HMS Iroquois, Royal Navy

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HMS IROQUOIS, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Iroquois, Royal Navy

(Version 1)
Coat of arms (crest) of HMS Iroquois, Royal Navy

(Version 2)
Official blazon
English Version 1 from 1922: Green; an Iroquois Indian's head wearing a war bonnet all proper.

Motto: Sicut aquilis

Version 2 from 1942: Gold; the ehead of an Iroquois brave coped at the neck proper wering two eagle feathers in his hair and a ring gold pendant from his ear.

Motto: Relentless in chase.

Origin/meaning

Aludes to the Name. Fist version approved in 1922 and the second in 1942. The First Motto translates as "Be like the eagles".

Literature: Images from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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