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.
Armed naval vessel
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- submarineUnderwater naval craft
- carrierOne that transports
battleship · cruiser · corvette · minehunter · minesweeper · dreadnought · sloop-of-war · flagship
Name for celebrated vessels
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- BeagleHistoric British survey ship
- BountyBrand or historic vessel
- DreadnoughtRevolutionary 1906 warship
Belfast · Prince of Wales · Royal Oak · Vanguard · Warrior · Titanic · Cutty Sark
UK naval military branch
- admiralSenior naval commander
- captainOne who commands
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
ensign · midshipman · petty officer · rating · dockyard · Portsmouth · Admiralty · commission
1805 naval battle site
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
- FalklandsDisputed South Atlantic archipelago
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- NileAfrica's longest river
Copenhagen · Bismarck · Nelson · Cunningham · Beatty
warship
Armed naval vessel
carrier · battleship · cruiser · corvette · minehunter · minesweeper · dreadnought · sloop-of-war · flagship · patrol boat
Victory
Name for celebrated vessels
Dreadnought · Belfast · Prince of Wales · Royal Oak · Vanguard · Warrior · Titanic · Cutty Sark
Royal Navy
UK naval military branch
lieutenant · ensign · midshipman · petty officer · rating · dockyard · Portsmouth · Admiralty · commission · decommission
Trafalgar
1805 naval battle site
- JutlandDanish mainland peninsula
- FalklandsDisputed South Atlantic archipelago
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
Nile · Copenhagen · Bismarck · Nelson · Cunningham · Beatty
torpedo
Propelled undersea explosive
periscope · depth charge · missile · turret · broadside · convoy · blockade · engagement · sortie · bombardment
- Ship PrefixesUSS, RMS, MV, USNS, INS
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- naval termsadmiral, navy, battleship, carrier, submarine
- Royal NavyRoyal Navy, admiral, warship, battleship, boatswain
- defense industrydefense contractors, defense spending, defense production, defense budget, defense technology
- ship namingUSS, christening, registry, flagship, sister ship
HMSMV
Prefix for commercial vessels
merchant ship · cargo ship · cruise ship · commercial vessel · fishing boat
- HMS BountyBritish naval vessel, mutinied
- HMS Dreadnought
- HMS PinaforeBritish comic opera
- HMS VictoryPreserved first-rate ship-of-the-line
- HMS HoodBritish battlecruiser, lost 1941
- HMS Beagle