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All badges are metal faced, 55mm (2.25") in diameter with mylar protected faces and rust free plastic backs with integrated pins. Fridge Magnets, Keyrings & Mirrors Badges can be produced on a selection of different backs for a small additional fee. These options can be selected from the list below.	Terms & Conditions Shipping & Returns Privacy Notice

SUBMARINE CREST

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England Expects

Nelson's famous signal "England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty" was made from the poop deck of the Victory at 11.15 a.m. on 21 October 1805. This was just minutes before the commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy

Where's My Tot

For more than 300 years, from before the days of Admiral Nelson, wooden ships and iron men, the sailors of Britain's Royal Navy were issued a daily ration of rum by the ship's Purser. This tradition, one of the longest and unbroken in the history of the sea, carried forward from the year 1655 to August 1st 1970.

Union Flag

The kingdoms that formed the British nation, the English, Scots and Irish, took for their emblems the crosses of three Christian Saints - George, Andrew and Patrick which, conjoined, became the most famous flag in the world.

Silent Service

The submarine service throughout its history has been known as the Silent Service, first in recognition that at sea, a submarine operating in its natural environment is a quiet, unseen weapon system and second, because submariners, by nature of their missions rarely talk to the outside world of what they do.

Submariner

White Ensign

Prior to 1864, the White Ensign was, along with the Red and Blue ensigns, one of the three naval ensigns flown by ships of the Royal Navy. In that year, all RN ships were ordered to fly the White Ensign. (The Blue Ensign was reserved for merchant vessels whose masters are qualified Royal Naval Reserve [RNR] officers and which meet certain other requirements, while the Red Ensign became the British civil ensign.) Since then, the White Ensign has been the sole naval ensign of the United Kingdom. Until the mid- to late 1960's, it was also flown by Canadian, Australian and New Zealand warships.

Bring Back The Tot

For more than 300 years, from before the days of Admiral Nelson, wooden ships and iron men, the sailors of Britain's Royal Navy were issued a daily ration of rum by the ship's Purser. This tradition, one of the longest and unbroken in the history of the sea, carried forward from the year 1655 to August 1st 1970.

We Will Remember Them

They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Jolly Rodger

Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson VC, the Controller of the Royal Navy, summed up the opinion of the many in the Admiralty at the time when he said in 1901 "Submarines are underhand, unfair and damned un-English. The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged".

In response Lieutenant Commander (later Admiral Sir) Max Horton first flew the Jolly Roger on return to port after sinking the German cruiser SMS Hela and the destroyer SMS S-116 in 1914. During World War I, the submarine service came of age winning five of the Royal Navy's fourteen Victoria Crosses.

Pride

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Submariners Do It Deeper

Diesel Dinosaur

It seems it's now that time of year
When once again we shed a tear
To see some Diesels - proud before
That now will put to sea no more.
Their colors struck, their engines dead,
Who once to enemies brought dread,
Entemedor was mighty named,
For one so often famed

And Dogfish too has come to be,
A goal for those who put to sea;
Hardhead fained in peace and war,
Has added her name to the lore.

For which the diesel boats are noted.
She, and they should be voted
An N.U.C. for jobs well done.
As for the men who made them run,

They're submariners unsurpassed
Who've spent their years before the mast.
Making sure the job's done right
And keeping reputations bright.
For Navy men the whole world over,
From Subic to the Straits of Dover,
Know how well these boats perform,
Far above the Navy's norm.

The wives behind these valiant men,
Are now, as they have always been,
An inspiration to us all,
They've aided us to stand tall.

New boats come and old boats go,
And men and wives move on, and do,
As for a time, our friendships sever,
Remember "DIESEL BOATS FOREVER."

Author: E. A. Ransom (1972)

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