HMS Mariner, Royal Navy

HMS MARINER, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a backstaff and a cross-staff and an astrolabe all gold. Motto: Via versa via tuta

Origin/meaning

Measuring and surveying instruments used at sea. The Motto translates as "The swept channel is tha safe way". The Badge was approved in 1945.

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

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