A number of ships have been named after Galatea of ancient Greek mythology. Ships named Galatea or Galathea include:
Naval ships , various Royal Navy ships , three Royal Danish Navy ships was a steamship originally built for merchant service but purchased by the Union Navy before completion and converted into a gunboat for the American Civil War. was a private yacht built in 1914 and purchased by the United States Navy for use as a patrol boat during World War I. was an Italian Navy launched in 1933 and struck in 1948. served from 1922 to 1981; she was previously a barque-rigged cargo ship built in 1896, and is now the museum ship Glenlee, berthed in Glasgow.
Other , of 332 tons (bm) was a sailing vessel launched at Whitby in 1793. She became a West Indiaman and in 1795 participated as a transport in the British invasion of the West Indies. A French privateer captured her in 1801 in sight of Jamaica. was a 1,400-ton American passenger-cargo coastal steamship.American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1864. p. 622. Galatea (yacht), built in 1885, was the 1886 America's Cup challenger. is a lighthouse tender of the United Kingdom launched in 2006.
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