• A broad pennant is a triangular swallow-tailed naval pennant flown from the masthead of a warship afloat or a naval headquarters ashore to indicate the...
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  • in commission Broad pennant, flown from the masthead of a British Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board Pennant (church), flown...
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    additional red balls respectively. Commodores fly a Broad Pennant which is a short swallow-tailed pennant based on the St George's Cross, with a red ball...
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    The pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) is a species of nightjar that occurs from Nigeria to northern South Africa. It is an intra-African...
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  • other navies of the Commonwealth, and the Royal Netherlands Navy. The broad pennant combination of the English Flag at the hoist and the Dutch National...
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  • Carol "Cass" Pennant (born 3 March 1958), is an English writer and former football hooligan. Pennant's mother emigrated from Jamaica while pregnant and...
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  • Broad pennant Date Name 29.08.1924 — 27.08.1935 Broad pennant of commander of ship detachments Broad pennant of commander of ship divisions 2:11 27.05...
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    Commodores' Broad Pennants: Commodores are to fly their broad pennant at the fore. Commodores RNR on the Active List are to fly their broad pennant in the...
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  • admiral. A commodore's ship is typically designated by the flying of a broad pennant, as compared to an admiral's flag. "Commodore" is typically regarded...
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    consisting of a number of 74-gun ships and the 98-gun HMS Boyne. Flying the broad pennant of Commodore William Bainbridge, and under command of Captain William...
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  • The previous broad red and blue pennants were abolished in 1864 along with the coloured squadrons, the commodore of the white's broad pennant with the Cross...
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  • formations actually have their own flags (technically a commodore has only a broad pennant, not a flag), and army and air force generals in command of commands...
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    of Brierley Personal Burgee of Brady Brim-DeForest Transport portal Broad pennant Civil ensign Courtesy flag Ensign Maritime flag Naval ensign Oxford...
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    COMMARRES (flies blue broad pennant of an RNR Officer) Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - COMRFA (flies blue RFA broad pennant) Selection of current...
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  • a commodore billet are authorized a blue and white broad pennant, also known as a "command pennant", which is normally flown from their headquarters facilities...
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  • star in the upper hoist corner. Broad pennant of Commodores. Horizontally divided (1:1) forked broad pennant (5:8). Pennant of Commanders and Lieutenant...
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  • Aubrey's elevation to Commodore and authorises him to hoist his broad pendant ('broad pennant' in some editions) as commander of a small fleet with formal...
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    HMS Exeter, and the light cruisers HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax. He flew his broad pennant in Ajax as his flagship. The squadron was deployed to the South Atlantic...
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  • as Pacific Squadron flagship, wearing Commodore John B. Montgomery's broad pennant, through December. In January 1860 Levant sailed for the coast of Nicaragua...
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  • Mediterranean 1783: HMS Europa, 50, Captain James Vashon, flying the broad pennant of Commodore Alan Gardner; service in Jamaica. Met then-Lieutenant George...
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    corresponding to the shape generally known as a 'cavalry-guidon' or 'broad pennant.'" In 1902, State Representative William S. McKinnon, a member of the...
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    establishment was abolished. In 1834, he was ordered to strike his broad pennant and pay off the Cockburn. After the St. Lawrence was sold, for $9925...
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    becoming his first lieutenant. Horatio Nelson, then a commodore, moved his broad pennant to Minerve in December 1796. While en route to Gibraltar, in the action...
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    rank flags had 2:3 proportions, while the commodore's broad pennant and the Senior Officer's pennant had 1:2 proportions. Irrespective of the changes, the...
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  • shape and it is similar in shape to that of a Royal Navy commodore's broad pennant. The vehicle star plate for an air commodore depicts a single white...
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  • flagship is a ship in which an Admiral (or a Commodore) flies his flag (or broad pennant). As, in the Royal Navy, shore establishments can be commissioned as...
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    married since 1984 to the Hon. Rosemary Douglas-Pennant (born 1957), younger daughter of Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn, and has issue. The heir...
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    and sailed for Kingston, Canada. On 8 November, Oneida, flying the broad pennant of Commodore Isaac Chauncey, sailed from Sackets Harbor to intercept...
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  • –present Chief of Naval Forces White triangular swallow tailed pennant (broad pennant) with blue "chevron" rising from the hoist and with yellow anchor...
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    feature for their ships, as well as a distinctive house flag, a red broad pennant with a swallowtail bearing a white five-pointed star. In the initial...
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