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.
Sea King over HMCS SACKVILLE
Sea King 414 flys past HMCS SACKVILLE in Halifax, NS during the Tall Ships Rendezvous for the Canada 150 Celebrations on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, Courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13717)
HMCS EYEBRIGHT
HMCS EYEBRIGHT, Flower class corvette. Photo taken after the foc’s’le extension in January 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of the Port Hope Branch of the Navy League of Canada. (RTL-PHNL001)
A Sailor Is A Sailor
AB Robert Powell and LS John Founier from HMCS TRENTONIAN, assist a “sick” friend from HMCS Moose Jaw back to his ship in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK049) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER
Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER painting the anchor chain. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB008)