This article is about Royal Navy and European ship pennant numbers. For the United States equivalent, see Hull classification symbol. For the Canadian equivalent, see Hull classification symbol (Canada).
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that identified a flotilla or type of vessel. For example, the Royal Navy used a red burgee for torpedo boats and a pennant with an H for torpedo boat destroyers. Adding a number to the type-identifying flag uniquely identified each ship.
In the current system, a letter prefix, called a flag superior, identifies the type of ship, and numerical suffix, called a flag inferior, uniquely identifies an individual ship. Not all pennant numbers have a flag superior.
Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennantnumber (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948). Historically...
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resumed in 1997. Transferred in 1944 to the Navy as a patrol boat with pennantnumber P-36. Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993...
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political reasons. They were commissioned in 1968 as the Tiger class. A number of these were later sold on to the navies of Greece, Chile and Egypt. Following...
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countermeasure operations, to be operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and have pennantnumber M01. Initial conversion for naval service was conducted at HMNB Devonport...
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ship operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The ship was assigned the pennantnumber K60. Initial conversion for naval service is being conducted at the...
latter. Trials completed in October 1974 and this first unit (original pennantnumber 162, but later changed to 232) built at Jiangnan Shipyard entered Chinese...
various roles who are only identified by their unofficial name or their pennantnumber. Also included is a nominal ship, the Ironclad Huáscar, which is really...
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