HMCS Algonquin, Royal Canadian Navy

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	HMCS ALGONQUIN, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY Country: Canada

Official blazon
French	De sable á la pointe à quatre fasces ondées d'argent er d'azur, au bras d'Indien issant ployé au naturel, portant bracelets d'argent au bras et au poignet, et tenent un harpon d'argent penché transpercant une anguille d'or. Motto: À coup sûr
English	Sable; a base barry wavy argent and azure of four, from which issues an Indian's arm embowed proper, wearing arma and wrist bands argent and holding a fishspear in bend transfixing an eel or Motto: À coup sûr

Origin/meaning

The badge symbolises the Anti-Submarine Warfare activities of the Ship. The Motto translates as "With sur stroke".

Literature: Image and Information from Badges of the Canadian Forces/Insignes des Forces Canadiennes

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