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Blazon

Gules, an equilateral triangle, apex to the chief argent charged with a pitcher plant proper, and having on each side of the triangle arranged counter clockwise, a lion passant guardant or, langued gules.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This ship takes her name from Trinity Bay which lies to the northwest of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland. It is widely believed that the Channel Islanders were among the first to occupy Newfoundland, and the regularity with which names of bays and inhabited places in Newfoundland match names in the Channel Islands lends credibility to this opinion. With this fact in mind, the badge design makes use of a device from the arms of the Channel Islands, which is also found in the arms of England - the three lions here arranged in a triangle instead of one above the other. The triangle is of course the concept of the trinity, within which is the provincial flower of Newfoundland, the pitcher plant.

Remarks

Trinity was a Bay class minesweeper. She was commissioned into the RCN in July 1953 and wore pennant 157 until she was paid off in June 1954.

Colours

Gold and red

References

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