HMS Chesterfield, Royal Navy

HMS CHESTERFIELD, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Green; three ears of wheat enfiled by a mural crown all gold; the crwon charged with a hurt theron a mullet white.

Origin/meaning

A rich Farming Area and an Industrial Town in Derbyshire. Also Eight Towns in the USA. The Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer, hence the US Military Star. The Badge was approved on 11 November 1941.

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

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