HMS Colossus, Royal Navy
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HMS COLOSSUS, ROYAL NAVY
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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