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)
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)
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)
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, […]
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)
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)
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)
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)
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. […]
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)