HMS Galatea, Royal Navy

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HMS GALATEA, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Galatea, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a female head proper crowned with scallop shells gold.

Motto: Nobis mare patria

Origin/meaning

In Ovid's Metamorphoses a Sea-Nymph who loved Acis. The Motto translates as "The sea is our country". The badge was approved in 1919.

Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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