Admiralty Ships Badges: Original Patterns 1919-1994 - Hardcover

Stopford, T.P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0952934604 ISBN 13: 9780952934608

Publisher: Stone Frigate, 1996

Synopsis

During the Age of Sail, ships were identified by figureheads and gilded carvings.[9] However, the extravagance of these decorations began to reach the point of flamboyance, and an Admiralty directive in the early 18th century restricted the amount that could be spent, and eventually banned it outright.[9] Ships' badges first appeared in the 1850s, as identification markings on the stationery used by some Royal Navy ships.[10] These marks were quickly used to mark the boats assigned to a ship, to aid crew in finding their boat at a dark or crowded wharf.[9] The creation of badges was haphazard, and eventually came into use for the ships themselves.[9] In 1918, Charles ffoulkes, the curator of the newly established Imperial War Museum was asked by the commanding officer of HMS Tower to design a badge for his ship.[9] He quickly received requests to create badges for other Royal Navy vessels, and on 10 December 1918, ffoulkes was appointe

Edition details

• Publisher: Stone Frigate
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0952934604
• ISBN 13: 9780952934608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: Sexton J.M.