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Dover Harbour UK

January 19, 2024 by Roger Litwiller

Dover Harbour UK

HMCS TRENTONIAN approaches the harbour entrance at Dover in the English Channel in 1944. From the Straits of Dover the crew of TRENTONIAN could see the British coast with the radar antenna and AA guns from one side of the ship and from the other side, the German occupied French coast with the large artillery […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Dover, English Channel, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Straits of Dover, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

Radar Towers over Dover

May 3, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Radar Towers over Dover

The white cliffs of Dover as seen from HMCS TRENTONIAN. The haziness of the photo is due to the lingering smoke screen. Above the cliffs to the left of the photo, radar towers can be seen in the distance and flying above the breakwater are barrage balloons. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Barrage Ballons, Battle of Atlantic, Dover, English Channel, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, Radar Tower, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

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