Azure on a base three bars wavy Argent an ancient ship Or.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)
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.
Halifax Class Patrol Frigate
DON DE DIEU FERAY VALOIR (I will be worthy)
Gold and Blue
The Second World War
GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, 1942; ATLANTIC, 1942-44; MEDITERRANEAN, 1943; ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1944-45.
Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.