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| | |Blue; on a mount green a lion guardant statant on a block white.</br> | ||
Motto: We shall fight in the shade. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===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 | [[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Lions]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1945]] | |||
Revision as of 14:07, 11 August 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.