The completed hull of HMCS TRENTONIAN is ready for launching on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Several members of the shipyard can be seen below the corvette ready to knock out the timbers, releasing the ship to the fresh water of Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW002)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at anchor in Milford Haven preparing to get underway in August 1944. The corvette has been freshly painted in the Western Approaches Disruptive Camouflage scheme with her pendent numbers outlined in white. Artist Marc Magee used this photo of the ship for his painting on the cover of White Ensign Flying. Roger Litwiller […]
St. Lawrence Ice
With HMCS NORSYD directly ahead, HMCS TRENTONIAN sails through the ice of the St. Lawrence River in route to Halifax in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH044)
Three Generations of RCN ships
Three generations of RCN ships alongside HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 1 May 2016. The modern frigate, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN is on the left, Cold War era destroyer, ex-HMCS IROQUOIS lays on the right and the last WWII corvette, HMCS SACKVILLE is on the far wall. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL16383)
HMCS LA MALBAIE
HMCS LA MALBAIE in the Irish Sea in July 1943, photo taken from HMCS ARVIDA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA065)
After Lookout
One of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew dressed for the cold as he stands watch on the stern of the corvette in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH077)
RCN Corvette Landing Wounded Sailors
HMCS TRENTONIAN arrives at Portsmouth on 13 June 1944, with the wounded from the cable layer HMTS Monarch following a friendly fire incident with USS PLUNKETT the previous night. Ambulances, medical staff and photographers are waiting, even though no news of this tragic event will be released by the RCN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Quebec City
Quebec City is hit by a early winter storm, blanketing HMCS TRENTONIAN in snow, in December 1943. Due to a construction problem in the corvettes ventilating system, it is as cold in the ship as it is outside. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH052)
South Atlantic Convoy
Column of merchant ships in convoy taken from convoy escort, HMCS ARVIDA in the South Atlantic in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA063)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Departs for the UK
Four of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ship’s company pose for a photo, with the Nova Scotia coast disappears behind them. TRENTONIAN departed Halifax for operations in the UK on 23 April 1944. Pictured: OS Walter Barber, AB Jim Rickard, AB Thomas Williams and an unidentified ship mate. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom […]