HMS Latona, Royal Navy

HMS LATONA, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Barry wavy od eleven white and blue; on a pomme a sun in splendor figured gold eclipsed by an increscent white. Motto: Vetigia nostra cavete

Origin/meaning

In Mytology Latona fled the Island of Delos (green roundel) to escape the wrath of Hera hwho found her with Zeus, who later fathered Artemis (Moon) and Apollo (Sun). The Badge was approved in 1941.

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

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