HMS Taku, Royal Navy

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HMS TAKU, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Taku, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Blue; upon water in base barry wavy of four white and blue a fort white.
Motto: Virtute adepta.

Origin/meaning

Forts on the Pei-Ho River in chine, bombarded and captured by a force of British, German, French and Russian Ships in 1900. The badge was approved in 1938.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.