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Blazon

Gules a swan, wings displayed argent gorged with a coronet of Canada or.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The swan, taken from the coat of arms of Buckingham, England, after which the Quebec town was named, is wearing a coronet of Canada instead of a normal ducal coronet. This is made up of a circlet of gold with maple leaves around the rim instead of the strawberry leaves of the ducal coronet. The red background and the white of the swan refer to the colours of Canada.

Remarks

Buckingham was a River class frigate, one of the 1943-1944 programme. She was commissioned in November 1944, and wore pennant K685 until she was paid off into reserve in November 1945. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort in 1953-1954, and wore pennant 314 until finally paid off in March 1965.

Colours

White and red.

Battle Honours

Belle Isle, 1761; Atlantic, 1945.

References

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