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HMCS Summerside

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
December 15, 2009
Vol. V, p. 490

Badge of H.M.C.S. Summerside

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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”.