HMS Cambridge, Royal Navy
HMS CAMBRIDGE, ROYAL NAVY
History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001.
English | Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold. Motto: Practice makes perfect |
Origin/meaning
Named for the first Duke of Cambridge (19774-1850), indicated by the Coronet of a Royal Duke. The Gun Barrel symbolise the Gunnery Range. The Badge was approved in 1956.
Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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