HMCS Protecteur, Royal Canadian Navy

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HMCS PROTECTEUR, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

Official blazon

Azure, a silver helmet with five grills or, garnished of the last, and bearing a coronet fleur-de-lisé also or. / D'azure, and heaume d'argent cinq fois grillagé d'or, embouté du même et protant couronne fleurdelisée d'or.

Origin/meaning

A helmet is an instrument of protection, and in this instance, having a coronet trimmed with fleurs-de-lis the device of former Royal France, it becomes a Protecteur.

Literature: Sent by the Canadian Embassy in Oslo.