One of her sisters, Portsmouth Barracks, was named after the ship HMS Victory, and since she did not have a crest, neither did the barracks. It was in 1974 when the barracks were renamed HMS Nelson, that the stone-wall frigate got its first crest, the one used by the WW2 battleship scrapped in 1949.

Neil C Gillespie served on HMS Victory from 7th January, 1942 until 8th April, 1942 after two months of training at the shore based HMS Glendower in North Wales. He then served on HMS Nelson until 8th January, 1944, returning to HMS Victory on 9th January, remaining on the crew until 28th July, 1944.

The first image is supposedly of HMS Victory's Crest. However, (thanks to Jeff Dykes) this crest is what can be classed as 'home made'. All official crests are listed in 2 volumes of Admiralty Ships Badges Original Patterns (authored by T.P. Stopford) issued to ships in the R.N.

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. [Note 1] She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.

The first ship of the Royal Navy to bear an official badge was HMS Warwick the Sealed Pattern being approved on May 5th 1919. Following the post-war depression which saw many workers laid-off, it took until June 1921 to produce the two first castings in brass - TIGER and WISHART.

2017年6月29日 · The main barracks were in Queen Street, Portsmouth and named HMS Victory. Naval Regulations insist that every sailor is allocated to a "ship". It's now called HMS Nelson, and is Portsmouth Naval Barracks.

The first HMS Ark Royal did not have a crest like the present Ark Royal but was identified by its figurehead as almost all ships were until the creation of steam powered ships. Although HMS Warrior, the first steam powered iron-clad warship that was launched in 1860, had a figurehead the new advancement in propulsion and protection forced a ...

2017年2月13日 · Large, robust metal crests were be made to be mounted on ships’ superstructures, usually at the level of the bridge. While not HMS Valentine (yes, the Navy has had three of them!), this particular example is nonetheless appropriate for Valentine’s Day.

## Just a few years later in 1927, the Admiralty introduced ships' crests (sometimes called badges). HMS Thunderer was unique in this area for she was/is the only naval unit (afloat/ashore) to ever have no fewer than THREE such crests assigned to her name.

HMS Victory, Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship is the oldest commissioned warship in the world and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy. The Victory is the only surviving warship that fought in the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars and is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander ...