Four Sea Kings fly over the harbour as the Canadian fleet prepares to leave Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and return to Halifax at the conclusion of CARIBOPS81 in February 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115128)
RCN Fleet Underway
Steaming together to the Caribbean are HMCShips ASSINIBOINE, ATHABASKAN, and NIPIGON in January 1981. Photo taken from HMCS OTTAWA. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416006)
Shore Leave St. Thomas, VI.
Anchored in the harbour of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, HMCS OTTAWA’s ship’s company use the ship’s whaler for shore leave in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115106)
Caribbean Sunset
Caribbean sunset taken from HMCS OTTAWA during CARIBOPS in January 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115108)
HMCS OTTAWA’s Sea King
HMCS OTTAWA’s Sea King fly’s past the destroyer during CARIBOPS in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115134)
HMCS ATHABASKAN
HMCS ATHABASKAN steams ahead of HMCS OTTAWA, in route to the Caribbean in January 1981. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416015)
HMCS OTTAWA -Farewell to Nova Scotia
The coast of Nova Scotia slowly fades astern of HMCS OTTAWA (3rd), as the destroyer departs Halifax for CARIBOPS in January 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115109)
CARIBOPS 1981
View of part of the RCN fleet, from HMCS OTTAWA while sailing to the Caribbean in January 1981. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416014)
HMCS ASSINIBOINE
HMCS ASSINIBOINE steams alongside HMCS OTTAWA during CARIBOPS in January 1981. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416001)
Away Boats Crew
HMCS OTTAWA’s boat crew at work. During CARIBOPS, competitions among the RCN ships were common. In February 1981 the fleet came to a stop and each of the destroyers lowered their 27 foot whalers. Each boat crew had to pull their boat around the ship once and then return aboard into the davits. The first […]