Escorts are secured five abreast in Halifax harbour in March 1944 in this photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. HMCS AMHERST (K148) is second from the left and HMCS REGINA (K234) is in the centre. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH031)
HMCS WINDSOR Ready for Sea
HMCS WINDSOR alongside at Halifax, on 5 September 2015. The RCN submarine has just completed a long refit and is getting ready for a shake down cruise. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53658)
HMCS ATHABASKAN
HMCS ATHABASKAN (3rd) secured near the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and open for tours, in Halifax on 27 June 2010, during the Royal Canadian Navy’s 100th Anniversary celebrations. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSCF5736)
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC is dressed and ready for Canada Day celebrations in Halifax, 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14124)
Icebound -HMCS TRENTONIAN
With her forward gun rendered inoperable, HMCS TRENTONIAN enters Halifax harbour encased in ice, in February 1944. The corvette’s constant battle with the ice, winds and waves of the North Atlantic is told in Roger Litwiller’s newest book, White Ensign Flying available in the New Year from Dundurn Publishing at Amazon and Indigo online or […]
HMCS KITCHENER
HMCS KITCHENER in Halifax, ready to travel to Bermuda with TRENTONIAN in February 1944. The corvette was also known as Hollywood due to the movie, Corvette K225, filmed aboard her in 1943, staring Randolph Scott. Although if you ask any member of KITCHENER’s ships’ company, Randolph Scott played a supporting role, their ship was the […]
HMCS ORIOLE
HMCS ORIOLE’s ships company stands at attention as the tall ship salutes HMCS SACKVILLE and the reviewing stand for the Parade of Sail at Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14427)
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN a modern Canadian frigate, passes the stern of HMCS SACKVILLE, a WWII corvette on 7 July 2007. SACKVILLE is the last remaining Flower class corvette in the world and is now a proud memorial to Canada’s sailors in Halifax. I highly recommend a visit to this amazing ship to learn more about our […]
HMCS GATINEAU and TERRA NOVA
Decommissioned Canadian Restigouche class destroyer escorts (DDE), GATINEAU and TERRA NOVA waiting disposal in Halifax, 17 July 2003. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-GATINEAU)
HMCS FREDERICTON and PRESERVER
HMCS FREDERICTON and PRESERVER in the HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53650)