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What does SMS stand for? I know HMS would be H(er/is) Majesty's Ship, but SMS...Secret Military Ship?

Theodore Edward Ursus 14:54, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


Seiner Majestät Schiff, an abbreviation for "His Majesty's Ship" in the German Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

Billd 15:04, June 9, 2010 (UTC)


While the originators of the Zepherus have designated her commissioning airframe number as "L-312" (for Luftschiff or airship), the logbook (logbuch) I made for the IAPS is inscribed as being for the airship "PLZ-312", P for Prussia, the sponsoring nation of the construction, L for Luftschiff and Z for Zeppelin, the contracting builder/design of the dirigible. The log also specifies Friedrichschaffen as the port of registry, as it was the home of the Zeppelin company.

Billd 17:35, June 10, 2010 (UTC)