Dates: All dates are shortened to month (e.g. 07.1968), in exception of tragic fates.
Country of origin: Marked with flag-icon (to see explanation, move cursor over it). Same way used to mark flag changes in ship history. Adjective without added description indicates national navy (default). Examples:
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Sometimes (when naval ensign and national flag are the same) naval jack is used - e.g. Netherlands, South Korea.Distinction (possible data)
• name of type (sometimes subjective, given myself) - e.g. "Cordoba" class
• project (name, number etc.) - e.g. proj. 1204
• NATO codename (for Soviet, Chinese etc. projects) - e.g. (Koni)
• sometimes other designations: e.g. ex-whaler, Spanish prize...
Images (viewable with moving cursor over the icon)
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- photos•
- plans, sideviews etc.•
- colour silhouettes, paintings etc.•
- modelsBlack border (
) indicates vessel of featured navy, gray (
) vessel of same type, but different navy (when actual is not available).Builder: shipyard, site of build and constructor (only for sailing warships)
example: John Smith & Co. - Portsmouth (James Williams)
Size (possible data)
• T - (local) tonnage (sailships)
• bm - Builder's Old Measurement (sometimes approximate calculation; some pre-1850 vessels)
• t - displacement (standard/full load, surfaced/submerged for submarines)
• Grt - Gross Register Tonnage (merchant ships)
• Dwt - Deadweight (merchant ships)
Dimensions:
• length (overall default, rarely waterline)
• beam (or width - for docks etc.)
• draught (default for self-propelled vessels)
• depth (default for sailships)
All dimensions in metres. Examples: 22.3×4.5×2.3 m (depth or draught solely), 28.3×5.5×2.3/4.2 m (both, depth is always higher).
Propulsion (only for self-propelled vessels):
• horsepower (ihp, nhp or hp)
• speed in knots (kt), surfaced/submerged for submarines
Armament:
• number of different guns with pound rating (pdr) or caliber (mm)
• number of torpedo tubes (with caliber in mm)
• other weapons
• deck aviation
| Cr | carronades |
| Mr | mortars |
| RL | rocket launchers (19th C.) |
| II, III | double, triple... guns (e.g. 2xII 25mm) |
| AAW | anti-aircraft warfare |
| ASW | anti-submarines warfare |
| ABL | ASW barrel launchers |
| ARL | ASW rocket launchers |
| DC | depth charges |
| GL | grenade launchers |
| MG | machine guns |
| SG | salute guns |
| SAM | surface-to-air missiles |
| SSM | surface-to-surface missiles |
| TS | spar torpedoes |
| TT | torpedo tubes |
Complement: officers+seamen and NCOs/marines or soldiers (officers+men and NCOs).
example: 5+24/1+17 p.
Name: I try to give most accurate names of ships in national language. Below I list some rules concerning non-Latin alphabets or scripts:
• Chinese (pre-1949): Traditional Chinese (when available), Pinyin and sometimes Wade-Giles.
• Chinese (PRC): Simplified Chinese and Pinyin.
• Chinese (Taiwan): Traditional Chinese and official transcription.
• Greek: Greek alphabet for warships (e.g. Πάνθηρ).
• Japanese: Kanji and Romaji.
• Korean (North Korea): Han'gŭl and McCune-Reischauer romanization.
• Korean (South Korea): Hangeul and Revised Romanization.
• Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian: Cyrillic alphabet (e.g. Ардаган)
• Serbian (Serbo-Croatian): Latin script.
• Turkish: modern Turkish alphabet, sometimes image of name in elifbâ (Ottoman Arabic) added.
• other alphabets and scripts (Arabic, Hebrew, Georgian, Bengali, Thai etc.): official (usually English-based) name and name in original script (whenever available).
• civilian (merchant) vessels: Latin name (as in e.g. LRS), in exception of Cyryllic alphabets (Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian) and Japanese.
Abbreviation "N.S." means "Nuestra Señora" or "Nossa Senhora", a common part of Spanish/Portuguese sailships names.
Transcription of names written in some non-Latin scripts or alphabet should be visible with moving the cursor over them; e.g.: Σμύρνη, Cвияга, 龍湍, 春日.
Build Dates: 1/2/3, e.g. 02.1972/05.1974/11.1974
• 1) beginning (usually keel laid)
• 2) launch[ing]
• 3) commission[ing] (into first owner)
• and yard number (whenever available)
When precise dates are unknown:
• e.g. 1972-1975: ship was built in these years (often means "ordered"-"commissioned"),
• e.g. 1971;1976: ship was built between these years,
• e.g. 1972: ship was built in this year (probably launched or commissioned).
Fate of Ship: When ship wasn't ordered by featured navy, fate is divided in two parts - before and after the take-over, described respectively - backward and forward.
| ... | data unknown |
| ? | data uncertain or doubtful (sometimes italic used instead) |
| af. | after |
| bf. | before |
| c. | circa |
| $ | bought (concerns vessels with unknown previous fate) |
| đ | ordered, but not delivered |
| req. | requisited |
| n/u | name unchanged |
| abd. | abandoned |
| itd. | interned |
| miss. | missing |
| ® | in reserve or laid up |
| Ø | taken over, but not commissioned |
| § | deleted, stricken |
| # | scrapped, broken up etc. (most often start date) |
| = | heavily damaged |
| † | tragic fate (sunk, destroyed) |
| ⌂ | raised, salvaged |
| rep. | repaired |
Comment letters (added to # or †) indicating manner of event (e.g. n† or d=):
| a | activity of (enemy) aviation |
| b | stranded, run aground (not foundered) |
| c | collision |
| d | burnt, blew up, destroyed |
| e | activity of enemy warships (shelled etc.) |
| f | sank as breakwater |
| h | sank in tow |
| i | sunk in ice |
| k | shelled by coastal artillery |
| m | struck mine |
| n | natural causes (tempest, typhoon etc.) |
| p | capsized |
| r | rammed |
| s | scuttled |
| t | torpedoed by submarine or MTB |
| u | malfunction, leak etc. |
| v | damaged by enemy land forces |
| w | wrecked and foundered |
| z | sunk as target |
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