HMS Quality, Royal Navy

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HMS QUALITY, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Quality, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Barry wavy of ten white and blue; upon a billet gold two torteaux red one in chief charged with a leopard's face crowned with a Royal Prince's Crown gold and the one in base with a castle of three towers also gold.

Origin/meaning

Assay Office Marks (Hallmarks) for Gold depict a crowned leopard (London Office) and a Castle (Edinburgh Office) between 1479 and 1821. The badge was approved in 1942.


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

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