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Description: | The boat badge of HMS 'Ormonde' 1918. An official design, the pattern submitted in November 1923. On a black field, a silver chained griffin. The griffin is a supporter of the arms of the Marquess of Ormonde. The badge is diamond-shaped with a gold rope twist border representing an auxiliary. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'ORMONDE' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Ormonde' was a '24'-class minesweeping sloop, launched at Blyth n 1918. She became a survey vessel in 1924 and was sold for breaking up in 1937.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Ormonde 1918 (HMS) boat badges | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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