HMS Turpin, Royal Navy

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HMS TURPIN, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Turpin, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Red, a bezant charged with a horse's head couped black pendant from the bridle a rose stalked and leaved proper.

Origin/meaning

Dick Turpin the most notorious of Highwaymen (1706-1739), who famously rode between London and York (Rose) on his faithflu mare, Balck Bess, with his stolen gold. The badge was approved in 1945.


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

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