HMS Clare, Royal Navy
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HMS CLARE, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; a key gold and a sword point downwards white pommel and hilt gold in saltire enfiled with a mural crown also gold charged with a hurt thereon a mullet white. |
Origin/meaning
Clare Priory , Suffolk was dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul (Key and Sword). The Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer hence the US Military Star. The Badge was approved on 1 October 1941.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
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