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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
A gigantic bronze statue of Helios bulit in 292-224 BC at Rhodes and later destroyed in an Earthquake. The Badge was approved on 30 May 1945.
A gigantic bronze statue of Helios bulit in 292-224 BC at Rhodes and later destroyed in an Earthquake. The badge was approved on 30 May 1945.


[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.  


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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
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[[Category:Granted 1945]]

Latest revision as of 13:02, 15 October 2023

HMS COLOSSUS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Colossus, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a giant's head affronty couped at the shoulders white his head rayonny gold.

Origin/meaning

A gigantic bronze statue of Helios bulit in 292-224 BC at Rhodes and later destroyed in an Earthquake. The badge was approved on 30 May 1945.

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

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