Ship classes Group Template Ref article Example after member ship {{Sclass }}article hyphenated Valiant -classharbor tug after theme {{Sclass2 }}article hyphenated Flower-class corvette General ship prefixes Group Template Ref article Example generic {{Ship }}any prefix Brigante Musolino orCharles de Gaulle (R91)civil {{GTS }}Gas turbine ships GTS Infinity (2001) civil {{HSC }}High-speed craft HSC Tarifa Jet (1997) civil {{MS }} ({{M/S}}deprecated )Motor ships MS Antenor (1957) civil {{MV }} ({{M/V}}deprecated )Motor vessels MV Aurora (2000) civil {{MY }} ({{M/Y}}deprecated )Motor yachts MY Monte Carlo civil {{PS }}Paddle steamers PS Commonwealth (1854) civil {{RMS }}Royal Mail Ships RMS Adriatic (1907) civil {{RV }} ({{R/V}}deprecated )Research vessels RV Vityaz (1939) civil {{SB }}Sailing barges SB Cambria civil {{SS }} ({{S/S}}deprecated )Steamships SS Aeolus (1899) civil {{SV }} ({{S/V}}deprecated )Sailing vessels SV Argo (1841) civil {{SY }} ({{S/Y}}deprecated )Sailing vessels SY Raven (1889) civil {{TSS }}Twin-screw steamers TSS Princess Maud (1934) International navy and government ship prefixes Group Template Ref article Example {{ANS }}Algerian National Navy shipsANS Kalaat Béni Abbès (474) {{HMAS }}Royal Australian Navy shipsHMAS Anzac (G90) {{HMBS }}Royal Bahamas Defence Force shipsHMBS Nassau (P-61) {{BNS }}Bangladesh Navy shipsBNS Surma (2013) {{KDB }}Royal Brunei Navy shipsKDB Darussalam (06) {{HMCS }}Royal Canadian Navy shipsHMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) {{CCGS }}Canadian Coast Guard shipsCCGS Simcoe (1909) {{ARC }}Colombian Navy shipsARC 7 de Agosto (D-06) {{HDMS }}Royal Danish Navy shipsHDMS Lougen (1791) {{BAE }}Ecuadorian Navy shipsBAE Guayas (BE-21) {{ENS }}Egyptian Navy shipsENS Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010) {{EML }}Estonian Navy shipsEML Wambola (A433) {{RFNS }}Republic of Fiji Naval Service shipsRFNS Kiro (203) {{FNS }}Finnish Navy shipsFNS Turunmaa (1918) {{HS }}Hellenic Navy shipsHS Georgios Averof (1910) {{GS }}German Navy andKriegsmarine German submarine U-39 (1938) {{SMS }}Imperial German Navy andAustro-Hungarian Navy shipsSMS Novara (1912) {{SMU }}Imperial German Navy and Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines SM U-28 (Germany) {{ICGV }}Icelandic Coast Guard shipsICGV Óðinn {{INS }}Indian Navy shipsINS Vikrant (1961) {{KRI }}Indonesian Navy shipsKRI Fatahillah (361) {{LÉ }}Irish Navy shipsLÉ Emer (P21) {{Jsub }}Imperial Japanese Navy andImperial Japanese Army submarinesJapanese submarine I-15 {{JS }}Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shipsJS Ashigara (DDG-178) {{JDS }}Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships (older) JDS Wakaba (DE-261) {{HNLMS }}Royal Netherlands Navy shipsHNLMS De Ruyter (F804) {{HMNZS }}Royal New Zealand Navy shipsHMNZS Endeavour (A11) {{NNS }}Nigerian Navy shipsNNS Aradu (F89) {{HNoMS }}Royal Norwegian Navy shipsHNoMS Svenner (G03) {{HMPNGS }}Papua New Guinean Navy shipsHMPNGS Rabaul (P01) {{BAP }}Peruvian Navy shipsBAP Montero (FM-53) {{BRP }}Philippine Navy shipsBRP Rajah Soliman (D-66) {{RPS }}Philippine Navy ships (older) RPS Rajah Soliman (D-66) {{ORP }}Polish Navy shipsORP Orzeł (1938) {{NRP }}Portuguese Navy shipsNRP Sagres (1937) {{NMS }}Romanian Navy shipsNMS Smeul (1888) {{RSS }}Republic of Singapore Navy shipsRSS Formidable (68) {{SAS }}South African Navy SAS Mendi (F148) {{HMSAS }}Union of South Africa Navy HMSAS Protea (K51) {{ROKS }}Republic of Korea Navy shipsROKS Dokdo (LPH-6111) {{HSwMS }}Swedish Navy shipsHSwMS Sjölejonet (1936) {{HTMS }}Royal Thai Navy shipsHTMS Chakri Naruebet (CV 911) {{TCG }}Turkish Naval Forces shipsTCG Gediz (F 495) {{HMS }}Royal Navy shipsHMS Illustrious (R06) {{HMT }}Royal Navy trawlers HMT Elk (1902) {{RFAux }}Royal Fleet Auxiliary shipsRFA Fort Austin (A386) {{USAT }}US Army transport shipsUSAT Havana (1917) {{USCGC }}US Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) {{USNS }}US Naval Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) {{USRC }}US Revenue-Marine andUS Revenue Cutter Service USRC Harriet Lane (1857) {{USS }}US Navy shipUSS Enterprise (CVN-65) {{USAV }}US Army Vessel USAV Spearhead (TSV-X1) 
