HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored off Cobourg, Ontario as the sun rises over Lake Ontario. The MCDV has a impromptu escort of Swans on 6 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL69698)
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)
HMCS GOOSE BAY
HMCS GOOSE BAY passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78874)
HMCS SACKVILLE
HMCS SACKVILLE undergoing maintenance at her winter berth in HMCDockyard, Halifax on 10 May 2019. HMCS GOOSE BAY is astern alongside NB Jetty. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00705)
HMCS GOOSE BAY Weapons Systems
HMCS GOOSE BAY’s weapons systems include the Nanuk 50 cal. Remote Weapons System and two 12.7 machine guns. Photo taken while GOOSE BAY transiting the St. Lawrence River near Prescott, Ontario on 29 May 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL91744)
HMCS GOOSE BAY -Iroquois Lock
With fenders out and ship’s company closed up, HMCS GOOSE BAY transits Iroquois Lock as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78861)
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)
Best of 2017 -An RCN Photo Collection
This past year has been very interesting. I have had several opportunities to visit and record our Canadian Sailors at work, on current taskings, preparing for deployment and building our future Navy. Below are some of my favourite photos from 2017, Canada’s 150th Anniversary! All the photos are available to view in my Flickr Album, 2017 […]
MCDV’s at Halifax
Three Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels nested together at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 31 August 2015. They are from left to right, HMCS GOOSE BAY, HMCS SUMMERSIDE and HMCS GLACE BAY. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13285)
2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS
Personal Blog by Roger Litwiller This has been a very productive and fortunate year for me. I have had the good fortune to be able to attend Battle of Atlantic services in Halifax and Ottawa. I was honoured to attend the service and committal ceremony in HMCS MONTREAL off Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park on the […]