The boat badge of HMS 'Raleigh' 1919. An official pattern submitted in July 1919. On a red field, a roebuck's head proper under a gold terrestial globe. The vessel was named in honour of Sir Walter Ralegh (1552-1618). The globe is in reference to the 'History of the World' written by Ralegh while imprisoned in the Tower and published in 1614. The stag's head is taken from the Ralegh family crest which showed a complete roebuck. The badge is pentagonal with a gold rope twist border representing an cruiser. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'RALEIGH' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Raleigh' was a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser, built be William Beardmore & Co, Dalmuir and launched in August 1919. She was the flagship of Sir William Christopher Pakenham on the North America and West Indies Station. On 8th August 1922, she ran aground during fog near Point Amour, Labrador with a loss of eleven men. They were drowned when a boat capsized in trying to get a line ashore. The wreck was blown up in 1926.