Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships

First, an important note for everyone to remember:

A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about military ships (and at least one is thinking of doing the same with cruise ships and ocean liners). These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

Title

WikiProject Ships

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to organize the effort to create articles about naval vessels, but also addresses civilian ships. Most ship names have been used more than once, and many ships have had long service lives. That combination can produce very long articles if all ships of a given name are included in the same article. Accordingly, it is now recommended (yes, this is a change from an earlier version of the "naming standards") that editors create an index page under the simple name of the ship, and detailed pages for each individual vessel.

Separately, classes of ships should also have articles of their own.

Many public domain sources of information on ships are available, such as the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. If any material in an article has been copied from the public domain, be sure to credit the source. DANFS in particular has been widely copied across the World Wide Web, and its copiers sometimes (wrongly) claim that they hold the copyright to that public domain material. A Wikipedia editor checking provenance could discover one of those copies and jump to the conclusion the article is in violation of that (non-existent) copyright.

If you adapt material from DANFS for Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/DANFS conversions.

Index Pages

Index articles about ships should include in their titles only the standard prefix used by that ship. Other identification should be omitted, so that a reader can easily locate the material sought; for example, name an index article simply "USS Enterprise".

Within the article, give a brief introduction to the name, followed by very brief identifications of each vessel. The identifications should provide enough information for a reader to find the particular ship being sought, but not expand into an account of her career. You should give:

• the hull number or pennant number (if any);
• the year of launch (if known, or another significant date such as year of purchase or commissioning if not);
• ship type (frigate/destroyer/third-rate);
• ship class (if any); and
• the single most significant event of her career, if any (e.g. "fought at the battle of Trafalgar", "convoy escort in World War II", "wrecked off Jamaica in a hurricane").

Index pages should use the template {{shipindex}}.

Naming conventions

Please follow Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships).

An article about a ship with a unique name should still include any obvious disambiguators, with an automatic redirect from the index page. For example, only one ship (as this is written) has been named "USS Ronald Reagan," but an editor of another article will probably automatically link to [[USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)]]. For consistency, create the article at the latter page and a redirect at the former. Then, when a second ship is given the name, the redirect can be overwritten with the index, and the CVN article will not need to be moved.

Some types of ship are known only by a hull number; for example, American PT boats, German U-boats. In these cases, spell out the ship type -- Patrol Torpedo Boat 109, Unterseeboot 238 -- for the main article, and create a redirect or a disambiguation page at the short form -- PT-109 can probably be a automatic redirect, but U-238 must be a disambiguation page. In this case, there is no distinction between the index page and the individual page.

For details of the components of a ship's name, see ship prefix, hull classification symbol, and pennant number. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships) for how to put them together.

Ships that have changed nationality may want to have separate articles for each nationality; for instance USS Phoenix and ARA General Belgrano were physically the same chunk of iron. The end of one article should explain the circumstances of the transfer and link to the article about the new incarnation. In some cases there is little to say about some of the incarnations (Cutty Sark for instance), in which case separate paragraphs within the article work.

A useful litmus test; will a link from another article immediately connect to relevant info? To use the Phoenix/Belgrano example, a Falklands War link that jumped to a World War II US cruiser would be distracting at best; better to link directly to an article about an Argentine ship.

Individual articles

Articles about individual ships should have fully disambiguated titles, and include all information from the index page; in other words, don't assume that the reader had seen the index page. (This is because references may link directly to the article.)

The articles ship naming and launching and ship commissioning make good links from the discussions of construction and commissioning.

Introductory Sentence

The first sentence of (any) article should use the article title (set in bold face) early in the sentence and establish context. In the case of ships, set all elements of the name in bold face, with the ship's name also italicized; for example, '''HMS ''Ark Royal'' (R07)''', '''USS ''Constitution'', 44'''. The commissioning nation, the ship type, and the time period are important elements of context. Why the particular name was given is interesting, especially if it is not obvious.

It is also helpful to the reader to mention the particular significance of the ship; "world's first aircraft carrier" for instance.

Later references to the same ship in the article (which should not be links) should just use the ship's name, still in italics: Ark Royal or Enterprise.

Ship Class

Articles about a ship class should be named (Lead ship name) "class" (type); for example, [[Ohio class submarine|''Ohio''-class submarine]] or [[Town class cruiser|Town-class light cruiser]]. Do not be overly specific in the type; for example, use "aircraft carrier", not "light escort fleet assault carrier". Use the singular form of the ship type; for example, "submarine", not "submarines". Note that the navies of the United Kingdom often name their ship class after what the ships' names have in common rather than for the lead ship (Flower-class corvettes, A-class submarines); in these cases the class name is not italicized.

When writing references, using the class as an adjective followed by the type name as a separate link lets the reader go equally easily to specific or general info, as in Ohio-class submarine.

Article Body

In a sense, an article about a ship is a lot like a biography; the dates of commissioning and decommissioning set the context, while achievements explain why the ship has an article about it in the first place, and events in the ship's life make the narrative connected. In addition, a ship will have associated with it other ships, various people such as officers and crew, and these should all be interlinked - famous admirals were once junior officers on some ship or another, and the cross-links will illuminate.

Since this is Wikipedia, ship articles should be pruned to the ship's life as such, and links made to separate articles about battles and other multi-ship events (such as the cruise of the Great White Fleet).

Finally, articles should make objective assessments of the ship as the data warrants ("too slow to be of use", etc). If the article content is not sufficient to support the assessment, then cite external references. Assessments are especially important for ship class articles.

Every ship article should have a picture of the ship if possible.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Transportation.

Descendant Wikiprojects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Cruise Lines - To standardize, add information, and focus more on a neutral point of view, with regards to cruise lines and their ships (Carnival Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean, etc.)

Similar Wikiprojects

Similar WikiProjects are

• WikiProject Aircraft
• WikiProject Military history

Participants

• Ctifumdope
• Abduncan4
• the Epopt
• Stan Shebs
• John Volc (Professional Naval Architect - would like to help out wherever I can)
• Stephen Gilbert (casual participant; I want to do a few Canadian ships)
• Tannin (Mostly Australian, maybe some English ones too, time permitting.)
• Arwel (Mostly WW1 British and German, with a side interest in the Battle of the River Plate.)
• David Newton
• Morven
• SoLando
• Hcheney
• Lestatdelc (new self-addition to the project, working mainly on US subs and Aircraft carriers)
• Sbb (working on Fletcher-class destroyers (count 'em - 175 of them!))
• Jll (from time to time, mainly pre-WW2 British ships)
• Petersam (frigate and USN frigate classes)
• Jinian
• McMullen (mostly doing U.S. Civil War ships for now)
• Vaoverland (mostly doing U.S. Civil War ships for now)
• BSchorr (Primarily Battleships, but occasionally I venture into other military ship types)
• Oldfarm (Liberty ships, Victory ships, Ocean class freighters, Union-Castle)
• Laisak (working on Finnish Navy ships albeit very slowly)
• Durin (mostly work on USN, but other navies where I run into useful material to put on Wikipedia)
• Dahlis (Will work on ships of the swedish navy and other swedish ships)
• Dawson (Random acts of article addition)
• Malo (Working on USN ships, mostly converting DANFS entries, currently doing Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers)
• ScottyBoy900Q (Working on uploading public domain ship images.)
• Rickyrab Would like to do a Wikiproject Cruise Lines as a daughter project of Wikiproject Ships. If Ships proper is not interested I could spin it off as a separate Wikiproject under Transportation.
• JimmyTheOne (18th and 20th century European warships)
• PAR - U.S. Civil War-era ships, working on Template:Ship table
• Spot87
• Zurel Darrillian (Primarily United States Naval Monitors, would like to do class articles after individual ships, I use DANFS as a base and augment it as needed from other more-accurate published sources)
• User:Inge, Mostly working on Royal Norwegian Navy and Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy ships.
• §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 00:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC) casual participant. I will focus mostly on ocean liners.
• User:Nick Dowling (Mainly Australian ships)
• User:Adamcobb (Mainly cross-channel ferries.
• CP\M
• User:Ballista General interest in matters naval
• Evogol^Talk (working on Peruvian Navy ships)
• Anthony.bradbury (British battleships from HMS Warrior onwards)
• User:Auror (Fighting sail primarily, but interests in other theatres too.)
• User:Kralizec! (primarily ships from the pre-Dreadnought era through Cold War, with emphasis on WWI, WWII, and Cold War ship classes)
• User:RasputinAXP - Been working on filling in the gaps in US Navy destroyers, but I'm also a fan of fighting sail.
• TomTheHand - I have a strong interest in ship design histories, but my primary contribution so far has been categorization, especially under Category:Ship classes
• Emoscopes ^Talk 20:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC) - Interested in ships of the Royal Navy, mainly escort vessels. Enjoy adding and correcting infoboxes and being utterly fastidious about the marks, designations and nomenclatures of Royal Navy weapons and radars.

Non-participants

• N328KF/Joseph

Featured Articles

• The Battle of Hampton Roads is the story of the battle of the first ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia during the American Civil War. It became a featured article in December, 2004.

Structure

Three types of articles are created by this project: index pages, individual ship pages, and ship class pages.

Categorization

All individual ships should be categorized in Category:Ships or one of its subcategories, while ship class articles should be in Category:Ship classes or one of its subcats. Descriptions of types of vessels should go under Category:Ship types. Index articles are most like disambiguators, and if given the "disambig" template will be categorized as such. (A subcategory for index articles may be worthwhile.)

Within "ships", multiple categories for individuals is both useful and desirable. The main subcategories are:

• Category:Ships by type, whose subcategories are in turn the obvious Category:Battleships, etc. In this context, "type" may include both form and function; readers looking for a type just want to match on a term without having to know whether a ship was purpose-built as an aircraft carrier, or adapted.
• Category:Ships by country has subcategories for each nation with ship articles. A category like Category:Ships of Germany includes both civilian and naval vessels. (Note that nationality of a civilian vessel may be complicated by registry flags and such; this needs further though.)
• Category:Ships by era is the parent for categories of ships connected to one or more particular eras or conflicts, such as Category:American Civil War ships. What constitutes an "era" may be loosely-defined, but the category should include a precise description of what ships and should not be included, for the guidance of editors.
• Category:Naval ships is the parent category for naval vessels, and also has subcategories for nationalities.

Additional subcategories, such Category:fictional ships are available for things that don't fit elsewhere.

Types of boats should be categorized under Category:Boat types. The very small number of notable boats should be classified under Category:Boats. Vessels that are not clearly "boats" or "ships" may be classified under both, to facilitate being found either way. Oddball water vessels not otherwise classifiable should go in Category:Water transport.

Sources

United States Navy

• Navy On-Line (ncts.navy.mil/nol/) lists nearly every U.S. Navy official and unofficial web site
• The primary source for information about pre-Cold War United States Navy ships is the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Its coverage of the latter half of the 20th century is weak, however, and of the 21st century virtually non-existent. However the Naval Historical Center has recently finished putting all DANFS histories online and is beginning a project to update histories and write new ones. For example, the history of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation is now complete up to its decommissioning in August 2003. If you adapt material from DANFS for Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/DANFS conversions. DANFS is available at the NHC's website (history.navy.mil/danfs/) and at Haze Gray & Underway (hazegray.org/danfs/); it's generally worth checking both, for any differences in updates or typos.
• The Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil) is a public domain resource for ships currently in commission and some recently retired ones.
• NavSource is a good source of pictures--though not all have Wikipedia-compliant copyrights.
• Combat Index is another good source of pictures. The design of the site has some issues, and you may have to manually highlight links in order to read them. Pages on individual ships often contain photographs attributed to U.S. Navy, and are thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. This resource frequently has photographs when all other venues fail.
• The Naval War College hosts a database containing historical information on a huge number of ships. Frequently, the same information can be found in DANFS. However, where DANFS histories are missing, this resource may have information. The main page to use is ship's notes.

Ship types

• The United States Submarine Veterans Inc. is primarily a community of submariners, but has some information on submarines "on eternal patrol;" ie, lost.
• Destroyers OnLine - to collect, preserve and display historical information about the ships, their crews and the U.S. Navy. Includes destroyers, escorts, and frigates; destroyer classes; alphabetical list; links; glossary, bibliography. Individual ship profiles may include history, photos, crew locator, and email from crewmembers.

Royal Navy

• The maintainer of the Web site Ships of the Old Navy ( http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/INTRO.HTM ), which is devoted primarily to Napoleonic-era ships, has given Wikipedia permission to use any of his work. The Epopt has his statement of permission on file.
• The maintainer of the Web site Navyphotos ( http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/ ) has given permission for materials from his site to be used, with the stipulation that a link and/or acknowledgement is requested. David Newton has the email giving permission.
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office has denied Wikipedia permission to copy anything under Crown Copyright.

Soviet and Russian Navies

• The copyright statement on the Web pages of the Bellona Foundation ( http://www.bellona.no/ ) states "(c) BELLONA - Reuse and reprint recommended provided source is stated." That requirement is compatible with the GFDL's requirement that history be maintained, so their excellent material may be used without restriction.

French Marine Nationale

• A template infobox for French warships : User:Rama/FS_template
• http://www.netmarine.net/ authorisation is given by the team of "NetMarine" to use their photographs. Therefore, you can use the images of
  • JM. Roche
  • G. Rueda
  • F. Dubey
  • Y. Le Bris
  • A. Morcello.

Note that other images are likely to be copyrighted by the Marine Nationale and that no special authorisation has been granted as for now.

• Service Historique de la Marine
• Musée National de la Marine

Royal Norwegian Navy

• Template:No iconList of ships built by the main shipyard in Horten
• Template:No iconNorwegian Submarine flotilla history
• Template:No iconFacts & Figures: The Royal Norwegian Navy
• Template:No iconBefalsbladet 1/2004
• Template:No iconRoyal Norwegian Navy history page
• Template:No iconAnother Royal Norwegian Navy History page (norwegian)
• Template:No iconRoyal Norwegian Navy Museum web page
• Template:No iconRoyal Norwegian Navy Museum web page at mil.no

Royal Australian Navy

• The Royal Australian Navy's Sea Power Centre has histories of all the former ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Note that these histories are covered by copyright and cannot be reproduced on Wikipedia without the permission of the RAN.
• The Australian War Memorial has photos of most RAN ships in its Collections Database. Photos taken prior to the early 1950s which have a copyright status of 'clear' may be reproduced on Wikipedia on the condition that the AWM's watermarks are not removed (see: User:Nick Dowling/Australian War Memorial Email). Permission must be obtained before reproducing more recent photos. The AWM also sells higher resolution versions of the photos in the database.
• The AWM also has the official histories of the RAN in WW1 and WW2 available online. Note that the AWM still holds the copyright to these publications and permission must be obtained before any elements of them are reproduced.

Other Navies

• Official site of the Hellenic Navy [1] (Greek Navy)
• The History of Turkish Submarines ( http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/7704/index.html ) is a privately-maintained website, well-organized, with good information. Wikipedia has no permission to copy; all rights are reserved.
• The Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy ( http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/ ) has excellent information about the title subject. Wikipedia has no permission to copy; all rights are reserved.

WW2 ships

• uboat.net has databases of WW2 Allied warships and German U-boats.
• combinedfleet.com has tabular records of movement for many WW2 Japanese warships.

Raw Dump

The links were copied from another site and have not been verified as useful. Caveat nautilus. Wikipedia has no permission to copy from any of these sites; all rights are reserved.

Submarines - General

• http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Military/Navy/Submarines/ - Yahoo: Submarine Web Sites - Links to official sites, unofficial sites, active submarines as well as historic and museum subs.
• http://www.rontini.com/ - Ron Martini's Submarine World Network- One of the largest collections of submarine links on the Internet.
• http://www.heiszwolf.com/subs/plans/plans.html - Submarine Plans - A survey of historical submersible and submarine drawings, from Alexander the Great's glass diving bell to modern nuclear-powered submarines

Submarines - U.S.

