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| | |Barry wavy of fourteen white and blue; a torteau charged with a hunting horn stringed white suspended from a rose also white within a wreath of laurel leaved gold.</br> | ||
Motto: Quid non venerabilis audet. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Admiral Duncan (1731-1804) defeated the dutch at Camperdown in 1797 when his Flagship was Venerable, He was ennobled and took the Name Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. The Rose and Horn are from His Arms. The Badge was approved in 1944. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia 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]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Roses]] | |||
[[Category:Hunting Horns]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1944]] | |||