User:Lou Sander/Tables Examples

Here's a nice centered table with borders and a coloful background

The Commander, Charleston Naval Shipyard requests the honor of your presence upon the occasion of the laying of the keel of the destroyer NEVERSAIL by the Honorable W.T. Door Secretary of the Navy at the Charleston Naval Shipyard on Tuesday, the fifteenth of July at half past twelve o'clock

Maybe a better way to do it: {{quote box}} with <poem>

This shows how to make nested tables

This is Table # 1 of 6 Laid down: Stuff from Table #1 Fate: Unknown Fate: Unknown Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m)	This is Table # 2 of 6 Career Laid down: Stuff from Table #2 Launched: Stuff from Table #2 Commissioned: Stuff from Table #2 Decommissioned: 25 April 1946 Struck: 8 May 1946 Fate: Unknown General Characteristics Hull Type: A table may have one or two extra rows, like the one below. Displacement: 13,910 tons full Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h) Complement: 425 Armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts
This is Table # 3 of 6 Career Laid down: Stuff from Table #3 Fate: Unknown General Characteristics Hull Type: C2-S-AJ3 Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h) Complement: 425 Armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts	This is Table # 4 of 6 Career Laid down: Stuff from Table #4 Launched: Stuff from Table #4 Commissioned: Maybe there is a bunch of text in some of the cells, like this one Decommissioned: Stuff from Table #4 Struck: 8 May 1946 Fate: Unknown
This is Table # 5 of 6 Career Laid down: Stuff from Table #5 Launched: Stuff from Table #5 Commissioned: No text. Decommissioned: Stuff from Table #5 Struck: 8 May 1946 Fate: Unknown General Characteristics Hull Type: C2-S-AJ3 Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h) Complement: 425 Armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts	This is Table # 6 of 6 Career Laid down: Stuff from Table #6 Launched: Stuff from Table #6 Commissioned: Maybe there is some italicizes text in this cell, for variety. Decommissioned: Stuff from Table #6 Struck: 8 May 1946 Fate: Unknown General Characteristics Hull Type: C2-S-AJ3 Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h) Complement: 425 Armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts;1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts;1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts;1 × 5 in (127 mm) / 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount, 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 16 × 20 mm gun mounts;

The text at the end does not interfere with the tables. Nice work, thanks to MarcoTolo..