HMS Benbow, Royal Navy

HMS BENBOW, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Black, a harpy gold. Motto: Usque ad finem

Origin/meaning

From the Family Arms of Admiral Benbow (1653-1702) and the Badge of the 1890 Battleship. The Latin Motto translates as "To the very end". The Badge was approved in 1920

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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