HMS Spartan, Royal Navy

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HMS SPARTAN, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Spartan, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Blue; two swan's wings conjoined white goutty red.
Motto: Courage with great endurance,

Origin/meaning

From the Arms of Admrial Brenton who in the Spartan, with a small squadron defeated a French Squadron in the Bay of Naples in May 1810. The Badge was approved on 25 February 1943.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.