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HMS SPARTAN, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
Blue; two swan's wings conjoined white goutty red.
Motto: Courage with great endurance,
Origin/meaning
From the Arms of Admrial Brenton who in the Spartan, with a small squadron defeated a French Squadron in the Bay of Naples in May 1810. The Badge was approved on 25 February 1943.
Literature: Image from rnsubs.co.uk. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.