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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
A Battle against the French undre de Grasse in 1782 won by Sir Samuel Hood in whose Arms is a Merman. The Badge was approved on 31 July 1945
A battle against the French under de Grasse in 1782 won by Sir Samuel Hood in whose arms is a merman. The badge was approved on 31 July 1945


[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com, Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com, 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:Mermen]]
[[Category:Granted 1945]]
[[Category:Granted 1945]]

Latest revision as of 13:44, 11 October 2023

HMS ST KITTS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS St Kitts, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; within a wreath of laurel gold a merman proper supporting with his hands a trident erect gold.

Origin/meaning

A battle against the French under de Grasse in 1782 won by Sir Samuel Hood in whose arms is a merman. The badge was approved on 31 July 1945

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

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