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[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest, Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest, Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.  
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Revision as of 08:56, 16 July 2023

HMS CACHALOT, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Cachalot, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Chief per fess barry wavy of four blue and white base blue a fish hook of four flukes in pale pendant from a cable all gold.

Motto: Nec pluribus impar

Origin/meaning

A Sperm Whale belonging to the family Physeteride. The Badge is a pun on the Name. The Badge was approved in 1959, replacing a similar Badge approved from 1936. In the Earlier Badge the Fish Hook was "a grapnel of four flukes in pale pendant from a cable all gold".


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