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Description: | The boat badge of HMS 'Curlew' 1917. An official pattern approved in 1921. On a blue field a gold curlew in reference to the name. The badge is pentagonal with a gold rope twist border representing an cruiser. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'CURLEW' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Curlew' was a C-class light cruiser launched by Viclers Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness in 1917. During the remainder of the war she was attached to the Harwich Force. In the years before the Second World war she was rearmed as an anti-aircraft cruiser. Under the command of Captain Basil Charles Barrington Brooke she took part in the Norwegian Campaign. She was sunk by German aircraft, near Narvick on 26 May 1940.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Curlew 1917 (HMS) boat badges | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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