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Periodically while visiting the Main Site to look for examples to emulate or simply to find out if a ship has been done I've wished there were a better way to locate specific ship types.

I'd like to hear what people think and maybe start some discussion.

First, a couple threads to reference:
New File name rules (April 2013)
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... =10&t=4165

Hull Classification (November 2011)
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... f=5&t=2188

Merchant ships in the main site archive (May 2011)
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1239

Maybe a partial solution would be a readily accessible or drop down "Key" under a button accessible from every country's page. Handy for dummies like me who doesn't know an AF from a ZN.

-OR-

Maybe a site search engine would be the solution. That would require tagging images and maybe a uniform tagging system. A huge project that might require everyone to help out on (to do their own drawings where possible). I helped out a railroad archive when they developed one: call numbers, dates, key words for loco names, numbers, elements visible in the images....

In this case it could include the existing hull classifications, launch date, country, sail, steam, whatever seems useful.

Is it technically possible to do with the existing skill sets within our community?
Does the site (phpBB) support such a function?
Would it even be handy to have?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
CraigH

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As a noob who likes kit bashing I would like,
- To have dates on all the ships (especially RN ships when they have used the same name 10 times)
- Maybe have the class name as well as the ship ? (or group by class).
- To be able to search by ship type and date (so say 1910s BBs or even 1930s tankers).

I accept I may well be asking to much work so I will run off and hide now.

JSB

A lot of what you are asking for can (and hopefully will) be implemented when we get the database system rolled out. We don't have an ETA on when that will be however.

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Something I've had concern and thought about is the YT (yacht) classification for larger sail vessels so I kind of got busy and came up with a few

Barque-BQ
Brig-BG
Barquentine-BQT
Brigantine-BGT
Clipper-CLP
Fleut-FLU
Junk-JN
Ship of the line/Man of war-MOW
Xebec/Dhow-XB
Schooner-SCN
Ship Rig-SHP
Galleon-GL
Caravel/Carrack/Cog-CR
Ketch-KT
Sloop=SLP

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in this case, I have used 'SV - brig of war' - name. with all the different ship types, that was the best I could come up with. it is a fact that the sailing ships predate the abbriviations we use with some 100 years or more, so it would be trouble to impliment it with the only use of these names being this site. in addition, there are clipper hulls with shooner rig........

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And to differentiate between civilian VS naval usage (could become an issue):
Maybe SLP-W for "sloop of war", etc. So, naval might always get a "-W".

It was mentioned (probably in one of the reference threads) about adding launch dates. I've been doing a lot of that as both the British and US navies really like recycling names...presumably others too.

CraigH

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