HMS Vigo, Royal Navy
HMS VIGO, ROYAL NAVY
English | Blue; within a wreath of laurel gold a plate charged with a rook statant proper. |
Origin/meaning
An Anglo-Dutch Fleet defeated a Franco-Spanish Treasure Fleet in Vigo Bay in October 1702. From the arms of Admiral Sir George Rooke, the English Commander. The badge was approved in 1946.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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