HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Communications Division, 1944. Left to Right, Top row: Vincent Hadley (Prince Albert, SK), Peter Meyer (Regina SK.). Centre Row: John McKay (Terrebonne, PQ.), Jack Straw (Hamilton, ON.), John Manson (Winnipeg, MB.), Tom Farrell (Montreal, PQ.). Bottom Row: Jack McIver (Winnipeg, MB), Philip Kevins (Verdun, PQ.), Edmund Poulin (Ottawa, ON.) and Jack Harold (Aurora, […]
Roll Along Wavy Navy, Roll Along
Excellent photo of how much a corvette could roll on the North Atlantic. The photo does not state the ship’s name, but the donor did serve in the corvette’s HMC Ships MORDEN, KITCHENER and SHAWINIGAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR012)
HMCS SKEENA
HMCS SKEENA has dressed ship and is very pusser with her brightly coloured camouflage and signal flags flying in July 1944. SKEENA’s “B” turret and gun have been removed and a hedgehog anti-submarine mortar has been mounted in its place. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
Corvette and Laundry Out to Dry -HMCS MORDEN
HMCS MORDEN, on the marine railway at Lunenburg, NS, June 1943. The crew have hung their laundry over the ships rails to dry. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR006)
A Sailor In His Mick
Wm Black from HMCS WASAGA still preferred a nap in his hammock compared to the beds provided at the HMC NAVAL CAMP in 1942. The rest camp was provided for sailors of the escort groups to have a break away from shipboard routine and was located seven miles outside of St. John’s, NF. Roger Litwiller […]
French Corvette Sailor
Caption on back of photo, “In Scotland with French Sailor.” Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB077)
UK Harbour During WWII
Merchant ships in an unknown harbour in the UK, being unloaded with vital supplies. Roger Litwiller Collection, Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB032)
Ready to Assist Burning Freighter
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew have been closed up to assist with firefighting operations for a freighter on fire in the Irish sea. This group watch the events from the corvette’s foc’s’le and gun deck in January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK194) This photo and collection have been […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER
HMCS MAYFLOWER dropping a depth charge. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB009)
HMCS IROQUOIS Floral Sea Boat
HMCS IROQUOIS’s sea boat returns to the destroyer after sending a shore party to the liberated Channel Island of Ile d’Yeu on 27 August 1944. The grateful islanders showered the RCN sailors with flowers (visible on deck) and cake, being the first allied force to arrive on the island after the Germans had retreated. IROQUOIS’s […]