Official boat badge of HMS Sirdar

The boat badge of HMS 'Sirdar' 1918. The official design, the pattern approved in February 1927. It depicts the Order of British Empire. The badge is a shield shape with a rope twist border representing a destroyer. It is made of cast brass and is unpainted. HMS 'Sirdar' was a destroyer launched by Fairfield in 1918. She was sold in 1934. The next 'Sirdar' was an S-class submarine, built at Scott's and launched in 1943. During the remainder of the war, she was deployed against Japanese shipping in the Pacific. She was broken up in 1965.

Object Details

ID: AAA1559
Collection: Ship Badges
Type: Boat badge
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Sirdar (1943); Sirdar (1918)
Date made: After 1927; 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 385 x 30 x 250 mm