HMS Caistor Castle, Royal Navy
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HMS CAISTOR CASTLE, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
Barry wavy of six white and blue; a cross crosslet gold surmounted by an eagle displayed red.
Origin/meaning
Caister (misspelt in the Name) Castle in the County of Norfolk. Built by Sir John Fastolf in 1454 (The Cross is from His Arms). His dubious Heir was William Paston. He married into the Bedingfield Family, whose Arms include an Eagle. The badge was approved in 1953.
Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.