HMCS St. JOHN’S dressed for Canada Day in Halifax, 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14135)
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC during Canada Day celebrations in Halifax, 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14128)
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in Halifax, dressed overall for Canada Day on 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14149)
HMCS SKEENA
HMCS SKEENA has dressed ship and is very pusser with her brightly coloured camouflage and signal flags flying in July 1944. SKEENA’s “B” turret and gun have been removed and a hedgehog anti-submarine mortar has been mounted in its place. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC Dressed Ship
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC’s Ships Company man the rails of their frigate during the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 12 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02077 )
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC Dressed Ship
The RCN Sailors in HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC have dressed their ship in preparation for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 12 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02145)
Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command
NB Jetty in HMC Dockyard in Halifax is extremely pusser with ships dressed with ceremonial signal flags for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony on 12 June 2019. Ships alongside for the event are HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC and HMCS KINGSTON are joined by HMCS SACKVILLE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02147)
HMCS WASAGA Signal Flags
HMCS WASAGA dressed overall in Halifax, possibly for Dominion Day 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM031)
Change of Command -Commander of the RCN
On 12 June 2018, Canada’s Navy appointed a new Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy during a historic Change of Command Ceremony in HMC Dockyard in Halifax. Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd stepped down to retirement and Vice-Admiral Art McDonald took over the RCN and became the 36th person to command Canada`s Navy since it`s inception in […]
HMCS SKEENA
HMCS SKEENA -River class destroyer, grounded and lost during a gale in Reykjavik, Iceland on 25 October 1944. Of the destroyers ship’s company of 181, fifteen sailors were killed. SKEENA had been on patrol south of Iceland in a full gale with HMCShips QU’APPELLE and ST. LAURENT when the escort group was ordered to return […]