HMS Icarus, Royal Navy

	HMS ICARUS, ROYAL NAVY Country:United Kingdom

Official blazon
English	Blue; chief a sun in splendour gold in base a pair of wings white. Motto: Bene est tentare.

Origin/meaning

Son of Daedalus who drowned when the Sun melted the Wax which attached Feathers to his Wings. The Motto translates as "It is as well to try". The badge was approved in 1936.

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

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