Pennant number
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pennant-number-163-12188120
title:
Pennant number
text:
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number. Historically, naval ships flew a flag that identified a flotilla or type of vessel. For example, the Royal Navy used a red burgee for torpedo boats and a pennant with an H for torpedo boat destroyers. Adding a number to the type-identifying flag uniquely identified each ship. In the current system, a letter prefix, called a flag superior, identifies the type of ship, and numerica
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Naval ship identifier in Europe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennant_number
date created:
2004-11-16T22:05:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:36:04Z
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