HMCS Prevost

Badge

Description

Argent a demi-lion rampant Azure charged upon the shoulder with a mural crown Or the sinister paw grasping a sword erect proper pommel and hilt Or.

Significance

The badge device is taken from the crest in the Arms of Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart, who was Governor-in-Chief of the Canadas in 1811, and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812.

Motto

None

Colours

White and Azure Blue

Battle Honours

None

Lineage

First of Name

• Shore establishment.
• Naval Reserve Division, London, Ontario.
• Commissioned as a tender to HMCS Stadacona 1 November 1941.^{Footnote 1}
• Recommissioned as an independent shore establishment 1 September 1942.^{Footnote 2}
• Paid off 30 November 1964.^{Footnote 3}
• Recommissioned 29 September 1990.^{Footnote 4}

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