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| Abbreviation | Field | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| #2006-09-15 | UPLOAD 1, 2006 | 207000 SHIPS, 330000 INDEXLINES |
| #2007-01-28 | UPLOAD 1, 2007 | 210026 SHIPS, 351678 INDEXLINES |
| #2008-01-12 | UPLOAD 1, 2008 | 220187 SHIPS, 384710 INDEXLINES |
| #2009-02-01 | UPLOAD 1, 2009 | 230548 SHIPS, 420775 INDEXLINES |
| #2010-01-02 | UPLOAD 1, 2010 | 235482 SHIPS, 443376 INDEXLINES |
| (blank) | Material | steel hull |
| * | A | out of service |
| 06 | A | still in service 2006 (e.g.) |
| 1/1D | Machinery | one screw aft, one forward, diesel (e.g.) |
| 1D | Machinery | one screw shaft diesel (e.g.) |
| a | Change | e.g. 1925a, b, c - order of renaming, same year |
| A.G. | Owner | Aktiengesellschaft (share company) |
| A.S. | Owner | (or AS, or A/S) share company |
| A/B | Owner | (or Ab) share company |
| aa | Material | aluminium alloy hull |
| ABW | FLAG | Aruba |
| ac/b | Fate | bombed by aircraft |
| ac/DC | Fate | depth-bombed by aircraft |
| ac/r | Fate | rockets (fired) from aircraft |
| ac/t | Fate | torpedoed by aircraft |
| AGO | FLAG | Angola |
| AIA | FLAG | Anguilla |
| ALB | FLAG | Albania |
| ALD | FLAG | Aland Islands |
| ANT | FLAG | Netherlands Antilles |
| ARE | FLAG | United Arab Emirates |
| ARG | FLAG | Argentina |
| ATF | FLAG | Kerguelen Islands |
| ATG | FLAG | Antigua & Barbuda |
| AUH | FLAG | Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| AUS | FLAG | Australia |
| AUT | FLAG | Austria |
| AZE | FLAG | Azerbaijan |
| BEL | FLAG | Belgium |
| BEN | FLAG | Benin |
| BGD | FLAG | Bangladesh |
| BGR | FLAG | Bulgaria |
| BHR | FLAG | Bahrain |
| BHS | FLAG | Bahamas |
| BLZ | FLAG | Belize |
| BMU | FLAG | Bermuda |
| BOL | FLAG | Bolivia |
| BRA | FLAG | Brazil |
| BRB | FLAG | Barbados |
| BRN | FLAG | Brunei |
| BRS | FLAG | Belarus |
| BU | Fate | broken up |
| c | Material | composite hull |
| C | Machinery | compound engine (2-cyl) |
| CAN | FLAG | Canada |
| cf | Material | carbon fibre sandwich hull |
| CHE | FLAG | Switzerland |
| CHL | FLAG | Chile |
| CHN | FLAG | China (People's Republic) |
| CIV | FLAG | Ivory Coast |
| CKI | FLAG | Cook Islands |
| CMR | FLAG | Cameroon |
| Co | Owner | company |
| COG | FLAG | Congo |
| COL | FLAG | Colombia |
| COM | FLAG | Comoros |
| Corp | Owner | corporation |
| cpl | Subsequent history | completed (by) |
| CPV | FLAG | Cape Verde |
| CRI | FLAG | Costa Rica |
| CSA | FLAG | Confederate States of America |
| CSD | Machinery | closed-cycle diesel (submarines) |
| CUB | FLAG | Cuba |
| cv | Subsequent history | [converted] |
| CYM | FLAG | Cayman Islands |
| CYP | FLAG | Cyprus |
| CZE | FLAG | Czech Republic |
| CZS | FLAG | Czechoslovakia |
| D | Machinery | diesel motor |
| d.y. | Owner | junior (Norwegian) |
| D/E | Machinery | diesel (surface) / electric (submerged) |
| D/GT | Machinery | diesel or gas turbine (CODOG) |
| DC | Fate | depth-charged |
| DDR | FLAG | German Democratic Republic |
| DE | Machinery | diesel motor, electric drive |
| deleted | Fate | removed from Lloyd's Register listing |
| DEU | FLAG | Germany (incl West Germany) |
| DGT | Machinery | diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) |
| DJI | FLAG | Djibouti |
| DMA | FLAG | Dominica |
| DNK | FLAG | Denmark |
| DOM | FLAG | Dominican Republic |
| DWJ | Machinery | diesel water jet propulsion |
| DWT | DWT | (naval, marked "N") full load displ. |
