Ship tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with a flock of birds flying from its sails, waves beneath and the words SAIL ON on the forearm.

Sailing ship and birds on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted anchor hanging below, on the inner forearm.

Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted line descending to a small anchor, placed on the inner forearm.

Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing galleon in heavy seas with crashing waves, wrapping around a forearm.

Galleon and waves on a forearm

Colour tattoo on a forearm of a sailor's head in a cap inscribed Cherie, with a whale and a sunset sea scene inside the head, in neo-trad style.

Sailor head with whale on a forearm

Five views of a colourful traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a mermaid, a shark, sailing ships, a castle and fish in a sea scene.

Under-the-sea full sleeve tattoo

Traditional forearm tattoo of a red and white lighthouse, a black-sailed ship, banners and flowers on a red sunburst, shown in four angled views.

Lighthouse and ship on a forearm

Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.

Grim reaper and winged woman across a back

Colour tattoo sleeve on a man's forearm and upper arm, showing clouds and what looks like ship rigging in a traditional style.

Colour sleeve with ship and clouds on forearm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with rigging on the forearm.

Three-masted ship on a forearm

Collage of colour Disney character tattoos, including the Beast on a hand, Scar, a Genie, and Peter Pan and Tinker Bell on a forearm sleeve.

Disney character tattoos collage on hand and arm

Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.

Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve

Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.

Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of a stylised skyline silhouette with a small craft above it, circled by a thin band around the forearm.

Skyline silhouette with thin band on forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the forearm, in a traditional style with bold outlines and stippled shading.

Ship in a bottle on a forearm

Torso of a person in a white vest top, with black and grey realism style tattoo sleeves on both arms showing a cat, a skull and a ship.

Black and grey sleeve with cat and skull

Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship inside a bottle with a rope stopper, on the inner forearm.

Sailing ship in a bottle on a forearm

Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with a red hull, clouds and birds, above a banner reading Homeward Bound, on a forearm.

Sailing ship with Homeward Bound banner on a forearm

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship in an ornate oval frame on the inner forearm, shown in two side by side photographs.

Sailing ship in oval frame on forearm

Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.

Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette

Profile woman and fox headdress on forearm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with rigging and sails on the inside of a forearm.

Three-masted sailing ship on a forearm

Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.

Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm

Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship and a wave rising out of a pint glass, with a small cloud above.

Ship and wave in a pint glass on a forearm

Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a ship in a bottle framed by a red and black compass flower and a red flower with black leaves.

Ship in bottle with flowers on a forearm

Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.

Galleon and shark full arm sleeve

Three newborn kittens rest on a forearm covered in traditional colour tattoos of a sailing ship, a red ribbon and flowers.

Kittens resting on a traditional forearm tattoo

Traditional tattoo of a three-masted ship inside a red and black heart, with a lighthouse, dark rocks and an orange flower on a forearm.

Ship in a heart with lighthouse and flower

Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.

Traditional nautical full arm sleeve

Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted ship inside a bottle on the inner forearm, shaded with fine engraved hatching.

Ship in a bottle on forearm

Traditional-style tattoos of a swallow, a ship, an eye and a banner on a man's arm, with a chest script partly visible above a white printed tank top.

Swallow, ship and banner tattoos on an arm

Fine line tattoos of script, arrow lines and a small ship on a woman's forearm, upper arm and thigh, as she holds dried grass on a concrete floor.

Fine line script and ship tattoos on arm

Black and grey traditional full arm sleeve in the old school style, with a skull, an hourglass, a dagger, a woman's head and a ship, on an arm worn by a person in a white t-shirt.

Traditional black and grey full sleeve

Black and grey traditional tattoos of a bird, a sailing ship and an anchor on a man's forearm, with a rolled patterned shirt sleeve above.

Bird, ship and anchor on a forearm

Black fine line tattoo of the word friend above a simple outlined ship and the word ship below, on the inner forearm.

Friend and ship script on forearm

Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with XXX beneath it on the back of a hand, with a skull and red flowers continuing up the wrist.

Sailing ship and skull on a hand

Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with an anchor and rope waves on the forearm.

Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm

Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship with flowers and leaves above a mandala on a forearm.

Sailing ship and mandala on a forearm

Realism sleeve tattoo on a man's forearm and upper arm showing a ship, a sunset sky, a cross-topped building and a hooded figure in colour and grey.

Realism sleeve with ship, cross and hooded figure

Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.

Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm

Traditional-style tattoo of a sailing ship over mountains and a coloured mandala flower on a forearm.

Sailing ship and mandala on a forearm

Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird holding a ship in a shield on the upper arm, with a fish and a flower on the forearm and elbow.

Bird and ship on an upper arm

Black and grey tattoos of an anchor, a ship and a small cross on the hand, forearm and upper arm of a person with long hair, against a dark background.

Anchor, ship and cross tattoos on an arm

Black-ink sailing ship tattoo with a banner on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style, while another person holds the wearer's hand.

Sailing ship on a wrist

Traditional tattoo on a forearm of a sailor kissing a red-haired woman inside a gold rope heart, with a black and grey ship and the word FAMIGLIA above.

Sailor kissing in a rope heart on a forearm

Traditional colour tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on waves with a lettered banner and a flower, on the outer forearm.

Sailing ship with banner on a forearm

Photograph of a sailing ship tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn with loose black brush strokes and ochre wash, with black ink splashes around the hull and sails.

Sailing ship with ink splashes on a forearm

Traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, with a ship, swallows, a shark, a pin-up and banner lettering, shown in three photographs.

Traditional sailor full sleeve in three views