HMS Rooke, Royal Navy

	HMS ROOKE, ROYAL NAVY Country:United Kingdom

Official blazon
English	Gold; a chess rook black. Motto:Clavum tenco

A Rebus on the Name. The Motto translates as "I hold the key". Sir George Rook took Gibraltar in 1704. The badge was approved in 1919.

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

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