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His Majesty's Ship

His (or Her) Majesty's Ship, abbreviated HMS and H.M.S., is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies. Derived terms such as HMAS and equivalents in other languages such as SMS are used.

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Commonwealth of Nations

United Kingdom

With regard to the separate English and Scottish navies of the medieval period and early modern era, historians usually use terms such as "English Ship" or "Scottish Ship".[citation needed]

During the late 17th century, following the Restoration, the name Royal Navy was officially adopted, as well as the prefix His Majesty's Ship, and later, Her Majesty's Ship.[citation needed] The first recorded use of the abbreviated form HMS was in 1789, in respect of HMS Phoenix.[1] From 1707 to circa 1800 HBMS (for His Britannic Majesty's Ship) was also used.[2][3] Submarines in His Majesty's service also use the prefix HMS, standing for His Majesty's Submarine, though this is sometimes rendered HMS/m.[4] (See, for example, HMS/m Tireless, at IWM). The Royal Yacht Britannia, which was a commissioned ship in the Royal Navy, was known as HMY Britannia. Otherwise all ships in the Royal Navy are known as HM Ships, though formerly when a distinction was made between three-masted ship-rigged ships and smaller vessels they would be called HM Frigate X, or HM Sloop Y.

The prefix HMS is also used by shore establishments that are commissioned "stone frigates" in the Royal Navy. Examples include HMS Excellent, a training school located on an island in Portsmouth Harbour, and HMS Vulcan, in Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland, which is established to test the design of nuclear power systems for use in submarines.

The sample ship name used by the Royal Navy to signify a hypothetical vessel is HMS Nonsuch.[5] This is a name that has been used by the Royal Navy in the past; on the eve of World War II the name was given[by whom?] to the Royal Canadian Navy. As of 2012 HMCS Nonsuch was the "stone frigate" of the Edmonton Division of the Canadian Naval Reserve.[6]

Prefixing the name by "the", as in "the HMS Ark Royal", while common, is considered bad grammar.[7]

British government ships not in the Royal Navy have other designations, such as RFA for ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Other Commonwealth countries/former British Empire

Historically, variants on HMS have been used by the navies of British colonies. The practice is maintained in several Commonwealth realms – states in which the monarch of UK is head of state – as well as other Commonwealth countries and former members of the British Empire.

Current

Former

Denmark

All Danish Navy ships carry the ship prefix KDM (Kongelige Danske Marine) in Danish, but this is translated to HDMS (Her / His Danish Majesty's Ship) in English.

Germany

Seiner Majestät Schiff (pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ majɛsˈtɛːt ʃɪf]; German: His Majesty's Ship, abbreviated to S.M.S. or SMS) was the ship prefix used by the Prussian Maritime Enterprise (Seehandlung), the Prussian Navy, the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Kaiserliche und königliche Kriegsmarine). It was created by translating the British prefix into German.

It was sometimes also abbreviated to S.M. or SM (for Seiner Majestät) when a ship was mentioned by class, such as S.M. Kleiner Kreuzer Emden ("His Majesty's Light Cruiser Emden").

Special forms included

  • S.M.Y. (or SMY) = Seiner Majestät Yacht ("His Majesty's Yacht") for king's or emperor's yacht
  • I.M.Y. = Ihrer Majestät Yacht ("Her Majesty's Yacht") for the queen's or empress's yacht.
  • S.M.F. = Seiner Majestät Feuerschiff ("His Majesty's Lightvessel")
  • S.M.H. = Seiner Majestät Hilfsschiff ("His Majesty's Auxiliary Ship")
  • S.M.W. = Seiner Majestät Werkstattschiff ("His Majesty's Workshop Ship")
  • S.M.U. = Seiner Majestät Unterseeboot ("His Majesty's Submarine", prefixing a number not a name)

Netherlands

International prefixes for ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy is HNLMS (His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship).[25] The Netherlands navy itself uses the prefixes Zr.Ms. (Zijner Majesteits, His Majesty's) when a king is on the throne, and Hr.Ms. (Harer Majesteits, Her Majesty's) when there is a queen. This happens automatically at the moment of coronation.[26]

Norway

The Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix KNM, short for Kongelig Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). In English, they are given the prefix HNoMS, short for "His/Her Norwegian Majesty's Ship" (HNMS could be also used for the Royal Netherlands Navy, for which HNLMS is used instead). Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix KV for KystVakt (Coast Guard) in Norwegian and NoCGV for Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel in English.

