HMS Cambridge, Royal Navy

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History: A Gunnery Range at Wembury, Devon from 1940. Comissioned in 19956 and closed for live firing in 2001.

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Cambridge, Royal Navy
HMS CAMBRIDGE, ROYAL NAVY

Country:United Kingdom
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Official blazon
English Per fess white and green; in chief the cornonte of a Royal Duke proper in base a cannon barrel traversed in fess gold.

Motto: Practice makes perfect.


Origin/meaning

Named for the first Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), indicated by the Coronet of a Royal Duke. The Gun Barrel symbolise the Gunnery Range. The badge was approved in 1956.


Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.


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