With a thick puff of black smoke, RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE gets underway at Halifax on 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL61000)
Busy St. John’s Harbour
St. John’s harbour in Newfoundland is bustling with activity in the spring of 1943. Three fishing vessels work alongside merchant ships and RCN and RN escort ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM315)
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON’s skipper, LCdr Paul Roddick, keeps a close watch on his ship while maneuvering in confined space. The ship’s company is at Harbour Stations, busy securing to the jetty at Kingston, Ontario, during a port visit to their namesake city on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller, 12 July 2013. (RTL26588)
UK Harbour During WWII
Merchant ships in an unknown harbour in the UK, being unloaded with vital supplies. Roger Litwiller Collection, Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB032)
Busy St. John`s Harbour
During WWII, St, John`s Harbour is exceptional busy with merchant ships, and escorts using every space. Six merchant ships are nested together in the middle of the harbour. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM159)
Cherbourg Harbour
Cherbourg’s waterfront normally a postcard in real life, now shows the signs of battle, with windows broken and damage to the buildings in October 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN as the corvette approaches the French harbour with a convoy for the advancing armies. Roger Litwiller Collection, A. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy of Bruce Keir, […]