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6.07 Modes of transportation

Italicize the names given to individual ships, spacecraft, aircraft and trains but not articles, etc. preceding them:

  • the Spirit of St. Louis
  • the spacecraft Challenger
  • the Rapido

Note

In Department of National Defence documents, names of ships are written entirely in upper case and are not italicized:

  • HMCS ATHABASKAN
  • HMCS SACKVILLE