HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC Badge

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC Badge

Blazon

Azure on a base three bars wavy Argent an ancient ship Or.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The central device is derived from the Coat of Arms of the City of Quebec. The ship represents the founding of Quebec in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain and the subsequent establishment of Quebec as an important port.

Remarks

Halifax Class Patrol Frigate

Motto

DON DE DIEU FERAY VALOIR (I will be worthy)

Colours

Gold and Blue

Battle Honours

The Second World War
GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, 1942; ATLANTIC, 1942-44; MEDITERRANEAN, 1943; ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1944-45.

References

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