Many know the name of Dr Charles Best for his fame as co-founder of Insulin with Dr. Frederick Banting in 1922 at the University of Toronto. Very few people realize that Dr. Best served Canada in two World Wars and his work for the Royal Canadian Navy saved many sailors lives and continues to influence […]
Gunnery Practice -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s gunners testing the new 20mm oerlikons fitted to increase the ships Anti-Aircraft defenses in April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK148) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, […]
HMCS PORT ARTHUR
HMCS PORT ARTHUR, Flower class corvette. On 19 January 1943, PORT ARTHUR sank the Italian submarine TRITONE off Bougie, Algeria while deployed in the Mediterranean for Operation TORCH. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Lee Abrams (RTL-LA005)
HMCS SACKVILLE
HMCS SACKVILLE at its winter berth in HMCDockyard on 10 May 2019. The last corvette is similar in size the the two Kingston class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, HMCS SHAWINIGAN and GOOSE BAY secured astern. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00710)
Three Cheers
Three Cheers were given by the RCN sailors to outgoing Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, Commander Royal Canadian Navy. The Command Teams from several RCN ships cheer from HMCS SACKVILLE during the Change-of-Command Ceremony on 12 June 2019 at HMC Dockyard in Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02129)
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Invasion Convoy
Labelled by Bruce Keir as Milford Haven, Whales, other members of TRENTONIAN state this was a photo of the Convoy they escorted from Oban, Scotland to Normandy for the Invasion in May/June 1944. Â The convoy is made up of worn-out merchant ships and old warships stripped of their weapons and fittings, they are to be […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN anchored Milford Haven
HMCS TRENTONIAN freshly painted and anchored in Milford Haven, UK with a destroyer sailing up from astern in July 1944. The corvette’s davits have been swung out and the ships whaler has been lowered. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF033)
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Quebec City
RCN corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN alongside the sea wall, on a frozen St. Lawrence River in Quebec City in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH079)
HMCS WASAGA -Bum Boats
Usually referred to as “Bum Boats” by sailors, these peddlers in Horta in the Azores have come alongside HMCS WASAGA to sell their wares to the sailors in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM150)
HMCS MORDEN’s Gunshield Art
HMCS MORDEN’s gunshield art, painted on the forward four inch gun of the corvette. Designed by the ship’s company, it is a bald eagle swooping down on the sea with outstretched talons. The photo was taken in St. John’s NF in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM170)