Template:Cathead age of sail ships of/doc

This template is for creating a standardized appearance for categories of ships that were, and categorized in Category:Age of Sail ships by country.

Usage
For countries not prefixed with the definite article the, like "Belgium" or "France", use:

where Country name is replaced by the specific country's name. For countries that are prefixed with the definite article, like "the Netherlands" or "the United Kingdom", use:

For countries that should sort under something other than their full name—like "Republic of China" sorting under C for China, rather than R for Republic—use an optional sort parameter, as in this example: (This works with or without the parameter the.)