HMS Ceylon, Royal Navy

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HMS CEYLON, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Ceylon, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; on amount green between two groves of coconut palms an elephant affronty all proper.

Origin/meaning

An Island in the Indian Ocean bow Sri Lanka. The Badge is based on the Arms of the Island granted in 1906. The Badge was approved on 4 May 1943.


Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. [[Category:Granted 1943]