lead ship of a class

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concept

The lead ship of a class is the first vessel built to a new design, serving as the prototype and namesake for all subsequent ships of that class.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
lead ship 1
lead ship of class 1

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
HMS Daring (D32)
Oyashio-class submarine
surface form: JS Oyashio
lead ship of class
HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen lead ship