Able Seaman Thomas Riley from Hamilton, Ontario in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA102)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE still retains her mine sweeping gear, after having her foc’s’cle extended in 1943, she has been painted in the Western Isles camouflage scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH002) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s shipmates, LS Gordon Harley (left), AB Robert Gray (centre) and AB Frank Barron (right), ready for shore leave in Milford Haven, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF083)
HMCS TRILLIUM
HMCS TRILLIUM, Flower class corvette off Pictou, NS. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCN. (RTL-REM013)
MAYFLOWER Sentry
A Royal Canadian Navy sailor stands sentry in the corvette, HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB037)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Work Ups -Bermuda
Excellent photo of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s stern, looking from the port side of the bridge. A smoke float has been dropped during training evolution’s off Bermuda in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH018) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of […]
North Atlantic Convoy
North Atlantic Convoy, date/location unknown, photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER or TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB074)
“Needles Parade” HMCS TRENTONIAN
The entire ship’s company of HMCS TRENTONIAN is lined up in September 1944, for “needles parade” prior to steaming to Cherbourg, and their first shore leave in France. LS Aubrey Wells (right) is in charge of the group. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK168) This photo and collection […]
HMS CRANE
HMS CRANE, a modified Black Swan class sloop at anchor in Portsmouth, July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK111)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE now completed, leaving Kingston on 12 May 1941. Her completion and commissioning was delayed until spring, after grounding in the St. Lawrence River on 30 November 1940, requiring the corvette to return to Kingston Shipyards for repairs. NAPANEE was to be the first corvette commissioned into the RCN, because of the delay in […]