• http://www.subnet.com - Subnet - The Cyberspace Association of U.S. Submariners (CAUSS) - Excellent, well organized website with information about U.S. submarines of all eras.
• http://www.momsen.org - Momsen.org - Page dedicated to the "Father of Submarine Rescue", Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen and maintained by his granddaughter. Requires Internet Explorer; unusable with any other browser.

Submarines - Other Countries

• http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/ - Royal Navy Submarine Museum
• http://www.dolphin.org.il - Israeli Submarines - Extensive information on INS Dakar, an online memorial to all fallen Israeli submariners, and home to The Dolphin Israeli Submariners' Association

Naval Links

• http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk - The Royal Navy - Official Web Site - Good historical and current fleet information.
• http://www.usni.org/ - U.S. Naval Institute - An independent, private, self-supporting, non-profit professional association of, and for, members of all uniformed sea services of the United States
• http://www.naval.ca - The Naval Officer's Association of Canada - The premier Canadian organization for naval professionals.

Templates

Index page template

 Three ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Pinafore'''''
 after the [[pinafore]]:

 *[[HMS Pinafore (1652)|''Pinafore'']], launched in 1652 as ''Dunbar'',
 was a 60-gun [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]]. She fought in the
 [[First Anglo-Dutch War]] and was renamed ''Pinafore'' on the
 [[English Restoration|Restoration]] in 1660.

 *[[HMS Pinafore (1878)|''Pinafore'']], launched in 1878, was a
 [[Rackstraw class sloop|''Rackstraw''-class]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] that saw
 action against the [[Penzance]] corsairs.

 *[[HMS Pinafore (D987)|''Pinafore'' (D987)]], launched in [[1943]],
 was an [[Operetta class destroyer|''Operetta''-class]] [[escort destroyer]].
 She served in [[World War II]], escorting cheese [[convoy]]s to
 [[Archangelsk|Archangel]]. She was coincidentally sunk by
 [[Unterseeboot 987|''U-987'']] in 1944.

 {{shipindex}}

Note: when you make an index page, always check "What links here". There are often pages that link to the ship name that need to be disambiguated.

Individual ship template

 '''HMS ''Pinafore''''' was a [[Rackstraw class sloop|''Rackstraw''-class]]
 [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] of the [[Royal Navy]], named after [[pinafore|a frilly apron]].
 She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[29 December]] [[1878]], and 
 [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[25 May]] [[1879]] under the
 command of Captain Corcoran.

 ...

 See [[HMS Pinafore|HMS ''Pinafore'']] for other ships of this name.

 {{Rackstraw class sloop}}
 [[Category:Rackstraw class sloops|Pinafore]]

Or for a more modern ship:

 '''HMS ''Pinafore'' (D987)''' was an [[Operetta class destroyer|''Operetta''-class]]
 [[escort destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]], named after [[pinafore|a frilly apron]].
 She was laid down by Bobstay and Sons, [[Penzance]], on [[17 October]] [[1942]],
 [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[6 May]] [[1943]], and
 [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[4 August]] [[1943]].
 She served in [[World War II]] under the command of Captain [[Tom Tucker]]

 ...

 See [[HMS Pinafore|HMS ''Pinafore'']] for other ships of this name.

 {{Operetta class destroyer}}
 [[Category:Operetta class destroyers|Pinafore]]

Soviet and Russian ships have NATO reporting names in addition to the actual project number and name in Russian:

 '''K-141 ''Kursk'' was a Project 949A Антей (''Antey'', [[Antaeus]]; also known 
 by the [[NATO reporting name]] of [[Oscar class submarine|"Oscar-II" class) 
 nuclear cruise missile submarine, named for the [[Battle of Kursk]]....

If you want to include a list of statistics, you can follow this template:

 == General characteristics ==
 * Displacement:
 * Length:
 * Beam:
 * Draft:
 * Propulsion:
 * Speed:
 * Range:
 * Armour:
 * Armament:
 * Complement:
 * Aircraft:
 * Motto:

or you can include a table combining a career summary with statistics; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables for table templates.

If the ship is a typical member of her class there is no need to give her statistics; instead, you can refer the reader to her class for the details.

Mediawiki Footers

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Footers
• {{navy-stub}}

Standard Tables

• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ships/Tables

Ship Class Template

 The '''''Rackstraw'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of [[sloop-of-war|sloops]]
 of the [[Royal Navy]]. Seven were built at [[Penzance]] by Bobstay and Sons between
 1876 and 1878. They were wooden composite screw sloops — that is, they had
 three masts as well as steam-powered screw propulsion. They were modified versions
 of the [[Fantome class sloop|''Fantome'' class]] ...

 == Ships ==
 * [[HMS Rackstraw (1876)|''Rackstraw'']], launched in 1876
 * [[HMS Hebe (1876)|''Hebe'']], launched in 1876
 ...

 {{Rackstraw class sloop}}
 [[Category:Ship classes]]

As for an individual ship page, you can include a list of "General characteristics", or a table of statistics. See above.

