RFA Eddyfirth, United Kingdom

RFA EDDYFIRTH, UNITED KINGDOM

Official blazon

English

Black; standing on a triangular base apex downward charged throughout with a gurge white and blue a base white with hte Head lowered and sinsiter hind leg raised.

Origin/meaning

An Eddy or Whirlpool (inidcated by the Gurge) combined with the haulage job undertaken by horespower. The Ship was a Coastal Tanker which hauled fuel from refinery to storage depot. the Badge was approved in 1977.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.

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