One-Oh-Four Posted September 10, 2023 Share #1 Posted September 10, 2023 …By it’s name or number, I get it…! 😉 😇 However, most navies have an abbreviation in front of the name, to signify what navy it belongs to. The most well known of course is the Royal Navy’s HMS for His/Her Majesty’s Ship. How should an Imperial Japanese Navy ship be referred to? As a modeller I mostly see IJN as in IJN Kongō. Or should it be HIJMS Kongō? Is there even a historically accurate way to designate Japanese naval vessels up to the end of WW2? Cheers, Erik. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted September 10, 2023 Share #2 Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) Hi Erik Many countries don't use prefixes. Imperial German Navy uses SMS (Seiner Majestät Schiff German: "His Majesty's Ship" ) prefixes, but the German under Third Reich did not. Similarly the French do not use a prefix. They do have an informal “FS” or “FNS” when jointly operating with NATO or other nation's navies. Japan only uses the JS or IJS prefixes when operating with or communicating with foreign Navies. Allan Edited September 11, 2023 by allanyed Canute, mtaylor and One-Oh-Four 2 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted September 10, 2023 Thank you, Allan! mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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