国連海洋法条約 条文第2部（英文）Definition of warships: For the purposes of this Convention, "warship" means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a State bearing the external marks distinguishing such ships of its nationality, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the government of the State and whose name appears in the appropriate service list or its equivalent, and manned by a crew which is under regular armed forces discipline.：条文で軍艦などの「艦」とつく船の定義（乗員についても）が行われている。政府用船（巡視船等）については“government ships”としている。
