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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | History: First formed in 1933 at Royal Naval Air station Gosport (HMS siskin), Hampshire as a Tropedo-Bomber Squadron for HMS Furious. Was lost when HMS Courageous was sunk in 1939. Reformed 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent and disbanded in 1944. Reformed 1955 at Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar) with Seahawks until disbanded in 1956. | ||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | |White; over three bars wavy blue a swordfish also blue.</br> | ||
Motto: Ventre a mer. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The badge alludes to the Fairey Swordfish which the Squadron flew when the badge was approved in 1937. The French Motto translates as "At full speed". | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com | [[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Swordfishes]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1937]] | |||