HMCS PROTECTEUR

About the Ship

Ship's Badge

HMCS Protecteur's Badge

BLAZON: Azure, a silver helmet with five grills Or, garnished of the last, and bearing a coronet "fleur-de-lis' also Or.

SIGNIFICANCE: A helmet is an instrument of protection, and in this instance, having the coronet trimmed with fleurs-de-lis, the device of former Royal France, it becomes a "PROTECTEUR".

SHIP'S COLOURS: Gold and Blue.

SHIP'S MOTTO: Soutiens Avec Courage; translates as Support with Courage

Date modified:
6/2/2003