Royal Navy Landing Craft Tank T7054 sails past MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB058)
HMCS NAPANEE Gunshield
The 4 inch gun of HMCS NAPANEE depicting the gun shield art created by her crew. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH003) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller in his book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.
HMCS MAYFLOWER Off Normandy
View from HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB050)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
View from bow of HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Flower Class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR026)
Juno Beach Lightship
With such a large amount of vessels operating, Juno Beach was marked with a lightship to aid in the safe navigation of the shipping traffic. This is the only photo of this lightship that I have found. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo for the scene on the left side […]
North Atlantic Convoy
One of the merchant ships from HMCS TRENTONIAN’s first convoy, HX 283. The convoy had departed from New York City bound for the Untied Kingdom in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH032) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and […]
HMCS LINDSAY
HMCS LINDSAY, Flower class corvette, crossing the Atlantic in April 1944. LINDSAY, together with sister corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS LOUISBURG (II) departed Halifax on 23 April and arrived in Londonderry on 1 May 1944.  Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo in his painting of TRENTONIAN, for the cover of […]
HMCS CATARAQUI -Kingston
Members of HMCS CATARAQUI line the path to TRENTONIAN for the guests on launch day 1 September 1943, at Kingston Shipyards. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW003)
HMCS MORDEN
HMCS MORDEN K 170 undergoing refit at Lunenburg, NS in June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR003)
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Lookout
With glasses in hand, HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft lookout keeps a sharp eye from the corvette’s searchlight platform above the after Pom-Pom in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB051)