HMCS Star
The official lineage of HMCS Star extant commissioned ship.
Badge
Description
Azure an estoile Or charged with a maple leaf Gules.
Significance
The device used for the badge is an "estoile" or heraldic star. The red maple leaf, an emblem of Canada, indicates that the "star" pertains to Canada.
Motto
DILIGENTIA (Diligence)
Colours
Royal Blue and Gold
Battle Honours
Pre-The First World War
DOVER, 1652; MARTINIQUE, 1809; GUADELOUPE, 1810.
Note
erpetuates, by right of continuous unbroken service from the Royal Canadian Navy, seven warships of the Royal Navy which previously carried this name. This perpetuation cannot be passed on to a new construction.
Lineage
First of Name
- Shore establishment.
- Naval Reserve Division, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Commissioned as a tender to HMCS Stadacona 1 November 1941.Footnote 1
- Recommissioned as an independent shore establishment 1 September 1942.Footnote 2
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