Ships Bells app for iPhone and iPad


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Utilities Entertainment
Developer: ApplTech
0.99 USD
Current version: 3.1, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 26 Jul 2010
App size: 12.89 Mb

This application plays the sounds of a ships bell every hour and half hour. The strike of a ships bell are used to regulate the sailors duty watches. Unlike a regular clock, the strikes of the bell do not correspond to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each-half hour of a four-hour watch.

By design, the app just plays the Ships Bells in the background, which enables one to tell the time without looking at a time piece - just as they did in the early days of sailing.