HMS Tern, Royal Navy
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HMS TERN, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
Green; a Common Tern's head (Sterna Hirundo) proper beaked red.
Motto:Vestigia nulla retorsum.
Origin/meaning
The Canting Badge was approved in 1927. The Motto translates as "There are no backward steps".
Literature: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.