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What does eight bells mean on board ship?
Watches were 4 hours long. The ships timekeeper would start an hour glass that was one half hour long in its time. When the hour glass was turned over, the next set of bells would start. So the first half hour war 1 bell, the second half hour was 2 bells etc. At the end of the 4 hour watch, it was eight bells, and time for the next crew change for the next watch.
What are bells in maritime?
Bells is a nautical term for half hour watch
How do you watch the BBC outside of the UK?
PBS has a half hour news segment .
What is question hour?
iron man and spiderman are the best team
Why does Nine make a 2 and a Half Hour Bulletin?
I Know!, Nobody Would Watch 2 and a Half Hours of News Nine should just axe the 2 and a half hour Bulletin Completely
What is a episode?
a episode is a half an hour show that you can watch on TV/web/animefreak.tv inuyasha for example there is 167 episode's to watch OK hope this help's
How many bells is the end of a navy watch?
The end of a Navy watch is marked by eight bells. Traditionally, a ship's watch lasts for four hours, and bells are struck every half hour during that period. At the end of the four-hour watch, the eighth bell signals its conclusion.
How can you use half in a sentence?
They will perform a half hour show to release the great first album.
What happens to the Spider-Man's webs after he's done with them?
Spiderman's webs dissolve in a hour
In Half an hour Is half a noun?
Yes. Half is a noun and half an hour (half of an hour) is a time period.
Half and hour vs half hour?
The term is actually "half an hour" which is short for "half of an hour". This has same meaning as "half hour" or a rough approximation of 30 minutes.
What does 8 bells mean on board ship?
On navy ships bells are struck to designate the number of hours on watch. Each watch is four hours in length, one bell is struck after the first half hour, two bells after one hour and three bells after 1.5 hours, and so on up to 8 bells which are struck after the completion of four hours when the watch is then completed
