HMCS CAYUGA Badge

Blazon

Blazon Or, an Indigenous person of the Cayuga tribe, facing dexter, in kneeling posture, right knee on the ground, left leg bent and forward, two feathers in hair, lower part of body clad, upper bare, a quiver of arrows pendant from the left shoulder, the base resting on ground beside the right knee, the man holding a bow and arrow in the "ready" position all gules.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The Cayugas were always very loyal to the British sovereign, and in times of war fought on the side of the monarch. Hence, the royal colours of gold and scarlet are accorded this badge, and the Indigenous person is shown kneeling with a bow and arrow poised and ready to defend.

Remarks

HMCS Cayuga was a member of the Tribal class of destroyers, commissioned in October 1947. Wearing pennant R04, then 218, she served a total of three tours of Korea, the last in 1954 after the conflict had ended. She was paid off in February 1964.

Motto

Onenh owa den dya ("Now let us proceed")

Colours

Gold and scarlet

Battle Honours

Korea, 1950-1952.

References

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