Ship's Badges/Crests
Written by Ken Sutton
© RN Communications Branch Museum/Library
The following are images of the ship's crests/badges held in the museum but everything is not as it seems.
The first image is supposedly of HMS Victory's Crest. However, (thanks to Jeff Dykes) this crest is what can be classed as 'home made'. All official crests are listed in 2 volumes of Admiralty Ships Badges Original Patterns (authored by T.P. Stopford) issued to ships in the R.N. This is a highly detailed book with exceptional pictures of the Original Sealed Admiralty Patterns. HMS Victory is not listed in this book and therefore the crest below is not official. If you wish to know more about ships and their crests then I would fully recommend Jeff Dykes Story of Ships Crests.
 HMS Victory |
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 Army Air Corps |
 FOF1. |
 HMS Ark Royal |
 HMS Berwick |
 HMS Birmingham |
 HMS Challenger |
 HMS Charybdis |
 HMS Chivalrous |
 HMS Fife |
 HMS Gloucester |
 HMS Hubberston |
 HMS Illustrious |
 HMS Iveston |
 HMS Kent |
 HMS Leander |
 HMS Liverpool |
 HMS Manchester |
 HMS Marlborough |
 HMS Norfolk |
 HMS Nottingham |
 HMS Nurton |
 HMS Plymouth |
 HMS Reclaim |
 HMS Reliant |
 HMS Tiger |
 HMY Britannia |
 Minenjagdboot Cuxhaven |