Cos I'm righting a science-fiction book and it has quite a few spaceships in and they are biult by NASA and Sony but the ships are designed and also owned by the UK in the book.
2007-12-21 04:09:37 · 16 answers · asked by Lily R 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
yeah, i noticed i spelt writing wrong.
2007-12-21 04:14:56 · update #1
These ships in my book are very heavily armed warships.
2007-12-21 07:06:20 · update #2
HMS
Her (or His) Majesty's Ship
2007-12-21 04:12:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
British Navy ships
HMS Her Majestys Ship
Commercial Ships either
SS. Steam Ship or
RMS. Royal Mail Ship.
2007-12-21 05:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by adrose2001@btinternet.com 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can tell you to go check out Hyperspace, if you can't find it anywhere it's a comedy sci-fi set in space made by the Brits.
Soooo...my point is in that they have a spaceship and it is called: the HMS Camden Lock.
I'm assuming they've taken the letters from naval vessels but presumably here they would stand for his/her majesty's spaceship.
And, yes, spaceship is one word, so only one S is needed :)
Alternatively just come up names for them then have your characters remark on how well/badly them British vessels hold against the elements...or non-elements...of space....
It's sci-fi, you can create what you want, but if you want to go for an authentic feel of UK ownership go with HMS
By the way, be sure to add some comedy to your story, stories without it suffer big time from the "i'm too serious" bug.
2007-12-21 05:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by disco_vicsticks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No although we did lend them some ships during world war 1 and 2 as part of the lend lease act. Most likely the HMS Macedonian was captured in battle during the revolutionary war and was then used by the US since it may have been in good condition following the battle. Many times armys will do that. Especially if they are running low on some of their own equipment or need some for spare parts.
2016-05-25 07:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by desirae 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the pre-requisites for writing a book is to be able to write - not right.
The designation USS does not simply mean that the ship is owned by the USA and flying the USA flag, it means that the ship is a government ship and not a merchant ship.
The same applies to British ships belonging to the navy. HMS - Her/His Majesty's ship....
2007-12-22 02:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HMS as in Her Majesty's Ship
2007-12-21 04:48:39 · answer #6 · answered by Tefi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
USS for a US warship, HMS for a British warship. Commercial vessels don't use either of these prefixes.
2007-12-21 04:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by champer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HMS -Her Majestys Ship
2007-12-21 04:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by lily 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HMS for a warship, HMAS for an auxiliary vessel (tender or something crewed by merchant sailors).
2007-12-21 04:17:41 · answer #9 · answered by Jim P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HMS is Her/His Majesty's Ship for Brits, HIJM for Japanese, HNMS for Dutch etc.. (according to David Webber PRH People's Republic of Haven Ship)....same naming applied to dirigibles..USS Macon, Shenandoah, Akron.... so I see no raeson why it wont apply to national, especially military spacecraft....civilian boats will probably be just SS, for SpaceShip
2007-12-21 04:16:49 · answer #10 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