swirl on top, drawn in red. The emblem is accompanied by a two-leveled black lettering in a chic traditional serif font.
Waterford FC
The logo of Waterford FC has not one but three ship drawings on it. They are executed by solid gold, and placed at the bottom of the classy crest, accompanied by three heraldic lions, horizontally extended and drawn in parallel to each other, above the ships. The navy blue and gold coat of arms is supported by a distinctive geometric sans-serif lettering in blue.
Westward Television
The fancy whip with multiple sails, drawn in the center of the Westward Television logo, is executed in a very light, almost white, shade of blue and placed against a solid dark-blue background, inside a large square with rounded angles, in a double blue and white outline. The badge has its bottom part in plain white; with the contoured uppercase lettering written along it.
Williams Street Records
The visual identity of Williams Street Records looks super traditional as if it was a badge of a historical company. Executed in black and white, the logo is composed of a circular medallion with a classy ship sailing on the waves, and an arched serif lettering in the uppercase, set above the roundel. A timelessly beautiful and strong combo.
