HMS Lincoln, Royal Navy

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HMS LINCOLN, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Lincoln, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a cross couped red charged with a fleur-de-lys gold thereon a lozenge charged with a mullet white.

Motto: Loyaute n'a honte

Origin/meaning

Arms of the Lincolnshire City (Cross and Fleur-de-lys) and Bishop Fleming (Lozenge). The Motto is that of the Earl of Lincoln and translates as "Loyalty knows no shame". The Mullet alludes to the Ship being Lend/Lease from the USA during World War II. The badge was approved 1941.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Infromation from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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