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Name Launched Class Type Operator Notes Árpád: 1901-09-11: Habsburg class: Pre-dreadnought Austro-Hungarian Navy: Awarded to UK 1920, scrapped 1921 Ägir: 1895-04-03: Odin class: Coastal defence ship Imperial German Navy: Rebuilt as locomotive transporter 1922, beached off Gotland, 8 Dec 1929 Abyssinia: 1870-02-19 Breastwork monitor Royal ...
"Sally Rand" – HMCS St. Laurent (decommissioned) nickname of several ships which have been named St. Laurent, of which HMCS St. Laurent DDH 205 was the most recent. "San Francisco's Own" – USS Carl Vinson; Name bestowed upon the ship by then-mayor of San Francisco Dianne Feinstein. "Seapuppy" – USS Seawolf
A term used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries Galleass A sailing and rowing warship, equally well suited to sailing and rowing Galleon A sixteenth century sailing warship Galley A warship propelled by oars with a sail for use in a favourable wind Galliot Name refers to several types of sailing vessel, usually two ...
When the name is ambiguous, append disambiguation information in parentheses. Santa María rather than Santa María; The date of launching should be used if there are several ships with the same name. Sometimes vessels will share a launch date as well as a name. In that case adding the place of launch is necessary: Mary (1806 ship)
Altogether over 13,000 ships have been in service with the Royal Navy. [1] Unlike many other naval services, the Royal Navy designates certain types of shore establishment (e.g. barracks, naval air stations and training establishments) as "ships" and names them accordingly.
Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Imperial German Navy, Category:Ships of the Reichsmarine, Category:Ships of the Kriegsmarine, Category:Ships of the German Navy, or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.
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 ...
Aircraft carriers—special names [1] (Many of them are an inheritance from the warship name in the Bakumatsu and the Meiji period). [2] In fact, names related to flying animals, actual or mythological, were used. Fleet aircraft carrier; put the initial Ryū (龍, dragon), Tsuru (Kaku) (鶴, crane) or Ōtori (Hō) (鳳, phoenix) before/after ...