RCN Glen class Tugs GLENSIDE and GLENBROOK hold HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in position of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax for the Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59685)
PHOENIX 194
Under escort by HMCS TRENTONIAN, PHOENIX 194 has broken her tow line and is drifting uncontrollably in the convoy channel in the Irish Sea on 19 October 1944. Several attempts were made by the tug crews and the sailors manning the caisson to get another tow line onto Phoenix 194. Eventually the Phoenix crew had […]
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip with assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13333)
Mulberry Caisson -Phoenix 194 and Tug Hisperia
Concrete caisson, Phoenix 194 and tug Hisperia, underway to Normandy under the escort of HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. The giant caisson will be sunk as part of the Mulberry Harbour off Normandy. The size of the caisson is deceiving in this photo as Hisperia is closer to TRENTONIAN, a second tug, Saucy, is visible behind Hisperia. […]
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip at HMCDockyard, with the assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs in Halifax on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13303)
RCN Tug GLENBROOK
RCN Tug CNAV GLENBROOK in Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14439)
RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE
With a thick puff of black smoke, RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE gets underway at Halifax on 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL61000)
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)
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)
HMCS MONTREAL With Tugs
HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip with assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs on 31 August 2015. Theodore Tugboat appears to be leading the evolution with the Halifax Harbour Hopper watching. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13322)