Historic England
FISH Maritime Nationality Thesaurus
Used to record the nationality, including flags of convenience, of a vessel or craft.
Faeroese
Faroese
Use for vessels registered in the Faroe (also spelt Faeroe) Islands, e.g. at Torshavn
English
Use for vessels registered in England
Welsh
Use for vessels registered in Wales.
Northern Irish
Use for vessels registered in Northern Ireland.
Scottish
Use for vessels registered in Scotland.
British
Use for vessels registered in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
German
Use for vessels registered in Germany or any of the states prior to unification.
Austrian
Use for vessels registered in Austria.
Belgian
Use for vessels registered in Belgium.
Czechoslovakian
Use for vessels registered in the former Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1992. See also CZECH and SLOVAK.
Czech
Use for vessels registered in the Czech Republic. See also Czechoslovakian (for vessels registered between 1918-1992)
Slovak
Use for vessels registered in Slovakia. See also Czechoslovakian (for vessels registered between 1918-1992)
Danish
Use for vessels registered in Denmark
Irish
Use for vessels registered in the Republic of Ireland (Eire).
Estonian
Use for vessels registered in Estonia.
Finnish
Use for vessels registered in Finland.
French
Use for vessels registered in France.
Greek
Use for vessels registered in Greece.
Hungarian
Use for vessels registered in Hungary.
Manx
Use for vessels registered in the Isle of Man.
Italian
Use for vessels registered in Italy.
Dutch
Use for vessels registered in the Netherlands.
Norwegian
Use for vessels registered in Norway.
Polish
Use for vessels registered in Poland.
Portuguese
Use for vessels registered in Portugal.
Spanish
Use for vessels registered in Spain.
Swedish
Use for vessels registered in Sweden.
Swiss
Use for vessels registered in Switzerland.
Ukrainian
Use for vessels registered in Ukraine
Latvian
Use for vessels registered in Latvia.
Maltese
Use for vessels registered in Malta.
Icelandic
Use for vessels registered in Iceland.
Lithuanian
Use for vessels registered in Lithuania.
Yugoslavian
Use for vessels registered in Yugoslavia between 1918 and 1992.
Prussian
Croatian
Use for vessels registered in Croatia.
Romanian
Use for vessels registered in Romania.
Slovene
Use for vessels registered in Slovenia.
Flemish
Austro Hungarian
Breton
Bremer
East Prussian
Genoese
Hamburger
Lubecker
Neapolitan
Tuscan
Venetian
European
Use for vessels believed to come from Europe but where the precise nationality is not known.
New Zealander
Use for vessels registered in New Zealand.
Australian
Use for vessels registered in Australia.
Australasian
Use for vessels believed to come from Australasia but where the precise nationality is not known.
Argentinian
Use for vessels registered in Argentina.
Venezuelan
Use for vessels registered in Venezuela.
Peruvian
Use for vessels registered in Peru.
Brazilian
Use for vessels registered in Brazil.
Uruguayan
Use for vessels registered in Uruguay.
South American
Use for vessels believed to come from South America but where the precise nationality is not known.
Canadian
Use for vessels registered in Canada.
Cuban
Use for vessels registered in Cuba.
American
Use for vessels registered in the United States of America.
Antiguan
Use for vessels registered in Antigua.
Barbadian
Jamaican
Used for the island of Jamaica which gained independence from Britain in 1958.
North American
Use for vessels believed to come from North America but where the precise nationality is not known.
Guernsey
Jersey
Channel Islander
Use for vessels registered in Jersey, Guernsey or another of the other Channel Islands.
Chinese
Use for vessels registered in China.
Georgian
Use for vessels registered in Georgia.
Indian
Use for vessels registered in India.
Japanese
Use for vessels registered in Japan.
Philippine
Use for vessels registered in the Philippines.
Malaysian
Used for vessels registered in Malaysia.
Pakistani
Use for vessels registered in Pakistan.
Lebanese
Vietnamese
Descriptive of inhabitants of, and cultural artefacts belonging to, Vietnam.
Asian
Use for vessels believed to come from Asia but where the precise nationality is not known.
Liberian
Use for vessels registered in Liberia. Often used as a flag of convenience.
South African
Use for vessels registered in South Africa.
Moroccan
Use for vessels registered in Morocco.
Algerian
Use for vessels registered in Algeria.
Somali
Of Somalia
Egyptian
Use for vessels registered in Egypt.
Barbary
Sallee
African
Use for vessels believed to come from Africa but where the precise nationality is not known.
Panamanian
Use for vessels registered in Panama. Often used as a flag of convenience.
Hondurian
Central American
Use for vessels believed to come from Central America but where the precise nationality is not known.
Russian
Use for vessels registered in Russia.
Turkish
Use for vessels registered in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
Maritime Nationality
The nationality of a vessel according to its registration.
Ottoman
Cypriot
Use for vessel registered in Cyprus whether Greek or Turkish.