Assisted by RCN tug Glenevis, HMCS HARRY DEWOLF approaches the jetty in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 16 December 2021. The AOPS will secure astern of it’s sister the future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE (431). Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RL210084)
Mulberry Harbour -Arromanches
Photo of Mulberry B at Arromanches taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. The line of block ships are visible to the left side of the photo and the Phoenix caissons can be seen on both sides of the entrance to the artificial harbour with the picturesque coast of France in the background. The Mulberry Harbours were designed […]
Troop Ship Portsmouth
Troop ship boarding soldiers for transport to Normandy at Portsmouth in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK107)
HMCShips TORONTO and HALIFAX
HMCS TORONTO (left) and HMCS HALIFAX alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax undergoing maintenance on 29 August 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98635)
HMCS SACKVILLE Sunrise
The rising sun silhouettes Canada’s Naval Memorial, HMCS SACKVILLE secured on Halifax’s waterfront at Sackville Landing on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53510)
HMCS WASAGA Sailor
Jack Glass from HMCS WASAGA sits on the forward gun of the Bangor class minesweeper. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM098)
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Air Park on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00653)
HMS LCT(R) 481
Rocket landing craft, HMS LCT(R) 481 off Normandy June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM141)
HMCS MACKENZIE departing HMC Dockyard Esquimalt in February 1965 on a Far East Cruise, accompanied by HMCS SASKATCHEWAN (foreground) and HMCS BEACON HILL. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR077)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ships Company
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ships company gather around the corvette’s gangway after the wounded from the damaged cable ship HMTS Monarch had been moved ashore in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. There will be no shore leave and this will be as close to dry land as the men will get for some time, as Invasion operations are […]