HMS Woodpecker, Royal Navy

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HMS WOODPECKER, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Woodpecker, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a Green Woodpecker (Picus Viridis) clinging to the stump of a tree proper.

Motto:Inveniet qui exquiret.

Origin/meaning

The Motto translates as "He who seeks caraefully shall find". The badge was approved in 1943.

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

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