Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police Marine Unit along with sailors from CCGS CAPE MERCY, provide security as HMCS GOOSE BAY anchors off Cobourg, Ontario on Lake Ontario on 5 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL59236)
HMCS ONONDAGA
The former RCN “O” class submarine, HMCS ONONDAGA, is now a Museum Ship at the Le Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski, QC. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL68436)
Sailing out of St. John’s
HMCS WASAGA steams out of St. John’s Harbour, NF in the spring of 1943. Excellent photo showing the harbour defences, Fort Amherst is on the left and the anti-submarine netting extends across the entrance. The granite cliffs on both sides have always provided a natural protection to St. John’s. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, […]
HMCS TORONTO -Iroquois Lock
HMCS TORONTO in the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 8 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (RTL82338)
Torpedoed Tanker St. John`s, NF.
Torpedoed Tanker in St. John’s Harbour, NF waiting for repairs, in 1942. The damage from the torpedo can be seen in the midships section of the merchant ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM050)
RCN Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Helicopter
Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Helicopter serial number 12401 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum. Returned to her original Royal Canadian Navy colours, representing the longest continuously serving aircraft in the Canadian Forces. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98696)
HMS DURBAN
HMS DURBAN, a “D” class light cruiser built in 1921 is the convoy commodore for the CornCob Convoy that HMCS TRENTONIAN escorted to Normandy on 7 July 1944. The cruiser has been stripped of her fittings and primary weapons and is destined to be sunk and become part of the Gooseberry breakwater, protecting the beaches […]
HMCS IROQUOIS
HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. HMCS TORONTO is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74904)
HMCS SACKVILLE Refit
View of SACKVILLE from the fourth deck of the maintenance shed. In 2018, HMCS SACKVILLE entered the submarine maintenance shed at Fleet Maintenance Facility, CAPE SCOTT at HMC Dockyard in Halifax for badly needed repairs to her hull. The facility is designed to fit the RCN’s Victoria class submarines, fortunately it can also hold a […]
Canadian Pacific Merchant Sailor
Unidentified Canadian Pacific merchant sailor in 1944-45. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB017)