As the title describes, this is my very first photo of a Royal Canadian Navy ship. It was 1976 and I was twelve years old. We were on a family vacation to Eastern Ontario and as we were travelling through Kingston along the waterfront we saw two grey, sleek destroyers secured to the Government Wharf […]
Caribbean Sunset
Caribbean sunset taken from HMCS OTTAWA during CARIBOPS in January 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115108)
HMCS IROQUOIS Depth Charge
The water astern of HMCS IROQUOIS vapourizes from the explosion of the destroyers depth charges. Unknown date/place. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB005)
RCN Tug GLENSIDE with ex-ATHABASKAN
RCN Tug GLENSIDE moves former HMCS ATHABASKAN in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 28 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83230)
HMCS OTTAWA’s Sea King
HMCS OTTAWA’s Sea King fly’s past the destroyer during CARIBOPS in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115134)
HMCS IROQUOIS
A Glen class tug assists HMCS IROQUOIS as the destroyer returns to HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Roger Litwiller (RTL64633)
HMS INDEFATIGABLE
HMS INDEFATIGABLE underway, photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB019)
HMCS MACKENZIE Jack-Stay Transfer
A Canadian sailor is transferred by Jack-Stay between HMCS MACKENZIE (261) and HMCS SASKATCHEWAN in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR018)
HMCS ATHABASKAN
HMCS ATHABASKAN alongside in the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53583)
HMCS HAIDA
HMCS HAIDA in Toronto, on on the ship’s 30th anniversary, 30 August 1973. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB044)