HMS Cyclops, Royal Navy

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HMS CYCLOPS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Cyclops, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Black; within an eye proper of sixteen-pointed star red bordered gold.

Motto: With eye and hand.

Origin/meaning

A Tribe of one-eyed giants who forged iron for Vulcan. The Motto refers to the skills employed in this Submarine Depot Ship The Badge was approved in 1923.


Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.