Arms of Rimini, Italy

Granted 1996

Blazon: Bleu-celeste on water in base barry wavy azure and argent a ship in full sail or edged gules

This one is actually pretty straightforward – the ship is a reference to the “maritime activity typical of the Rimini Riviera.” The somewhat odd depiction (very weird perspective) is a reference to a specific bas-relief in the Tempio Malatestiano. Also, given the original blazon’s description of the water as blue and the field as “cielo,” I find myself returning to the “bleu-celeste” term.

Arms of the borough of Wandsworth

London, England

Granted 1965

Blazon: Per pale indented argent and azure a fess chequy of the second and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the second

Crest: On a wreath of the colors an ancient ship with a dragon’s head at the prow sable four oars in action and as many shields or on the bulwarks, flying a pennon gules and a sail of the arms

Supporters: On the dexter a dove wings elevated and addorsed azure and charged with four molets of five points or, in the beak a sprig of lavender proper; on the sinister a dragon sable wings elevated and addorsed argent and charged with four crosses couped gules

Mantling: Azure lined argent

Motto: We Serve

The field of the arms is derived from the London borough of Battersea. The fess chequy is from the arms of William de Warren, first Earl of Surrey, and the gouttes represent the tears shed by the prosecuted French Huguenots, as many of them settled in Wandsworth when fleeing persecution in the seventeenth century.

Arms of West Lindsey District Council, England

Granted 1974

Blazon: Vert a fess ermine of five spots between in chief an eagle displayed, wings inverted perched on a thunderbolt fesswise between two garbs or and in base on water barry wavy argent and azure a Viking ship of third, sails of the fourth

Crest: On a wreath vert and argent on a mount an oak tree proper fructed or bound thereto by a chain proper two anchors in saltire of the third

Supporters: On the dexter a Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Bull and on the sinister a Lincoln Longwool Ram both guardant proper, each supporting a croizer or

Mantling: Vert lined argent

Motto: Strive for the gain of all

Arms of Wisbech Town Council, England

Granted 1929

Blazon: Azure representations of St. Peter and St. Paul standing within a double canopy or

Crest: On a wreath of the colors a three-masted ship in full sail or, sails azure, the center charged with two keys in saltire and the others with a castle of the first

Mantling: Azure lined or

Arms of Sheringham Town Council, England

Granted 1953

Blazon: Per chevron vert and argent in chief two pinecones or and in base on water barry wavy azure and the second a three-masted ship in full sail proper

Crest: On a wreath of the colors a hurt fimbriated and charged with a lobster or

Mantling: Vert lined argent

Motto: Mare ditat pinusque decorat (The sea enriches and the pine adorns)

Arms of Bungay Town Council, England

Granted 1953

Blazon: Barry wavy of six vert and argent a Norfolk wherry in full sail proper flying a pennon gules, a chief or a port between two towers sable charged with an escutcheon of the fourth a cross of the third

Crest: On a wreath of the colors a dog courant sable* upon a ray of lightning fesswise gules

Mantling: Vert lined or

Motto: Moribus antiquis pareamus (Let us ever hold fast to the old virtues.)

*A representation of the Black Dog of Bungay; legend has it the Devil appeared in the town in the form of a black dog to wreak havoc.

 

Arms of Aldeburgh Town Council, England

Granted 1561 (without tinctures; tinctures confirmed 1951)

Blazon: Azure on water in base a three-masted ship in full sail with a ladder affixed to the side amidships proper, the mainsail charged with a lion rampant gules, the fore and aft sails and pennons of St. George

Arms of Tendring District Council, England

Granted 1975

Blazon: Azure on a fess between two chevrons argent a mural crown gules all between two flaunches of the second each charged with as many bars wavy of the field surmounted by a seaxe point in chief proper

Crest: On a wreath of the colors an ancient ship gules flying flags and pennon of St. George, charged on the hull with three escallops and pendant from the yardam by chains a portcullis or nailed and spiked azure

Mantling: Argent lined azure

Motto: Pro bono ominum (For the good of all)

Arms of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, England

Granted 1915

Blazon: Azure on a pile argent between on the dexter an anchor on the sinister a grill and in base a trefoil slipped or a vase gules issuant therefrom a spray of lilies proper

Crest: Issuant from a mural crown gules the mast of a ship proper flying a flag argent a cross gules

Supporters: On the dexter a medieval fisherman holding in the exterior hand a net and on the sinister holding a book and a staff, all proper

Mantling: Azure lined argent

Motto: Per mare per ecclesiam (Through the sea, through the Church)

Arms of Maldon District Council, England

Granted 1978

Blazon: Per saltire wavy argent azure and vert, in chief a lion passant guardant, in the dexter and sinister two garbs, and in base a ship’s wheel, all or

Crest: On a wreath or and vert upon water barry wavy argent and azure charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first an Essex sailing barge proper

Supporters: On the dexter an Anglo-Saxon warrior armored, in his dexter hand a sword point downwards, on the sinister a yachtsman habited in a sailing smock and wearing a peaked cap, all proper upon a compartment* of a grassy mound also proper divided by water barry wavy argent and azure

Mantling: Per fess vert and azure lined argent

Motto: Vision, courage, integrity

*Compartments are generally left to the discretion of the artist, but this blazon specifies its design.