HMCS Chippawa
The official lineage of HMCS Chippawa extant commissionned ship.
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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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