Admiral Sir Max Horton (RN) CaptainD, Armed yacht, HMS PHILANTE at Larne, Scotland in August 1943. PHILANTE was purchased from the Sopwith family and converted for the Royal Navy, initially escorting seven convoys across the Atlantic, then in 1943 she joined the Western Approaches Command as part of the Tactical Unit, responsible for training escort […]
HMCS ELK -Paint Ship
RCN Sailor in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht’s wheelhouse a fresh coat of pain in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC023)
HMCS ELK -Dressed Overall
The ships company of the armed yacht, HMCS ELK, has dressed their ship, possibly for Dominion Day in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC020)
HMSub SEAWOLF (N47) and HMSub P553
HMSub SEAWOLF (N47) and HMSub P553 in 1943 alongside HMCS ELK at Digby, NS. Both RN submarines were used to train RCN escort ships in Anti-Submarine Warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC017)
HMCS ELK
Armed yacht, HMCS ELK (ex-Acadia) at Corner Brook, NF sometime between July 1942 and Sept 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC007)
HMCS ELK -Paint Ship
Austin Chater, RCNVR in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht a fresh coat of paint in 1942-43. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC022) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of […]