HMS Colossus, Royal Navy

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HMS COLOSSUS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Colossus, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a giant's head affronty couped at the shoulders white his head rayonny gold.

Origin/meaning

A gigantic bronze statue of Helios bulit in 292-224 BC at Rhodes and later destroyed in an Earthquake. The badge was approved on 30 May 1945.

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

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