HMCS LEVIS torpedoed by U 74 on 19 September 1941, 120 miles east of Cape Farewell, Greenland while escorting Convoy SC-44. The torpedo struck the corvette just ahead the 4 inch forward gun, blowing a large hole in her bow. Damage control was initially effective and she was taken in tow. LEVIS remained afloat for […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Gunners
Before departing Londonderry on 23 May 1944, HMCS TRENTONIAN took on a full load of ammunition for all her weapons. Temporarily piled like cord wood, the gunners are storing the rounds in the ready use lockers on the forward gun deck and the remainder will go below to the 4 inch magazine. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
Wounded Wingers
Two of HMCS MAYFLOWER’s crew show their dressings. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB040)
RCN Sailor -Bermuda
Unidentified Canadian Sailor in Bermuda, possibly around 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. RTL-ROB072)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew were able to take an extended leave during boiler cleaning in Halifax in March 1944. Pictured: AB George Hayward, AB Robert Powell, OS Maurice Cochran, AB Darcy Graham, AB Gordon Harley, OS Lawrence Brako, AB Moyle Beck, AB Frank Barron, AB Eric Muff, AB N. Tarasick and LS Raymond Lounsbury. […]
Normandy Beachhead
HMCS MAYFLOWER sails past a DUKW and several invasion ships off the coast of Normandy in June 1944. Credit: Roger Litwiller Collection -Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB046)
Anti-Submarine Air Patrols -Bermuda
Aircraft conduct Anti-Submarine patrols around Bermuda as this aircraft flies over HMCS TRENTONIAN during her Working Up evolution’s in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH064)
Cleaning Stations -HMCS MAYFLOWER
Sailors from HMCS MAYFLOWER take a break from Cleaning Stations. Names on back of photo -Red Torfarsen, Stephenson, Nicol, Bob Hille, Ralph Miller. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB066)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ice
HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax, February 1943. Looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge, you can see the corvettes gun deck and foc’s’le are more of ice rink than deck and the amount of ice that has accumulated on the stanchions and wires. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE almost complete, is undergoing sea trials at Kingston Shipbuilding yards in Kingston, Ontario in March 1941. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW005) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller in his book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.