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HMCS Jolliet

Sept-Îles, Quebec
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
December 15, 2009
Vol. V, p. 492

Badge of HMCS Jolliet

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Blazon

Badge

Azure a plate edged and surmounted by a compass rose Or charged with a fleur-de-lis Azure, on a base indented Argent two bars wavy Azure;

Motto

OMNIA PERRUMPIMUS;


Symbolism

Badge

The compass rose recalls Louis Jolliet, the explorer and cartographer from whom the ship takes her name. The blue colour represents the St. Lawrence River. The seven peaks and the fleur-de-lis symbolize Sept-Îles, Quebec, the home of the ship.

Motto

Meaning literally “We burst through everything” or colloquially “Nothing can stop us”.