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HMCS Carleton
Ottawa, Ontario
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
January 15, 2009
Vol. V, p. 410
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Blazon
Badge
Barry wavy Argent and Azure a dexter arm embowed erased proper vested of a short sleeve Gules doubled Argent, the hand grasping an arrow in bend sinister point downward proper;
Motto
VINCEMUS ARMIS;
Symbolism
Badge
The arm holding the arrow is the crest of Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec 1768-1778. H.M.C.S. Carleton was named after the British schooner H.M.S. Carleton (1776), named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, who is credited with having saved the colony for the British by defeating Montgomery and Arnold at Quebec on December 31st, 1775. The wavy bands symbolize the sea.
Motto
Meaning “We shall conquer by the arms”.