1964: Blue; a fighting cock with steel spurs all proper. Motto: Valiant for truth. The badges was approved in 1919 and in 1964. Literature:Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

HMS Valiant was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1914 and November 1914, entering service shortly after the outbreak of the First World War.

QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from Fairfield, Govan Glasgow after approval of design in June 1912. The ship was laid down on 31st January 1913 and launched on 4th November 19l4. She was the sixth RN warship to bear this name which was introduced in …

HMS Valiant (S102), launched in 1963, was a nuclear-powered submarine, the lead boat of her class. She was paid off in 1994. HMS Valiant will be the second boat of the Dreadnought -class submarine class.

HMS Valiant 1914. Official design. On a blue field, a cock gold. 'VALIANT' on reverse. Circular shape. Design cannot have been in use before 1919. For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.

The sixth and most recent HMS Valiant was the second of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the first of the two-unit Valiant class. She was ordered on 31 August 1960 and laid down 22 January 1962 at Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness. [1] .

A scarce original circa First World War period 'HMS Valiant naval sweetheart badge' depicting a cockeral over red enamel motto scroll 'Valiant Yet Vigilant' resting on blue enamel title scroll; the reverse impressed 'Sterling Silver' and mounted on a coiled end pin bar, very typical of the period.

HMS Valiant entered British Royal Navy service in 1916, initially serving with the Fifth Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She participated in the Battle of Jutland later in the same year, during which she would expend 288 15-inch shells. Between 1919 and 1924, she was assigned to the 1st Battle Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.

Valiant Launch. HMS Valiant was affectionately known as the Skimmer Killer and was ordered from Vickers at Barrow on August 31 in 1960. Launched by Mrs Peter Thorneycroft she was commissioned into Royal Navy service on July 18 in 1966 at an estimated cost of 25.3m pound.

There are:31 items tagged HMS Valiant available in our Library These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.