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New Recruits -HMCS CORNWALLIS

July 10, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

New Recruits -HMCS CORNWALLIS

New Canadian Navy recruits outside the barracks at HMCS CORNWALLIS during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA106)

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

HMCS ELK -Paint Ship

July 9, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ELK -Paint Ship

RCN Sailor in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht’s wheelhouse a fresh coat of pain in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC023)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Armed Yacht, Battle of Atlantic, HMCS, HMCS ELK, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Painting Ship, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE

July 9, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Halifax, Harbour, hmc, HMCS, MERRICKVILLE, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat

HMCShips MACKENZIE and BEACON HILL

July 8, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCShips MACKENZIE and BEACON HILL

HMCS MACKENZIE and HMCS BEACON HILL take up position astern of HMCS SASKATCHEWAN while operating in the Pacific in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR007)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Far East Cruise 1965, Frigate, HMCS, HMCS BEACON HILL, HMCS MACKENZIE, HMCS SASKATCHEWAN, Mackenzie class destroyer escort, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, Prestonian class frigate, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Shoreleave Cherbourg, France

July 8, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Shoreleave Cherbourg, France

Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Cherbourg, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Shoreleave, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS ORIOLE

July 7, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ORIOLE

HMCS ORIOLE astern of HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC during Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59690)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, CPF, Frigate, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS ORIOLE, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sailing Ships, ships

HMCS ELK -Dressed Overall

July 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ELK -Dressed Overall

The ships company of the armed yacht, HMCS ELK, has dressed their ship, possibly for Dominion Day in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC020)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Armed Yacht, Battle of Atlantic, Ceremonial, Dominion Day, Dressed Ship, HMCS, HMCS ELK, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

MV ASTERIX

July 4, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

MV ASTERIX

MV ASTERIX alongside NB Jetty in Halifax on 12 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26689)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day

Flight Operations HMS PUNCHER

July 3, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Flight Operations HMS PUNCHER

Flight Operations aboard HMS PUNCHER in 1944/45, with one Barracuda safely on the flight deck, two more are making their approach to the Canadian escort carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA053)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: air, Barracuda, Battle of Atlantic, Escort Aircraft Carrier, Flight Operations, HMCS, HMS PUNCHER, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS CHICOUTIMI

July 2, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Esquimalt, Glen class Tug, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS CHICOUTIMI, HMCTug Glendale, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine, tugboat, Victoria Class Submarine

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