TenthFleet:Creating a ship page

This guide shows you how to create a page for a ship. On this wiki a "ship" is a local chapter, and each ship has a hull classification number, such as SD-316. A good model to follow is HMS Medusa (SD-316).

Name the page with the ship's name and its hull number in brackets, for example HMS Black Rose (BC-520). This keeps ships with the same name apart.

Step by step

1. Create the page using the name-and-hull-number format.
2. Add the infobox with {{Infobox-chapter}} (skeleton below).
3. Write the opening sentence. Put the ship name in bold and italics with its hull number in bold: for example, '''HMS ''Fearless'' (CA-286)''' is a Star Knight-class heavy cruiser...
4. Describe the chapter: where it is based, which fleet it reports to, and its history.
5. List the command staff and any honours the chapter holds.
6. Categorise the page, for example [[Category:Ships]] and the relevant fleet category.

The infobox

Use {{Infobox-chapter}}.

{{Infobox-chapter
| name      = HMS Fearless
| hcn       = CA-286
| type      = Heavy Cruiser
| class     = [[Star Knight-class]]
| branch    = [[RMN]]
| fleet     = [[Second Fleet]]
| city      =
| co        =
| reportsto =
| crest     =
| image     =
| status    = Active
}}

Ship name style
The ship name is always in italics and the prefix is not. The wiki gives you a shortcut: {{hms|Medusa|SD-316}} writes HMS Medusa for you. There are matching helpers for other navies, such as {{gsn}} and {{rhns}}.

Ship's orders

A ship's own orders belong in the Ship's Orders set. To document one, see Documenting an order.

Chapters grow and rename
When a chapter grows it may earn a new ship name, so the same group can have held several names over the years. Record that lineage in the history section rather than starting a fresh page for each name.