HMS Iroquois, Royal Navy

HMS IROQUOIS, ROYAL NAVY

(Version 1)

(Version 2)

Official blazon

English

Version 1 from 1922: Green; an Iroquois Indian's head wearing a war bonnet all proper. Motto: Sicut aquilis

Version 2 from 1942: Gold; the ehead of an Iroquois brave coped at the neck proper wering two eagle feathers in his hair and a ring gold pendant from his ear. Motto: Relentless in chase.

Origin/meaning

Aludes to the Name. Fist version approved in 1922 and the second in 1942. The First Motto translates as "Be like the eagles".

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