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HMCS WASAGA’s Forward Gun

March 22, 2018 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

HMCS WASAGA’s Forward Gun

HMCS WASAGA’s forward gun is covered in ice , off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM075)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Gun, Gunnery, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

RCN Sailors St. John’s, NF

February 11, 2018 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

RCN Sailors St. John’s, NF

Lew Evans and Lew Theriault from HMCS WASAGA, skating at Quiddy Vidi Lake in St. John’s, NF in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM320)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Newfoundland, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Shoreleave, Skating, St. John`s, WWII

Ross Milligan, RCNR.

January 15, 2018 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

Ross Milligan, RCNR.

Surrounded by a multitude of ice sculptures, Ross Milligan stands on HMCS WASAGA’s deck off Halifax in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM078)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

North Atlantic Winter Storm

December 30, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

North Atlantic Winter Storm

In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, fighting a heavy sea and covered in ice, photo of her foc’s’le. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM073)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Halifax, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMC(Icebreaker)S TRENTONIAN

December 28, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

HMC(Icebreaker)S TRENTONIAN

Newly constructed corvettes, HMCShips TRENTONIAN (foreground) and NORSYD received orders to sail from Quebec City to Halifax on 26 December 1943. NORSYD remains secured on the wall, while the local pilot uses TRENTONIAN to break the dense ice blocking the ships from sailing.  The pilot continues to ram TRENTONIAN’s bow into the thick ice, despite her […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, History, HMCS, HMCS NORSYD, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice, Icebreaker, Naval History, Navy, Pilot, Quebec City, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, St. Lawrence River, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS WASAGA in Ice

December 8, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

HMCS WASAGA in Ice

In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, heavily covered in ice. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM071)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

After Lookout

November 16, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

After Lookout

One of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew dressed for the cold as he stands watch on the stern of the corvette in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH077)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

St. Lawrence Ice

November 11, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

St. Lawrence Ice

With HMCS NORSYD directly ahead, HMCS TRENTONIAN sails through the ice of the St. Lawrence River in route to Halifax in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH044)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, WWII

Clearing Ice HMCS WASAGA

October 29, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

Clearing Ice HMCS WASAGA

Looking more like an ice castle, three of HMCS WASAGA’s ship’s company ready to clear ice from the minesweeper’s bridge and foc’s’le, off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM077)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS TRENTONIAN -Quebec City

October 21, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

HMCS TRENTONIAN -Quebec City

Quebec City is hit by a early winter storm, blanketing HMCS TRENTONIAN in snow, in December 1943. Due to a construction problem in the corvettes ventilating system, it is as cold in the ship as it is outside. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH052)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice, Naval History, Navy, Quebec City, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, snow, St. Lawrence River, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

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