HMS Orion, Royal Navy

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HMS ORION, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Orion, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Blue; a half-length figure in sem-classical dress white holding a short sword bendwise gold.
Motto:Orbe circumcineto

Origin/meaning

In Greek litterature a handsome hunter later immortalised as a Star. Admrial Saumarez was ain command of Orion at the Nile 1798. The Motto belongs to a branch of the Family and translates as "Around the World". The badge was approved in 1932.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admrialty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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