How Long to Read Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy

How Long Does it Take to Read Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy?

It takes the average reader 25 hours and 42 minutes to read Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy by Ben Warlow

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Pendant (or pennant) numbers have been used by individual ships of the Royal Navy for purposes of identification for more than 100 years. They were also used in all the navies of the British Empire so that ships could be easily transferred from one navy to another without changing her number. They offer the simplest and clearest way to identify a ship, but until now there has been little in the way of consistent and accurate information, and certainly no single location where you can look up or research complete pendant numbers. The book is designed as an easy-to-use reference work and as such is, in the main, composed of alpha-numeric listings to enable the user to find and identify warships by reference to ship name and to identify specific pendant numbers assigned to that name; or by pendant number to identify specific vessels assigned that number at various times. It begins with an introduction and a brief history of visual signalling used by the Royal Navy before industrialisation, and explains how the large numbers of identical ships being built brought about the need to identify specific ships within fleets to aid signalling and tactical deployment. There follow chapters covering the pendant numbers of the surface fleet and submarines (which stopped using them once boats began to spend so little time on the surface), and then pedant numbers by ship name. A significant chapter lists the pendant numbers assigned to the British Pacific Fleet during the Pacific campaign of WWII together with an explanation of why numbers were assigned, and an examination of missing ‘A’ series pendants known to have been carried by some vessels during the conflict. The BPF numbers have only recently come to light and there is still much that is not known but this section provides the most comprehensive study of available data at this time. There is also an appendix covering deck letters assigned to aviation capable ships. This is a genuinely new and significant reference book and is destined to become a major new aid for Royal Navy warship and auxiliary identification.

How long is Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy?

Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy by Ben Warlow is 1,489 pages long, and a total of 385,651 words.

This makes it 503% the length of the average book. It also has 471% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 35 hours and 7 minutes to read Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy aloud.

What Reading Level is Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy?

Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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