HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 4 August 2017. HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN is getting ready to deploy for NATO and the shield has already been installed under her bridge. Ex-HMCS ATHABASKAN is in the background with several MCDV’s alongside. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44717)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Canadian sailors, A/PO Raymond Lounsbury, A/PO Raymond McDonald and AB Robert Catherine enjoy a run ashore in Cherbourg, France shortly after the French port was liberated in October 1944. Their ship, HMCS TRENTONIAN was one of the first Canadian corvettes to have leave in France although the picturesque city was still heavily damaged from the […]
Fleet Manoeuvres -Line Abreast
HMCShips steam in a close line abreast formation while on a Far East Cruise in 1965. HMCS SASKATCHEWAN is in the foreground with BEACON HILL alongside and MACKENZIE outboard. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR073)
HMCS ARVIDA Sailors
RCN sailors Gus Flinn and Stoker Parkins, both from Montreal in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA085)
Kingston Class MCDV’s
Three Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels nested together at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. They are from left to right, HMCS GOOSE BAY, HMCS SUMMERSIDE and HMCS GLACE BAY. Roger Litwiller Collection, Photo courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53646)
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)
CS2F Tracker
CS2F Tracker 1557 at Shearwater Aviation Museum, Nova Scotia. First flown with the RCN and later taken over by the RCAF. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44371)
HMCS TRENTONIAN at the Fish Dock
Resembling a scene from a Hitchcock movie, seagulls line every surface at the fish dock in Milford Haven. The trawlers would unload their catch and the fish was gutted, cleaned and the meat went into the plant for processing. The heads, tails and everything else was simply shoveled into the water for “disposal.” This photo […]
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL on the syncrolift undergoing maintenance work in HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 10 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00792)
MAC Ship in Convoy
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) ship in convoy. MAC ships were converted merchant tankers, given a flight deck and up to four fighter aircraft to ward off U-Boats. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM146)