HMCS KINGSTON transit Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway the MCDV enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78834)
HMCS GOOSE BAY’s Escort
HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored off Cobourg, Ontario as the sun rises over Lake Ontario. The MCDV has a impromptu escort of Swans on 6 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL69698)
Three Great Lake Sailors
Three Lake sailors in HMCS WASAGA, Lt to Rt, Wm. Black, Ross Milligan and Wm. Weaver in 1942 off Newfoundland. All three served in Great Lake ships prior to the war. The merchant ship in the background is the Laker SS Drumahoe. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM057)
HMCS KINGSTON
Heaving lines are thrown from HMCS KINGSTON to HMCS CATARAQUI sailors ashore as the RCN Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel prepares to secure to the wall at her namesake, Kingston, Ontario on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26554)
HMCS ST. JOHN’S
HMCS ST JOHN’S anchored off the historic shipyards and drydock in Kingston, Ontario on 20 October 2019. The Kingston Shipyards built many ships for operations on the Great Lakes and warships for the RCN during the First and Second World Wars, including corvettes and now is the site of the Marine Museum of the Great […]
Best of 2017 -An RCN Photo Collection
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]