Mulberry Caisson PHOENIX 194 sinking after developing a hole in the concrete caisson. She rolled over and sank off the coast of Wales about 45 minutes after the picture was taken. The caisson was under tow to Normandy, escorted by HMCS TRENTONIAN, when she encountered a severe storm and began to sink. Great photo of […]
HMS DIDO
HMS DIDO alongside the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier HMS PUNCHER during operations off Haugesund Fjord in January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA047)
CH-124 Sea King
CH-124 Sea King on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00641)
Battleship Fires on Normandy
Landing Craft sail past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead while in the distance, a battleship fires a broadside ashore to support the advancing Allied soldiers. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB055)
HMCS CORNWALLIS Obstacle Course
The Burma Bridge rope obstacle on the Assault (Obstacle) Course at HMCS CORNWALLIS in October 1956. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bill Daniels. (RTL-BD012)
Bridge View -MV ASTERIX
View from MV ASTERIX’s bridge. Photo taken while Asterix was building in the Champlain Drydock at Davie Shipyard in Levis, PQ on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02829)
USS DAVIS
USS Davis was on patrol with USS PLUNKETT off the Normandy Beachhead, when PLUNKETT opened fire on HMCS TRENTONIAN and the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch on 13 June 1944. DAVIS sent her doctor to TRENTONIAN to assist with Monarch’s wounded. Photo was taken from TRENTONIAN the morning after the incident, off the Normandy beachhead. Discover the tragic […]
Landing Craft -Normandy
HMS LCT 7057 (Landing Craft Tank) heading towards the beaches passing HMCS TRENTONIAN on 7 June 1944. The balloon suspended above her decks was to protect the ship from air attack. The enemy aircraft could not fly close to the ships without being tangled in the heavy wires from the balloons. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen […]
HMCS HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
HMCS HAIDA is dressed from stem to stern for the ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON dedicating the Tribal Class Destroyer as the ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67600)
Cardiff, Wales
The port at Cardiff, Wales as seen from HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. A busy sea port with several merchants ships discharging their precious cargo’s after making the dangerous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and attacks by the German U-Boats. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK163)