CH-148 Cyclone flying over Halifax Harbour on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13801)
Hospital Ship
Unidentified Hospital Ship, possibly in the English Channel 1944. Photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB020)
Canadian Sailors in HMS Puncher
Several of HMS Puncher’s sailors take advantage of the hot weather to tan on the carriers crowded flight deck, while ferrying aircraft to Casablanca in July 1944. Too hot to touch they cover the deck with blankets and towels. Howard Abbott is front left. The Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA050)
MV ASTERIX Bridge View
View of Halifax Harbour from MV ASTERIX’s Bridge. HMCS HALIFAX is alongside NB Jetty. Photo taken during the Acceptance Ceremony MV ASTERIX 6 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL66186)
Three Great Lake Sailors
Three Lake sailors in HMCS WASAGA, Lt to Rt, Wm. Black, Ross Milligan and Wm. Weaver in 1942 off Newfoundland. All three served in Great Lake ships prior to the war. The merchant ship in the background is the Laker SS Drumahoe. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM057)
HMCS GOOSE BAY -Cobourg, ON.
HMCS GOOSE BAY on Lake Ontario, approaching the entrance to Cobourg Harbour on 5 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL58994)
Dressed Ships
HMCShips VILLE DE QUEBEC and KINGSTON were joined by HMCS SACKVILLE and finely dressed overall in preparation for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 12 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02139)
Torpedoed Tanker
Worth its weight in gold, a torpedoed tanker waits for repairs in St. John’s, Newfoundland during WWII, 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM085)
HMCS IROQUOIS -Polyarnoe, Russia
View of Polyarnoe, Russia from HMCS IROQUOIS during one of her stops while escorting Arctic convoys in late 1943 or early 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB023)
Replacing Canadian Tribal Class Destroyer’s Guns
Canadian Tribal class destroyer receiving a new gun and turret alongside in Plymouth, Possibly HMCS HAIDA in August 1944. Photo taken by Lynford Bourne who served in HMCS IROQUOIS. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB008)