HMCS SHAWINIGAN departing Halifax Harbour for the North Atlantic on 30 April 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06308)
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 […]
HMCS ESQUIMALT
HMCS ESQUIMALT, Bangor class minesweeper, was torpedoed by U190 off Halifax on 16 April 1945. Forty-four sailors of her ship’s company of seventy-one were killed when she was lost. Late in the day of 15 April, ESQUIMALT left Halifax to perform and anti-submarine sweep of the approaches to the harbour in advance of a convoy […]
HMCS OTTER
HMCS OTTER -Animal class armed yacht, was lost on 26 March 1941 from an on board fire and sank, off Halifax. Â At the time of the tragedy, she had a ship’s company of forty-one, nineteen sailors were killed. OTTER was one of fourteen large private yachts acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy to act as […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Halifax in April 1944, sporting a fresh coat of dark and light grey paint. Her pennant number was not fully painted at the time of the photo so Bruce Keir added the “K†in ink.  See my webpage for the different camouflage schemes that TRENTONIAN received during her service. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMCS IROQUOIS -Halifax
HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. HMCS TORONTO is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74904)
An Open Letter to Steven Harper, Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair and Members of Parliament on Canada’s Maritime Affairs.
As fall comes to Canada, we find ourselves in another federal election and each of you is on the campaign trail, diligently working towards re-election or election to a seat in our House of Commons. The election will fall on 19 October; three days shy of the first anniversary of a horrific day in our […]
A Personal Milestone at The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Last night was an incredible milestone for me, as I spoke at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. This world class museum located on the waterfront of Halifax is considered one of the foremost maritime museums in the world and has earned this reputation from the quality of the work that the wonderful […]
Halifax Harbour
HMCS PRESERVER at Halifax, 27 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL71117)
HMCS CLAYOQUOT -A Christmas Eve Tragedy
HMCS CLAYOQUOT -Bangor class minesweeper, was torpedoed and sunk by U806 two miles from the Sambro Light vessel off Halifax on 24 December 1944, killing eight of her crew of eighty-four sailors. At the time of CLAYOQUOT’s sinking she had been assigned to Halifax as an escort. However, on 23 December she was ordered to […]