Well, this is a tricky list. Lots of the names you
might use could also be included in other lists. The Amazons could go quite logically in the Greek list, for example. You should also complete some of those names. "Ripley" could be lots of people. It should be "Ellen Ripley" so people don't have to wonder if it's Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
. That said, I can fill in some of the requested ideas.
The Queen of the Amazons was
Hippolyta, and that would be an excellent name for a capital ship.
The Greeks do seem to provide some of the best warrior women. (Clytemnestra was one nasty b****! Even if she was a schemer rather than an open fighter.) Don't forget Medea. She was more of a sorceress than a warrior but also quite a tough customer. And then of course there's Circe, who held Odysseus captive for a decade or more.
The 'love interest' in the first Conan movie as Valeria, but there was also Zula (played by Grace Jones) in the second movie. And don't forget that other sword and sorcery movie 'Red Sonja' which starred Brigit Nielsen but was produced by (and co-starred) Arnold in a 'veiled' Conan role.
Red Sonja would also be a cool name for a capital ship.
There are some good SciFi and Fantasy heroines you could use, too. Like
Honor Harrington!
Some of the names are themselves borrowings from earlier mythology, though, like C. J. Cherryh's Morgaine. And Wr8th, how can you suggest suggest Arwen and Galadriel, who never picked up a sword or entered personal combat as far as we can tell from Tolkien's works, but not include
Luthien, who took on the Dark Lord himself (Morgoth, that is, not to mention his lackey Sauron)??? Luthien is about the closest thing to the Greek sorceress type in modern literature. She jumps right into the fray like any of the men. And wins.
There are a few relatively modern female 'adventurers', too. Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane, for example.
Edit: A quick search on Google has produced a very interetsng site:
http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/women.html
You should be able to collect a lot of names of warrior women from this page.
[ 28 March 2002: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]