HMS MONTROSE ship's crest.jpg

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Description

HMS Montrose ship's crest, as issued originally by the College of Arms in 1917 to the first HMS Montrose, and used for the namesake ship (launched 1992). Available on all MOD websites.

Author or
copyright owner

Source (WP:NFCC#4)

HMS Montrose webpage on RN website - http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Ships/Frigates/HMS-Montrose

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)

HMS Montrose (F236)

Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)

to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.

Not replaceable with
free media because (WP:NFCC#1)

n.a.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)

It will only be used for use in the article about the ship.

Respect for
commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)

n.a.

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This work is protected by the British Crown copyright. Limitations on its distribution are defined at the original site of publication, and are not altered by its reproduction here. Those terms may include, but may not be limited to, its reproduction being accurate, free of charge in any format or medium, and not used in a misleading context. The source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. HMSO has explicitly stated in official correspondence that material under Crown Copyright may not be relicensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence.

Thus, this is a non-free licence for the purpose of Wikipedia, as modification is not permitted. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
Fair use

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of HMS Montrose (F236)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_MONTROSE_ship%27s_crest.jpgtrue

Licensing

This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals

to illustrate the government or agency in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information.
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