Ensigns, Jacks, Pennants, and Other Vexillologs

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This page serves WikiProject Ships editors as a resource for ensigns for countries around the world. These are the flags that are generally used in ship infoboxes. For some countries, the national flag also serves as the ensign, while other countries have separate national flags; civil ensigns, those used for private or merchant vessels; and state or government ensigns, those used for non-military government ships. The list should not be necessarily taken as complete or authoritative, nor is it attempting to list every ensign ever flown by any national entity. If you know of an ensign that is missing from the list, however, please help us out and add it.

The list is split into a Naval ensigns section and an Other ensigns section, and within each of the two, further split by global region.

Naval ensigns

The consensus for military ships (although there are many articles that don't follow this) is to use the Ship country or Ship flag fields in the ship infobox. The preferred flag (although, again, you will find some that vary from this) is the appropriate naval ensign—and not the naval jack, or other flag. In cases where an ensign has changed during the service of the ship—like the addition of stars to the Ensign of the United States, or a change in country/navy name, like Royal Ceylon Navy to Sri Lanka Navy—most articles display the final ensign flown. For cases where a ship has served in multiple navies, common practice is to have a separate section of the infobox using the ensign from each country.

If the country and ensign you need are in the tables below, copy the code in the table and paste into the infobox. If the country you need is not in the table, the naval ensign may be the same as the national flag. For these countries, copy the following code and paste it into the infobox:

|Ship country= COUNTRYNAME
|Ship flag={{flag|COUNTRYNAME}}

substituting the country's name for COUNTRYNAME.

Africa

Country	Navy	Naval ensign	Code for ship infobox
Algeria	Algerian National Navy		|Ship country=Algeria |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Algeria|naval}}
Egypt	Egyptian Navy		|Ship country=Egypt |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Egypt|naval}}
Ghana	Ghana Navy		|Ship country=Ghana |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Ghana|naval}}
Kenya	Kenya Navy		|Ship country=Kenya |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kenya|naval}}
Libya	Libyan Navy		|Ship country=Libya |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Libya|naval}}
Mauritius	National Coast Guard of Mauritius		|Ship country=Mauritius |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mauritius|naval}}
Morocco	Royal Moroccan Navy		|Ship country=Morocco |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Morocco|naval}}
Nigeria	Nigerian Navy		|Ship country=Nigeria |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nigeria|naval}}
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Sierra Leone}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Sierra Leone|naval}}
South Africa	South African Navy, 1994 to present		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Africa}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Africa|naval}}
	South African Navy, 1981–1994		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Africa}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Africa|naval-1981}}
	South African Navy, 1952–1981		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Africa}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Africa|naval-1952}}
	South African Navy, pre-1952		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Africa}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Africa|naval-1922}}

Americas

Country	Navy	Naval ensign	Code for ship infobox
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard		|Ship country={{nowrap|Antigua and Barbuda}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Antigua and Barbuda|naval}}
Argentina	Argentine Navy		|Ship country=Argentina |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Argentina|naval}}
Bahamas	Royal Bahamas Defence Force		|Ship country=Bahamas |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bahamas|naval}}
Barbados	Barbados Coast Guard		|Ship country=Barbados |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Barbados|naval}}
Bolivia	Bolivian Naval Force		|Ship country=Bolivia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bolivia|naval}}
Brazil	Brazilian Navy		|Ship country=Brazil |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Brazil|naval}}
Canada	Royal Navy, to 1910		|Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1911}}
	Department of Marine and Fisheries, 1905 to 1910		|Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|1868}}
	Royal Canadian Navy, 1910-1965		|Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1911}}
	Royal Canadian Navy, 1965–Present		|Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1965}}
Chile	Chilean Navy		|Ship country=Chile |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Chile|naval}}
Colombia	Colombian National Armada		|Ship country=Colombia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Colombia|naval}}
Confederate States of America	Confederate Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Confederate States of America}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Confederate States of America|naval}}
Cuba	Cuban Navy		|Ship country=Cuba |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Cuba|naval}}
Dominican Republic	Dominican Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Dominican Republic}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Dominican Republic|naval}}
Ecuador	Ecuadorian Navy		|Ship country=Ecuador |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Ecuador|naval}}
El Salvador	Navy of El Salvador		|Ship country={{nowrap|El Salvador}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|El Salvador|naval}}
Grenada	Coast Guard of Grenada		|Ship country=Grenada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Grenada|naval}}
Guatemala	Guatemalan Navy		|Ship country=Guatemala |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Guatemala|naval}}
Guyana	Guyana Defence Force		|Ship country=Guyana |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Guyana|naval}}
Honduras	Honduran Navy		|Ship country=Honduras |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Honduras|naval}}
Jamaica	Jamaica Defence Force		|Ship country=Jamaica |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Jamaica|naval}}
Mexico	Mexican Navy		|Ship country=Mexico |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Navy		|Ship country=Nicaragua |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nicaragua|naval}}
Paraguay	Paraguayan Navy		|Ship country=Paraguay |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Paraguay|naval}}
Peru	Peruvian Navy		|Ship country=Peru |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Peru|naval}}
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard		|Ship country={{nowrap|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Saint Kitts and Nevis|naval}}
South Carolina	South Carolina Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Carolina}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Carolina|naval}}
Republic of Texas	Texas Navy, 1836–1838		|Ship country={{nowrap|Republic of Texas}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of Texas|naval}}
	Texas Navy, 1839–1846		|Ship country={{nowrap|Republic of Texas}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of Texas|naval-1838}}
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard		|Ship country={{nowrap|Trinidad and Tobago}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Trinidad and Tobago|naval}}
United States	United States Navy, United States Army (ships), United States Air Force (ships), NOAA (ships), and all others (except United States Coast Guard)		|Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship flag={{USN flag}} OR |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship flag={{USN flag|YEAR}} where YEAR is the year of decommissioning (In years where the flag was changed, it was changed on 4 July; if you want the flag from the early part of the such a year, use the previous year in the template.)
	United States Coast Guard		|Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
Uruguay	National Navy of Uruguay		|Ship country=Uruguay |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Uruguay|naval}}
Venezuela	Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela		|Ship country=Venezuela |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Venezuela|naval}}

