This past year has been very interesting. I have had several opportunities to visit and record our Canadian Sailors at work, on current taskings, preparing for deployment and building our future Navy. Below are some of my favourite photos from 2017, Canada’s 150th Anniversary! All the photos are available to view in my Flickr Album, 2017 […]
Safety Briefing -HMCS MONTREAL
Pre-sailing safety briefing to the families and invited guests, by CPO1 Lazotte, Coxswain of HMCS MONTREAL. Prior to the frigate slipping her lines for the at sea, Battle of Atlantic Service on 1 May 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_1868)
Ships For Victory -Can Canada Build Ships Today
This past week marked an incredible milestone in Canadian shipbuilding history. On 20 September 1943, twelve Canadian built ships were launched simultaneously from shipyards across the nation! During WWII, Canadian industry, mobilized to building for Victory. One of the largest and most important projects was a National Shipbuilding Program. Early in the war the enemy […]
MV Asterix -Why Not HMCS ASTERIX?
I have received several questions on social media, why is Asterix, MV and not HMCS or CNAV? First, lets look at what these abbreviations mean. MV stands for Motor Vessel and is a designation for any merchant ship owned by a civilian company with a motor/engine. Pretty simple. SS stands for Steam Ship and SV stands […]
HMCSships CHARLOTTETOWN and SACKVILLE
In a fitting tribute, HMCS MONTREAL sails past HMCS SACKVILLE, Canada’s last corvette from WWII and the Battle Of The Atlantic as the modern frigate proceeds through Halifax harbour for the at sea Battle of Atlantic Service on 1 May 2016. HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN is secured to the near jetty. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. […]
Mariner’s Park Museum, PEC -Talk
Join Roger at the Mariners Park Museum in Prince Edward County for a talk on the Royal Canadian Navy ships named for the Bay of Quinte Region on 16 July 2017 at 11 am. Roger will focus on HMCS HALLOWELL, a frigate named for Prince Edward County, served extensively during WWII and later in the […]
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC 2017 Great Lakes Tour
Now is your opportunity to see the Canadian Patrol Frigate, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC. She is on her way to tour the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes. Commonly referred to as “VDQ,” she is one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s most modern warships, having finished her modernization refit. VDQ will be visiting several ports […]
2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS
Personal Blog by Roger Litwiller This has been a very productive and fortunate year for me. I have had the good fortune to be able to attend Battle of Atlantic services in Halifax and Ottawa. I was honoured to attend the service and committal ceremony in HMCS MONTREAL off Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park on the […]
The Canadian Navy Has Arrived!
For the next two weeks the Royal Canadian Navy ships, HMCS KINGSTON and HMCS GOOSE BAY will be sailing in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The tour is part of a Great Lakes deployment that brings together the Canada’s Navy and our sailors with Canadians, that normally would not have a chance to […]
HMCS VALLEYFIELD
HMCS VALLEYFIELD -River class frigate was torpedoed by U548, off Cape Race Newfoundland on 6 May 1944. Of her ship’s company of 163, one hundred and twenty-five were killed, including two passengers. Â VALLEYFIELD was only in commission five months and was the only RCN frigate lost during World War II. Photo courtesy of the Naval […]