本ほん艦かん

noun

this ship; the aforementioned ship

Formal, often used in naval or official contexts to refer to the ship in question. 本艦 is a self-referential or anaphoric term, similar to 'this vessel' or 'the said ship'.

• 本ほん艦かんはただいま出しゅっ港こうの準じゅん備びを整ととのえております。

  This ship is now preparing to depart.

• 先さきほど報ほう告こくのあった本ほん艦かんの損そん傷しょうは軽けい微びである。

  The damage to the aforementioned ship, as reported earlier, is minor.