HMS Thermopylae, Royal Navy

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HMS THERMOPYLAE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Thermopylae, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; on a mount green a lion guardant statant on a block white.

Motto: We shall fight in the shade.

Origin/meaning

Allude to the Battle in 480 BC in which Leonidas' Spartans and Greeks defeated the Persians. The badge was approved in 1945.


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

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