HMS Chanticleer, Royal Navy

HMS CHANTICLEER, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

White; a cock statant crowing wings extended proper. Motto: Vigilatibus non dormentibus

Origin/meaning

The Cockerel in the 13th Century Fable Reynard the Fox. The Latin Motto translates as "To watchers, not sleepers". The Badge was approved in 1943.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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