Watchstanding regulate the sailors' duty watches and for other purposes (see main article). Unlike civil clock bells, the strikes of a ship's bell do not accord to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour of a four-hour watch. Bells would be struck every half-hour, and in a pattern of pairs for easier counting, with any odd bells at the end of the sequence. Watchstanding Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously. On a typical seafaring vessel, be it naval or merchant, personnel keep watch
The Bells the Bells The Bells the Bells The Bells The Bells is a remix CD/DVD album released by the electronic band Underworld in Japan on 25 June 2008. It includes remixes of songs from the album "Oblivion with Bells", as well as a complementary DVD, which includes all the music videos for "Oblivion with Bells". The album reached number 1 on the Tower Records Japan Club/Techno Chart. The album also includes the previously unreleased song, "Parc", which was released by Underworld as the official J-Wave 20th Anniversary Song. The song is a reworking of a previous live performance of the then-named "Darc" in