HMCS Chippawa

The official lineage of HMCS Chippawa extant commissionned ship.

Badge

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Description

Azure an anchor upon two tomahawks in saltire Argent and over all at the fesse point a garb Or.

Significance

The anchor and blue background refer to the sea. The tomahawks suggest the Chippawa Tribe, and the wheat sheaf refers to the great wheat area which this division serves. Chippawa was named after HMS Chippawa, one of Commander Robert H. Barclay's ships on Lake Erie in 1812-13.

Motto

SERVICE

Colours

Azure Blue and White

Battle Honours

None

Lineage

First of Name

  • Shore establishment.
  • Naval Reserve Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Commissioned as a tender to HMCS Naden 1 November 1941.Footnote 1
  • Recommissioned as an independent shore establishment 1 September 1942.Footnote 2

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