Heaving lines are thrown from HMCS KINGSTON to HMCS CATARAQUI sailors ashore as the RCN Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel prepares to secure to the wall at her namesake, Kingston, Ontario on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26554)
Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command
NB Jetty in HMC Dockyard in Halifax is extremely pusser with ships dressed with ceremonial signal flags for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony on 12 June 2019. Ships alongside for the event are HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC and HMCS KINGSTON are joined by HMCS SACKVILLE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02147)
HMCShips KINGSTON and GOOSE BAY
HMCS KINGSTON leads HMCS GOOSE BAY through the final lock at Iroquois in the St. Lawrence Seaway system on 27 June 2016, for the summer Great Lakes tour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78813)
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON approaching Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78828)
HMCS WINDSOR
HMCS WINDSOR in Halifax undergoing extensive work on the syncrolift in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 27 June 2010. HMCS KINGSTON is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSCF5731)
Change of Command -Commander of the RCN
On 12 June 2018, Canada’s Navy appointed a new Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy during a historic Change of Command Ceremony in HMC Dockyard in Halifax. Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd stepped down to retirement and Vice-Admiral Art McDonald took over the RCN and became the 36th person to command Canada`s Navy since it`s inception in […]
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 […]
The Canadian Navy Has Arrived!
For the next two weeks the Royal Canadian Navy ships, HMCS KINGSTON and HMCS GOOSE BAY will be sailing in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The tour is part of a Great Lakes deployment that brings together the Canada’s Navy and our sailors with Canadians, that normally would not have a chance to […]
HMCS KINGSTON Presented With Copy of Roger’s Book
On Friday 12 July 2013, Roger Litwiller was invited to a reception and luncheon on board HMCS KINGSTON, following the ships arrival at Kingston, Ontario. Roger presented the crew of KINGSTON with a signed and dedicated copy of his book, “Warships of the Bay of Quinte.” Currently KINGSTON is the only ship in the Canadian […]