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Blazon

Gules, a bend wavy argent charged with a like bendlet azure, and over all a cypher of the letters AR entwined in ornamental script ensigned by an ancient crown, all gold.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This ship derives its name from the Annapolis River in Nova Scotia, which is symbolized by the white and blue wavy diagonal. The crowned cypher of the letters AR has a treble significance in that it suggests Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia from which settlement the river got its name; Annapolis, Maryland the site of the United States Naval Academy; and Queen Anne, in whose honour these places were named. The original HMCS ANNAPOLIS in the Second World War, was formerly the American "four-stacker" Destroyer, USS MACKENZIE, one of seven such ships that were turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy in the early days of the war.

Remarks

The original Annapolis was one of eight four-stacker destroyers turned over to the Canadian Navy as part of the lend/lease agreement between Britain and the United States. She was commissioned in September 1940 and her name changed from USS Mackenzie to HMCS Annapolis. She was paid off in June 1945. Annapolis (II) was the lead ship of the Annapolis destroyer class. She was commissioned in December 1964 and wored pennant 265 until she was paid off in 1996.

Motto

TO EXCEL

Colours

Gold and scarlet

Battle Honours

Atlantic, 1941-1943.

References

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

CFP 267 - Badges of the Canadian Forces, Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977.