HMS Vigo, Royal Navy

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HMS VIGO, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Vigo, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; within a wreath of laurel gold a plate charged with a rook statant proper.

Origin/meaning

An Anglo-Dutch Fleet defeated a Franco-Spanish Treasure Fleet in Vigo Bay in October 1702. From the arms of Admiral Sir George Rooke, the English Commander. The badge was approved in 1946.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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