Romania

Prior to World War II, the subsequent ousting of the monarchy of Romania on 30 December 1947 and post-war Soviet occupation, all Royal Romanian Navy vessels were given the prefix NMS which stands for Nava Majestăţii Sale which translates to His/her Majesty’s Ship in English.

Sweden

In the Royal Swedish Navy, all vessels are given the prefix HMS (Hans or Hennes Majestäts Skepp). This is true for both surface and submarine vessels.[27]

Abroad, Swedish navy ships are sometimes given the prefix HSwMS (for His Swedish Majesty's Ship), to avoid confusion with other uses of the HMS prefix.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions of the Sailing Navy Gallery". www.royalnavalmuseum.org. National Museum of the Royal Navy. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ^ "The Evolution of Ship Naming in the U.S. Navy". (US) Naval History and Heritage Command. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018. Some, but apparently not all, other navies also use prefixes with their ships' names. Perhaps the best known of these is HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship), long used by the Royal Navy. In earlier times this was also seen as HBMS for His Britannic Majesty's Ship.
  3. ^ Justin Reay (8 October 2008). "HBMS/HMS - usage in 18thC". The Society For Nautical Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ HMS/m at acronyms.thefreedictionary; retrieved 5 September 2021
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 6 February 2006.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. ^ The Guardian style guide
  8. ^ A History of the Bahamas, Michael Craton, San Salvador Press, 1986, page 289
  9. ^ Australian War Memorial Glossary 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 1 June 2007.
  11. ^ Port Bustamante Handbook, Shipping Association of Jamaica and the Port Authority of Jamaica, 1978, page 21
  12. ^ The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. 2002. p. 848. ISBN 9781557502421.
  13. ^ HMCS Protector SA History Hub, History Trust of South Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Foundation Day oration".
  15. ^ Port-side view of the former South Australian Colonial gunboat HMAS (ex HMS, ex HMCS) Protector; 1918 (National Library of Australia) February 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Tapʻ ma toʻ rvhe ra tu, 1995 khu nhacʻ, Matʻ la, Commemorative volume for 50th anniversary of Burmese Armed Forces Day; comprises chiefly, articles about the Armed Forces, 1995
  17. ^ Jane's Fighting Ships, Frederick Thomas Jane, S. Low, Marston & Company, 2010, page 61
  18. ^ War Department Technical Manual, Volume 30, Issue 410, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, page 282
  19. ^ Carl Muller (14 October 2000). Spit And Polish. Penguin Books Limited. p. 107. ISBN 978-81-8475-109-3.
  20. ^ Annual Report for the Year, Fiji Mineral Resources Department, 1980, page 20
  21. ^ HMQS Gayundah (Aboriginal for 'lightning') and her sister ship HMQS Paluma ('thunder') (National Library of Australia) February 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.
  23. ^ . Archived from the original on 13 October 2006.
  24. ^ Shukal, Om Prakash (2007), Excellence In Life, Gyan Publishing House, p. 332, ISBN 9788121209632
  25. ^ . Corporation of Lower St. Lawrence Pilots. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  26. ^ "Defensieschepen worden meteen Zr. Ms. in plaats van Hr. Ms" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 29 January 2013.
  27. ^ a b Ordbok: "H" 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Försvarsmakten (in Swedish)

