RCN sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER shows the corvettes “catch-of-the-day” from the North Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB023)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Goes Deep Sea Fishing
HMCS TRENTONIAN joined the East Coast fishing fleet, when her Commanding Officer, Lt. Bill Harrison orders a single depth charge dropped from the corvette, while off the Grand Banks in March 1944. TRENTONIAN’s whaler was then lowered and the boat crew picked up this incredible bounty from the sea. Once on the corvette’s deck, the […]
Newfoundland Fishing Schooner
Fishing off the Grand Banks continued during the war, in this photo HMCS TRENTONIAN passes a typical east coast fishing schooner as the corvette enters St. John’s harbour in April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH037)