HMCS Queen
The official lineage of HMCS Queen extant commissioned ship.
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Description
Or a lozenge Purpure charged with an orb of the first.
Significance
The ship's name derives from its location as the literal translation of the Latin 'regina' is 'queen.' The colours purple and gold proclaim association with royalty. The lozenge or diamond is the shape of shield used by an heiress, and the orb denotes regal authority.
Motto
AUGUSTA INVICTAQUE (Majestic and invincible)
Colours
Gold and Purple
Battle Honours
Pre-The First World War
USHANT, 1781; "First of June", 1794; GROIX ISLAND, 1795; CRIMEA, 1854-55.
The First World War
DARDANELLES, 1915.
The Second World War
ATLANTIC, 1944; NORWAY, 1945; ARCTIC, 1945.
Perpetuates, by right of continuous unbroken service from the Royal Canadian Navy, seven warships of the Royal Navy which previously carried the name. This perpetuation cannot be passed on to a new construction.
Lineage
First of Name
- Shore establishment.
- Naval Reserve Division, Regina, Saskatchewan.
- Commissioned as a tender to HMCS Naden 1 November 1941.Footnote 1
- Recommissioned as an independent shore establishment 1 September 1942.Footnote 2
- Paid off 30 November 1964.Footnote 3
- Recommissioned 28 September 1975.Footnote 4
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