HMCS Jolliet, Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS JOLLIET, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
Official blazon
Badge: Azure above a base indented of seven Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure a plate bordered Or surmounted by a compass rose Or charged with a fleur-de-lys Azure.
Motto: OMNIA PERRUMPIMUS
Origin/meaning
The compass rose recalls Louis Jolliet, the explorer and cartographer from whom the ship takes her name. The blue colour represents the St. Lawrence River. The seven peaks and the fleur-de-lis symbolize Sept-Îles, Quebec, the home of the ship.
Motto Meaning literally “We burst through everything” or colloquially “Nothing can stop us”.
The badge was approved by the Canadian Heraldic Authority on July 8, 1991.
Literature: Image from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/canadian-forces-badges/
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