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HMCS Summerside
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
December 15, 2009
Vol. V, p. 490
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Blazon
Badge
Gules issuant from the base a sun in splendour Or charged with an island bearing dexter three oak saplings and sinister an oak tree fructed proper above barry wavy Or and Gules;
Motto
SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT;
Symbolism
Badge
The sun and the wavy bars recall summer and waves, thus alluding to the ship’s name. The island and the oak trees are found in the arms of Prince Edward Island, where the city of Summerside is located.
Motto
Meaning “Success nourishes hope”.