Ship classes
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after member ship { { Sclass } } article hyphenated Valiant -classharbor tug
after theme { { Sclass2 } } article hyphenated Flower-class corvette
General ship prefixes
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generic { { Ship } } any prefix Brigante Musolino or Charles de Gaulle (R91)
civil { { GTS } } Gas turbine ship GTS Infinity (2001)
civil { { HSC } } High-speed craft HSC Tarifa Jet (1997)
civil { { MS } } { { M/S} } deprecated )Motor ship MS Antenor (1957)
civil { { MV } } { { M/V} } deprecated )Motor vessel MV Aurora (2000)
civil { { MY } } { { M/Y} } deprecated )Motor yacht MY Monte Carlo
civil { { PS } } Paddle steamer PS Commonwealth (1854)
civil { { RMS } } Royal Mail Ship RMS Adriatic (1907)
civil { { RV } } { { R/V} } deprecated )Research vessel RV Vityaz (1939)
civil { { SB } } Sailing barges SB Cambria
civil { { SS } } { { S/S} } deprecated )Screw steamer SS Aeolus (1899)
civil { { SV } } { { S/V} } deprecated )Sailing vessel SV Argo (1841)
civil { { SY } } { { S/Y} } deprecated )Sailing vessel SY Raven (1889)
civil { { TSS } } Twin-screw steamer TSS Princess Maud (1934)
International navy and government ship prefixes
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{ { ANS } } Algerian National Navy shipANS Kalaat Béni Abbès (474)
{ { HMAS } } Royal Australian Navy shipHMAS Anzac (G90)
{ { HMBS } } Royal Bahamas Defence Force shipHMBS Nassau (P-61)
{ { BNS } } Bangladesh Navy shipBNS Surma (2013)
{ { KDB } } Royal Brunei Navy shipKDB Darussalam (06)
{ { HMCS } } Royal Canadian Navy shipHMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
{ { CCGS } } Canadian Coast Guard shipCCGS Simcoe (1909)
{ { ARC } } Colombian Navy shipARC 7 de Agosto (D-06)
{ { HDMS } } Royal Danish Navy shipHDMS Lougen (1791)
{ { BAE } } Ecuadorian Navy shipBAE Guayas (BE-21)
{ { ENS } } Egyptian Navy shipENS Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010)
{ { EML } } Estonian Navy shipEML Wambola (A433)
{ { RFNS } } Republic of Fiji Naval Service shipRFNS Kiro (203)
{ { FNS } } Finnish Navy shipFNS Turunmaa (1918)
{ { HS } } Hellenic Navy shipHS Georgios Averof (1910)
{ { GS } } German Navy and Kriegsmarine German submarine U-39 (1938)
{ { SMS } } Imperial German Navy and Austro-Hungarian Navy shipSMS Novara (1912)
{ { SMU } } Imperial German Navy and Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine SM U-28 (Germany)
{ { ICGV } } Icelandic Coast Guard shipICGV Óðinn
{ { INS } } Indian Navy shipINS Vikrant (1961)
{ { KRI } } Indonesian Navy shipKRI Fatahillah (361)
{ { LÉ } } Irish Navy shipLÉ Emer (P21)
{ { Jsub } } Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army submarineJapanese submarine I-15
{ { JS } } Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shipJS Ashigara (DDG-178)
{ { JDS } } Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships (older) JDS Wakaba (DE-261)
{ { HNLMS } } Royal Netherlands Navy shipHNLMS De Ruyter (F804)
{ { HMNZS } } Royal New Zealand Navy shipHMNZS Endeavour (A11)
{ { NNS } } Nigerian Navy shipNNS Aradu (F89)
{ { HNoMS } } Royal Norwegian Navy shipHNoMS Svenner (G03)
{ { HMPNGS } } Papua New Guinean Navy shipHMPNGS Rabaul (P01)
{ { BAP } } Peruvian Navy shipBAP Montero (FM-53)
{ { BRP } } Philippine Navy shipBRP Rajah Soliman (D-66)
{ { RPS } } Philippine Navy ships (older) RPS Rajah Soliman (D-66)
{ { ORP } } Polish Navy shipORP Orzeł (1938)
{ { NRP } } Portuguese Navy shipNRP Sagres (1937)
{ { NMS } } Romanian Navy shipNMS Smeul (1888)
{ { RSS } } Republic of Singapore Navy shipRSS Formidable (68)
{ { SAS } } South African Navy SAS Mendi (F148)
{ { HMSAS } } Union of South Africa Navy HMSAS Protea (K51)
{ { ROKS } } Republic of Korea Navy shipROKS Dokdo (LPH-6111)
{ { HSwMS } } Swedish Navy shipHSwMS Sjölejonet (1936)
{ { HTMS } } Royal Thai Navy shipHTMS Chakri Naruebet (CV 911)
{ { TCG } } Turkish Naval Forces shipTCG Gediz (F 495)
{ { HMS } } Royal Navy shipHMS Illustrious (R06)
{ { HMT } } Royal Navy trawler HMT Elk (1902)
{ { RFAux } } Royal Fleet Auxiliary shipRFA Fort Austin (A386)
{ { USAT } } U.S. Army Transport shipUSAT Havana (1917)
{ { USCGC } } United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)
{ { USNS } } United States Naval Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
{ { USRC } } US Revenue-Marine and United States Revenue Cutter Service USRC Harriet Lane (1857)
{ { USS } } United States Ship USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
{ { USAV } } United States Army Vessel USAV Spearhead (TSV-X1)
