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History: The Royal Navy Torpedo School founded in 1885 at Devonport, Devon. Recommissioned as a Fleet Mainenance Base in 1981 and in 1994 become part of the Devonport Naval Base. | |||
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|Black; a dexter hand couped at the wrist white grasping three blots of lightning in bend sinister gold.< | |Black; a dexter hand couped at the wrist white grasping three blots of lightning in bend sinister gold.<br> | ||
Motto: Scientia fiducia plena provocare | Motto: Scientia fiducia plena provocare. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Hand shown is from a Plaster Cast, | The Hand shown is from a Plaster Cast, probably that of (later) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Jackson, who made and first used initial wireless transmitter (1910-1912) before Marconi. The Latin motto translates as "With knowledge and confidence full, to defy". The Badge was approved in 1953. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from | [[Literature]]:Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1953]] | [[Category:Granted 1953]] | ||