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1. 1
   Initialism of His or Her Majesty's South African Ship, a ship prefix for the South African Naval Forces or its predecessor South African Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, of the Dominion of South Africa, used from WWI through WWII. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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