LS Gordon Harley (Hamilton), AB Arthur Slater (Winnipeg) and AB Stan Bennett (Conception Bay), HMCS TRENTONIAN’s after 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK159)
HMCS KOOTENAY (1st)
HMCS KOOTENAY (1st), River class destroyer alongside HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. As a member of Canadian Escort Group-C5, KOOTENAY wears the Barber Pole Band on her funnel with a Griffin below. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA059)
TRENTONIAN Anchored Cherbourg
HMCS TRENTONIAN anchored outside of Cherbourg, France in the “false hull” camouflage scheme, September 1944. The maple leaf on her funnel is visible and her name board has been hung on the railings above the depth charge throwers. The corvette’s pennant number has been partially removed by censors. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
A Busy Bee -HMCS COBALT’s Gunshield ART
Norman Baker admires the colourful gunshield art on HMCS COBALT, as designed and painted on the corvettes forward 4 inch gun by her ship’s company. The corvette is named after the town, Cobalt in Ontario, known for mining. The gunshield art depicts a busy bee drilling into the swastika. This photo was taken in St. […]
RCN Sailor Aloft
Unidentified RCN sailor aloft in a Bosun’s Chair in HMCS MATAPEDIA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB042)
TRENTONIAN Shore Leave Bermuda
The crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN did not spend their entire time in Bermuda working. Here a group of TRENTONIAN’s ready for a run ashore in February 1944. Pictured Left to Right: top Row: Thomas Butler, James Davidson (Gatchell, ON.), Gordon Simpson (Toronto, ON), C. McLean, Stanley Bennett (Conception Bay, NF.), Joe Taft , A. Elslingar, […]
Clearing Ice -TRENTONIAN
Ice covers HMCS TRENTONIAN and has to be cleared in February 1944, the ship will become unstable if there is too much weight on the upper decks. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC031)
HMS CAPETOWN
HMS CAPETOWN an old Carlisle class cruiser built in 1922, off Omaha beach on 7 June 1944. She has been stripped of her main guns and has been assigned as Captain Southbound, controlling all ship traffic to the American beaches. For ease of recognition her name has been painted in large white letters on the […]
Fresh Paint for HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN anchored at Milford Haven, UK, freshly painted in the Western Approaches disruptive pattern, in July 1944. The davits have been swung out and the ships whaler has been lowered. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir. (RTL-BK149)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Killicks
Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Killicks, LS Aubrey Wells is on the Left and LS John Fournier is on the right, in Millford Haven in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK196)