Aralonian Navy Ship Designation Tree

[Aralonia]

PRIMARY LETTER

-COMBATANTS-
M – Monitor, denotes vessel of mass 1200 kilotons or higher
C – Cruiser, denotes vessel of mass 400 kilotons or higher, up to Monitor designation
D – Destroyer, denotes vessel of mass 100 kilotons or higher, up to Cruiser designation [not currently used]
F – Frigate, denotes patrol vessel of less than 100 kilotons [not currently used]
P - Platform, denotes vessel of any size that is used as an immobile defence/attack fire base

-NONCOMBATANTS-
AxR – Replenishment vessel
AxH – Hospital ship
SY – Shipyard

SECONDARY LETTER

A - Primary, stems from previous style of denoting ships as Cruiser-A and Cruiser-B (CA, CB), redundant secondary letter to provide two-letter designation if not available
B – Ballistic (Missile), denotes vessel with dedicated weaponry, in this case high-yield warheads of 40 megatons or greater
C – Command, denotes warship with suitable equipment to command large groups
F – Fleet, denotes capability to act alone for prolonged periods of time
H – Heavy, denotes vessel nearing the top edges of the classification of tonnage
I – Ion, denotes vessel with dedicated weaponry, in this case ion beam cannons
K – Killer, denotes vessel with capability to successfully destroy ships larger in size
M – Material-carrying vessel, only applies to replenishment ships
O – Oil-carrying vessel, only applies to replenishment ships
P – Point (Defence), denotes vessel with dedicated weaponry, in this case point defence guns
R – Rocket, denotes vessel with dedicated weaponry, in this case guided rockets/missiles
S – Schnell, denotes speed higher than considered norm for vessel type
V - aViation, denotes vessel with a dedicated launch deck for aircraft and can carry more than 3 naval aircraft without serious disassembly
X - eXperimental, denotes vessel with experimental devices, such as weapons or combat support avionics

NOTE: Ship designations can be stacked - it's possible, with certain configurations, to make CCRS (Cruiser, Command, Rocket, Schnell)

[work in progress as I find more loopholes]

[Captain Trek]

Alright, I'll bite. What the Hell is this supposed to be about???

[Aralonia]

Just a place where I can access my designation system anywhere. Posted here for people to look.

Which means I have to redesignate all my ships. AGAIN.

[Exethalion]

I like that system. You are indeed very organised!

[Aralonia]

Nobody's wondered about the lack of 'battleships' yet, huh?

[Himura.Kenshin]

*Takes hint*

*Asks about battleships*

[Aralonia]

'Battleship' and 'Dreadnought' are designations referring to Earth ships of the line and the 1905 ship 'HMS Dreadnought', respectively. What if Dreadnought never existed? 'Monitor' was originally the designation for an armoured riverine vessel carrying large weapons. I think it sounds better than 'Dreadnought', mostly because 'Dreadnought' is an overused term.

[Exethalion]

But most navies on Earth use 'Battleship' and 'Battlecruiser' designations anyway, don't they? And you seem to be lacking any form of small scale ship, like corvettes and so forth.

[Aralonia]

Corvettes kinda suck because frigates and up pop them too easily. Battleship/Battlecruiser is an arbitrary/overused designation in my opinion. XD;

[Exethalion]

I suppose that every ship with a weapon is a 'battleship', but I always think a battlecruiser is one up from the bog cruiser.

[Aralonia]

Battlecruiser is designated as "fast cruiser" or "schnell cruiser" on Aralonia. Battlecruiser originally as an earth vessel was a battleship sized hull with battleship guns and cruiser armour and high speed, superseded by improved hullforms which led to the fast battleship (HMS Hood --> USS Iowa evolution)

[Exethalion]

Right, I get ya now, Too late to change any of my designations now. GCHMS is an old-fashioned pile of posh toffs in fancy ships anyway.

[Da_Higg]

'Battleship' and 'Dreadnought' are designations referring to Earth ships of the line and the 1905 ship 'HMS Dreadnought', respectively. What if Dreadnought never existed? 'Monitor' was originally the designation for an armoured riverine vessel carrying large weapons. I think it sounds better than 'Dreadnought', mostly because 'Dreadnought' is an overused term.

A Monitor was origionaly a vessel that had had it's main guns and a mast removed and replaced with heavy siege weapons (Mortors).

[Aralonia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor

orly.

[Da_Higg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_%28warship%29

Ha.