| DWT | DWT | (merchant) deadweight in tonnes |
| DZA | FLAG | Algeria |
| DZG | FLAG | Danzig |
| ECU | FLAG | Ecuador |
| EGY | FLAG | Egypt |
| ERI | FLAG | Eritrea |
| ESP | FLAG | Spain |
| EST | FLAG | Estonia |
| ETH | FLAG | Ethiopia |
| fc | Material | ferro-concrete hull |
| FIN | FLAG | Finland |
| FJI | FLAG | Fiji |
| FRA | FLAG | France |
| FRO | FLAG | Faroe Islands |
| GAB | FLAG | Gabon |
| GBR | FLAG | United Kingdom |
| GEO | FLAG | Georgia |
| GHA | FLAG | Ghana |
| GIB | FLAG | Gibraltar |
| GIN | FLAG | Guinea |
| GLP | FLAG | Guadeloupe |
| GMB | FLAG | Gambia |
| GmbH | Owner | company with limited responsibility (literally) |
| GNB | FLAG | Guinea-Bissau |
| GNQ | FLAG | Equatorial Guinea |
| GRC | FLAG | Greece |
| GRD | FLAG | Grenada |
| GRL | FLAG | Greenland |
| GT | Machinery | gas turbine |
| GTM | FLAG | Guatemala |
| GUY | FLAG | Guyana |
| HKG | FLAG | Hong Kong |
| HND | FLAG | Honduras |
| HRV | FLAG | Croatia |
| HTI | FLAG | Haiti |
| HUN | FLAG | Hungary |
| HWI | FLAG | Hawaii |
| I | Material | iron hull |
| IDN | FLAG | Indonesia |
| IND | FLAG | India |
| Intnl | Owner | International |
| IOM | FLAG | Isle of Man |
| IRL | FLAG | Irish Republic |
| IRN | FLAG | Iran |
| IRQ | FLAG | Iraq |
| is | Material | iron & steel hull |
| ISL | FLAG | Iceland |
| ISR | FLAG | Israel |
| ITA | FLAG | Italy |
| JAM | FLAG | Jamaica |
| JOR | FLAG | Jordan |
| JPN | FLAG | Japan |
| Jr. | Owner | junior |
| K | Change | e.g. 1900K - keel laid as |
| K/S | Owner | (or KS) partnership company |
| KEN | FLAG | Kenya |
| KG | Owner | partnership company |
| KHM | FLAG | Cambodia |
| KIR | FLAG | Kiribati |
| KOR | FLAG | Korea, South |
| KWT | FLAG | Kuwait |
| KZK | FLAG | Kazakhstan |
| L | Change | e.g. 1900L - launched as |
| L as | History | [Launched as] |
| LAO | FLAG | Laos |
| LBN | FLAG | Lebanon |
| LBR | FLAG | Liberia |
| LBY | FLAG | Libya |
| LCA | FLAG | St Lucia |
| LD as | History | [Laid down as] |
| Lg | History | [lengthened] |
| LKA | FLAG | Sri Lanka |
| LLC | Owner | limited liability company |
| LOA | LOA | length overall (in metres) |
| LP | Owner | Limited Partnership |
| LPP | LPP | length between perpendiculars (in metres) |
| Ltd | Owner | limited |
| LTU | FLAG | Lithuania |
| LUX | FLAG | Luxembourg |
| LVA | FLAG | Latvia |
| MAR | FLAG | Morocco |
| mchy | History | machinery |
| MCO | FLAG | Monaco |
| MCR | FLAG | Micronesia |
| MDG | FLAG | Madagascar |
| MDV | FLAG | Maldives |
| MEX | FLAG | Mexico |
| MHL | FLAG | Marshall Islands |
| MIC | FLAG | Micronesia |
| MKO | FLAG | Manchukuo |
| MLD | FLAG | Moldova |
| MLI | FLAG | Mali |
| MLT | FLAG | Malta |
| MMR | FLAG | Myanmar (Burma) |
| MNG | FLAG | Mongolia |
| MOZ | FLAG | Mozambique |
| MRT | FLAG | Mauritania |
| MTG | FLAG | Montenegro |
| MTQ | FLAG | Martinique |
| MUS | FLAG | Mauritius |
| MWI | FLAG | Malawi |
| MYS | FLAG | Malaysia |
| n | N | naval marking - tonnage in grt/dwt |
| N | N | naval marking - tonnage in displacements |
| NAM | FLAG | Namibia |
| Nav | Owner | Navigation |
| NGA | FLAG | Nigeria |
| NGR | FLAG | Niger |
| NIC | FLAG | Nicaragua |
| NLD | FLAG | Netherlands |
| nm | Fate | nautical miles (e.g. 5nm) |
| NOR | FLAG | Norway |
| NRU | FLAG | Nauru |
| NST | Machinery | nuclear-fuelled steam turbines |
| NUE | FLAG | Niue |
| NZL | FLAG | New Zealand |
| O as | History | [Ordered as] |
| OMN | FLAG | Oman |
| p | Material | glass-reinforced plastic hull |
