HMS Boadicea, Royal Navy

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HMS BOADICEA, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Boadicea, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Black; the upright figure of Boadicea gowned gold arms aloft in her dexter hand a spear erect flanked by her daughthers all within a chariont bearing a schyte on each wheel and drawn by two horses forceny all gold.

Motto: Vincta sed invicta

Origin/meaning

Th Queen of the Iceni Tribe who fought the Romans until defeated in 60 AD. The Latin Motto translates as "Bound but unconqured". The badge was approved in 1929.


Literature: Image from Pinterest, Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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