HMS Sandown, Royal Navy

HMS SANDOWN, ROYAL NAVY

Official blazon

English

Blue; a birch tree proper surmounted by a horseshoe reversed silver and enfiled by a mural crown gold charged with three anchors blue.

Origin/meaning

Combined the famous Surrey rececourse of Sanddown Park (Silver Birch and Horseshoe) with the Arms of the Isle of Wright County Council. The Badge was approved 1986.

Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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