In a ship name, what does HMS stand for?
What does the acronym "HMS" stand for when used in the names of ships?
10 Answers
Her Majesty’s Ship or His Majesty’s Ship. It’s a ship that belongs to a British Colony.
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There is a committee in the Admiralty that decides on the naming of vessels. For example deciding if a name of a ship might upset surviving members of lost sailors families, or be disrespectful of war graves. For example, HMS Royal Oak, and HMS Hood will never be used again, but HMS Prince of Wales is being used for one of our future carriers. Submarines have traditionally had names starting with the same letter. For example, The previous S and T classes were both used in WW2. The previous A Class operated post WW2. The deck gun of HMS Andrew was removed in 1974, and now stands at Ft Blockhouse in what used to be HMS Dolphin at Gosport. The last of the present S Class will decommission by late 2010, and the majority of the T class will run on for some time yet. These will be both be replaced by the Astute class. Now might I remind you that the incident of drunkenness in January is still subject to legal proceedings. However it had nothing to do with the Superb crash in May. It does prove that the rounds system works; as the rating was found by another rating who was carrying out his rounds properly. On a personal note; by any other combination of events, and the boat not been built so well, I might not have been here to write this. And “Six month Deployment”? In the conditions we work in you wouldn’t last six days.
Jan 01, 2025
mostly everyone got it mostly right….but just to dot I’s and cross T’s:
HMS only applies to ships in the (British) Royal NAVY. Not to civilian ships, like a RMS Royal Mail Steamer, or a cargo or passenger ship under the British flag.
and yes, its His or Hers Majesty’s Ship depending on whether a King or Queen is currently reining..
Other countries use or used similar nomenclature; HIJMS would be His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Ship
HNMS would be His Netherlands Majesty’s Ship……
and, back in WW2 days—anyone know when this practice stopped?—– Australian, Canadian or New Zealand ships serving in the Royal Navy were HMAS, HMCS and HMNZS respectively.
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