RFA Lyness, United Kingdom

RFA LYNESS, UNITED KINGDOM

Official blazon

English

Blue; barry wavy of seven white and blue upon a mount green a barrel of butter proper.

Origin/meaning

The Isle of Butta lies in Scapa Flow, Orkneys near the Town of Lyness on the Isle of Hoy. The Badge is a pun on Butta, it was approved on 3 August 1968.

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

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