HMS Ulysses, Royal Navy

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HMS ULYSSES, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Ulysses, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Barry wavy of ten white; a ram's head affronty black in front of a stake inflamed proper.

Origin/meaning

The Hero of Homer's Odessey and King of Ithaca. He was captured, and later escabed from, Cyclops by first blinded him with a flaming stake and then hidding by strapping himself to the belly of a ram. In the ensuring cofusion Ulysses managed to flee. The badge was approved in 1944.


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