HMS Rockingham, Royal Navy

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HMS ROCKINGHAM, ROYAL NAVY

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Rockingham, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; a demi-griffin erased white armed red holding in the paws a trident gold charged on the wing with a hurt thereon a mullet white.

Origin/meaning

A Village in Northamptonshire. From the arms of the Earls of Rockingham. Also a Town in North Carolina, USA. The Star indicates that the Ship was ex US Navy Lend/Lease. The badge was approved in 1942.


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

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