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Blazon

Azure a life preserver Argent cabled Or charged on the centre chief point with a maple leaf slipped Gules and within the ring a starburst also Argent.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The life preserver is a rebus on the ship's name and with the red maple leaf gains Canadian identification. The starburst in the centre symbolizes the flare that is automatically ignited when the life preserver touches the water.

Remarks

Preserver (I) was a Fairmile Base Supply Ship. She was commissioned in July 1942 and was paid off in November 1945. Preserver (II) was an Operation Support Ship. Commissioned in July 1970, she wore pennant 510 until she was paid off in 2016. A third Preserver is being built.

Motto

LE COEUR DE LA FLOTTE (The heart of the fleet)

Colours

Blue and White

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.