As early as the 15th Century a bell was used to sound the time on board a ship. The bell was rung every half hour of the 4 hour watch.Even numbers were in pairs, odd numbers in pairs and singles.
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Wave (.wav)
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Comments
7 years, 9 months ago
Thank you.
13 years, 3 months ago
I understand that 8 bells signals the end of the watch, at least on old sailing ships.
14 years, 10 months ago
This will work adequately for a maritime Rainmeter skin I am working on....Thanks to the uploader
15 years, 6 months ago
Great job with this recording. Thanks!
15 years, 8 months ago
I used to work on oil tankers and tugboats, here are two reasons for the eight rings:
1. To notify the engine room (where the throttles typically would be on an older ship) of the Captains desire to change speed. The bells typically had a pattern like:
From Dead Stop: 1 Bell = Slow Ahead
2 Bells = Half Ahead
3 Bells = 3/4 Ahead, etc
Possibly the Double-Bell meant reverse direction, same speed (8Bells{4doubles} = Full Reverse
or
They may have simply been signaling the time (8am)
Great quality thanks for the upload!
