HMS Canada, Royal Navy

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HMS CANADA, ROYAL NAVY

History: Name of the Royal Navy HQ at Halifax, Nova Scotia 1942-1944.

Coat of arms (crest) of the HMS Canada, Royal Navy
Official blazon
English Blue; within a wreath of eleven maple leaves gold an elk's head affronty proper.

Origin/meaning

Maple Leaves area Canadian National Emblem, their Number signifies the Nine Provinces and two Territories of Canada (at the time). The badge was approved on 6 May 1944.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Ecyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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