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Blazon

Navy blue, a crescent argent defamed with a maple leaf gules for Canada.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The badge is a modification of that originally used by the RN. The Canadian badge depicts the field as navy blue instead of black, and a single red maple leaf is placed upon the crescent. Crescent was a ‘C’ class destroyer.

Remarks

Crescent was a 'C' class destroyer. Originally HMS Crescent, she was commissioned into the RCN in September 1945. She wore pennant Rl6, then 226 until she was paid off in April 1970.

Motto

In virture cresco (I grow in virture)

Colours

White and navy blue

Battle Honours

Armada, 1588; Gabbard, 1653; Scheveningen, 1653; Martinique, 1762; “Reunion”, 1793; Cape of Good Hope, 1795.

References

Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.