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McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee

August 16, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee jet fighter accepted by the Royal Canadian Navy, on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Nova Scotia. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL96312)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, CFB Shearwater, Cold War, HMCS SHEARWATER, Jet Fighter, Naval History, Navy, RCN, RCN McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Shearwater Aviation Museum, Shearwater NS

Securing from Harbour Stations

August 15, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Securing from Harbour Stations

Members of HMCS SUDBURY’s ships company stowing lines in the corvette in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM018)

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

HMCS WHITEHORSE

August 14, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WHITEHORSE

Kingston class MCDV’s HMCS WHITEHORSE (foreground) and EDMONTON (outboard) alongside in HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. A Disney cruise ship is in the Esquimalt Graving Dock undergoing maintenance. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05071)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CFB Esquimalt, Esquimalt, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS EDMONTON, HMCS WHITEHORSE, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, Maritime Forces Pacific, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Communication Branch -HMCS TRENTONIAN

August 13, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Communication Branch -HMCS TRENTONIAN

Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Branch pose for a picture after an inspection of their ship in October 1944. Pictured: A/RA4 Joe Gosskie, Telegraphist Vince Hadley, Coder Peter Meyer, Steward George Guthrie, Cook Joseph Bergeron, LS John Founier, Leading Signalman Jack Straw, LS John Shanahan, Telegraphist Tom Farrell and Telegraphist Edmond Poulin. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]

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

Navy meets Merchant Marine

August 12, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Navy meets Merchant Marine

HMCS TORONTO passes MV Sichem Defiance after clearing Iroquois Lock on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (82358)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, HMCS, HMCS TORONTO, Iroquois Lock, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMS PUNCHER -Arctic Ops

August 11, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMS PUNCHER -Arctic Ops

HMS BIRMINGHAM and another CVE, possibly HMS TRUMPETER sail in formation with Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier, HMS PUNCHER (foreground) in April 1945. HMS PUNCHER was attached to Operation NEWMARKET in the Arctic Ocean. The objective was to attack, U-Boat depot ships at Kilbotn, Norway. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA046)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Arctic, Battle of Atlantic, Convoy, Cruiser, CVE, History, HMS BIRMINGHAM, HMS PUNCHER, HMS TRUMPETER, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS ORIOLE’s Badge

August 10, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ORIOLE’s Badge

HMCS ORIOLE’s steering control box with her ship’s badge. ORIOLE was commissioned into the RCN in 1952 and is the only sailing vessel and oldest ship in the Canadian Navy. Photo taken in Halifax on 28 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83298)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Halifax, HMCS, HMCS ORIOLE, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sailing Ships, Ship's Badge, ships

HMCS TRENTONIAN

August 7, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS TRENTONIAN

Starboard side view of HMCS TRENTONIAN newly painted in the Western Approaches Disruptive Camouflage scheme in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, courtesy of Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF035)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Camouflage, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, Painting Ship, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

Ex-HMCS OJIBWA

August 6, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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. […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Florence M, History, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Iroquois Lock, Lac Manitoba, McKeil Marine, Navy, Project Ojibwa, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, submarine

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

August 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA in Refit

Bangor class minesweeper, HMCS WASAGA in drydock in Dartmouth, NS sometime in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM089)

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

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