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'''GREENOCK (Burgh)''' | '''GREENOCK (Burgh)''' | ||
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Incorporated into: 1975 [[Inverclyde]] District Council | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Inverclyde]] District Council | ||
[[File:greenock.jpg|center]] | [[File:greenock.jpg|center|500 px]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Or, a three-masted ship of the year 1641, in full sail Proper, flagged at each masthead and at the jackstaff with the banner of Scotland, viz.: Azure, a Saint Andrew's cross Argent, and at the stern with an ensign Gules, cantoned with the | Or, a three-masted ship of the year 1641, in full sail Proper, flagged at each masthead and at the jackstaff with the banner of Scotland, viz.: Azure, a Saint Andrew's cross Argent, and at the stern with an ensign Gules, cantoned with the arms of Scotland as | ||
above, in a sea in base undy of the Second and Third, two herrings counternaiant Proper; on a chief of the Second, three covered cups of the First.<br> | above, in a sea in base undy of the Second and Third, two herrings counternaiant Proper; on a chief of the Second, three covered cups of the First.<br> | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and below the Shield this Motto "God Speed Greenock". | Above the Shield is placed a Burghal coronet and below the Shield this Motto "God Speed Greenock". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on December 2, 1923. | The arms were granted on December 2, 1923. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:greenock2.jpg|center]] <br/>The former Burgh seal | |align="center"|[[File:greenock2.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The former Burgh seal | ||
|align="center"|[[File:greenock.jj.jpg|350 px|center]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:greenock.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information taken from Urquhart, 1979 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information taken from Urquhart, 1979 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities G]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1923]] | [[Category:Granted 1923]] | ||