The boat badge of HMS 'Royalist' 1915. The official design approved in December 1919. On a white field, a fleur-de-lis under a crown all gold. The badge is a pentagonal shape with a gold rope twist border representing a cruiser. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'ROYALIST' is inscribed on the reverse. The first two ships of this name owned by the Navy were commissioned during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The fleur-de-lys is therefore in reference to the French royal arms. HMS 'Royalist', was an Arethusa-class light cruiser, built by William Beardmore & Co., Clydeside. She was launched in 1915. She was present at Jutland but was scrapped at the end of the war in 1922. A later cruiser of this name was active 1942 to 1967 serving during the Second World War, in the Arctic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. She was sold to the New Zealand Navy in 1956. Author Alistair MacLean served on board her and used his experiences as a basis for the novel 'HMS Ulysses'.