SusieCruisie Posted October 6, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 6, 2006 This is my first HAL cruise, and I noticed that all the ships start with "ms"....what does this stand for? Jokingly, my sister said "maybe the ships do not want us to know their marital status!". Just curious! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
du2cruise Posted October 6, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 6, 2006 This is my first HAL cruise, and I noticed that all the ships start with "ms"....what does this stand for? Jokingly, my sister said "maybe the ships do not want us to know their marital status!". Just curious!:) I wouldn't have known offhand but ac. to my online dictionary: MS. Abr. Motor ship. A designation for many cruise liners. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmexicoNita Posted October 6, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 6, 2006 This is my first HAL cruise, and I noticed that all the ships start with "ms"....what does this stand for? Jokingly, my sister said "maybe the ships do not want us to know their marital status!". Just curious!:) I like that: your sister came up with a funny!!!!!! Nita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhannah Posted October 6, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 6, 2006 If it's "marital status," then all the ships must be single. All names end in "dam," so I guess that means they missed their shot at the altar! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammybee Posted October 6, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 6, 2006 #2 hit the nail on the head but that is not going to stop us now, is it? "Mistress of the Seas" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzincurt Posted October 6, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Motor ship as stated. The SS Norway was a steam powered ship. Neither is a "boat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercedMike Posted October 6, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 6, 2006 SS = steam ship MS = Motor ship USS = American: United States Ship HMS = British: Her Majesty's Ship AMB = Italian: 'Atsa My Boat! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted October 6, 2006 #8 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Good question..:) OK another question: If SS is Steamship, & MS is Motor Ship & HMS is Her Majesty's ship & a Submarine is a boat, what is a Gambling Ship/boat called?:confused: On the Gambling Boat to celebrate a friend's Birthday & the question came up: "Is this a ship or a boat"...When a Crew member was asked, we were told it's a Motor Vessel..Does that mean it's now called: "MV Casino Vessel" LOL:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakalina Posted October 6, 2006 #9 Share Posted October 6, 2006 SS = steam ship MS = Motor ship USS = American: United States Ship HMS = British: Her Majesty's Ship AMB = Italian: 'Atsa My Boat! ;) ROFLMAO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy_Chief Posted October 6, 2006 #10 Share Posted October 6, 2006 AMB = Italian: 'Atsa My Boat! ROF!:D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted October 7, 2006 #11 Share Posted October 7, 2006 With a much thicker steel plate hull an Ocean Liner is not a ship nor a boat.. Like CCL:NYSE CUNARD Lines,.. the Queen Mary II it is an ocean Liner. But no abbreviation for it with the O. L. >?< :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted October 7, 2006 #12 Share Posted October 7, 2006 AMB = Italian: 'Atsa My Boat! ;) Oh that is so funny!:D Ocean Liner: a Ship which carries commercial passengers:especially one carrying passengers on a regular route. And Cunard refers to their Ocean Liners as "Ships"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted October 7, 2006 #13 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Is it a truism>>? Ask a Marine Egr. or even I guess to you a mere P.E. Thickness of a hull does typify the meaning of an Ocean Liner. As not all ships are Ocean Liners. Even CCL:NYSE's Cunards :eek: Ocean Liner: a Ship which carries commercial passengers:especially one carrying passengers on a regular route. And Cunard refers to their Ocean Liners as "Ships"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted October 7, 2006 #14 Share Posted October 7, 2006 But no abbreviation for it with the O. L. >?< :eek: QE2 and QM2 are "RMS" - "Royal Mail Ship". Of course, that has nothing to do with propulsion. In that sense, they would both be MV or MS (though QM2 also has auxilliary gas turbines). Some common prefixes for cruise ships: GTS = Gas Turbine Ship MN = Motonave ("motor ship" in Italian) MS = Motor Ship MTS = Motorship, Twin Screw (very common in Greece for some reason) MV = Motor Vessel SS = Steam Ship TN = Turbonave ("turbine ship" in Italian) TS = Turbine Steamer TSS = Turbine Steam Ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammybee Posted October 7, 2006 #15 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Good question..:) On the Gambling Boat to celebrate a friend's Birthday & the question came up: "Is this a ship or a boat"...When a Crew member was asked, we were told it's a Motor Vessel..Does that mean it's now called: "MV Casino Vessel" LOL:confused: Good stuff, Betty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fann1sh Posted October 7, 2006 #16 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Actually, I think "RMS" originally stood for "Royal Mail STEAMER" I have a vintage enamelled locket from the 1920's enscribed "RMS Regina", and remember looking this up when I first bought it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerSexyK Posted October 7, 2006 #17 Share Posted October 7, 2006 "MN" for Italian ships? not "Atsa My Boat" Aaaww!! :D I think if I remember correctly Casino ships are "DOS" "Deposit Only Ship" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted October 7, 2006 #18 Share Posted October 7, 2006 "MN" for Italian ships? not "Atsa My Boat" Aaaww!! :D I think if I remember correctly Casino ships are "DOS" "Deposit Only Ship" I like that it's very clever:D From now on the girls will advise our DH's that were going to the DOS Convention..They will think we're going to a computer convention..By the time they figure this one out we'll have all the $$$ spent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacD Posted October 7, 2006 #19 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I believe that Italian casino ships are prefixed TMM TAKA MA MONEY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzincurt Posted October 7, 2006 #20 Share Posted October 7, 2006 MM = Momma Mia! ...that's a biga ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea King Posted October 7, 2006 #21 Share Posted October 7, 2006 not a "weird" question at all;) there are really no "weird questions" wish I could say the same about certain "comments" I've read on some threads over the past several weeks:rolleyes: great responses to this thread AMB .. a total hoot:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted October 7, 2006 #22 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Actually, I think "RMS" originally stood for "Royal Mail STEAMER" I have heard this argument but then QE2 and QM2 would have to be RMMS or RMMV... And they aren't. Same goes for RMS ST. HELENA, a passenger-cargo ship that runs to (where else?) St. Helena. One I forgot on my above listings... TES, Turbo-Electric Ship. You'll never see this one any longer, though, and rarely will you see SS, TS, TSS or TN any more either, as steam turbine ships are very rare these days. Interestingly, unlike turbo-electric ships, diesel-electric ships always seem to just be MS or MV, with no special prefix of their own. (Also interestingly, steamers never seem to be "vessels", but always ships. Of course a ship is a type of vessel but this is beyond the point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherInFlorida Posted October 7, 2006 #23 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Isn't that funny? ..... I always thought it was "Majesty's Service" as in "Her Majesty's Service". Funny how you can think you know something forever and find out you're wrong:o . BTW, "SS" stands for Stupid Ship. I thought everyone knew that!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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