Asia

Country	Navy	Naval ensign	Code for ship infobox
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Navy		|Ship country=Bangladesh |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bangladesh|naval}}
Burma	Myanmar Navy		|Ship country=Myanmar |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Myanmar|naval}}
People's Republic of China	People's Liberation Army Navy		|Ship country=People's Republic of China |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|China|naval}}
Republic of China	Republic of China Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Republic of China}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of China|naval}}
India	Indian Navy		|Ship country=India |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
Indonesia	Indonesian Navy		|Ship country=Indonesia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Indonesia|naval}}
Israel	Israeli Navy		|Ship country=Israel |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Israel|naval}}
Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force		|Ship country=Japan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Navy		|Ship country=Kazakhstan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kazakhstan|naval}}
North Korea	Korean People's Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|North Korea}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|North Korea|naval}}
South Korea	Republic of Korea Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|South Korea}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|South Korea|naval}}
Malaysia	Royal Malaysian Navy		|Ship country=Malaysia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Malaysia|naval}}
Oman	Royal Navy of Oman		|Ship country=Oman |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Oman|naval}}
Pakistan	Pakistan Navy		|Ship country=Pakistan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}}
Saudi Arabia	Royal Saudi Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Saudi Arabia}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Saudi Arabia|naval}}
Singapore	Republic of Singapore Navy		|Ship country=Singapore |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Singapore|naval}}
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Sri Lanka}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Sri Lanka|naval}}
Thailand	Royal Thai Navy		|Ship country=Thailand |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Thailand|naval}}
Turkey	Turkish Navy		|Ship country=Turkey |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}}

Australasia

Country	Navy	Naval ensign	Code for ship infobox
Australia	Royal Australian Navy, post-1967		|Ship country=Australia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval}}
	Royal Australian Navy, pre-1967		|Ship country=Australia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}}
Fiji	Fijian Navy		|Ship country=Fiji |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Fiji|naval}}
New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Navy, post-1968		|Ship country={{nowrap|New Zealand}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|New Zealand|naval}}
	Royal New Zealand Navy, pre-1968		|Ship country={{nowrap|New Zealand}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|New Zealand|naval-1941}}
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Defence Force		|Ship country={{nowrap|Papua New Guinea}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Papua New Guinea|naval}}
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Navy		|Ship country={{nowrap|Solomon Islands}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Solomon Islands|naval}}
Tonga	Tonga Defence Services		|Ship country=Tonga |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Tonga|naval}}