| P/R | Owner | partrederiet |
| PAK | FLAG | Pakistan |
| PAL | FLAG | Palau |
| PAN | FLAG | Panama |
| PER | FLAG | Peru |
| PHL | FLAG | Philippines |
| plc | Owner | public limited company |
| PMD | FLAG | Madeira |
| PNG | FLAG | Papua New Guinea |
| POL | FLAG | Poland |
| PR | FLAG | Prussia |
| PRK | FLAG | Korea, North |
| PRT | FLAG | Portugal |
| PRY | FLAG | Paraguay |
| q | Fate | quarter, as in 1q.1911 (first quarter, 1911) |
| Q | Machinery | quadruple-expansion steam |
| QAT | FLAG | Qatar |
| RMSP | Owner | Royal Mail Steam Packet |
| ROM | FLAG | Romania |
| RUS | FLAG | Russia (incl U.S.S.R.) |
| RW | FLAG | Rwanda |
| S | Machinery | simple steam engine |
| S.A. | Owner | |
| S.B. | Owner | Sendirian Berhad (Sdn.Bhd.)(Malay) |
| S.r.l. | Owner | |
| SAR | FLAG | Sarawak |
| SAU | FLAG | Saudi Arabia |
| SDN | FLAG | Sudan |
| SE | Fate | still existing (being phased out) |
| SE | Owner | Societe Europeenne (european company) |
| SEN | FLAG | Senegal |
| Sg | Owner | shipping |
| SGP | FLAG | Singapore |
| SGT | Machinery | Steam turbine + gas turbine (COSAG) |
| SKN | FLAG | Saint Kitts & Nevis |
| SLB | FLAG | Solomon Islands |
| SLE | FLAG | Sierra Leone |
| SLV | FLAG | El Salvador |
| sm/gf | Fate | gunfire from submarine |
| sm/m | Fate | mined by submarine-laid mine |
| sm/t | Fate | torpedoed by submarine |
| sm/x | Fate | sunk by explosive device from submarine |
| SN | Owner | Steam Navigation |
| SOM | FLAG | Somalia |
| SP | Owner | Steam Packet |
| SpA | Owner | Societa per Azioni |
| SPM | FLAG | St Pierre & Miquelon |
| SS | Owner | steam ship / steamship |
| ST | Machinery | Steam turbine |
| STP | FLAG | Sao Tome & Principe |
| SUR | FLAG | Suriname |
| SVK | FLAG | Slovakia |
| SVN | FLAG | Slovenia |
| SWE | FLAG | Sweden |
| SYC | FLAG | Seychelles |
| SYM | FLAG | South Yemen |
| SYR | FLAG | Syria |
| T | Machinery | triple-expansion |
| TAH | FLAG | Tahiti |
| TE | Machinery | steam turbine, electric drive |
| TGO | FLAG | Togo |
| THA | FLAG | Thailand |
| TIM | FLAG | Timor-Leste |
| TKM | FLAG | Turkmenistan |
| TKS | FLAG | Tadzhikistan |
| TON | FLAG | Tonga |
| Tons | Tons | (merchant) gross register tons (1grt = 100 cu.ft) |
| Tons | Tons | (naval, marked "N") standard displacement |
| tt | Material | titanium hull |
| TTO | FLAG | Trinidad & Tobago |
| TUN | FLAG | Tunisia |
| TUR | FLAG | Turkey |
| TUV | FLAG | Tuvalu |
| TWN | FLAG | Taiwan |
| Tx | Machinery | triple-expansion, exhaust turbine |
| TZN | FLAG | Tanzania |
| UF | Machinery | Uniflow |
| UGA | FLAG | Uganda |
| UKR | FLAG | Ukraine |
| URY | FLAG | Uruguay |
| USA | FLAG | U.S.A. |
| V1942/1 | Starke | 1942-45 European & South American |
| V1942/2 | Starke | 1942-45 Victory ships & T2 tankers |
| V1942/3 | Starke | 1942-45 British & Dominion mercantile |
| V1942/4 | Starke | 1942-45 United States C-types |
| V1942/5 | Starke | 1942-45 Japan |
| V1942/6 | Starke | 1942-45 Liberty Ships |
| VCT | FLAG | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
| VEN | FLAG | Venezuela |
| VGB | FLAG | British Virgin Islands |
| VNM | FLAG | Vietnam (including North Vietnam) |
| VNS | FLAG | Vietnam, South |
| VUT | FLAG | Vanuatu |
| w | Material | wooden hull |
| WLF | FLAG | Wallis & Futuna |
| wp | Material | wood & plastic hull |
| WSM | FLAG | Western Samoa |
| YEM | FLAG | Yemen |
| YUG | FLAG | Yugoslavia |
| ZAF | FLAG | South Africa |
| ZAM | FLAG | Zambia |
| ZAR | FLAG | Zaire |
| ZZB | FLAG | Zanzibar |