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Motto: We shall fight in the shade. | |||
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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 | [[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 1 November 2023
HMS THERMOPYLAE, ROYAL NAVY
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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