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For a full list of ship prefixes, see Ship prefix. Military ship articles should follow standard Wikipedia naming conventions. These rules apply to both named and unnamed vessels. A typical military ship article name has the following form: <prefix> < italicized name> < (hull or pennant number or disambiguation)> [1]
Japanese ship-naming conventions. Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
Ships of the Royal Navy. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
Ship prefix. A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian ...
Ship names comprises all articles relating to the naming of ships, as opposed to specific vessels. Articles on names attached to multiple vessels as well as those ...
The Soviets also actually named their missile boats after insects leading to confusion. Minesweepers and small frigates were given diminutive first names e.g. Alyosha, Vanya, Petya. Hovercraft were named after Russian words for birds e.g. Aist = Stork. Submarine classes were given Phonetic alphabet names e.g. Delta, Alfa, Victor etc.
Hospital ships (AH) were given names related to their function, such as Comfort and Mercy. Landing ship, tank (LST) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service ...
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