HMS Centaur, Royal Navy

HMS CENTAUR, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Version 1 Pale blue; a male sea centaur gold blowing a conch shell silver in the dexter hand. Motto: Celeriter ferox. Version 2 Green; a centaur drawing a bow all white. Motto: Celeriter ferox.

Origin/meaning

The Latin Motto translates as "Swiftly fierce". The first version was approved in 1920 and the second in 1953.

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

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