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New page: A '''Ship's bells''' are used to indicate time onboard ship. One bell sounds for each half hour. One bell means 12:30, two bells mean 1:00, three bells mean 1:30, and so on until 4:00 ("ei...
A '''Ship's bells''' are used to indicate time onboard ship. One bell sounds for each half hour. One bell means 12:30, two bells mean 1:00, three bells mean 1:30, and so on until 4:00 ("eight bells"). At 4:30 the cycle begins again with one bell.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref>
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[[Category:Shipping terms]]
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[[Category:Shipping terms]]