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[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.  
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Revision as of 09:31, 16 July 2023

HMS CHALLENGER, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Challenger, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; on a mount white a stag statant bellwing proper

Motto: Depugnare superbas

Origin/meaning

From Ewin Landseeräs painting The Challenge (1844), but Reversed. the Latin motto traslates as "To fight the proud". The Badge was approved in 1931.


Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.