HMS Cockatrice, Royal Navy

HMS COCKATRICE, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a cockatrice statant with wings addorsed and dexter talon raised gold.

Origin/meaning

A venomous Mythical Creature, also called a Basilisk. The Badge was approved 1943.

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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