Zuko's ship



Zuko uses this ship to travel around the world, searching the Avatar. It is a small and light ship fast enough to be able to pursue a Flying Bison. The ship was destroyed when Zhao payed a group of pirates to blow it up.

It is unknown when or how Zuko got his ship, but it can be presumed that he began commanding it after his banishment, when he was thirteen. It seems unlikely that it was given to him by Fire Lord Ozai, so it may have been provided by Iroh, along with its crew.

History
During "The Waterbending Master", Zuko docks this ship in a Fire Nation port, where he meets his rival Admiral Zhao once again. Zhao announces his intention to attack the Northern Water Tribe. While on Zuko's ship, Zhao notices two broadswords in his cabin. They were the same ones used by Zuko's alter-ego, the Blue Spirit, who had freed the Avatar on an earlier engagement. Zhao instantley recognized them and secretly deducted that the Blue Spirit was Zuko. He then ordered that Zuko's entire crew join him in the invasion (including the cook, much to Iroh's sadness). With Zuko alone on the ship, Zhao hires the band of pirates from "The Waterbending Scroll" to assassinate Zuko, and they did so by rigging the vessel with explosives. Zuko's Ship was completely destroyed in the explosion, but Zuko survived the blast by firebending the explosion around him and traveled to the North incognito. Due to the explosion, Zuko suffers several cuts and severe facial brusing (the brusing is often mistaken as burns as they are drawn in the same manner as his scar except for the colouring).

Design
The ship is a steam-powered warship that is much older than the models that are currently standard in the Fire Nation Navy. It is much smaller than the newer warships, and boasts only a single catapult, as opposed to the three trebuchets other warships have. The ship is very fast, able to keep pace with Appa. The size difference between Zuko's ship and a Fire Navy Ship can be seen when Zuko docks his ship in the Fire Nation Harbor next to the gigantic ship beside it in "The Southern Air Temple". The ship has a small crew, which includes engine-room operators, a cook and a helmsman. It also houses seven Firebenders, including Lieutenant Jee, and several soldiers. It is stocked with weapons and four Komodo Rhinos.

The ship contains a small, steam-powered riverboat. This boat was used by Zuko to try to capture Aang, and get past Zhao's ship through a smoke cloud in "Winter Solstice Part 2: Avatar Roku". It was later destroyed when it was commandeered by pirates and fell off a waterfall in "The Waterbending Scroll".