HMS Cormorant, Royal Navy

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HMS CORMORANT, ROYAL NAVY

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

Official blazon

Blue; a cormorant (Phalacrocorax Carbo) on a rock gold holding in its beak an eel silver.
Motto: Laboris avidus

Origin/meaning

A Fish and Eel Eater, larger tha the more common Shag. The Latin Motto translates as "Greedy of work". The badge was approved on 29 July 1930.

Literature: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.


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