HMCS Calgary

Badge

Description

Or a bend wavy Azure charged with a like bendlet Argent and in front across the centre of a bow stringed fesse-wise an arrow point upwards in pale both Sable.

Significance

The gold is representative of the fertile grain fields of the area and the "bend wavy" indicative of the Bow River which flows through Calgary. The bow is in acknowledgement of the Natives of the area.

Motto

ONWARD

Colours

Gold and Blue

Battle Honours

The Second World War

ATLANTIC, 1942-45; BISCAY, 1943;NORMANDY, 1944; ENGLISH CHANNEL ,1944-45; NORTH SEA, 1945.

SOUTH-WEST ASIA

ARABIAN SEA

Lineage

First of Name

• Corvette, Flower Class.
• Commissioned 16 December 1941.^{Footnote 1}
• Paid off 15 June 1945.^{Footnote 2}

Second of Name

• Frigate, Halifax Class.
• Commissioned 12 May 1995.^{Footnote 3}

Operational history

The Second World War

Calgary (1st) served on escort duties in the North Atlantic and off the coast of Scotland with 'Western Local Escort Force,' 'Western Support Force,' 'Western Approaches Command' and 'Nore Command'. During her time with 'Western Support Force' and 'Nore Command' she shared in the sinking of the German submarine U536 and sank U772.^{Footnote 4}

SOUTH-WEST ASIA

Calgary (2nd) joined Operation Apollo from June to December 2003 as the only ship in the fourth and final rotation, Roto 4. She continued Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) and Leadership Interdiction Operations (LIO) in the region. In response to continuing threat levels as well as the transition to the U.S. war in Iraq, the escorting of ships through the Strait of Hormuz was the primary concern of the later phases of Op Apollo.^{Footnote 5}