HMS Courageous, Royal Navy

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HMS COURAGEOUS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Courageous, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Black; a dexter arm erect proper grasping a serpent gree,
Motto: Fortis in angustis

Origin/meaning

In allusion to the Name. The Latin Motto translates as "Bravely in difficulties". The Badge was approved in 1923.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.