HMCS WASAGA hull has been given a fresh coat of anti-fouling paint while on the marine slip in Dartmouth in 1943. A great photo of the Bangor class minesweepers twin screws. WASAGA’s starboard propeller seems to have been marked for HMCS GRANDMERE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM093)
HMCS WASAGA in Refit
Ross Milligan (sitting) with ship mate, Wm. Weaver at Dartmouth, NS while their ship HMCS WASAGA is in refit behind them in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM086)
HMCS HURON (1st) in Drydock
HMCS HURON in the Toulon Drydock in France on 1 December 1958. The destroyer was involved in a collision with the French destroyer Maille-Breze on 15 November 1958 during the NATO exercise MEDASWEX 27 in the Mediterranean. Ten feet of HURON’s bow was crumpled as far as frame 10 and displaced 50 degrees to starboard. […]
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC045)
HMCS MORDEN in Drydock
HMCS MORDEN K 170 in refit, Lunenburg, NS -June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR004)
HMCS MORDEN K 170
Stern photo of HMCS MORDEN, K 170 at Lunenburg, NS. in June 1943, showing her stern depth charge and mine-sweeping arrangement. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR005)
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock “Wolfe” in Belfast Ireland under construction in 1945. (Caption written on photo) Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC047A)
HMCS MORDEN K 170
Rudder and screw of HMCS MORDEN while in drydock at Lunenburg, NS. in June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR007)
Corvette and Laundry Out to Dry -HMCS MORDEN
HMCS MORDEN, on the marine railway at Lunenburg, NS, June 1943. The crew have hung their laundry over the ships rails to dry. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR006)
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock, during construction in Belfast. (Caption on back of photo) Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC046)