HMS Cambridge, Royal Navy

HMS CAMBRIDGE, ROYAL NAVY

History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001.

Official blazon

English

Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold. Motto: Practice makes perfect

Origin/meaning

Named for the first Duke of Cambridge (19774-1850), indicated by the Coronet of a Royal Duke. The Gun Barrel symbolise the Gunnery Range. The badge was approved in 1956.

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

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