HMCS TRENTONIAN’s football team. Warrant Engineer Hindle was an avid football player and fan. He organized a team from the ship to take on the local team in Milford Haven. The crew reports, they played as good as they looked. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC059) This photo […]
HMCS SACKVILLE Dressed
Canada’s Naval Memorial, HMCS SACKVILLE was moved alongside NB Jetty in HMC Dockyard, Halifax for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony on 12 June 2019. The historic WWII corvette’s rails were manned by the Command Teams from the RCN ships in the harbour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02079)
Fleet of Corvettes -Halifax
View of Halifax from HMCS SUDBURY’s port bridge wing (left side of photo) looking aft. A total of eight corvettes are nested together in this picture from 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM021)
AOPS Forward Bulkhead
The bulkhead on the centre section of future HMCS MARGARET BROOK and the spaces and compartments of the bow mega-block will be joined once the bow is moved into Future HMCS HARRY DEWOLF can be seen between the two sections at Irving Shipyard on 3 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSC_0189) If […]
HMCS MATAPEDIA’s Gun Shield Art
Sailors from HMCS MATAPEDIA with their ships forward 4 inch gun and its distinctive gun shield art. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB073) 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 […]
Operation NEPTUNE
View from HMCS TRENTONIAN on 7 June 1944 while the RCN corvette was in the Normandy invasion area. Stoker Bruce Keir wrote on this photo, “D-Day -Just a few of the 4,000.” Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK086) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew […]
HMCS ST. JOHN’S -Kingston, ON.
HMCS ST JOHN’S steams past the limestone building that line the waterfront in Kingston, ON on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06960) 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 […]
MV ASTERIX
MV ASTERIX at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, HMCS Montreal is in the background on 12 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26510) 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 […]
HMCS HARRY DEWOLF -Aurora Fly Past
A CP-140 Aurora from 415 Squadron RCAF conducts a flypast over HMCS HARRY DEWOLF off Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia on 15 December 2021. The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship was homeward bound after circumnavigating North America. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL01099) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the […]
North Atlantic Convoy
Convoy of merchant ships in the North Atlantic in June 1943, with a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Photo taken from Canadian corvette HMCS ARVIDA.. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA071) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]