Ship codes prefixes

[CliffBates]

Ok from reading various sources that I could find dealing with Traveller ship codes I have this list:

Ship Hull Designation codes
Code	Primary			Secondary (M)   Secondary (C)
A	Military Auxiliary	Heavy 		 Heavy
B	Battleship		        Battle		 Battle
C	Cruiser			Cruiser [Close]	Construction
D	Destroyer		        Destroyer	        Transport
E	Escort			Escort		Tug [Emergency]
F	Frigate			Frigate [Fleet]	[Freight/Cargo]
G	Commercial		Gunned		Governmental
H	Non-Commercial	Fuel		        Fuel
IJ	Intruder		        Interface	        Interface
K				        Courier		Courier
L	Lab			        Light		        Light
M	Merchant		        Missile		Mining
N	
O  				        Ordinance	
P	Fighter			Pursuit		Law Enforcement
Q	Military 		        Specialty	        Decoy	
R	Liner			        Rider	        	Residential
S	Military Smallcraft	Strike		Survey
T	Transport		        Tender		Tender
U	Utility			[Utility]
V	Carrier			Replenishment	Agricultural
W	Orbital Complexes
X	[Prototype]                                        
Y	Yacht			[Medical]	        Private
Z	Experimental		Hybrid		[Emergency]

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But where then I see AC for Hospital Ships... how they get that?

Thoughts and comments?

 

[CliffBates]

Boy is that ugly... the tabs all went missing... grrr....

 

[tjoneslo]

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Ship_type_codes

I have pointed you to this page in the wiki?

I have found that if you see a type code for a ship that doesn't come close to the HG/MT list it means either the author made up the code. Or they were referring to an existing set from the real world. There have been recent discussions where members familiar with the codes used by other navies posted them. There were some interesting additions.

 

[Condottiere]

Each navy has it's own, the IN being rather hidebound.

The most usual purpose is to help accounting and keeping track where everything is, especially if there is some form of formal or informal arms limitation agreement.

For a naval commander it also allows him to assess the threat to his ship, his mission, and his regional command.

 

[tjoneslo]

Boy is that ugly... the tabs all went missing... grrr....

The <pre> tags don't work.

There are [ CODE ][ /CODE ] tags (see the # icon above the editor) that works too.

 

[aramis]

Boy is that ugly... the tabs all went missing... grrr....

[m;]You cannot use <pre></pre>[/m;]

This is because you may not use raw HTML tags. Use [CODE][/CODE]

 

[CliffBates]

Thanks for the pointer. But it still looks bad....

 

[tjoneslo]

Thanks for the pointer. But it still looks bad....

I've discovered the BBS software has it's own ideas of how to lay out data formatted with tabs. You need to either resort to tables (Can we have tables with no borders?) or play with adding/removing tabs until it looks right in the preview.

 

[ovka]

Thanks for the pointer. But it still looks bad....

Spaces work better than tabs within CODE tags. My problem is I always forget to include the tags.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[Redcap]

Cliff, bung me a copy of it in your word processor format (docx, doc, odf, etc), and I'll reformat it for use in a bb table on here and post it up for you.

 

[aramis]

Thanks for the pointer. But it still looks bad....

Because you used the tab character. Convert them to spaces, and line them up... in a monospaced font... and THEN...

Ship Hull Designation codes
Code        Primary                Secondary (M)    Secondary (C)
A        Military Auxiliary        Heavy            Heavy
B        Battleship                Battle           Battle
C        Cruiser                   Cruiser [Close]  Construction
D        Destroyer                 Destroyer        Transport
E        Escort                    Escort           Tug [Emergency]
F        Frigate                   Frigate [Fleet]  [Freight/Cargo]
G        Commercial                Gunned           Governmental
H        Non-Commercial            Fuel             Fuel
IJ       Intruder                  Interface        Interface
K                                  Courier          Courier
L        Lab                       Light            Light
M        Merchant                  Missile          Mining
N        
O                                  Ordinance        
P        Fighter                   Pursuit          Law Enforcement
Q        Military                  Specialty        Decoy        
R        Liner                     Rider            Residential
S        Military Smallcraft       Strike           Survey
T        Transport                 Tender           Tender
U        Utility                   [Utility]
V        Carrier                   Replenishment    Agricultural
W        Orbital Complexes         
X        [Prototype]                                        
Y        Yacht                     [Medical]        Private
Z        Experimental              Hybrid           [Emergency]

 

[CliffBates]

Thanks... I am slowly getting the hang of this. Every posting board works differently...

 

[Redcap]

Cliff, I'm curious, why are some of the classes/codes in square brackets?

 

[Redcap]

OK, my take on how the list might look; as with Cliff, I've gone with the three letter system, as it's more flexible. I've kept three lines as reserved, these being X, Y, and Z, for Experimental, Blank, and Prototype.

Ship Hull Designation codes

Code     Primary           Secondary (M)     Secondary (C)
============================================================
A        Battleship        Battle            Agricultural
B        Carrier           Courier           Commercial
C        Courier           Destroyer         Cargo
D        Cruiser           Escort            Civilian
E        Destroyer         Freighter         Close
F        Escort            Frigate Fleet     Construction
G        Freighter         Gunned            Decoy        
H        Frigate           Heavy             Emergency
IJ       Intruder          Hybrid            Fuel
K        Orbital Complex   Interface         Governmental
L        Scout             Light             Heavy
M        Tanker            Medical           Interface
N        Tug               Missile           Law Enforcement
O        Yacht             Ordnance          Light
P                          Pursuit           Military
Q                          Replenishment     Military Auxiliary
R                          Rider             Mining
S                          Speciality        Non-Commercial
T                          Strike            Private
U                          Tender            Residential
V                          Utility           Survey
W                          Transport
X        Experimental      Experimental      Experimental
Y
Z        Prototype         Prototype         Prototype

I think I've got it right, but obviously, you will be the better judge; it does NOT follow any current format in use by NATO, as it's major, mid, minor columns, all in alphabetical order. Thus a heavy escort destroyer might be described as an EDL.

Critique?

 

[CliffBates]

Recently discovered this item on the Imp Ency wiki:

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Ship_Hull_Designations/updates

 

[tjoneslo]

Recently discovered this item on the Imp Ency wiki:

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Ship_Hull_Designations/updates

This was our working discussion to derive the final table and the complete list