HMS Curacoa, Royal Navy

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HMS CURACOA, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Curacoa, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Black; a stork's head white armed red in the beak a snake proper langued red.

Motto: Ceramine summo

Origin/meaning

From the Arms and Motto (Which translates as In the midst of battle) of Commodore Brisbane (1769-1829) who captured the Carrribean Island from the Dutch in 1806. The Badge was approved on 23 October 1927.


Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.