Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Ship class

Index Ship class

A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. [1]

24 relations: Aircraft carrier, Amphibious transport dock, C-class destroyer (1913), Classification society, German Navy, German reunification, Hull number, Ice class, Indonesian Navy, International Maritime Organization, Landing Craft Utility, Landing Ship, Tank, Lead ship, MARPOL 73/78, NATO reporting name, Royal Navy, Ship, Sister ship, Soviet Union, Type 42 destroyer, United States Congress, United States Navy, West Germany, World War II.

Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

New!!: Ship class and Aircraft carrier · See more »

Amphibious transport dock

An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform/dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.

New!!: Ship class and Amphibious transport dock · See more »

C-class destroyer (1913)

The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s.

New!!: Ship class and C-class destroyer (1913) · See more »

Classification society

A classification society (however called) is a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures.

New!!: Ship class and Classification society · See more »

German Navy

The German Navy (Deutsche Marine or simply Marine—) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified Bundeswehr ("Federal Defense"), the German Armed Forces.

New!!: Ship class and German Navy · See more »

German reunification

The German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (GDR, colloquially East Germany; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik/DDR) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, colloquially West Germany; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland/BRD) to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz (constitution) Article 23.

New!!: Ship class and German reunification · See more »

Hull number

Hull number is a serial identification number given to a boat or ship.

New!!: Ship class and Hull number · See more »

Ice class

Ice class refers to a notation assigned by a classification society or a national authority to denote the additional level of strengthening as well as other arrangements that enable a ship to navigate through sea ice.

New!!: Ship class and Ice class · See more »

Indonesian Navy

The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut, TNI-AL) was founded on 10 September 1945.

New!!: Ship class and Indonesian Navy · See more »

International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) until 1982, is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping.

New!!: Ship class and International Maritime Organization · See more »

Landing Craft Utility

The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore.

New!!: Ship class and Landing Craft Utility · See more »

Landing Ship, Tank

Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships built during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers.

New!!: Ship class and Landing Ship, Tank · See more »

Lead ship

The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design.

New!!: Ship class and Lead ship · See more »

MARPOL 73/78

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is short for marine pollution and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978) is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.

New!!: Ship class and MARPOL 73/78 · See more »

NATO reporting name

NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment of Russia, China, and, historically, the former Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact).

New!!: Ship class and NATO reporting name · See more »

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

New!!: Ship class and Royal Navy · See more »

Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.

New!!: Ship class and Ship · See more »

Sister ship

A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship.

New!!: Ship class and Sister ship · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Ship class and Soviet Union · See more »

Type 42 destroyer

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen light guided missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.

New!!: Ship class and Type 42 destroyer · See more »

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

New!!: Ship class and United States Congress · See more »

United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

New!!: Ship class and United States Navy · See more »

West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

New!!: Ship class and West Germany · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Ship class and World War II · See more »

Redirects here:

Class (ship), Class of ship, Ship classes.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_class

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »