HMS Unseen, Royal Navy

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HMS UNSEEN, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Unseen, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a lion rampant gold holding between the fore paws a bugle horn also gold charged with a rose white and seeded proper.

Mottoes: Nil temere neque timore and Venimus invisi.

Origin/meaning

The Lion holds the badge of the King's Own Yorkshire Light infantry (Fifty-First of Foot) alluding to the original Name of the Submarine P51. The Mottoes translates as "Neither foolhardy nor afraid" ansd "We come unseen". The Badge was approved in 1944.


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