Talk:HMS Kentish

HMS???
Was the second ship on this list ever prefixed with HMS? I thought it was just Kentish and then re-named HMS Kent...

Mjb1981 (talk) 00:14, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Technically no, the prefix HMS only develops at the end of eighteenth century (about the 1780s to be more precise) so no ship before this would be known as HMS... Even when it comes into use there were many variations, hence HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel), HMB (His Majesty's Brig). Submarines during the early twentieth century could be referred to by the prefix HMSm. Similarly you could get HM troopship, or HM armed trawler.  The editorial practice here is to backdate the prefix, so to treat the ship as how it would be prefixed as if it was entering service today.  Benea (talk) 01:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)