HMCS CALGARY Badge

HMCS CALGARY Badge

Blazon

Or a bend wavy Azure charged with a like bendlet Argent and in front across the centre of a bow stringed fesse-wise an arrow point upwards in pale both Sable.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The gold is representative of the fertile grain fields of the area and the "bend wavy" indicative of the Bow River which flows through Calgary. The bow is in acknowledgement of the Natives of the area.

Remarks

Halifax Class Patrol Frigate

Motto

ONWARD

Colours

Gold and Blue

Battle Honours

The Second World War:
ATLANTIC, 1942-45; BISCAY, 1943;NORMANDY, 1944; ENGLISH CHANNEL ,1944-45; NORTH SEA, 1945.

References

The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 2, Part 1 Extant Commissioned Ships, Directorate of History and Heritage, January 1, 2001.