Source: Ship's
badges, Derek Taylor (National Maritime Museum)
Bramble
1938: White - sprig of bramble all proper.
Britomart
1938: Blue - wavelets white, crescent gold, net black.
Fictitious name invented by Spenser
for his 'Faerie Queen'. Design refers to Britomartis of Greek myths, who threw
herself into the sea to escape the attentions of Minos but was fortunately saved
by a fisherman's net. Crescent refers to her association with the cult of
Artemis
Franklin
1937: Blue - Dolphin white garnished gold, fishing spears also gold.
From the Arms of Sir John Franklin,
Arctic Explorer who sailed in 1845 with Terror and Erebus seeking the North West
Passage.
Gleaner
1936: Red - stalks of wheat gold
'Gleaning' - act of recovering corn
that fell whilst harvest being cleared.
Motto : FRUGES CONSUMERE NATI - Born
to reap its reward.
Gossamer 1938:
Blue - spider's web gold
Halcyon
1933 : Blue - kingfisher gold, branch and fish silver.
Motto: AEQUOREM TEMPERO - I keep the
sea calm
Harrier 1933:
Green - Harrier hound gold
Motto: TENACITER - I follow
tenaciously
Hazard
1936: Green - dice silver showing six spots black
Hazard is a dice game of chance
Motto: FACTA EST ALEA - the die is
cast
Hebe
1936: Red - drinking cup gold
Hebe was the wine server to the gods
at Olympus
Motto: EN ATTENDANT - in attendance
Hussar
1933: Red - sabre grips black, guards and blades silver
Motto: FORWARD (From Tennyson's
Charge of the Light Brigade)
Jason
1937: Red - fleece and sling all gold
Leda
1938: Blue - wavelets white, swan also white, legs black, beak yellow,
chain and collar gold, hand proper.
Zeus visited Leda in the guise of a
swan.
Niger 1935:
Red - interlaced triangles green, royal crown all gold.
A river in West Africa - from the
Colonial Badge
Motto: NEC TIM NEC SPERNO - I neither
fear nor despise
Salamander
1935: Red - salamander gold.
A Greek mythological lizard
thought to be fireproof.
Motto: PER IGNES ET UNDAS - through
fire and water
Scott
1938: Wavelets white and blue, penguin proper
Refers to Robert Falcon Scott
Seagull 1937:
Wavelets white and blue, seagull white.
Sharpshooter
1936: Green, bow and string white, arrow all gold.
Motto: SWIFT AND SURE
Skipjack
1933: Blue - bonito (skipjack) silver
Motto: PER SALTUS ATTINGO - by leaps
I strike
Speedwell
1934: White - flowers of speedwell blue, seeds gold.
Motto: 1st: BENE FESTINA - speed well
2nd CELERITER FESTINA - hasten swiftly
Speedy:
White - boars head blue, tusks gold, tongue red.
From the Arms and motto of
Admiral Cochrane (1775-1860) who captained the ship.
Motto: VIRTUTE IN LABORE - by valour
and labour
Sphinx 1939:
Blue - sphinx gold
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