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 RCSCC ESQUIMALT |
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RCSCC ESQUIMALT
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| Blazon: | Or, a pile reversed throughout per fess wavy Azure and barry wavy Or and Azure charged in chief with an anchor cabled of the first, all between two pheons of the second. |
| Significance: | The corps' namesake is the Bangor-class minesweeper HMCS ESQUIMALT, the last Canadian ship to be sunk World War II. The ship was named for the village and bay of Esquimalt, the name itself being derived from an Indian word meaning "a place gradually shoalling", in reference to the nature of the bay. In the badge design, the triangular figure or "pile" represents a bay, while the wavy bars coming only part-way up indicate that it is shoaling. The anchor symbolizes the anchorage and the longstanding naval connections of the area. The broad arrows or "pheons" on either side refer to Esquimalt's traditional role as a depot for naval ordnance and stores, since at one time all military and naval stores were marked wih this symbol (this tradition goes back to the eighteenth centry, when Lord Sydney was Master General of the Ordnance and used the arms of Sydney - a blue pheon on a gold field - to mark the stores under his control). |
| Notes: | RCSCC Esquimalt, Parksville, British Columbia |