Official ship's badge of HMS Loch More

The ship's badge HMS 'Loch More' 1944. The official pattern approved in 1952. On a blue field, a fess wavy white, on which is a gold sheaf of corn bound with a red ribbon. The design derives from the arms of the Dukes of Westminster who own the lands around this loch.The badge is round, with a gold rope twist border and naval crown representing a frigate. It is made of cast brass, painted excepting the crown and border. There are three bolt holes on the reverse. 'LOCH MORE' is inscribed on the name tablet and impressed on the reverse, on which, is painted in white: 'D44B CU85279 1454 7.4.61.'
'Loch More' was a Loch-Class frigate launched at Dundee in 1944. During 1945 she was deployed on convoy defence duties on the NW Approaches and in the Irish Sea. She helped to capture U-1024 which sank under tow during the following night. In August she was sent to Ceylon to escort convoys during the landings in Malaya, then moved to Singapore. In 1946 she served in the Indian Ocean. After a brief deployment to the Mediterranean after the war, she was in reserve until broken up in 1963.

Object Details

ID: AAA1690
Collection: Ship Badges
Type: Ship's badge
Display location: Display - Neptune Court
Vessels: Loch More (1944)
Date made: After 1952
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 465 x 360 x 35 mm