HMCS ONONDAGA’s fin with masts extended on 26 August 2018. The former RCN O class submarine is a Museum Ship at the Le Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Pare in Rimouski, QC. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL68269)
RN Submarine -Pictou, NS
ASW training submarine off Pictou, NS in 1942. The RN loaned submarines to the RCN to give the escort ships a “tame” submarine to hone their anti-submarine hunting skills on. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA, sub may be HMS/M P512. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM052)
Painting Ship
RCN sailors painting a Bangor class minesweeper in St. John’s, NF in 1942, possibly HMCS WASAGA. Alongside is a RN submarine on loan for ASW training of RCN ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM051)
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow in the St. Lawrence River approaching the seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved from Halifax to Port Burwell by tugs from McKeil Marine, Florence M and Lac Manitoba, and will become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. […]
HMCS WINDSOR
HMCS WINDSOR, Victoria class submarine, alongside in Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL29002)
HMCS CHICOUTIMI
Victoria class submarine, HMCS CHICOUTIMI is assisted by RCN tug Glendale during a cold move from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04957)
Torpedoed Merchant Ship
A Survivor of the Battle of the Atlantic, with a large hole in its bow from a German U-boat’s torpedo, this merchant ship waits for repair at St. John’s NF in 1943. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM166)
HMCS OJIBWA
With only a few inches of clearance on either side of the barge, Florence M. pulls OJIBWA through the Iroquois lock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33788)
Training Submarine
Post card of an unidentified training submarine off the coast of Canada during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC004)
HMCS WINDSOR
HMCS WINDSOR alongside HMCDockyard, Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL28991)