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The prefix need not be given if it is obvious from context (for example, in a list of ships of the Royal Navy there is no need to repeat "HMS"). 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.
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 covering hull and pennant numbers and the like are appropriate for listing.
Japan: List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy; Mexico: List of ships of the Mexican Navy; New Zealand: List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy; Ottoman Empire: List of sailing ships of the Ottoman Empire; List of battleships of the Ottoman Empire; Peru: List of Peruvian Navy ships; Portugal: List of ships of the Portuguese Navy
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 ...
But with only two state names available, a change to a different scheme is likely, see the Virginia-class submarine entry for more information. Dock landing ships (LSD) are named after cities or important places in U.S. and U.S. naval history. Dry cargo ships (T-AKE) are named for U.S. explorers, pioneers, activists and U.S. naval officers.
A heavily modified or repurposed ship may receive a new symbol, and either retain the hull number or receive a new one. Also, the system of symbols has changed a number of times since it was introduced in 1907, so ships' symbols sometimes change without anything being done to the physical ship.
Ride an operational D-Day ship Cross Sound Ferry Services Inc, regular sailings. Daniel Adamson: 1903: screw steamer: canal tug: Cheshire: Daniel Adamson Preservation Society, regular sailings and charter cruises. Hikitia: 1926: steam twin-screw: floating steam crane: Wellington, New Zealand: Sister ship of scrapped museum ship Rapaki. [3] PS ...
"Nasty Nick" – USS Nicholas, name given by crew due to the proclivity of the ship's AC units to break down in hot weather. "Nelly" – HMS Nelson – also "Nelsol" – from fleet oilers with names ending in "ol" that the Nelson class looked similar to in silhouette.