Should German warships be given a prefix such as KMS for consistency with HMS and USS?
Short answerNo; KMS was not an official Kriegsmarine prefix, so applying it retroactively sacrifices historical accuracy for convenience.
NotesGerman ship names can be made to resemble HMS and USS naming conventions by adding KMS. That symmetry is misleading because the Kriegsmarine did not use KMS as an official prefix. Such a label may help modern readers identify ownership, but convenience is not the same as historical usage. The preferred practice is to preserve the naming convention used by the navy being described.