HMS Castleton, Royal Navy

HMS CASTLETON, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a tower embattled white masoned black charged with a hurt theron a mullet white.

Origin/meaning

In allusion to the Name of Seven Twons in the UK and one in the USA. An ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer hence the US Military Star. The Badge was approved on 1 october 1941.

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.

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