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HMCS MALPEQUE

February 5, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MALPEQUE

HMCS MALPEQUE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM009)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS MALPEQUE, Invasion, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Liberty Ship

February 3, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

Liberty Ship

HMCS WASAGA passes an anchored Liberty Ship in Cherbourg Harbour, France in 1944 or 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM120)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Cherbourg, DDay, France, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Invasion, Liberty Ship, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS MILLTOWN

January 5, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MILLTOWN

HMCS MILLTOWN, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM010)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, HMCS MILLTOWN, Invasion, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS WASAGA Refueling-At-Sea

December 28, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA Refueling-At-Sea

HMCS WASAGA conducts a Refueling-At-Sea with a merchant tanker on the North Atlantic. The minesweeper takes up a position astern of the tanker. The foc`s`le party takes up a hose dragging astern of the tanker and connects it to a standpipe on the ship, fuel is then pumped from the tanker to the receiving ship. […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Merchant Ship, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RAS, RCN, Replenishment at Sea, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

HMCS MINAS

October 1, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MINAS

HMCS MINAS, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM008)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS MINAS, Invasion, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

HMCS CARAQUET

August 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS CARAQUET

HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, HMCS, HMCS CARAQUET, Invasion, Minesweeper, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS WASAGA’s Bridge Iced

June 14, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA’s Bridge Iced

With only a single window cleared on HMCS WASAGA’s bridge and her upper-works encased in ice, the minesweeper steams off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM076)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Ice, Minesweeper, Naval History, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, ships, WWII

HMCS BAYFIELD

May 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS BAYFIELD

HMCS BAYFIELD, Bangor class minesweeper, underway with her ship’s company lining the rails.  She was assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla as a Dan Layer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM003)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, HMCS, HMCS BAYFIELD, Invasion, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS BLAIRMORE

March 26, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS BLAIRMORE

HMCS BLAIRMORE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM012)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS BLAIRMORE, Invasion, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Mine “Sleeping”

October 3, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Mine “Sleeping”

More resembling “mine sleeping,” sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM116)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, DDay, France, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Invasion, Minesweeper, Minesweeping, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

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