Official Number and Code Letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Empire Arquebus had the UK Official Number 169819 and used the Code Letters MYMS. Al Sudan had the Egyptian Official Number 104 and used the Code Letters SUDS.
Read more about this topic: HMS Cicero (F170)
Famous quotes containing the words official, number, code and/or letters:
“The honor my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth and the performance of duty; nor can I give any explanation of my official acts except such as is due to integrity and justice and consistent with the principles on which our institutions have been framed.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“States strong enough to do good are but few.
Their number would seem limited to three.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Acknowledge your will and speak to us all, “This alone is what I will to be!” Hang your own penal code up above you: we want to be its enforcers!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist—nothing shields him from the world’s gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix himself up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)