Awarded: March 1939
Blazon: On Water barry wavy Azure/Argent a Mooring Buoy Gules thereon a Cormorant displayed proper.
Link: The water and the buoy allude to the flying boats used by the sqn when at rest. The cormorant is found all around the coast of the UK and is quick to notice the approach of an enemy and was also used by the unit before the formal badge was given.
Motto: Latin Praedam mari quaero – I seek my prey at sea.
History: Formed Dover as No 4 Sqn RNAS renumbered 1 April 1918 disbanded Honington 28 April 1972.
Battle Honours: 1. Home Waters 1915. 2. Western Front 1917-18. 3. Atlantic 1940-45. 4. Norway 1940. 5. Arctic 1941.
Commissioned by Flt Lt Roy Heady in Memory of those whose prey in the sea needed finding. Pray let us not be found wanting.