This template must be used inside the {{Infobox ship career}} template within the WikiProject Ships ship infobox . The template replaces the Ship builder and Ship yard number parameters to enable automatic addition of the page to Category:Ships built by XXXXX, organised by the ships yard number.

There are five parameters to be used.

{{Infobox ship builder
| yard    =
| builder =
| city    =
| region  =
| country =
}}
  • yard: The yard number for the vessels place of construction.
  • builder: The builder of the vessel.
  • city: The city/town etc where the vessel was constructed.
  • region: The region where the vessel was constructed.
  • country: The country where the vessel was constructed.

This will display within the infobox as:

Builder: BUILDER, CITY, REGION, COUNTRY
Yard Number: YARD

If both YARD and BUILDER are defined then it will add the page to Category:Ships built by BUILDER sorted by the Yard Number, otherwise it will be sorted by {{DEFAULTSORT}}.

If COUNTRY is defined then it will add the page to Category:Ships built in COUNTRY

If REGION is defined then it will add the page to Category:REGION-built ships

If CITY is defined then it will add the page to Category:CITY-built ships

Please note, some cities/regions may require disambiguation or an alternate naming form to display correctly. These will need to be defined within the template.