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The arms show a nettle branch, Urtica is the Latin name for the common nettle. The Motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1. The | The arms show a nettle branch, Urtica is the Latin name for the common nettle. The Motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1. The badge was approved in 1944. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | [[Literature]]: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1944]] | [[Category:Granted 1944]] |
Latest revision as of 11:08, 10 November 2023
HMS URTICA, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
White; a sprig of stinging-nettle (Urtica) palewise proper.
Motto: This nettle - danger
Origin/meaning
The arms show a nettle branch, Urtica is the Latin name for the common nettle. The Motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1. The badge was approved in 1944.
Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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