HMS Warspite, Royal Navy

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HMS WARSPITE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Warspite, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Green; a ship's gun of c 1600 on its truck gold.

Motto: Belli dura despicio.

Origin/meaning

A Elizabethean composite word war depite. The Motto translates as "I despise the hard knocks of war". The badge was approved in 1919.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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