HMS Drake, Royal Navy

History: Name given to the Devonport Barracks in Plymouth since 1934.

	HMS DRAKE, ROYAL NAVY Country:United Kingdom

Official blazon
English	Blue; on aplate a wyvern passant red armed and langued blue. Motto: Sic parvis magna

From the arms of Sir Francis Drake. The Latin Motto translates as "Thus great things arise from small". The badge was approved in 1953.

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

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