HMS Caroline, Royal Navy

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HMS CAROLINE, ROYAL NAVY

History: Commissioned in 1924 for Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. In 2008 still the Royal Navy Reserve Drillship in Belfast.

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Caroline, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a sceptre gold between a crowned rose and a crowned thistle both proper.

Motto: Tenax proposti

Origin/meaning

Wife of King George II of England. The Latin Motto translates as "Firm of purpose". The badge was approved on 14 august 1921.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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