[PSUBS-MAILIST] vessel prefix for personal/recreational submarines

Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Mar 26 08:15:13 EDT 2018


Strike suffix - PREFIX!

On 3/26/18, Douglas Suhr <spiritofcalypso at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe M/S can also stand for 'manned submersible.' That's the
> suffix I'm using to refer to Snoopy anyway! ~ Doug
>
> On 3/25/18, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm interested in applying a "ship prefix" to the name of my vessel and
>> would like to hear opinions on something we might adopt as a group,
>> eventually creating a standard.  Existing, prefixes that might apply:
>> MV - Motor VesselMS - Motor ShipRV - Research Vessel (for some of you)DSV
>> -
>> Deep Submergence Vessel, not sure how "Deep" is defined, but most of our
>> subs surpass normal diving range so might qualify for this designation.
>> Some potential new designations:PSV - Personal Submergence VesselRSV -
>> Recreational Submergence VesselSMV - Submerged Motor Vessel
>> Others?
>


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