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