HMCS QUEEN CHARLOTTE Badge

HMCS QUEEN CHARLOTTE Badge

Blazon

Barry wavy of ten Argent and Azure over all a bull's head affronty Sable langued Gules armed and annulled Argent crowned with a ducal coronet Gules.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

Queen Charlotte is named for a Provincial Marine Corvette, built at Amherstburg in 1809 for service on Lake Erie, and which was named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, King of England, 1760-1820. Queen Charlotte was the daughter of Charles Louis, Duke of Mecklinburg, and for this reason the bull's head from the Mecklinburg's coat of arms, with appropriate differing, has been chosen.

Remarks

Naval Reserve Division, Charlottetown, PEI

Motto

ANCHORING THE ISLAND;

Colours

Red and Black

Battle Honours

None

References

The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces Volume 2, Part 1 Extant Commissioned Ships, Directorate of History and Heritage, January 1, 2001.