HMS Chanticleer, Royal Navy

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HMS CHANTICLEER, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Chanticleer, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a cock statant crowing wings extended proper.

Motto: Vigilatibus non dormentibus

Origin/meaning

The Cockerel in the 13th Century Fable Reynard the Fox. The Latin Motto translates as "To watchers, not sleepers". The badge was approved in 1943.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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