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Blazon

Azure in a base barry wavy of four argent and azure out of which a swan with wings displayed argent and holding in its beak or a maple leaf gules.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The badge design is a rebus on the name Swansea It shows the swan riding on the sea, holding the red maple leaf of Canada

Remarks

Swansea was a River class frigate. She was commissioned into the RCN in October 1943, and she wore pennant K328 until she was decommissioned in November 1945. After undergoing conversion to a Prestonian class ocean escort, she was recommissioned in November 1957. She wore pennant 306 until she was finally paid off in October 1966.

Motto

Floreat Swansea (Let Swansea flourish)

Colours

White and royal blue

Battle Honours

Atlantic 1943–44, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944.

References

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