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Sisters of the Space Age

December 15, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Sisters of the Space Age

HMCShips IROQUOIS and ATHAABASKAN (right) alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53701) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS ATHABASKAN (III), HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Maritime Forces Atlantic, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS IROQUOIS

November 13, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74908)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS IROQUOIS

October 24, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS is assisted into the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64635)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Tribal Class Destroyers Laying Smoke

October 15, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Tribal Class Destroyers Laying Smoke

HMCS IROQUOIS with HMShips MAURITIUS and URSA steaming at 32 knots and laying smoke screen to evade fire from shore batteries off the west coast of France on 22 August 1944. IROQUOIS and MAURITIUS had been straddled by shells from the Gironde Shore Battery. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, History, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, HMS MAURITIUS, HMS URSA, Invasion, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, Shore Battery, Smoke Screen, Tribal Class, WWII

Former HMCS IROQUOIS

August 21, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Former HMCS IROQUOIS

Ex -HMCS IROQUOIS, recently paid-off, sits in HMC Dockyard in Halifax waiting her fate on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53639)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS IROQUOIS Halifax

July 23, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Halifax

With ship’s company at Harbour Stations, HMCS IROQUOIS sails through Halifax harbour on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64613)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS IROQUOIS -Polyarnoe, Russia

July 22, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS -Polyarnoe, Russia

View of Polyarnoe, Russia from HMCS IROQUOIS during on 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-LRB024)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Arctic Convoy, Battle of Atlantic, Convoy, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Polyarnoe Russia, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Tribal Class, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS

July 9, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS returning to Halifax on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64607)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

PRINZ EUGEN -Copenhagen, Denmark

July 6, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

PRINZ EUGEN -Copenhagen, Denmark

German Navy’s Admiral Hipper class cruiser, PRINZ EUGEN surrendered at Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1945. Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS, who formed part of the Allied escort for the cruiser and the Leipzig class cruiser NURMBERG to Wilhelmshaven, Germany for their formal surrender to the Allies. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Admiral Hipper Class, Battle of Atlantic, Copenhagen, Cruiser, Denmark, Destroyer, German Navy, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Kriegsmarine, Naval History, Navy, PRINZ EUGEN, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Surrender, Tribal Class, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS

May 12, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCShips IROQUOIS and ATHABASKAN (right) alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53700)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS IROQUOIS, Iroquois class destroyer, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

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