RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Air Park at the gates to CFB Shearwater. Used by the Royal Canadian Navy for anti-submarine warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98849)
Merchant Ship on Fire -Irish sea
HMCS TRENTONIAN (foreground) and HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE stand by the burning freighter in the Irish Sea in January 1945. Photo taken from TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK156)
HMS NABOB and HMS PUNCHER
HMS NABOB taken from HMS PUNCHER at Vancouver while both escort carriers were completing in February 1943. PUNCHER (foreground) is in the builders hands, just starting conversion to RN standards, while NABOB is undergoing acceptance trials. Both escort aircraft carriers are manned by Royal Canadian Navy ship’s company’s and are considered to be the RCN’s […]
Friendly Fire Incident
The cableship HMTS Monarch’s radio compartment is riddled with splinter damage following a friendly fire incident off Normandy on 13 June 1944. The cable layer and her escort, HMCS TRENTONIAN came under fire from USS PLUNKETT. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen Singleton Photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK096)
HMCS WASAGA Under Ice
In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, heavily covered in ice. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM072)
HMSub SEAWOLF (N47) and HMSub P553
HMSub SEAWOLF (N47) and HMSub P553 in 1943 alongside HMCS ELK at Digby, NS. Both RN submarines were used to train RCN escort ships in Anti-Submarine Warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC017)
Future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE
All three sections of future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE have been joined at Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. Construction of the second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel will continue on land until she is ready to be launched later in the year. She is scheduled to be turned over to Canada’s Navy in […]
Bluenose meets Freddy
HMCS FREDERICTON and Canadian icon Bluenose meet in Halifax Harbour on 13 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02188)
HMCS BLAIRMORE
HMCS BLAIRMORE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM012)
Fleet Maneuvers -Line Astern
View from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN as HMCS BEACON HILL and HMCS MACKENZIE take up position astern, during a Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR069)