HMS Ark Royal, Royal Navy

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HMS ARK ROYAL, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Ark Royal, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; an ark silver crowned gold upon three wavelets gold.

Motto: Desire n'a pas repos

Origin/meaning

The Canting Badge was approved on 29 July 1921. The Motto in French translates as "Desire has no rest", and is used by Lord Howard of Effingham who in 1588 defeated the Bulk of the Spanish Armada in an earlier Ark Royal then named Ark Raleigh.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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