/internal/media/dispatcher/626/fullMMM 001478H.M.S Chevron Pattern BadgeBadges20th century00Malta Dry DocksMalta Dry Docks12.6000000000This is a pattern for a ship's badge. It is round, made up of two brown, concentric wooden circles of different tonalities. It reprresents a rather elaborately carved depiction of Poseidon's trident and a medium-sized chevron, both made of wood. The trident, an attribute of Poseidon/Neptune as well as of Britannia, has a three-pronged spear.
H.M.S Chevron (R51) was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from August 1945 to the 1960s. On 31 October 1954, the aircraft carrier Triumph and Chevron were in Malta, open for visitors. Triumph was berthed in Grand Harbour and Chevron in Sliema Creek.12.6000000000On verso, in black ink "Chevron Crests for ships boat 13 No. G.M. 21/12/53 M.C.D".Overall: 12.6 × 12.6 cm, 0.1 kgMalta Maritime MuseumEEA.181320973-4817680Pattern BadgeHeritage Malta91WoodCarved in wood.