The boat badge of HMS 'Caradoc' 1916. An official design, the pattern approved in 1921. On a black field, a gold beast. The design is based on coins of British ruler Cunobelinus (the father of Caradoc or Caractacus). The animal was intended to represent a lion. The badge is pentagonal with a gold rope twist border representing a cruiser. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'CARADOC' is inscribed on the reverse. HMS 'Caradoc' was a C-class cruiser, part of the Caledon group. She was built by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Greenock and was launched in 1916. During the last years of the First World War she formed part of the 6th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. During the inter-war period she was sent to the Far East and in 1927 was involved in the Nanjing incident. She was deployed off the coast of North America at the start of the Second World War. She was used as a base ship from 1944 and was scrapped in 1946.