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USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.) America, 2001 USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope. HMS Calypso; HMS Dido ...
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The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
A large medieval sailing ship Oil Tanker A large ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. Packet A sailing ship that carried mail, passengers and freight Paddle steamer A steam-propelled, paddle-driven vessel Panterschepen (Dutch) or Pansarskepp (Swedish) Types of ironclad, heavy gunboats designed for coastal or colonial service
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932 Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943: SS Argentina (1929) 1929 SS Pennsylvania (1929–1938) Scrapped in 1964 One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina, it's unknown which one it is as the name was omitted from the bow. SS Arundel Castle: 1894 SS Birma (1905–1913) SS Mitava (1913–1921) SS Josef Pilsudski (1921 ...
Largest sailing vessels Names Image Year Status Shipyard LOA sparred Beam Masts & type Hull material Sail area Gross tonnage Displacement Note SS Great Eastern: 1858: H: J. Scott Russell & Co. 692 ft (211 m) 82 ft (25 m) 6-mast sailing steam ship: Iron: 18,150 sq ft (1,686 m 2) 18,915 GRT: 32,160 long tons: passenger liner, later converted to ...
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An article about a ship not known to have a prefix should use only the ship's name, if that name is unambiguous: Niña Since the optional prefix is, in fact, optional , it may be omitted for ships with unambiguous names even when common prefixes (e.g. MS or MV) are sometimes used for them in other sources: