An RCN Corvette with convoy, possibly HMCS SHAWINIGAN, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR025)
Roll Along Wavy Navy, Roll Along
Excellent photo of how much a corvette could roll on the North Atlantic. The photo does not state the ship’s name, but the donor did serve in the corvette’s HMC Ships MORDEN, KITCHENER and SHAWINIGAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR012)
RCN Sailors
Two RCN sailors in HMCS SHAWINIGAN, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection -Photo courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR020)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
View from bow of HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Flower Class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR026)
MV ASTERIX Secured NB Jetty
Panoramic view of MV ASTERIX alongside NB jetty at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 6 March 2018. HMCShips HALIFAX and SHAWINIGAN are secured to the opposite side of the jetty. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_0175)
HMCS SACKVILLE
HMCS SACKVILLE at its winter berth in HMCDockyard on 10 May 2019. The last corvette is similar in size the the two Kingston class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, HMCS SHAWINIGAN and GOOSE BAY secured astern. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00710)
Busy Jetty in HMC Dockyard
HMCShips HALIFAX and SHAWINIGAN alongside NB Jetty in HMC Dockyard, with MV ASTERIX on the opposite side on 9 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL96278)
HMCS SACKVILLE
HMCS SACKVILLE at its winter berth in HMCDockyard in Halifax on 10 May 2019. HMCS SHAWINIGAN is astern alongside NB Jetty. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00706)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN (II)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN departing Halifax Harbour for the North Atlantic on 30 April 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06308)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Flower class corvette was torpedoed and sunk by U1228 on 24 November 1944, off Cape Breton, NS. There were no survivors of her crew of seven officers and eighty-four ratings. SHAWINIGAN was assigned to escort the ferry Burgeo, from Sydney, Cape Breton to Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. The previous ferry, Caribou, had been […]