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His or Her Majesty s Ship abbreviated HMS and H M S is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies Derived terms such as HMAS and equivalents in other languages such as SMS are used Seal of the Imperial Navy Mirrored Kommando S M S Braunschweig Contents 1 Commonwealth of Nations 1 1 United Kingdom 2 Other Commonwealth countries former British Empire 2 1 Current 2 2 Former 3 Denmark 4 Germany 5 Netherlands 6 Norway 7 Romania 8 Sweden 9 See also 10 ReferencesCommonwealth of Nations EditUnited Kingdom Edit With regard to the separate English and Scottish navies of the medieval period and early modern era historians usually use terms such as English Ship or Scottish Ship citation needed During the late 17th century following the Restoration the name Royal Navy was officially adopted as well as the prefix His Majesty s Ship and later Her Majesty s Ship citation needed The first recorded use of the abbreviated form HMS was in 1789 in respect of HMS Phoenix 1 From 1707 to circa 1800 HBMS for His Britannic Majesty s Ship was also used 2 3 Submarines in His Majesty s service also use the prefix HMS standing for His Majesty s Submarine though this is sometimes rendered HMS m 4 See for example HMS m Tireless at IWM The Royal Yacht Britannia which was a commissioned ship in the Royal Navy was known as HMY Britannia Otherwise all ships in the Royal Navy are known as HM Ships though formerly when a distinction was made between three masted ship rigged ships and smaller vessels they would be called HM Frigate X or HM Sloop Y The prefix HMS is also used by shore establishments that are commissioned stone frigates in the Royal Navy Examples include HMS Excellent a training school located on an island in Portsmouth Harbour and HMS Vulcan in Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland which is established to test the design of nuclear power systems for use in submarines The sample ship name used by the Royal Navy to signify a hypothetical vessel is HMS Nonsuch 5 This is a name that has been used by the Royal Navy in the past on the eve of World War II the name was given by whom to the Royal Canadian Navy As of 2012 update HMCS Nonsuch was the stone frigate of the Edmonton Division of the Canadian Naval Reserve 6 Prefixing the name by the as in the HMS Ark Royal while common is considered bad grammar 7 British government ships not in the Royal Navy have other designations such as RFA for ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Other Commonwealth countries former British Empire EditHistorically variants on HMS have been used by the navies of British colonies The practice is maintained in several Commonwealth realms states in which the monarch of UK is head of state as well as other Commonwealth countries and former members of the British Empire Current Edit Canada His Majesty s Canadian Ship HMCS French Navire canadien de Sa Majeste NCSM Royal Canadian Navy Australia His Majesty s Australian Ship HMAS Royal Australian Navy New Zealand His Majesty s New Zealand Ship HMNZS Royal New Zealand Navy Bahamas His Majesty s Bahamian Ship HMBS Royal Bahamas Defence Force 8 Papua New Guinea His Majesty s Papua New Guinean Ship HMPNGS Papua New Guinea Defence Force 9 Jamaica His Majesty s Jamaican Ship HMJS Jamaica Defence Force 10 11 Tuvalu His Majesty s Tuvalu State Ship HMTSS 12 Former Edit Colonial Her Majesty s Colonial Ship HMCS 13 Australia Commonwealth Naval Ship CNS 14 15 Burma His Majesty s Burmese Ship HMBS 16 Barbados Her Majesty s Barbadian Ship HMBS Barbados Defence Force 17 South Africa His Majesty s South African Ship HMSAS 18 Afrikaans Sy Majesteit se Suid Afrikaanse Skip SMSA South African Navy Ceylon Her Majesty s Ceylon Ship HMCyS 19 Fiji Her Majesty s Fijian Ship HMFS 20 India His Majesty s Indian Ship HMIS Queensland before the federation of Australia Her Majesty s Queensland Ship HMQS 21 Victoria before the federation of Australia Her Majesty s Victorian Ship HMVS 22 23 Pakistan His Majesty s Pakistan Ship HMPS 24 Denmark EditAll Danish Navy ships carry the ship prefix KDM Kongelige Danske Marine in Danish but this is translated to HDMS Her His Danish Majesty s Ship in English Germany EditSeiner Majestat Schiff pronounced ˈzaɪ nɐ majɛsˈtɛːt ʃɪf German His Majesty s Ship abbreviated to S M S or SMS was the ship prefix used by the Prussian Maritime Enterprise Seehandlung the Prussian Navy the Imperial German Navy Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro Hungarian Navy Kaiserliche und konigliche Kriegsmarine It was created by translating the British prefix into German It was sometimes also abbreviated to S M or SM for Seiner Majestat when a ship was mentioned by class such as S M Kleiner Kreuzer Emden His Majesty s Light Cruiser Emden Special forms included S M Y or SMY Seiner Majestat Yacht His Majesty s Yacht for king s or emperor s yacht I M Y Ihrer Majestat Yacht Her Majesty s Yacht for the queen s or empress s yacht S M F Seiner Majestat Feuerschiff His