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The badge symbolises Aeneas son Anchises and Aphrodite, who escaped the Sige of Troy and thereafter wandered the World. The badge was approved 1946.
The badge symbolises Aeneas son Anchises and Aphrodite, who escaped the Sige of Troy and thereafter wandered the World. The badge was approved 1946.


[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
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[[Category:Ancient Greek Warriors]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek Warriors]]
[[Category:Granted 1946]]
[[Category:Granted 1946]]

Revision as of 10:26, 17 July 2023

HMS AENEAS, ROYAL NAVY

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

Official blazon

Badge: Red; a classical greek demi-warrior armoured white decorated gold helmet crested also gold carrying in the dexter hand a spear and in the sinister a shield white.
Mott:Audentis fortuna juvat = Fortune favours the daring.

Origin/meaning

The badge symbolises Aeneas son Anchises and Aphrodite, who escaped the Sige of Troy and thereafter wandered the World. The badge was approved 1946.

Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.