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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 service, whereas ...
A fan-made map of the regions in which the "Honorverse" stories are set. The Honorverse is a military science fiction book series, its two subseries, two prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books.
International prefixes for ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy is HNLMS (His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship). [25] The Netherlands navy itself uses the prefixes Zr.Ms. (Zijner Majesteits, His Majesty's) when a king is on the throne, and Hr.Ms. (Harer Majesteits, Her Majesty's) when there is a queen. This happens automatically at the moment of ...
A ship identifier refers to one of several types of identifiers used for maritime vessels. An identifier may be a proper noun ( La Niña ); a proper noun combined with a standardized prefix based on the type of ship (e.g. RMS Titanic ); a serial code ; a unique, alphanumeric ID (e.g. A123B456C7); or an alphanumeric ID displayed in international ...
The use of a prefix evolved, as far as I can make out, from 1700 onwards and was far from consistant, for example the same letter might cpatitalise 'His' or 'Ship' in one place and not do so in another. Brooke of the Shannon used 'HBM ship' (meaning 'His Britannic Majesty's ship) at least once.
When writing about civilian ships, consider omitting common prefixes (e.g. "MS") from the article body, as italicizing the ship's name is often enough to identify it as a ship. Do not use the definite article the before a prefix or when introducing a ship for the first time; e.g., at the beginning of the lead section:
Honor Harrington's captain for her midshipwoman cruise. Promoted Harrington to Ensign ahead of her classmates. Put on half-pay immediately following Harrington's middy cruise; rose to Admiral by seniority. War of Honor, Changer of Worlds: Frederick Bagwell GSN Captain, CO of GNS Honor Harrington. As commander served as operations officer on the ...
Changer of Worlds, published in 2001, was the third anthology of stories set in the Honor Harrington universe or Honorverse.The stories in the anthologies serve to introduce characters, provide deeper more complete backstory and flesh out the universe, so claim the same canonical relevance as exposition in the main series.