Majesty s Lightvessel S M H Seiner Majestat Hilfsschiff His Majesty s Auxiliary Ship S M W Seiner Majestat Werkstattschiff His Majesty s Workshop Ship S M U Seiner Majestat Unterseeboot His Majesty s Submarine prefixing a number not a name Netherlands EditInternational prefixes for ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy is HNLMS His Her Netherlands Majesty s Ship 25 The Netherlands navy itself uses the prefixes Zr Ms Zijner Majesteits His Majesty s when a king is on the throne and Hr Ms Harer Majesteits Her Majesty s when there is a queen This happens automatically at the moment of coronation 26 Norway EditThe Royal Norwegian Navy vessels have since 1946 been given the ship prefix KNM short for Kongelig Norske Marine Royal Norwegian Navy In English they are given the prefix HNoMS short for His Her Norwegian Majesty s Ship HNMS could be also used for the Royal Netherlands Navy for which HNLMS is used instead Coast Guard vessels are given the prefix KV for KystVakt Coast Guard in Norwegian and NoCGV for Norwegian Coast Guard Vessel in English Romania EditPrior to World War II the subsequent ousting of the monarchy of Romania on 30 December 1947 and post war Soviet occupation all Royal Romanian Navy vessels were given the prefix NMS which stands for Nava Majestăţii Sale which translates to His her Majesty s Ship in English Sweden EditIn the Royal Swedish Navy all vessels are given the prefix HMS Hans or Hennes Majestats Skepp This is true for both surface and submarine vessels 27 Abroad Swedish navy ships are sometimes given the prefix HSwMS for His Swedish Majesty s Ship to avoid confusion with other uses of the HMS prefix 27 See also EditSee ship prefix for a list Royal Mail Ship RMS Category Ships of the Royal Navy HM Prison HMP His Majesty s Young Offender Institution HMYOI His Majesty s Government HMG His Majesty s Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London United States ShipReferences Edit Frequently Asked Questions of the Sailing Navy Gallery www royalnavalmuseum org National Museum of the Royal Navy Retrieved 18 July 2014 The Evolution of Ship Naming in the U S Navy US Naval History and Heritage Command 22 May 2018 Retrieved 17 December 2018 Some but apparently not all other navies also use prefixes with their ships names Perhaps the best known of these is HMS His Her Majesty s Ship long used by the Royal Navy In earlier times this was also seen as HBMS for His Britannic Majesty s Ship Justin Reay 8 October 2008 HBMS HMS usage in 18thC The Society For Nautical Research Retrieved 17 December 2018 HMS m at acronyms thefreedictionary retrieved 5 September 2021 Royal Navy Archived from the original on 6 February 2006 HMCS Nonsuch Archived from the original on 30 June 2013 Retrieved 4 August 2012 The Guardian style guide A History of the Bahamas Michael Craton San Salvador Press 1986 page 289 Australian War Memorial Glossary Archived 2007 06 06 at the Wayback Machine Jamaica Defence Force Bases Archived from the original on 1 June 2007 Port Bustamante Handbook Shipping Association of Jamaica and the Port Authority of Jamaica 1978 page 21 The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World Naval Institute Press 2002 p 848 ISBN 9781557502421 HMCS Protector SA History Hub History Trust of South Australia Retrieved 28 February 2021 Foundation Day oration Port side view of the former South Australian Colonial gunboat HMAS ex HMS ex HMCS Protector 1918 National Library of Australia Archived February 9 2008 at the Wayback Machine Tapʻ ma toʻ rvhe ra tu 1995 khu nhacʻ Matʻ la Commemorative volume for 50th anniversary of Burmese Armed Forces Day comprises chiefly articles about the Armed Forces 1995 Jane s Fighting Ships Frederick Thomas Jane S Low Marston amp Company 2010 page 61 War Department Technical Manual Volume 30 Issue 410 U S Government Printing Office 1943 page 282 Carl Muller 14 October 2000 Spit And Polish Penguin Books Limited p 107 ISBN 978 81 8475 109 3 Annual Report for the Year Fiji Mineral Resources Department 1980 page 20 HMQS Gayundah Aboriginal for lightning and her sister ship HMQS Paluma thunder National Library of Australia Archived February 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine Department of the Environment and Water Resources HMVS Cerberus Archived from the original on 10 February 2007 Welcome Royal Australian Naval Reserves Archived from the original on 13 October 2006 Shukal Om Prakash 2007 Excellence In Life Gyan Publishing House p 332 ISBN 9788121209632 List of Acronyms Preceding the Name of a Ship Corporation of Lower St Lawrence Pilots Archived from the original on 6 July 2011 Retrieved 31 July 2013 Defensieschepen worden meteen Zr Ms in plaats van Hr Ms in Dutch Volkskrant 29 January 2013 a b Ordbok H Archived 2011 08 12 at the Wayback Machine Forsvarsmakten in Swedish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title His Majesty 27s Ship amp oldid 1134532727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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