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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Her (or His) Majesty's Ship

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A prefix used in the names of British warships, meaning His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship.

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  • initialism UK, nautical, military Her (or His) Majesty's Ship — ship prefix of the Royal Navy of the UK
  • initialism Her (or His) Majesty's Service

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Examples

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    Archive 2003-12-01 M-mv 2003

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    12.03 M-mv 2003

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    11.03 M-mv 2003

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    In search of life on Mars M-mv 2003

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    11.03 M-mv 2003

  • Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).

    12.03 M-mv 2003

  • He joined the Royal Navy during World War II at the age of nineteen and as an ordinary seaman in HMS Belfast served on Russian convoy duty.

    Do We Need Diplomacy? 1982

  • The film Margin Call takes us inside a fictional investment bank called HMS to show what it must've been like within the halls of Lehman Brothers during that fateful 24-hour period before its collapse, as executives slowly acknowledge that not only had they built a bomb that will blow up the economy, but that they could save some money if they lit the fuse themselves and were the first out the door.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Margin Call -- 'Twas the Night Before the Meltdown... Jonathan Kim 2011

  • "I seem to remember reading somewhere that Tottenham supporters raised enough money during WWII to buy a battleship for the Royal Navy, called the HMS Hotspur," writes Paris Goursoyannis.

    Who is England's oldest ever debutant? Paolo Bandini 2010

  • The name HMS Prince of Wales has been borne by seven previous ships of the Royal Navy:

    Archive 2007-07-22 2007

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