File:RFA Stirling Castle Crest.jpg

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Description The file shows an illustration of the ship's crest for RFA Stirling Castle, a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.

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Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://twitter.com/RFAStrlngCastle/photo

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This is a representation of a government, military, regimental, family, or other symbol such as a flag, seal, emblem, coat of arms or crest. This symbol may be copyrighted by its holder. As well, it is known that the representation of this symbol is either copyrighted by the holder of the symbol or is not available under a free licence. There may also be other restrictions on reproduction, including but not limited to article 6ter of the Paris Convention. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such symbols

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qualifies as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:03, 26 April 2023		286 × 348 (70 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	15:16, 25 April 2023	No thumbnail	559 × 680 (83 KB)	Xtrememachineuk (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free logo using File Upload Wizard

File:RFA Stirling Castle Crest.jpg

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