HMS ROBERTS, classed as a Monitor, passing HMCS TRENTONIAN on 7 June 1944 off the Normandy Beachhead. She has the size of a cruiser but mounted with a battleship turret. She is designed to anchor off shore and bombard enemy positions in shore with her two heavy 15 inch guns. Anchored close, the concussion from […]
Admirals Inspection
Rear Admiral Fairbairn, RN Flag Officer In Charge (FOIC) Milford Haven, moves through HMCS TRENTONIAN inspecting the ship and crew in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK192) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger […]
Mulberry Tow -Normandy
The Mulberry Harbours were reinforced with large floating cement caissons code-named Phoenix’s. Prefabricated in the UK, each had to be towed to Normandy and then sunk in place. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK171) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Refueling
HMCS TRENTONIAN covered in ice, takes on fuel before leaving the bone chilling cold of Halifax for warmer weather in Bermuda in February 1944. The corvette and her crew will spend almost two weeks in Bermuda for work up and training evolution’s, getting their newly commissioned ship ready for Convoy Operations on the North Atlantic. […]
Painting Ship
Demonstrating what seems to be a sailors primary duty, chipping and scraping for painting ship a group of sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN take a moment and cross brushes for the camera while in Milford Haven, UK, February 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC055) This photo and collection […]
HMS COTSWOLD
HMS COTSWOLD, Type I -Hunt class destroyer escort, departs Portsmouth for a patrol in the English Channel in July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK113)
HMCS MORDEN K 170
Stern photo of HMCS MORDEN, K 170 at Lunenburg, NS. in June 1943, showing her stern depth charge and mine-sweeping arrangement. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR005)
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Skipper and NavO
Lieutenant Harrison (left), Commanding Officer of HMCS TRENTONIAN on the corvette’s bridge with the new Navigation Officer, Lieutenant John Macbeth, RCNVR. from British Columbia, in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF014) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have […]
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN underway in Halifax Harbour on 7 July 2003. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (100_1591)
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD on the North Atlantic in route to Halifax from Quebec City, December 1944. Photo Taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH026)