://www.modelshipsinthecinema.com/p/model-ship-movies-up-to-1959.html?
Old style ships before computer graphics.
I added a reference beyond the 1959 timeline, to the gorgeous ship models in "Land that Time Forgot", "People that Time Forgot", and "At the Earth's Core" (though the Iron Mole can't count as an ocean-going ship of course.)
Love me some "Sink the Bismarck".