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Can anyone with Chinese language proficiency help find sources and resolve the discrepancy in pennant numbers / 舷号 between the English- and Chinese-language articles? In English, the numbers are said to be 8xx; in Chinese, "851" is mentioned for the lead ship of the series, but then there is a table where all ships (including the lead one) are listed with 7xx numbers. Did the ship numbers change over time?
Also, on Commons there is Category:PLANS Polaris (AGI-851) and Category:PLANS Polaris (AGI-791) – are the photos there showing the same ship bearing different pennant numbers in different times, or are these different ships? The only external page I could google that mentions both numbers for this ship is here (archive), but it doesn't seem to explain the discrepancy (as far as I could understand using Google Translate).
Thanks! DmitTrix (talk) 20:24, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- @DmitTrix: hey, could you elaborate further on this? I'm nowhere near an expert on battleships, but based on my understanding of the Chinese article, 815 is the model number (型號), while the 7xx numbers are the pennant numbers (舷号). How do these two numbers work? Thanks, it's lio! | talk | work 14:25, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- @HKLionel: Hi! The question is like I wrote: the two Wikipedia articles (English and Chinese) give different pennant numbers (not model number – that one, 815, is the same), and I'm trying to understand which one(s) are correct (maybe both are, but for different timeframes?). Thanks! DmitTrix (talk) 07:25, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- @DmitTrix: is it not possible that both 7xx and 8xx numbers exist? Based on a quick Google search in Chinese, I could find sources mentioning Type 815 ships with both 7xx pennant numbers and the aforementioned lead ship with 851. it's lio! | talk | work 07:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- @HKLionel: Hi! The question is like I wrote: the two Wikipedia articles (English and Chinese) give different pennant numbers (not model number – that one, 815, is the same), and I'm trying to understand which one(s) are correct (maybe both are, but for different timeframes?). Thanks! DmitTrix (talk) 07:25, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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