Lieutenant Colin S. Glassco, RCNVR from Hamilton, Ontario became the second Commanding officer of HMCS TRENTONIAN on 31 January 1945. Photo taken after the corvette was torpedoed on 22 February 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC022)
Sunday Service -HMCS WASKESIU
HMCS WASKESIU’s ships company formed up for Sunday Services aboard the River class frigate in April to November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC040)
A “Mick” for HMCS WASAGA’s Mascot
Just like any member of the ships’s company, HMCS WASAGA’s mascot had her own hammock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM058)
Dover Harbour UK
HMCS TRENTONIAN approaches the harbour entrance at Dover in the English Channel in 1944. From the Straits of Dover the crew of TRENTONIAN could see the British coast with the radar antenna and AA guns from one side of the ship and from the other side, the German occupied French coast with the large artillery […]
Iceberg Alley
A sailor from HMCS MATAPEDIA watching an iceberg while the corvette escorts a convoy through the Strait of Belle Isle. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB025)
HMS PUNCHER RCN Sailors
RCN Sailors from HMS PUNCHER pose on the escort carriers foc’s’le. Howard Abbott in in the back row, second from right in the light shirt. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA092)
Corvette Launching -Kingston Shipbuilding Yard
The completed hull of HMCS TRENTONIAN is ready for launching on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Several members of the shipyard can be seen below the corvette ready to knock out the timbers, releasing the ship to the fresh water of Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW002)
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft taking off from unknown location or date, #WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR030)
HMCS AVALON (II) St John`s, NF.
Accommodation ship HMCS AVALON II (ex SS Georgian) in St. John’s, NF in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM037)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at anchor in Milford Haven preparing to get underway in August 1944. The corvette has been freshly painted in the Western Approaches Disruptive Camouflage scheme with her pendent numbers outlined in white. Artist Marc Magee used this photo of the ship for his painting on the cover of White Ensign Flying. Roger Litwiller […]