HMS

Royal Navy prefix

HMS stands for His (or Her) Majesty's Ship, the prefix for vessels of the British Royal Navy: HMS Victory, HMS Beagle.

The possessive changes with the reigning monarch's gender.

The abbreviation appears in ship names from historical accounts to modern naval operations.

vessels

warship

Armed naval vessel

carrier · battleship · cruiser · corvette · minehunter · minesweeper · dreadnought · sloop-of-war · flagship · patrol boat

historic

Victory

Name for celebrated vessels

Dreadnought · Belfast · Prince of Wales · Royal Oak · Vanguard · Warrior · Titanic · Cutty Sark

naval

Royal Navy

UK naval military branch

lieutenant · ensign · midshipman · petty officer · rating · dockyard · Portsmouth · Admiralty · commission · decommission

historic-battles

Trafalgar

1805 naval battle site

Nile · Copenhagen · Bismarck · Nelson · Cunningham · Beatty

combat

torpedo

Propelled undersea explosive

  • gunneryScience of heavy weaponry
  • sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
  • radarRadio-wave object detection

periscope · depth charge · missile · turret · broadside · convoy · blockade · engagement · sortie · bombardment

Categories
Opposites
military vs civilian maritime

HMSMV

Prefix for commercial vessels

merchant ship · cargo ship · cruise ship · commercial vessel · fishing boat

national naval designation

HMSUSS

Navy ship prefix

PLAN · INS · Soviet Navy · Bismarck · Russian Navy

Phrases
Family

his

Familiarity
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