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Ships of the Royal Navy. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
Military ship articles should follow standard Wikipedia naming conventions. These rules apply to both named and unnamed vessels. A typical military ship article name has the following form: <prefix> < italicized name > < (hull or pennant number or disambiguation)> [ 1]
Thetis (Flak ship): Norwegian Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship HNoMS Harald Haarfagre captured in April 1940, re-designated as Flak ship. Theseus: submarine chaser; Thetis-class; Thetis: submarine chaser; Thetis-class; Thor: 10,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser; Thielbek: 2,800 ton Converted from freighter to transport ship, sunk ...
The Soviets also actually named their missile boats after insects leading to confusion. Minesweepers and small frigates were given diminutive first names e.g. Alyosha, Vanya, Petya. Hovercraft were named after Russian words for birds e.g. Aist = Stork. Submarine classes were given Phonetic alphabet names e.g. Delta, Alfa, Victor etc.
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.
Japanese ship-naming conventions. Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle ), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
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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.