Coat of arms of Bermuda

Coat of arms of Bermuda
Coat of arms of Bermuda
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]

^ "Lot more to our Island's motto | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Letters to the Editor". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
^ de Vries, Hubert. "Bermuda". National Arms and Emblems. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[1] "Lot more to our Island's motto | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Letters to the Editor". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

[2] Vries, Hubert. "Bermuda". National Arms and Emblems. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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