HMS Terpsichore, Royal Navy

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HMS TERPSICHORE, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Terpsichore, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English White; a Greek Woman poised for dancing holding aloft in her sinister hand a chaplet of flowers proper.

Motto:Saltando ducam.

Origin/meaning

A Muse of Song and Dance, From the arms of the Royal Academy of Dancing. The Motto translates as "I'll lead them a dance". The badge was granted 1943.


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