Editing Ship class (section)

===United Kingdom===
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The British [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy (RN)]] has used several methods of naming classes. In addition to the accepted European convention, some classes have been named after a common theme in the included ships' names, e.g., {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|1||1936}}s, and some classes were implemented as an organizational tool, making traditional methods of naming inefficient. For instance, the {{sclass|Amphion|submarine|4}} is also known as the A class. Most destroyer classes were known by the initial letter used in naming the vessels, e.g., {{sclass2|V and W|destroyer|1}}s. Classification by letter also helped to conflate similar smaller classes of ships as in the case of the [[A-class destroyer (1913)|A-class destroyers of 1913]] whose names spread across the alphabet. Since the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Royal Navy ship classes have also been known by their type number (e.g. [[Type 45 destroyer]].)