HMS Circe, Royal Navy
HMS CIRCE, ROYAL NAVY
English | Barry wavy of ten white and blue; on a pomme a demi-boar erased gold langued blue holding a drinking cup gold. Motto: Semper circiter |
Origin/meaning
In Greek Mythology an Enchantress who lived on an Island in the Aegean an turned all who drank from Her Cup into Swine except Ulysses who, armed with a magic Plant, forced her to restore Her Victims to Human Beings. The Latin motto translates as "Always somewhere about". The Badge was approved on 3 April 1942.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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