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[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford.
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
[[Category:Granted 1919]]
[[Category:Granted 1919]]

Revision as of 12:41, 19 April 2023

HMS ARGUS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Argus, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Green; a Peacock statant gold.

Motto: Occuli omnium.

Origin/meaning

In Greek Mythology Argus Panoptes of Argos was a Creature of 100 Eyes slain by Mercury. Its Eyes was then placed in a Peacock's Feather by Juno for Decoration. The Latin Motto transaltes as "The Eyes of All". The Badge was approved on 2 December 1919.


Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.