HMS Arromanches, Royal Navy

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HMS ARROMANCHES, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Arromanches, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Barry wavy of ten white and blue; a demi-eagle erased black langued red in its beak a sprig of mulberry slipped leaved and fructed proper.

Origin/meaning

The Eagle is from the arms of Admiral Bertram Ramsay who deviced the Naval Plan for the D-Day Landing in June 1944. Arromanches was in the British Landing Zone, and the Srpig of Mulberry allude to the Artificial Harbour with the Code Name Mulberry constructed here. The Eagle also symbolises the role of the Ship as an Aircraft Carrier. The badge was approved on 2 April 1947.


Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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