HMCS HAIDA is dressed overall for dedication as the Royal Canadian Navy’s Ceremonial Flagship on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67597)
RCNR Massed Guard
A massed Guard of Honour, Colour Party and Naval Band, consisting of sailors from five Naval Reserve Units, including HMCS STAR from Hamilton, HMCS YORK from Toronto, HMCS PREVOST from London, HMCS CATARAQUI from Kingston and HMCS GRIFFON from Thunder Bay. It was an impressive show for the dedication of HMCS HAIDA as the RCN’s […]
HMCS HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
HMCS HAIDA is dressed from stem to stern for the ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON dedicating the Tribal Class Destroyer as the ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67600)
HMS VICTORY -Portsmouth
HMCS TRENTONIAN delivered wounded sailors from the cable layer HMTS MONARCH, at Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. The corvette was secured close to Nelson’s flagship HMS VICTORY. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK106)
HMCS HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
Combined Naval Band from HMCS STAR and HMCS YORK during the ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON dedicating HMCS HAIDA as the Ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67566)
HMCS RCN Guard -HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
A massed Guard of Honour, Colour Party and Naval Band, consisting of sailors from five Naval Reserve Units, including HMCS STAR from Hamilton, HMCS YORK from Toronto, HMCS PREVOST from London, HMCS CATARAQUI from Kingston and HMCS GRIFFON from Thunder Bay. It was an impressive show for the dedication of HMCS HAIDA as the RCN’s […]
HMCS HAIDA Forward Guns
Forward A and B guns on HMCS HAIDA on 8 July 2016. HMCS HAIDA is now a National Historic site and preserved as a museum ship by Parks Canada in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL89877)
HMCS HAIDA
The Canadian Naval Ensign fly’s from HMCS HAIDA’s stern once again, following a ceremony dedicating the Tribal class destroyer as the Ceremonial Flagship of the RCN on 26 May 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_0431)
HMCS HAIDA’s Gunners
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)