In March 1967, HMAS Hobart became the first Royal Australian Navy combat ship deployed to fight in the Vietnam War. The Latin motto Sic fortis Hobartia crevit ( meaning 'thus in strength did Hobart grow") features on both the Coat of Arms and the earlier Crest of the city of Hobart.Red wooden plaque with metal insignia featuring a crown above the word HOBART, a gold rope circle around a red lion, with a shovel and pick under s raised paw. Beneath that is a boomerang, a nulla nulla, and a woomera over a Latin motto. HOBART/ SIC FORTIS HOBARTIA CREVIThobart, sic fortis hobartia crevit, plaque

A wooden shield with an insignia with a red lion with one paw on a shovel and pick on it in the centre. Above the lion is written Hobart. Under the lion there is a brown boomerang with two items crossed over the boomerang. Below these are the words Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit.shield, hmas hobart, cerberus collection