Yesterday I was fortunate to spend the day with Bill Cullen and his wife Sandra at their home outside Gananoque, Ontario. Bill is truly a Master Model Shipwright.Bill has built a scale model of the Royal Canadian Navy corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN. The model is incredible, at 1/20 scale it measures an impressive 10 feet and […]
White Ensign Flying -My Inspiration
I often wondered what inspired an author to write a book. What gave the author the drive to dedicate so many hours of research, investigation and ultimately telling the story. For me, White Ensign Flying became a story that I had to tell and quickly became a labour of passion. It has taken me over […]
Roger’s Research Contributes to Canadian Naval Memorial in London, ON.
Roger’s research on the Royal Canadian Navy ship, HMCS TRENTONIAN for his soon to be released book “White Ensign Flying” has been able to contribute to the Memorial Project of the Naval Reserve Unit in London, Ontario, HMCS PREVOST. The Memorial was launched during the 100th Anniversary of the RCN in 2010. A series of […]
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY being launched on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. During WWII Canada was able to construct a corvette in just over nine months from laying her keel to commissioning a finished ship into the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW011)
Roger Speaks at the Hastings County Historical Society
On 20 November 2012, Roger was invited to be the guest speaker at the Hastings County Historical Society. Over 100 members and guests attended Roger’s talk on his book Warships of the Bay of Quinte and a presentation on his next book White Ensign Flying. Roger also discussed the importance of passing our history on […]
WHITE ENSIGN FLYING -Roger’s Second Book is on its Way!!!
Roger is very pleased to announce that Dundurn Publishing will be publishing his second book. Titled WHITE ENSIGN FLYING, it is the story of the RCN corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN. The book follows the life of the ship from construction in Kingston, Ontario, commissioning into the RCN, training a new crew in Bermuda and Canada’s East […]
HMCS SUDBURY Halifax
Aft view from HMCS SUDBURY alongside in Halifax, 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM020)
Roger Returns to RCSCC WARSPITE
On 7 February 2012, Roger was invited to visited his old Sea Cadet corps in Kitchener. For Roger this is where his love of the Canadian Navy and its history began. As a Sea Cadet with RCSCC WARSPITE and later as a Reserve Officer, he would listen to the veterans and the experiences they had […]
Roger Visits the Historic Crowsnest Officers Club in St. John’s, NF. and Meets Vice-Adm McFadden
On 20 June, Roger and his wife visited the historic Crowsnest Naval Officers Club in St. John’s, NF. Roger was invited to speak to the members of the Naval Officer’s Club and present his book Warships of the Bay of Quinte. During the visit he signed several copies of the book and donated a copy […]
HMCS GOOSE BAY is the first Royal Canadian Navy ship to have a copy of Roger’s book
While in St. John’s NF, Roger was able to visit two of Canada’s Ship’s, One a “stone frigate,” the Naval Reserve Unit HMCS CABOT and later the Canadian Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, HMCS GOOSE BAY. The visit to CABOT was planned, Roger was able to meet with Lt. (N) Miller, Executive Officer and discuss some […]