Editing Pennant number (section)

==International pennant numbers==
Several European NATO and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] navies agreed to introduce a pennant number system based on that of the Royal Navy. The system guarantees that, amongst those navies and other navies that later joined, all pennant numbers are unique. The United States and Canada do not participate in this system; their ships are identified by unique [[hull classification symbol]]s.

Participating countries, with their assigned number ranges,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn2.htm#B3 |title=sci.military.naval FAQ, Part B – General Terminology & Definitions |publisher=Hazegray.org |date=2002-04-28 |access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://navybmr.com/study%20material/ACP113AI.pdf | title=ACP 113 (AI) Call Sign Book for Ships | date=January 2012 | publisher=[[CCEB]] | access-date=25 August 2017 | pages=199–226 | archive-date=28 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828072453/http://navybmr.com/study%20material/ACP113AI.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> include:
* Argentina — (D: 1x, 2x; P: 3x, 4x; S: 2x, 3x; C: x; V: x)
* Australia (formerly incorporated into the Royal Navy system until 1969; now uses a system based on the RN pennant number format and U.S. [[hull classification symbol]]s)<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Peter |editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III) |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, VIC |isbn=0-19-554116-2 |oclc=50418095 |chapter=Towards Self Reliance |page=213}}</ref>
* Belgium — (A:9xx; F: 9xx; M: 9xx; P:9xx)
* Denmark — (N: 0xx; A/M/P: 5xx; F/S/Y: 3xx; L: 0xx)
* France — (R: 9x; C/D/S: 6xx; F: 7xx; M/P/A: 6xx, 7xx; L: 9xxx)
* Germany — (A: 5x, 51x, 14xx; D: 1xx; F: 2xx; L: 76x; M: 10xx, 26xx; P: 61xx; S: 1xx)
* Greece — (D/P: 0x, 2xx; A/F: 4xx; L/S/M: 1xx)
* Italy — (5xx; D 5xx; F 5xx; P 4xx; 5xxx; A 5xxx; L 9xxx; Y 5xx; S 5xx)
* Kenya
* Malaysia
* New Zealand (F111-HMNZS Te Mana)
* Netherlands (8xx; Y: 8xxx)
* Norway (F/S/M: 3xx; P: 9xx; L: 45xx)
* Portugal (F/M: 4xx; S: 1xx; P: 11xx0)
* Spain (A: xx, F: 0x 1x 2x.., R: 01, 11, L: 0x, 1x.., P: 0x, 1x.., Y: xxx)
* Sri Lanka
* South Africa
* Turkey (D/S: 3xx; F: 2xx; N: 1xx; A/M: 5xx; P: 1xx, 3xx, L: 4xx; Y: 1xxx)
* United Kingdom (R: 0x; D: 0x & 1xx; F: 0x, 1xx, 2xx; S: 0x, 1xx; M: 0x, 1xx, 1xxx, 2xxx; P: 1xx, 2xx, 3xx; L: 0x, 1xx, 3xxx, 4xxx; A: any)

The NATO pennant number system added the ''Y'' (for ''yard'') symbol for tugboats, floating cranes, docks and the like.