HMS Circe, Royal Navy

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HMS CIRCE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Circe, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Barry wavy of ten white and blue; on a pomme a demi-boar erased gold langued blue holding a drinking cup gold.

Motto: Semper circiter

Origin/meaning

In Greek Mythology an Enchantress who lived on an Island in the Aegean an turned all who drank from Her Cup into Swine except Ulysses who, armed with a magic Plant, forced her to restore Her Victims to Human Beings. The Latin motto translates as "Always somewhere about". The badge was approved on 3 April 1942.

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

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