This painted boat badge celebrates HMS Vindictive, an Effingham Class Cruiser commissioned as a Seaplane Carrier in 1918 and reverted to cruiser status in 1924. As the Royal Navy's pioneering catapult-equipped cruiser, she represented a significant advancement in naval aviation capability.

Following her conversion to training vessel in 1937, HMS Vindictive served as a repair ship throughout the Second World War until her paid-off in 1945. She remained in reserve at Faslane before entering the breaker's yard in 1948, concluding a distinguished operational career spanning three decades.