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Image is of the ship's badge of HMAS Melbourne II, an aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy. Original location of the image is unknown, but the image can be sourced from the HMAS Melbourne II webpage, produced by the Royal Australian Navy

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for HMAS Melbourne (R21)
Description	The ship's badge of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, as redrawn following the 1975 redesign of RAN ships' badges
Source	http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/melbourne2.html
Article	HMAS Melbourne (R21)
Portion used	Entire badge
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	Intended to illustrate the ship's badge and motto of HMAS Melbourne, thereby increasing encyclopedic coverage available on the vessel
Replaceable?	As both the design within the badge and the design of the badge itself are copyrighted by the RAN, no free replacement can be created

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Naval heraldry#Royal Australian Navy
Description	The ship's badge of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, as redrawn following the 1975 redesign of RAN ships' badges
Source	http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/melbourne2.html
Article	Naval heraldry#Royal Australian Navy
Portion used	Entire badge
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	Intended to illustrate the ship's badge and motto of HMAS Melbourne, thereby increasing encyclopedic coverage available on the vessel
Replaceable?	As both the design within the badge and the design of the badge itself are copyrighted by the RAN, no free replacement can be created

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current	03:15, 9 January 2007	150×182 (13 KB)	Saberwyn (Talk \| contribs)	(Image is of the ship's badge of HMAS Melbourne II, an aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy. Original location of the image is unknown, but the image can be sourced from the [http://www.navy.gov.au/ships/melbourne/default.html HMAS Melbourne] webp)