HMCS Radisson

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Description

Or on a fess wavy Azure charged with two barrulets wavy Argent, two paddles saltire proper, and over all the head of a young voyageur proper.

Significance

The ship's name stems from Pierre Esprit Radisson, who conducted explorations and participated in the fur trade by canoe from a base in the sandy hills of what is now Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières).

Motto

FORTITUDO IN PESEVERANTIA (Preserve with courage)

Colours

Gold and Blue

Battle Honours

None

Lineage

First of Name

• Shore establishment.
• Naval Reserve Division, Three Rivers, Quebec.
• Commissioned 3 October 1987.^{Footnote 1}

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