Prefixes at times may also be given to civilian vessels such as the merchant ships of major companies.

Merchant ship prefix. The prefix USNS stands for United States Naval Ship and indicates a civilian-manned ship of the Military Sealift Command or other commands. A ship prefix is a combination of letters usually abbreviations used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship. Or what does USS stand for.

BAK -- British cargo ship. Ship prefix Union-Castle Line City of Dublin Steam Packet Company TSS Manxman 1955 TSS Manx Maid 1910. A Naval Prefix is the prefix given to vessels and establishments of various navies typically varying on the nation to denote allegiance.

Prefixes for civilian vessels may either identify the type of propulsion such as PS for paddle steamer or purpose such as RV for research vessel. On the other hand the naval ship prefixes are extensively used to shorten the. Nevertheless it is often seen on the World Wide Web.

Merchant ship prefixes though frequent in usage may differ in style for instance a slash can be introduced in between viz. In English Merchant Navy without further clarification is used to refer to the British Merchant Navy. Usage of abbreviations in Naval Ships.

29 rows The only prefixes confirmed are HMS which is the Whitecrest Navy RMS which is a. 153 rows In the Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS is the prefix in English a translation of the. Sometimes the term is interchangeable with a trading vessel TV as a.

These boats are often responsible for transporting goods or people and they require payment to do so. B -- The letter B used as a prefix to a hull number indicates that the ship was built by the United States for a British Commonwealth Navy. Merchant Shipping Registration of Ships RegulationsReplaces p.