Europe

Country	Navy	Naval ensign	Code for ship infobox
Albania	Albanian Navy		|Ship country=Albania |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Albania|naval}}
Austria-Hungary	Austro-Hungarian Navy		|Ship country=Austria-Hungary |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary|naval}}
Belgium	Belgian Naval Component		|Ship country=Belgium |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Belgium|naval}}
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Navy		|Ship country=Bulgaria |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bulgaria|naval}}
Croatia	Croatian Navy		|Ship country=Croatia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Croatia|naval}}
Denmark	Royal Danish Navy		|Ship country=Denmark |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Denmark|naval}}
England	Royal Navy, 1620 – March 1707		|Ship country=England |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of England|naval}}
Estonia	Estonian Navy		|Ship country=Estonia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Estonia|naval}}
Finland	Finnish Navy		|Ship country=Finland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Finland|naval}}
France	French Navy, including Vichy France		|Ship country=France |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}}
	Free French Naval Forces		|Ship country={{nowrap|Free French}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Free France|naval}}
Georgia	Georgian Navy		|Ship country=Georgia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Georgia (country)|naval}}
Germany	German Navy, 1957 to present (West Germany, reunified Germany)		|Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}}
	German Imperial Navy, 1871–1919 (German Empire)		|Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|German Empire|naval}}
	Reichsmarine, 1921–1935 (Weimar Republic)		|Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Weimar Republic|naval}}
	Kriegsmarine, 1935–1945 (Nazi Germany)		|Ship country=Germany |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
	Volksmarine, 1949–1990 (East Germany)		|Ship country={{nowrap|East Germany}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|East Germany|naval}}
Greece	Hellenic Navy, 1924–1935; 1974 to present		|Ship country=Greece |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Greece|naval}}
	Royal Hellenic Navy, 1863–1924; 1935–1970		|Ship country=Greece |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Greece|royalnavy}}
Ireland	Irish Naval Service		|Ship country=Republic of Ireland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of Ireland|naval}}
Italy	Regia Marina, 1861–1946		|Ship country={{nowrap|Kingdom of Italy}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Italy|naval}}
	Marina Militare, 1946 to present		|Ship country=Italy |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Italy|naval}}
Latvia	Latvian Naval Forces		|Ship country=Latvia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Latvia|naval}}
Lithuania	Lithuanian Naval Force		|Ship country=Lithuania |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Lithuania|naval}}
Malta	Armed Forces of Malta		|Ship country=Malta |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Malta|naval}}
Netherlands	Royal Netherlands Navy		|Ship country=Netherlands |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Netherlands|naval}}
Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy		|Ship country=Norway |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Norway|naval}}
Poland	Polish Navy, 1993 to present		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval}}
	Polish Navy, 1946–1993		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval-1946}}
	Polish Navy, 1928–1945		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval}}
	Polish Navy, 1919–1928		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval-1919}}
	Auxiliary Units of Polish Navy, 1996 to present		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval-auxiliary}}
	Auxiliary Units of Polish Navy, 1955–1996		|Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval-auxiliary-1955}}
Portugal	Portuguese Navy		|Ship country=Portugal |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Portugal|naval}}
Romania	Romanian Navy		|Ship country=Romania |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Romania|naval}}
Russia	Imperial Russian Navy, Russian Navy		|Ship country=Russia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Russia|naval}}
Scotland	Royal Scots Navy		|Ship country=Scotland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Scotland|naval}}
Serbia and Montenegro	Navy of Serbia and Montenegro		|Ship country={{nowrap|Serbia and Montenegro}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Serbia and Montenegro|naval}}
Slovenia	Slovenian Navy		|Ship country=Slovenia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Slovenia|naval}}
Soviet Union	Soviet Navy, 1950–1992		|Ship country={{nowrap|Soviet Union}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}}
	Soviet Navy, 1935–1950		|Ship country={{nowrap|Soviet Union}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval-1935}}
	Soviet Navy, 1924–1935		|Ship country={{nowrap|Soviet Union}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval-1924}}
Spain	Spanish Navy		|Ship country=Spain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Spain|naval}}
Sweden	Royal Swedish Navy		|Ship country=Sweden |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Sweden|naval}}
United Kingdom	Royal Navy, 1801 to present		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
	Royal Navy, 1707–1801 (see England, above, for pre-1707)		|Ship country={{nowrap|Great Britain}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}}
	British Army commissioned vessels		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|army}}
	Royal Air Force commissioned vessels		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|air force}}
	Royal Fleet Auxiliary		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval-RFA}}
	Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval-RMAS}}
	Government Service Ensign		|Ship country={{nowrap|United Kingdom}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval-GS}}
Ukraine	Ukrainian Navy		|Ship country=Ukraine |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Ukraine|naval}}
Yugoslavia	Yugoslav Royal Navy, 1918–1941		|Ship country={{nowrap|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia|naval}}
	SFR Yugoslav Navy, 1946–1992		|Ship country={{nowrap|SFR Yugoslavia}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Yugoslavia|naval}}

Civil and state ensigns

The consensus for non-military ships (although there are many articles that don't follow this) is not to use the Ship country or Ship flag fields in the ship infobox. Because these ships can be owned by a company in one nation, crewed by citizens of another nation, and flagged in, perhaps, yet another, the consensus is to not show flags except in the Ship registry field.

Below are tables of countries, organized by region, that have unique civil or government ensigns. If the country and flag you need are in the tables below, copy the code in the table and paste into the infobox. If the country you need is not in the table, the civil or government ensigns are probably the same as the national flag. For these countries, copy the following code and paste it into the infobox:

|Ship registry={{flag|COUNTRYNAME}}

substituting the country's name for COUNTRYNAME.

If the city of registry is known, that can be displayed as well.

• For countries in the tables below that use {{flagicon image}}, copy and paste the same code, but replace the country's name with the city of registry. So for a ship registered in the Israeli port of Haifa, you would use this:

|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Israel.svg}} [[Haifa]]

• For all other countries in the tables below (those that use {{flag}}), copy the code from the table, but change flag to flagicon and add the city name. So for a Swiss ship registered in Basel, you would use this:

|Ship registry={{flagicon|Switzerland|civil}} [[Basel]]

• For countries not in the tables below, make the same change: use flagicon for flag and add the city name. So for a U.S. ship registered in New Orleans, you would use this:

|Ship registry={{flagicon|United States}} [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]

(If you don't want the port wikilinked, just omit the brackets.)

Africa

Country	Type	Ensign	Code for ship infobox
Ghana	Civil	Ghana	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg}} [[Ghana]]
Mauritius	Civil	Mauritius	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Mauritius.svg}} [[Mauritius]]
	Government	Mauritius	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Government Ensign of Mauritius.svg}} [[Mauritius]]
Morocco	Civil	Morocco	|Ship registry={{flag|Morocco|civil}}
Nigeria	Civil	Nigeria	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Nigeria.svg}} [[Nigeria]]

