HMS Aeneas, Royal Navy

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HMS AENEAS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Aeneas, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Badge: Red; a classical greek demi-warrior armoured white decorated gold helmet crested also gold carrying in the dexter hand a spear and in the sinister a shield white.
Mott:Audentis fortuna juvat = Fortune favours the daring.

Origin/meaning

The badge symbolises Aeneas son Anchises and Aphrodite, who escaped the Sige of Troy and thereafter wandered the World. The badge was approved 1946.

Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.