Friend’s Of HAIDA’s Gunners fired a salvo from the destroyers “A†turret in celebration of the destroyer being designated Ceremonial Flagship of the RCN and close the ceremony on 26 May 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67591)
HMCS IROQUOIS -Ile d’Yeu
On August 26 1944, HMCS IROQUOIS met a small boat from Ile d’Yeu, a small channel Island. On board was the local school teacher who stated the Germans had left the Channel Island the day before. In their retreat the post office, radar installations and lighthouse had been destroyed, nineteen citizens and the mayor were […]
HMCS HURON
HMCS HURON (1st) dropping depth charges during WWII. Unknown date/place. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB006)
HMCS OTTAWA Underway
Aft view of HMCS OTTAWA (3rd) while underway during CARIBOPS in January 1981. The hatch covers for the mortar well are open on deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller.
HMCS PROTECTEUR
With ships and facilities of HMC Dockyard blanketed in snow, HMCS PROTECTEUR sits astern of HMCS OTTAWA in Halifax in early January 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115088)
HMCS OTTAWA (3rd) St. Thomas, VI.
HMCS OTTAWA departing St. Thomas, VI following a few days of shore leave in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115105)
HMCS PROTECTEUR Launching Sea King
HMCS PROTECTEUR launches a Sea King helicopter from her flight deck while sailing to the Caribbean in January 1981. Photo taken from HMCS OTTAWA with HMCS ATHABASKAN between. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416010)
Crowded St. John`s Harbour
Exceptional photo of St. John`s Harbour in Newfoundland in 1943. With the war, activity in the port reflects the huge importance of this harbour to the war effort. Crowded with merchant ships and escorts, two minesweepers are in the foreground and several corvettes are secured astern. On the opposite side of the narrow harbour are […]
Operation Neptune -The Naval Operations for DDay
When we speak of the Normandy Invasion or D-Day as it is more commonly called, photos of soldiers hitting the beaches are usually the first images we think of. The hard fought assault on five beaches to gain a foot hold on Fortress Europe on the morning of 6 June 1944. Very little is discussed […]
Friendly Fire Incident -Normandy
A wounded sailor from the cableship HMTS Monarch is transferred to HMCS TRENTONIAN after the two allied ships came under friendly fire from USS PLUNKETT off the Normandy coast on the night of 12-13 June 1944. See HMCS TRENTONIAN: A Victim Of Friendly Fire Photo credit SBA A. Singleton courtesy of Bruce Keir, RCNVR, Stoker, HMCS […]