Broad pennant
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 presence of either:
(a) a Royal Navy officer in the rank of Commodore, or
(b) a U.S. Navy Captain serving in a designated Commodore command billet.[1]
The flag is so called as a broad pennant because its dimensions are roughly 2:3.
Starting in 1826, a Royal Navy commodore would fly one of two broad pennants depending on whether he had a captain for his ship (First Class Commodore), or also had to command it himself (Second Class). This difference was shown by a ball added to the pennant of the Second Class rank holder, as shown above. In 1958, the rank of First Class Commodore was terminated, after which only the red and white broad pennant with a ball was used by the Royal Navy.[2]
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The broad command pennant is used in all respects the same as an admiral's flag. When embarked aboard a warship as the senior officer, it is broken aboard that commodore's flagship at the same points of hoist as an admiral's flag. It is also carried at the bow of a boat in which they are embarked, emblazoned on their social letterhead, displayed on a staff in his or her office ashore, and, if they should die in command, half-masted aboard their flagship and carried before their casket in the funeral ceremony.
Also in the U.S. Navy, a red and white
References
- ISBN 978-0-8050-6615-9.
- ^ United Kingdom: Royal Navy rank flags
- ^ "Navy - Command and Commissioning Pennants (U.S.)".
- ^ "U.S. Navy Command Pennants and Flags".
- ^ McMillan, Joe (2001). "Commissioning pennant". Flags of the World. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
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