Boatswains Whistle

Description

A traditional Boating & Sailing Whistle

Aboatswain’s call,pipeorbosun’s whistleis apipeor a non-diaphragm typewhistleused on naval ships by aboatswain.

It is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, “bosun’s call”.

Historically the boatswain’s call was used to pass commands to the crew when the voice could not be heard over the sounds of the sea. Because of its high pitch, it could be heard over the activities of the crew and bad weather. It is now used in traditionalbugle callssuch asEvening Colors/Sunset, and in other ceremonies in most modern navies. It is sometimes accompanied by other auditive features such asruffle and flourishes,voice commands and announcements, or even agun salute.