Official boat badge of training establishment HMS Fisgard

The boat badge of the training establishment HMS 'Fisgard' 1910. Official design approved in 1923 and is based on the unofficial badge. It depicts of a human arm (in armour) issuing from wavelets in silver and blue. The field is red. The badge is a diamond shape with a gold rope twist border representing an auxiliary. It is made of cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. 'HECLA' is inscribed on the reverse. 'Fisgard' was a training base for engineers and artificers established in a succession of old warships at Portmouth. In 1904 it was given the name HMS 'Fisgard'. It moved to Chatham in 1930 and in 1930 moved ashore.

Object Details

ID: AAA1965
Collection: Ship Badges
Type: Boat badge
Display location: Display - Neptune Court
Date made: After 1923
People: HMS Fisgard
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 160 x 160 x 15 mm