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started		 Conversion
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Converted by
AUDACITY Jan-40 17-Jun-40 17-Jun-40 20-Jun-40 Blyth Shipbuilding
ACTIVITY 20-May-42 14-Oct-42 29-Sep-42 29-Sep-42 Caledon Shipbuilding
PRETORIA CASTLE 30-Jun-42 9-Aug-43 9-Jul-43 9-Jul-43 Harland & Wolff
VINDEX 4-May-43 21-Dec-43 15-Nov-43 15-Nov-43 Swan Hunter
NAIRANA 20-May-43 12-Dec-43 26-Nov-43 26-Nov-43  John Brown & Company
CAMPANIA 17-Jun-43 7-Mar-44 9-Feb-44 9-Feb-44  Harland & Wolff

 

 



 

 

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Shape: Standard, circular.

Blazon (Heraldic description) On a blue field: A ram in the act of butting, proper.  

------: One who assaults or assails an opponent. The butting Ram in the design is an illustration of this act. The original design suggested by the ship’s officers depicted a stylised seahorse, having the head and neck of a horse, the body and tail of a griffon with feathered wigs and two hind legs with talons. Volant, ready to dive. It also carried the unofficial motto “Oppugnare, vincere est” – "Attack to conquer”. A bronze cast of this design was made by her builder and was displayed on the quarterdeck until the official design was approved in 1943.

For explanations of heraldic terms see the Royal Navy Ship's Badges page.