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Ship's Badge, HMCS Inch Arran

This badge for the frigate HMCS Inch Arran is an example of a formally designed and approved post-war ship's badge.

Following the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy created official ship's badges, often called crests. Drawing on more formal heraldic symbols, these badges replaced widely used but unofficial wartime versions. In the case of Inch Arran, named after Inch Arran Point in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, the badge includes references to the history of the Isle of Arran in Scotland, after which the point was named, and to the province's flag.

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