Pennant

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Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag commonly flown by ships at sea:
- Pennant (commissioning), the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission
- Broad pennant, flown from the masthead of a Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board
- Pennant (church), flown by navies during services on board ships
Pennant number, a number used to identify ships by the modern Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth
Pennant (sports), a commemorative flag displayed or flown by a league-winning team
- Pennant race, prior to divisional playoffs within each league, the race to clinch the division title in a regular baseball season
Pennant, a reference to the pennant-shaped "No Passing Zone" prohibitory traffic sign found in the United States
Pennant, a reference to Flag and pennant patterns in technical analysis of a stock market chart

Pennant, a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end
Maintenance pennant, a wire rope sling used to "hang-off" a lifeboat from the davit in order to perform maintenance on the lifeboat (not to be confused with "pendant")^[1]
Safety pennant, a synthetic sling used to secure a lifeboat to the davit falls as a fall protection device (FPD)

Pennant, the common name of the dragonfly genus Celithemis
Pendant Productions, an online audio drama podcast company founded in 2004
Vympel, Russian for "Pennant", a Spetznas unit specialised in infiltration and assassination
Pennant Measures, a stratigraphic division of the South Wales Coal Measures and including the Pennant Sandstone

Jermaine Pennant, an English Football player, currently playing for Tampines Rovers
Thomas Pennant, a Welsh naturalist and antiquary

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