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HMCS IROQUOIS Dropping Depth Charges

July 20, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Dropping Depth Charges

HMCS IROQUOIS dropping depth charges, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB021)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Anti-Submarine Warfare, ASW, Battle of Atlantic, Depth Charge, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS Visitors

July 13, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Visitors

Visitors to HMCS IROQUOIS (1st) during late WWII, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB010)

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

HMCS IROQUOIS -Belfast

June 27, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS -Belfast

HMCS IROQUOIS (1st) in Belfast during WWII, unknown date. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB020)

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

HMCS IROQUOIS

June 26, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS returning to Halifax on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64616)

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

Fleet Operations CARIBOPS

June 20, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

Fleet Operations CARIBOPS

In transit to the Caribbean, HMCS PROTECTEUR steams with HMCS ATHABASKAN (nearest ship) and HMCS IROQUOIS in January 1981. Photo taken from HMCS OTTAWA. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416002)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: AOR, Caribbean, CARIBOPS, Cold War, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS ATHABASKAN (III), HMCS IROQUOIS, HMCS PROTECTEUR, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMS RENOWN

May 30, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMS RENOWN

HMS RENOWN in Rosyth, UK. Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS, unknown date. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB016)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Battlecruiser, Destroyer, History, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, HMS RENOWN, Naval History, Navy, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS Arriving Halifax

May 9, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Arriving Halifax

HMCS IROQUOIS returns to Halifax harbour on 6 July 2012. The destroyer has turned towards Shearwater while the ship’s company is extracting a Sea King from the hangar to disembark the helicopter on the jetty. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64594)

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

German POW’s at Wilhelmshaven, Germany

May 2, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

German POW’s at Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Under the watchful eyes of armed RN sailors, thousands of German Prisoner-of-War have been gathered at the harbour in Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 28 May 1945. Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS (foreground) on her arrival in the German port after escorting the German cruisers PRINZ EUGEN and NURMBURG from Copenhagen, Denmark for their formal surrender to […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Destroyer, German, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, POW, PRINZ EUGEN, Prisoners of War, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, Tribal Class, Wilhelmshaven, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS Sentries

March 25, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Sentries

Two HMCS IROQUOIS sailors standing sentry with the Lanchester sub-machine gun, with 50 round magazines and long bayonets in 1945. Unknown location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB012)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Lanchester sub-machine gun, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sentry, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

HMCS IROQUOIS in Copenhagen

March 15, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS in Copenhagen

A large group of German Prisoners-of-War in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1945. Photo taken by Lynford Bourne while his ship HMCS IROQUOIS was in the city following the surrender of German forces. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB031)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Copenhagen, Denmark, Destroyer, History, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, POW, Prisoners of War, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

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