Pennant

Pennant may refer to:

• 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 Measures, a stratigraphic division of the South Wales Coal Measures and including the Pennant Sandstone
• Pennant number, a number used to identify ships by the modern Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth

Pennant may also refer to:

• Vympel, Russian for Pennant, A Spetznas unit specialised in infiltration and assassination.
• Pennant (sports), a commemorative flag displayed or flown by a league-winning team
  • Pennant race, the race to clinch the league or division title in a regular baseball season
• A reference to the pennant-shaped "No Passing Zone" prohibitory traffic sign found in the United States
• The common name for the Genus of dragonfly known as Celithemis
• Flag and pennant patterns in technical analysis of a stock market chart