HMS Tantalus, Royal Navy

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HMS TANTALUS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Tantalus, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; in base a hand couped of the wrist reaching up for a bunch of grapes all proper.

Origin/meaning

In Greek Mythology the King of Phrygia. He had been punished by his Father Zeus, by being placed below a bunch of grapes which rececied as he reached for them. The badge approved in 1943.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaeida by t.P. Stopford.

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