Escorts are secured five abreast in Halifax harbour in March 1944 in this photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. HMCS AMHERST (K148) is second from the left and HMCS REGINA (K234) is in the centre. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH031)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Goes Deep Sea Fishing
HMCS TRENTONIAN joined the East Coast fishing fleet, when her Commanding Officer, Lt. Bill Harrison orders a single depth charge dropped from the corvette, while off the Grand Banks in March 1944. TRENTONIAN’s whaler was then lowered and the boat crew picked up this incredible bounty from the sea. Once on the corvette’s deck, the […]
HMCS PRESCOTT
HMCS PRESCOTT, corvette is launched from Kingston Shipbuilding Yards in Kingston, Ontario on 7 January 1941 into a frozen Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW013)
Icebound -HMCS TRENTONIAN
With her forward gun rendered inoperable, HMCS TRENTONIAN enters Halifax harbour encased in ice, in February 1944. The corvette’s constant battle with the ice, winds and waves of the North Atlantic is told in Roger Litwiller’s newest book, White Ensign Flying available in the New Year from Dundurn Publishing at Amazon and Indigo online or […]
HMCS KITCHENER
HMCS KITCHENER in Halifax, ready to travel to Bermuda with TRENTONIAN in February 1944. The corvette was also known as Hollywood due to the movie, Corvette K225, filmed aboard her in 1943, staring Randolph Scott. Although if you ask any member of KITCHENER’s ships’ company, Randolph Scott played a supporting role, their ship was the […]
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN a modern Canadian frigate, passes the stern of HMCS SACKVILLE, a WWII corvette on 7 July 2007. SACKVILLE is the last remaining Flower class corvette in the world and is now a proud memorial to Canada’s sailors in Halifax. I highly recommend a visit to this amazing ship to learn more about our […]
Sentry Duty
RCN sailor stands sentry in HMCS MAYFLOWER. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB041)
Gunnery Practice
To keep a Ship’s Company at peak fighting efficiency, every opportunity to train was used to hone the sailors skills and ability. Â In this picture, the forward gun crew practices loading HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 4 inch gun while in Londonderry harbour in May 1944, just prior to the corvette’s participation in the invasion of Normandy. Roger […]
HMCS AGASSIZ
HMCS AGASSIZ, Flower class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo Courtesy Lee Abrams (RTL-LA002)
HMCS LINDSAY Collision with HMS BRILLIANT
HMCS LINDSAY, Flower class corvette in drydock at Devonshire following a collision with HMS BRILLIANT on 22 January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Lee Abrams (RTL-LA004)