RCN corvette during gunnery exercise off Pictou, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM053)
HMCS PORTAGE Aft Gun
RCN Sailor Allan “Bud” Bruder in HMCS PORTAGE, early 1944. He is standing in the 20mm aft gun position. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB014)
TRENTONIAN’s Gun Crew
LS Gordon Harley (Hamilton), AB Arthur Slater (Winnipeg) and AB Stan Bennett (Conception Bay), HMCS TRENTONIAN’s after 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK159)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun
RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Gunner’s
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Gunnery Division poses for a photo after an inspection of their ship in Milford Haven in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC066)
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN Gunnery Practice
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN firing it’s aft 3 inch 50 calibre aft gun during a gunnery exercise in the Pacific in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR020)
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN Gunnery Practice
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN firing it’s after 3 inch 50 calibre guns during a gunnery exercise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR003)
TRENTONIAN Pom-Pom Crew
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew, LS Gordon Harley, AB Arthur Slater and AB Stan Bennett. The men painted the names of their girlfriends on the inside of the gun shield. The gun is in an elevated platform on the after end of the corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy […]
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN Gunnery Practice
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN firing it’s after 3 inch 50 calibre guns during a gunnery exercise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR003)
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)