HMS Cachalot, Royal Navy
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HMS CACHALOT, ROYAL NAVY
| English | Chief per fess barry wavy of four blue and white base blue a fish hook of four flukes in pale pendant from a cable all gold. Motto: Nec pluribus impar |
Origin/meaning
A Sperm Whale belonging to the family Physeteride. The Badge is a pun on the Name. The Badge was approved in 1959, replacing a similar Badge approved from 1936. In the Earlier Badge the Fish Hook was "a grapnel of four flukes in pale pendant from a cable all gold".
Literature: Image from Pinterest, Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.