HMS Bacchante, Royal Navy

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Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Bacchante, Royal Navy
HMS BACCHANTE, ROYAL NAVY

Country:United Kingdom
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Official blazon
English White; issuing from a base barry wavy of six blue and white and whitin two sprigs of ivy surmounted by four bunches of grapes all pendant from chief a torch lined gold inflamed tenny fimbriated yellow.


Origin/meaning

Bacchantes where followers of Bacchus and carried either torches of wreaths of vine. A Prize Name of 1808. The badge was approved on 20 February 1968.


Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.


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