HMS Syrtis, Royal Navy

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HMS SYRTIS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Syrtis, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; issuant from a base gold an arms embowed in armour proper the hand grasping by the neck a serpent entwined about the arm also gold.

Motto:Feriendo defendo.

Origin/meaning

The Motto translates as "In destroying we preserve". The Badge was approved on 8 May 1943.


Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.