I was wondering(as I often do) is there any logic to the Naval service method of Pennant numbers?
I Gather the first digit refers to the class,
The Corvettes were prefixed with 0, the sweepers with 1, the PVs with 2,the hpv(s) with 3,the Peacocks with 4, and the new OPV with 5
and the second the number of that class...however there are a few anomolies.
Ferdia and Setanta,totally different vessels,both with the letter A and the first digit...1..however if setanta was A15 and Ferdia was A 16,what became of A 11, A 12, A13 and A14? The Numbers 11 and 12 were already being used by the sweepers, but where did 13 and 14 go?
Why did the minesweepers have a CM10?Similarly Deirdre was originally FP20,later changed to P20.
If Eithne and Roisin are the Prototype and first of class, why are they not Bearing the Pennant Number P30 and P 50?
Just to refresh we have had
01,02,03
CM10,CM11,CM12
A15,A16
FP20,P21,P22,P23
P31(P32 Cancelled)
P41,P42
P51,P52
Is there any other logic or forces at work here? Somebody somewhere must know the answer?
I Gather the first digit refers to the class,
The Corvettes were prefixed with 0, the sweepers with 1, the PVs with 2,the hpv(s) with 3,the Peacocks with 4, and the new OPV with 5
and the second the number of that class...however there are a few anomolies.
Ferdia and Setanta,totally different vessels,both with the letter A and the first digit...1..however if setanta was A15 and Ferdia was A 16,what became of A 11, A 12, A13 and A14? The Numbers 11 and 12 were already being used by the sweepers, but where did 13 and 14 go?
Why did the minesweepers have a CM10?Similarly Deirdre was originally FP20,later changed to P20.
If Eithne and Roisin are the Prototype and first of class, why are they not Bearing the Pennant Number P30 and P 50?
Just to refresh we have had
01,02,03
CM10,CM11,CM12
A15,A16
FP20,P21,P22,P23
P31(P32 Cancelled)
P41,P42
P51,P52
Is there any other logic or forces at work here? Somebody somewhere must know the answer?
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