HMCS MORESBY Badge

HMCS MORESBY Badge

Blazon

Argent a fillet in chevron Sable issuant from the chevron in chief sun rays Gules and in base above two barrulets wavy Azure a bear's paw Sable charged on the pad with an eye Or in the style of the West Coast Indigenous people.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

Moresby was named for Moresby Island, which in turn is named for Fairfax Moresby, former Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Station at Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.

Remarks

HMCS Moresby was an Anticosti-class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989 to 2000. Prior to her acquisition by Canada, Moresby served as the offshore supply vessel Joyce Tide, built by Allied Shipbuilders of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Motto

NO OBSTACLE HIDDEN

Colours

White and red