816 Squadron is the Fleet Air Arm’s MH-60R Seahawk operational support squadron deploying up to 8 Flights in the Navy's destroyers and frigates.
The motto “Imitate the Action of the Tiger” is drawn from the extract of William Shakespeare's 'Henry V':
"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect." - William Shakespeare's Henry V (Act III Scene I)
