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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Blur; two croziers in saltire gold surmonted by a fountain charge with a sanderling proper (Calidris Alba).
===Origin/meaning===
A fast running Sandpiper. The Croziers represent Paisley Abbey and the fountain the nearby River Cart. The badge was approved in 1944.


[[Literature]]: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.


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