Hull classification symbol (Canada)

The Royal Canadian Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships, which are similar to the United States Navy's hull classification symbol system. The Royal Navy and some European and Commonwealth navies (19 in total) use a somewhat analogous system of pennant numbers.

In a ship name such as HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) the ship prefix HMCS for Her or His Majesty's Canadian Ship indicates the vessel is a warship in service to the Monarch of Canada, while the proper name Algonquin may follow a naming convention for the class of vessel. The hull classification symbol in the example is the parenthetical suffix (DDG 283), where the hull classification type DDG indicates that the Algonquin is a guided-missile destroyer and the hull classification number 283 is unique within that type. Listed below are various hull classification types with some currently in use and others that are retired and no longer in use.

Auxiliary ships

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Aircraft carriers

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Corvettes

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Cruisers

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Destroyers

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Frigates

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Minesweepers

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Submarines

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  • CC: World War I era gas powered submarines
  • CH: World War I era diesel-electric submarines
  • S: Submarine (retired Cold War era diesel electric: last used by Oberon-class submarines)
  • SS: Submarine (retired, used for US built Balao (1961–1969) and Tench (1968–1974)-class vessels)
  • SSK: Hunter-Killer Submarine or long range submarines. Eg Victoria-class submarines

Patrol

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  • AOPV: Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel

Notes

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  1. ^ "ENDEAVOUR". Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  2. ^ "SeaWaves Today in History September 22, 2008". Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  3. ^ "Canadian Navy: HMCS PRESERVER - Ship Home". Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  4. ^ Examples included: HMCS Prince David (F89), HMCS Prince Henry (F70), and HMCS Prince Robert (F56)
  5. ^ "Skimming the Waves - Canada Science and Technology Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  6. ^ "BRAS d'OR". Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  7. ^ "Canada's Navy: HMCS ORIOLE". Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  8. ^ "Canadian Navy: MARPAC - Maritime Forces Pacific - Pacific Fleet: Patrol Craft Training (PCT)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-03-22.

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