MV ASTERIX, interim AOR for the RCN, is dressed overall ready for her unveiling ceremony and christening at Davie Shipyard in Levis, QC. on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02745)
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY, short foc’s’le corvette, floating in the fresh water of Lake Ontario after her launch on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW010)
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY, Flower class corvette is ready for launching on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW009) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom […]
Launching HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE creates a giant wave as she is launched at Kingston Shipbuilders on 31 August 1940. She is the first corvette built at Kingston for the war effort. As soon as she was clear, the keel of the second corvette, HMCS PRESCOTT was laid. Marking the first time in Canadian history that a ship […]
HMCS NAPANEE
Hull of RCN corvette NAPANEE, dressed and ready to be launched on 31 August 1940 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards. The raised platform at the bow is for the dignitaries and Christening ceremony. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW007) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Christening
The daughter of one of the employees of Kingston Shipyards presents Mrs Cory, wife of the Mayor of Trenton flowers at the christening ceremony of HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 September 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Trenton Branch, Royal Canadian Legion. (RTL -TBRCL001)
HMCS CATARAQUI -Kingston
Members of HMCS CATARAQUI line the path to TRENTONIAN for the guests on launch day 1 September 1943, at Kingston Shipyards. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW003)
HMCS SMITHS FALLS Christening
HMCS SMITHS FALLS during christening ceremony at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards on 19 August 1944. C.D. Howe is standing in the centre of the photo in the white hat. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW012)
HMCS PRESCOTT
HMCS PRESCOTT, corvette is launched from Kingston Shipbuilding Yards in Kingston, Ontario on 7 January 1941 into a frozen Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW013)
MV ASTERIX -Exterior Tour of RCN’s Interim AOR
MV ASTERIX is nearing completion and is now happily back in the water, undergoing trials by her builder, Davie Shipyards in Quebec, shortly this magnificent ship will began Royal Canadian Navy trials in preparations to turn her over to the Navy. Built as an Interim AOR by Davie and Federal Fleet Services as Project Resolve. […]