Coat of arms of Bermuda

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]". The wrecked ship is the Bonadventura. The Bonadventura wrecked on North Rock, north of the main islands of Bermuda, in 1593 and was documented by Henry May, who was on board. It was well know the rock in the crest was of North Rock, as the original Bermuda Seal from the 1600s had the same crest. 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.