HMS Rodney, Royal Navy

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HMS RODNEY, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Rodney, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; upon a ducal coronet gold an eagle wings addorsed purple armd gold.

Motto: Non generant aquilae columbas

Origin/meaning

From the arms of Admiral Sir George Rodney (1718-1792), Commander-in-Chief at the Battle of Saintes 1782. THe Motto translates as "Eagles do not breed doves". The badge was approved 1923.

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