HMS Galatea, Royal Navy

HMS GALATEA, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a female head proper crowned with scallop shells gold. Motto: Nobis mare patria

Origin/meaning

In Ovid's Metamorphoses a Sea-Nymph who loved Acis. The Motto translates as "The sea is our country". The Badge was approved in 1919.

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