Americas

Country	Type	Ensign	Code for ship infobox
Bahamas	Civil	Bahamas	|Ship registry={{flag|Bahamas|civil}}
Bermuda	Government	Bermuda	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Government Ensign of Bermuda.svg}} [[Bermuda]]
British Virgin Islands	Civil	British Virgin Islands	|Ship registry={{flag|British Virgin Islands|civil}}
Cayman Islands	Civil	Cayman Islands	|Ship registry={{flag|Cayman Islands|civil}}
Dominican Republic	Civil	Dominican Republic	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg}} [[Dominican Republic]]
Ecuador	Civil	Ecuador	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Ecuador.svg}} [[Ecuador]]
El Salvador	Civil	El Salvador	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of El Salvador.svg}} [[El Salvador]]
Falkland Islands	Civil	Falkland Islands	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of the Falkland Islands (arms within disk).svg}} [[Falkland Islands]]
Grenada	Civil	Grenada	|Ship registry={{flag|Grenada|civil}}
Guatemala	Civil	Guatemala	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg}} [[Guatemala]]
Guyana	Civil	Guyana	|Ship registry={{flag|Guyana|civil}}
Trinidad and Tobago	Civil	Trinidad and Tobago	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Trinidad and Tobago.svg}} [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Civil	Turks and Caicos Islands	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg}} [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
Venezuela	Civil	Venezuela	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Flag of Venezuela.svg}} [[Venezuela]]

Asia

Country	Type	Ensign	Code for ship infobox
Bangladesh	Civil	Bangladesh	|Ship registry={{flag|Bangladesh|civil}}
Republic of China	Civil	Republic of China	|Ship registry={{flag|Republic of China|civil}}
India	Civil	India	|Ship registry={{flag|India|civil}}
Israel	Civil	Israel	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Israel.svg}} [[Israel]]
Kazakhstan	Civil	Kazakhstan	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Government Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg}} [[Kazakhstan]]
Malaysia	Civil	Malaysia	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Malaysia.svg}} [[Malaysia]]
Pakistan	Civil	Pakistan	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Pakistan.svg}} [[Pakistan]]
Saudi Arabia	Civil	Saudi Arabia	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia (obverse).svg}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
Singapore	Civil	Singapore	|Ship registry={{flag|Singapore|civil}}
	Government	Singapore	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Government Ensign of Singapore.svg}} [[Singapore]]
Sri Lanka	Civil	Sri Lanka	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Sri Lanka.svg}} [[Sri Lanka]]
United Arab Emirates	Civil	United Arab Emirates	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of the United Arab Emirates.svg}} [[United Arab Emirates]]

Australasia

Country	Type	Ensign	Code for ship infobox
Australia	Civil	Australia	|Ship registry={{flag|Australia|civil}}
Fiji	Civil	Fiji	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Fiji.svg}} [[Fiji]]
	Government	Fiji	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Government Ensign of Fiji.svg}} [[Fiji]]
New Zealand	Civil	New Zealand	|Ship registry={{flag|New Zealand|civil}}
Solomon Islands	Civil	Solomon Islands	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg}} [[Solomon Islands]]

Europe

Country	Type	Ensign	Code for ship infobox
Albania	Civil	Albania	|Ship registry={{flag|Albania|civil}}
	Government	Albania	|Ship registry={{flag|Albania|government}}
Andorra	Civil	Andorra	|Ship registry={{flag|Andorra|civil}}
Belgium	Civil	Belgium	|Ship registry={{flag|Belgium|civil}}
	Government	Belgium	|Ship registry={{flag|Belgium|government}}
Croatia	Civil	Croatia	|Ship registry={{flag|Croatia|civil}}
France	Civil	France	|Ship registry={{flag|France|naval}} The civil and naval ensigns of France are identical.
Gibraltar	Civil	Gibraltar	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Gibraltar.svg}} [[Gibraltar]]
Greece	Civil	Greece	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Flag of Greece.svg}} [[Greece]]
Guernsey	Civil	Guernsey	|Ship registry={{flag|Guernsey|civil}}
Hungary	Civil	Hungary	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg}} [[Hungary]]
Isle of Man	Civil	Isle of Man	|Ship registry={{flag|Isle of Man|civil}} Used up to 1935, and from 1971. For 1935-71 use UK civil ensign
Italy	Civil	Italy	|Ship registry={{flag|Italy|civil}}
Jersey	Government	Jersey	|Ship registry={{flag|Jersey|government}}
	Civil	Jersey	|Ship registry={{flag|Jersey|Civil}} Only to be used for ships in service after June 2010, for ships in service before this date use the British Red Ensign
Luxembourg	Civil	Luxembourg	|Ship registry={{flag|Luxembourg|civil}}
Malta	Civil	Malta	|Ship registry={{flag|Malta|civil}}
Netherlands	Civil	Netherlands	|Ship registry={{flag|Netherlands|civil}}
Norway	Civil	Norway	|Ship registry={{flag|Norway|civil}}
Poland	Civil	Poland	|Ship registry={{flag|Poland|state}}
	Civil, 1946–1990	Poland	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Flag_of_Poland_(with_coat_of_arms,_1980-1990).svg}} [[Poland]]
	Civil, 1928–1946	Poland	|Ship registry={{flag|Poland|state}}
	Civil, 1919–1928	Poland	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1919-1928).svg}} [[Poland]]
Serbia and Montenegro	Civil	Serbia and Montenegro	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Serbia and Montenegro.svg}} [[Serbia and Montenegro]]
Slovenia	Civil	Slovenia	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg}} [[Slovenia]]
Switzerland	Civil	Switzerland	|Ship registry={{flag|Switzerland|civil}}
United Kingdom	Civil	United Kingdom	|Ship registry={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
	Government	United Kingdom	|Ship registry={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}
SFR Yugoslavia	Civil	SFR Yugoslavia	|Ship registry={{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Yugoslavia (1950-1992).svg}} [[SFR Yugoslavia]]

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