Editing Template:R/V/doc (section)

== Usage ==
This is a typing short cut for linking to steamship articles named in the format "RV Shipname (year)", showing "R/V".  Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as <nowiki>[[RV Shipname (ID)|R/V ''Shipname'' (ID)]]</nowiki>.  This template halves that to <nowiki>{{R/V|Shipname|ID}}.
</nowiki>

=== Formal Usage ===

* <code><nowiki>{{R/V|Ship Name}}</nowiki></code>
* <code><nowiki>{{R/V|Ship Name|ID}}</nowiki></code>, where ID can be the [[hull number]], launch year, or [[pennant number]], as specified in the article title.

=== Examples ===
{|class=wikitable width="100%"
 |- style="background-color:#FCFCFC" align="left"
 ! Template usage
 ! Equivalent wikicode
 ! Final result
 |-
 | <code><nowiki>{{R/V|Vityaz|1939}}</nowiki></code>
 | <code><nowiki>[[RV Vityaz (1939)|R/V ''Vityaz'' (1939)]]</nowiki></code>
 | {{R/V|Vityaz|1939}}
 |-
 | <code><nowiki>{{R/V|Queen Victoria|ship}}</nowiki></code>
 | <code><nowiki>[[RV Queen Victoria (ship)|R/V ''Queen Victoria'' (ship)]]</nowiki></code> 
 | {{R/V|Queen Victoria|ship}}
 |-
 | <code><nowiki>{{R/V|Princess of Norway}}</nowiki></code>
 | <code><nowiki>[[RV Princess of Norway|R/V ''Princess of Norway'']]</nowiki></code>
 | {{R/V|Princess of Norway}}
 |}