Aft Lookout in HMCS MAYFLOWER, standing in the stern searchlight platform above the Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB018)
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 TRAIL
HMCS TRAIL, Flower class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR024)
HMCS SACKVILLE Nested with MCDV’s
Five MCDV’s are nested astern of HMCS SACKVILLE on NB Jetty in Halifax on 14 December 2021. Left to Right: KINGSTON, MONCTON, SHAWINIGAN and SUMMERSIDE, with GOOSE BAY astern. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL01071)
HMCS ARVIDA Refueling in Convoy
While escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic, HMCS ARVIDA (foreground) takes on fuel from a tanker in the convoy in August 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA088)
Trafalgar Square
AB Jack Harold, RCNVR from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Trafalgar Square in London in July 1944. For many of TRENTONIAN’s crew the sights of London was their first choice when on shore leave in the UK. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH074) This photo and collection have been gathered […]
HMS LARK
HMS LARK, sloop, photographed from HMCS TRENTONIAN, 7 July 1944 off the Normandy Beachhead. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK079)
Mulberry Caisson PHOENIX 194 Sinking
Mulberry Caisson PHOENIX 194 sinking after developing a hole in the concrete caisson. She rolled over and sank off the coast of Wales about 45 minutes after the picture was taken. The caisson was under tow to Normandy, escorted by HMCS TRENTONIAN, when she encountered a severe storm and began to sink. Great photo of […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Gunner’s
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Gunnery Division poses for a photo after an inspection of their ship in Milford Haven in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC066)
Battleship Fires on Normandy
Landing Craft sail past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead while in the distance, a battleship fires a broadside ashore to support the advancing Allied soldiers. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB055)