HMS Curlew, Royal Navy

HMS CURLEW, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a curlew statant gold Motto: Solvitur ambulando

Origin/meaning

A Seashore Bird. The Latin Motto translates as "THe question solved by going on". The Badge was approved on 29 July 1921.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.

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