HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC’s Aft Lookout keeps watch as the frigate leaves Halifax Harbour for Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-59677)
RCN ML Q079
RCN ML Q079 in Dartmouth, NS, sometime in 1943. Sold after WWII, this Fairmille returned to the RCN in 1949 as PTC 779, her name was changed to HMCS RACCOON in 1954. She was paid off in 1956. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM090)
HMCS VICTORIA
HMCS VICTORIA undergoes maintenance at CFB Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. HMCS REGINA is behind the submarine, receiving its 75th Anniversary Battle of the Atlantic Camouflage paint scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05093)
Chummy Mascots
HMCS MATAPEDIA’s mascot Tiss (foreground), with HMCS CHOUCOUTIMI’s mascot in 1941. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB040)
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Air Park at the gates to CFB Shearwater. Used by the Royal Canadian Navy for anti-submarine warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98849)
Merchant Ship on Fire -Irish sea
HMCS TRENTONIAN (foreground) and HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE stand by the burning freighter in the Irish Sea in January 1945. Photo taken from TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK156)
HMCS PRESERVER
HMCS PRESERVER returning to Halifax, 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, Photo, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64630)
HMCS WASAGA Boats Crew
HMCS WASAGA’s boats crew pulls toward HMCS TRILLIUM off Pictou, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM033)
HMCS GOOSE BAY with CCGS CAPE MERCY
HMCS GOOSE BAY anchors in Lake Ontario off Cobourg, Ontario on 5 July 2016. CCGS CAPE MERCY ensures curious boaters are kept at a safe distance. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL59343)
HMS NABOB and HMS PUNCHER
HMS NABOB taken from HMS PUNCHER at Vancouver while both escort carriers were completing in February 1943. PUNCHER (foreground) is in the builders hands, just starting conversion to RN standards, while NABOB is undergoing acceptance trials. Both escort aircraft carriers are manned by Royal Canadian Navy ship’s company’s and are considered to be the RCN’s […]