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History: first foremd in 1933 at Royal Naval Air Station Gosport (HMS Siskin), Hampshire as a Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron. Re-equipped with Fairey Sqordfish in 1937 and embarked in HMS Ark Royal in 1938. Today the Squadron operates Augusta Westland Merlin Helicopters.


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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The badge was approved on 19 March 1937.
The Badge was approved on 19 March 1937.
 
[[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence.  Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
 
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[[Literature]]: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Further information from Admirality Badges by TP Stoppford.
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]   
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]   
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
[[Category:Navy heraldry]]
[[Category: Granted 1937]]
[[Category:Granted 1937]]
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