RCN sailors Gus Flinn and Stoker Parkins, both from Montreal in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA085)
HMCS TRENTONIAN at the Fish Dock
Resembling a scene from a Hitchcock movie, seagulls line every surface at the fish dock in Milford Haven. The trawlers would unload their catch and the fish was gutted, cleaned and the meat went into the plant for processing. The heads, tails and everything else was simply shoveled into the water for “disposal.” This photo […]
MAC Ship in Convoy
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) ship in convoy. MAC ships were converted merchant tankers, given a flight deck and up to four fighter aircraft to ward off U-Boats. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM146)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN crew members pose for a photo in Bermuda in February 1944. Top Row: Wilfred Thompson (Vancouver, BC), Robert Powell (Portreeve, SK) and Arthur “Slats” Slater (Winnipeg, MB). Bottom Row: Roy Evans (Saskatoon, SK) and Joe Gosskie (Birnie, MB). Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF099)
Disembarking Wounded Sailors
Wounded and dead sailors from the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch are disembarked from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. TRENTONIAN and Monarch had been involved in a deadly friendly fire incident when an American destroyer, USS PLUNKETT opened fire on the two allied ships, mistaking them for enemy e-boats off the Normandy coast. TRENTONIAN […]
HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE BAY
HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE Bay alongside in HMC Dockyard in Halifax from HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59650)
HMCS MAYFOWER Passing French Cruiser MONTCALM
HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past the French cruiser MONTCALM in the American sector of the Normandy Beachhead during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB019)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Officers
Sub-Lieutenant C. LaRose (left), Lieutenant Burley Kinsmen (Centre) and Lieutenant William Harrison on HMCS TRENTONIAN’s bridge during convoy duty on the North Atlantic in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK038)
Securing from Harbour Stations
Members of HMCS SUDBURY’s ships company stowing lines in the corvette in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM018)
Communication Branch -HMCS TRENTONIAN
Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Branch pose for a picture after an inspection of their ship in October 1944. Pictured: A/RA4 Joe Gosskie, Telegraphist Vince Hadley, Coder Peter Meyer, Steward George Guthrie, Cook Joseph Bergeron, LS John Founier, Leading Signalman Jack Straw, LS John Shanahan, Telegraphist Tom Farrell and Telegraphist Edmond Poulin. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]