HMCS TRENTONIAN entering Halifax harbour on 3 March 1944. This picture is looking aft from the break of the fo’c’sle, the ship is completely covered in ice, railings normally only a few inches wide are as thick as a man’s leg. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC029) This […]
HMCS HAIDA Forward Guns
Forward A and B guns on HMCS HAIDA on 8 July 2016. HMCS HAIDA is now a National Historic site and preserved as a museum ship by Parks Canada in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL89877)
HMCS GOOSE BAY
HMCS GOOSE BAY alongside in HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 6 March 2018. Photo taken from MV ASTERIX. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL66244)
Hospital Ship -Normandy
A Hospital Ship anchored off the beaches of Normandy, July 1944. The sunken block ships can be seen outside the Mulberry Harbour in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK125)
HMCS NIPIGON -My First RCN Photo
As the title describes, this is my very first photo of a Royal Canadian Navy ship. It was 1976 and I was twelve years old. We were on a family vacation to Eastern Ontario and as we were travelling through Kingston along the waterfront we saw two grey, sleek destroyers secured to the Government Wharf […]
HMS RODNEY
The crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN were awestruck by the famous battleship HMS RODNEY, when they passed her off Juno Beach in her unique camouflage on 7 June 1944. RODNEY had fired her guns in support of the 3rd Canadian Division attacking a fortified farm held by the 12th SS Panzer Division in Normandy. Roger Litwiller […]
RCN Centenary CF-18
Commemorative Paint Scheme on the CF-18 demonstrator aircraft during 2010 in honour of the Royal Canadian Navy’s 100th Anniversary. The aircraft itself was destroyed during a crash while rehearsing for an airshow. The decorative paint scheme was reproduced on a stabilizer from a decommissioned CF-18 and donated to the Shearwater Aviation Museum. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMS GLASGOW
HMS GLASGOW, Southampton class cruiser off Portsmouth in July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC045a)
Landing Ship Normandy
HMCS TRENTONIAN passes the stern of USS LST-377, landing ship discharging men and material to the beach. The ship would drive the bow up onto the beach and just before grounding a large anchor was dropped from the stern. Once unloaded the ship would use a winch to pull itself from the beach towards the […]
HMCS WASAGA Quarterdeck Party
HMCS WASAGA’s quarter deck party in 1942. Left to right; Ross Milligan, E. Bradley, Jack Glass, Jack Dewhirst, J McEntie, S. Morris and F. Deane. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM034)