 The medical faculties of Charles University in Prague also have a pelican as their emblem . The symbol of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service is a pelican , and for most of its existence the headquarters of the service was located at Pelican House in Dublin , Ireland . The heraldic pelican also ended up as a pub name and image , though sometimes with the image of the ship Golden Hind . Sir Francis Drake 's famous ship was initially called Pelican , and adorned the British halfpenny coin . 
