What name is given to a small triangular or swallow-tailed flag or pennant; also a kind of small coal for furnaces?
Broad pennant a boat in which he or she is embarked, emblazoned on his or her social letterhead, displayed on a staff in his or her office ashore, and, if he of she should die in command, half-masted aboard his or her flagship and carried before his or her casket in the funeral ceremony. Also in the U.S. Navy, a red and white Burgee command pennant, similar to but smaller in the size than the Commodore's command pennant, has been flown by the commanding officers of smaller aircraft units such as squadrons. Broad pennant A broad pennant is a triangular swallow-tailed naval
Broad pennant Broad pennant A broad pennant is a triangular swallow-tailed naval pennant flown from the masthead of a warship afloat or a naval headquarters ashore to indicate the presence of either: (a) a Royal Navy officer in the rank of Commodore, or (b) a U.S. Navy Captain serving in a designated Commodore command billet. The flag is so called as a broad pennant because its dimensions are roughly 2:3. Starting in 1826, a Royal Navy commodore would fly one of two broad pennants depending on whether he had a captain for his ship (First Class Commodore), or also had to command