HMS Pickle, Royal Navy

HMS PICKLE, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a caduceus erect and two eras of wheat in saltire and surmounted by a lozenge gold charged with a fleur-de-lys.

Origin/meaning

a despatch vessel (Caduceus) who brought home the news and despatches of Trafalgar. Captain Fielding (lozenge) and the First Lieutenant John Lapenotiere (Ears of Wheat and Fleur-de-Lys). The Badge was approved on 2 March 1944.

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