HMCS SAGUENAY (1st) with deck awash and her stern gone following a collision with the Panamanian freighter Azra, setting off several of the destroyers depth charges. The collision occurred on 15 November 1942, south of Cape Race, while SAGUENAY was escorting convoy WB13 from St. John’s, NF to Sydney, NS. Azra was extensively damaged and […]
HMCS HURON (1st) in Drydock
HMCS HURON in the Toulon Drydock in France on 1 December 1958. The destroyer was involved in a collision with the French destroyer Maille-Breze on 15 November 1958 during the NATO exercise MEDASWEX 27 in the Mediterranean. Ten feet of HURON’s bow was crumpled as far as frame 10 and displaced 50 degrees to starboard. […]
HMCS WASAGA Collision
Ross Milligan stands in the hole in HMCS WASAGA’s port side created when the danlayer HMS SURSAY had sliced into the minesweeper on 11 April 1945. The collision hit the seaman’s mess and playing cards can be seen strewn on the deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM130)
HMCS HURON (1st) -Drydock, Toulon, France
HMCS HURON (1st) in the Toulon Drydock in France on 1 December 1958. The destroyer was involved in a collision with the French destroyer MAILLE-BREZE on 15 November 1958 during the NATO exercise MEDASWEX 27 in the Mediterranean. Ten feet of HURON’s bow was crumpled as far back as frame 10 and displaced 50 degrees […]
HMCS WASAGA Collision
Using the ship’s whaler, HMCS WASAGA’s damage control parties are able to inspect shoring and emergency repairs to the minesweepers hull after a collision with the danlayer HMS SURSAY on 11 April 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM133)
HMCS WASAGA Collision
With a sister ship alongside, sailors from both ships inspect the damage to HMCS WASAGA port side hull following a collision with the dan layer HMS SURSAY on 11 April 1945. The collision opened up the seaman’s mess and playing cards can be seen strewn on the deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. […]
HMCS SAGUENAY -Fighting to Save the Ship
Fighting to save their ship, HMCS SAGUENAY’s (I) ship’s company have moved to the bow of the destroyer, with her stern gone and after deck completely awash. The ship was cut in two following a collision with the Panamanian freighter Azra, setting off several of the destroyers depth charges. The collision occurred on 15 November […]
HMCS LINDSAY Collision with HMS BRILLIANT
HMCS LINDSAY, Flower class corvette in drydock at Devonshire following a collision with HMS BRILLIANT on 22 January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Lee Abrams (RTL-LA004)
HMCS WASAGA Collision
With the port side of her hull sliced open by the danlayer HMS SURSAY, HMCS WASAGA’s damage control parties used all material at hand to brace the minesweepers hull on 4 April 1945. Heavy shoring for hull support and tables to increase freeboard. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM131)
Collision -HMCS SAGUENAY (1st)
HMCS SAGUENAY (1st) with her stern missing, following a collision with the Panamanian freighter Azra, setting off several of the destroyers depth charges. The collision occurred on 15 November 1942, south of Cape Race, while SAGUENAY was escorting convoy WB13 from St. John’s, NF to Sydney, NS. Azra was extensively damaged and sank, following the […]