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Originally Posted by ABBAFAN
I noticed that German frigate FGS Hessen and the Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand both have the pennant number F221. Both Germany and Romania are nato members so I wondered why two ships were allowed to share a pennant number. Is this common?
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in addition to Aktungbby's response, keep in mind that every navy has it's own ship numbering method, despite being part of a larger multi-country alliance. for example, the Brits and the Americans have been allies for over a hundred years and they do not coordinate their ship numbers at all.
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