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The nautilus is a tropical mollusk, having a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior. Derived from a Greek word meaning "sailor" or "ship," Nautilus and its variants has been a common ship's name in several languages for centuries.
A popular misconception is that these ships were named for the fictional submarine in Jules Verne's 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but Nautilus has been associated with ships before Verne imagined his vessel.
- HMS Nautilus - 10 ships from 1762
- USS Nautilus - 6 ships from 1799
- Robert Fulton's Nautilus 1800, the first practical submarine, invented in 1800.
- Nautilus, the Spanish training ship commanded by Fernando Villaamil which fulfilled a world circumnavigation in 1892-1894
- Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island
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