HMS Thisbe, Royal Navy

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HMS THISBE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Thisbe, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a mulberry tree proper couped proper.

Origin/meaning

In Roman fable Thisbe committed suicide beside a Mulberry tree when she falsely thought her lover Pyramus was dead. The badge was approved in 1944.

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

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