HMS Tarpon, Royal Navy

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HMS TARPON, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Tarpon, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Black; a tarpon naiant rising silver.
Motto:Well played.

Origin/meaning

A game Fish of the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic. The badge was approved in 1925.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.