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HMS Southampton, Royal Navy

HMS SOUTHAMPTON, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Southampton, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; issuant from a tower gold the figure of justice proper habited purple crowned with an easterna crown gold holding aloft with the dexter hand a sword proper and with the sinister hand scales gold.

Motto:Pro justitia pro rege

Origin/meaning

From the Crest of the City Arms, see Southampton (England). The Motto traslates "For justice and the king". The badge was apporved in 1920.


Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from the Amiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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