HMS Canada, Royal Navy

HMS CANADA, ROYAL NAVY

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

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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