Coat of arms of Bermuda | |
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Armiger | Bermuda |
Adopted | 1910 |
Shield | An antique shield azure thereon a representation of the wreck of the ship Sea Venture proper. |
Supporters | Argent, a lion sejant affronté Gules. |
Compartment | A mount vert |
Motto | Quo Fata Ferunt "Whither the Fates carry (us)" |
Earlier version(s) | |
The coat of arms of Bermuda depicts a red lion with a shield that has a depiction of a wrecked ship upon it. The red lion is a symbol of Great Britain and alludes to Bermuda's relationship with that country. The Latin motto under the coat of arms, Quo Fata Ferunt, means "Whither the Fates Carry [Us]".[1] The wrecked ship is the Sea Venture. The arms were formally granted by Royal Warrant on 4 October 1910, but had been in use since at least 1624. The coat of arms first appears on the cover of the 1624 edition of The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. The "Somers Isles" is another name for Bermuda, named after Sir George Somers, the colony's founder. [2]