A Sunderland seaplane takes flight in the harbour at Milford Haven. Photo from HMCS TRENTONIAN, secured alongside the Free French corvette RENONCULE. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK144)
HMCS WASAGA DC Rail and Chutes
View of HMCS WASAGA’s stern while underway in 1942, showing the single Depth Charge rail and four DC chutes on the Bangor class minesweeper. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM094)
TRENTONIAN Pom-Pom Crew
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew, LS Gordon Harley, AB Arthur Slater and AB Stan Bennett. The men painted the names of their girlfriends on the inside of the gun shield. The gun is in an elevated platform on the after end of the corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy […]
HMCS PRESCOTT
HMCS PRESCOTT leaving Kingston in June 1941. An early war corvette, built at Kingston Shipyards, she would be completed and commissioned in Montreal. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW014)
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN passes the stern of HMCS SACKVILLE while underway in Halifax Harbour on 7 July 2003. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (100_1593)
AB Thomas Riley, HMCS ARVIDA
Able Seaman Thomas Riley from Hamilton, Ontario in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA102)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE still retains her mine sweeping gear, after having her foc’s’cle extended in 1943, she has been painted in the Western Isles camouflage scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH002) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s shipmates, LS Gordon Harley (left), AB Robert Gray (centre) and AB Frank Barron (right), ready for shore leave in Milford Haven, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF083)
HMCS TRILLIUM
HMCS TRILLIUM, Flower class corvette off Pictou, NS. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCN. (RTL-REM013)
Merchant Ship at Corner Brook
Merchant ship alongside the Bowater Pulp and Paper Mill in Corner Brook, NF in 1943, photo taken from HMCS WASAGA’s stern (foreground). Ross Milligan wrote SS South Brook on the face of the photo and SS North Brook on the back. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM286)