HMCS OKANAGAN Badge

HMCS OKANAGAN Badge

Blazon

Blazon Or, issuing out of a base barry wavy of four azure and argent, a marine monster "Ogopogo" gules, langued of the second.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This design pictures a fanciful heraldic version of a marine monster that is reputed to inhabit Lake Okanagan in British Columbia, and which has been given the name Ogopogo. Although anthropologists dis­count the existence of any marine monster in Indigenous folklore, the legend persists. Indeed there are responsible people who have sworn to having seen it. Be that as it may, the Ogopogo legend certainly lends itself to the romance of heraldry, and there are numerous well­known precedents for it, such as the dragon, griffin , unicorn and so on. The monster illustrated here is purely imaginary, even to being coloured red, and Ogopogo, real or fable, is said to be of a greenish complexion.

Remarks

Oberon Class Submarine

Motto

Ex imo mari ad victoriam ("From the depths of the sea to victory")

Colours

Scarlet and gold

Battle Honours

None

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.