HMS Bacchante, Royal Navy
HMS BACCHANTE, ROYAL NAVY
| English | White; issuing from a base barry wavy of six blue and white and whitin two sprigs of ivy surmounted by four bunches of grapes all pendant from chief a torch lined gold inflamed tenny fimbriated yellow. |
Origin/meaning
Baccahntes where followers of Bacchus and carried either torches of wreaths of vine . A Prize Name of 1808. The Badge was approved on 20 February 1968.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.