HMS Avenger, Royal Navy

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HMS AVENGER, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Avenger, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a double handed sword gold in bend sinister inflamed proper its hilt grasped by a pair of hand gauntleted silver.

Origin/meaning

The Archangel Michael is Champion of the Church (Avenging Angel). The badge was approved in 1976.


Literature: Image from Pickclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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