Nautilus (disambiguation)
The name Nautilus can refer to more than one thing:
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- "Nautilos" is a Greek word for a sailor or a ship.
- A nautilus is a cephalopod with a many-chambered, spiral shell with a pearly interior.
- The Nautilus space station module is a space craft built by Bigelow Aerospace to be launched in 2008.
- Nautilus has been used as names for many ships and submarines:
- Nautilus, the first practical submarine, was invented by Robert Fulton in 1800.
- Six vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Nautilus, including Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine.
- The fictional submarine Nautilus features in the 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. This submarine inspired the Nautilus submarine in anime
- One ship of the British Royal Navy has been named HMS Nautilus.
- The submarine USS O-12 (SS-73) was decomissioned, converted for use by Sir Hubert Wilkins's Arctic Expedition, and renamed Nautilus.
- Nautilus speakers are made by B&W.
- Nautilus Group is a weight training equipment manufacturer, founded by Arthur Jones, which markets the Bowflex and a line of isotonic exercise machines whose mechanisms include oval cams.
- Nautilus is a furry science fiction comic.
- Nautilus is a submarine-themed German-style board game.
- The Nautilus file manager is used in the GNOME desktop environment.
- Nautilus Pompilius is the name of a Russian Rock group.
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