HMS Votary, Royal Navy

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HMS VOTARY, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Votary, Royal Navy

Official blazon

Blue; a knight armed cap-a-pie vested with a surcouat white charged with the Cross of St George proper kneeling on one knee holding a sword erect also proper.
Motto: Causam susceptan defendo.

Origin/meaning

A Devot Worhipper, often a young Knight. The badge was approved in 1945.

Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.