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Inverclyde
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Inverclyde Council
Or; on a base undy azure and argent, a three masted ship in full sail proper, with a figure headof a lion rampant gules, flying from the dexter and sinister mast a streamer gules, and from the sinister mast and the jack staff the banner of Scotland (azure, a saltire argent), in chief, a hurt charged with a covered cup or, between two mullets of six points sable pierced
coronet - area council
supporters - none
motto - below the shield, Meliora semper prospicimus
Public Register - 81/3; 3 October 1996
The arms and the motto are a ‘re-grant’ of the pre 1996 Inverclyde District Council’s, and so refer back to the pre 1975 burgh arms of Gourock, Greenock and Port Glasgow
community councils with bearings -
for more information see R M Urquhart: Scottish Civic Heraldry 2, 2001; Scottish Civic Heraldry, 1979; and Scottish Burgh & County Heraldry, 1973
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