HMCS MAYFLOWER Officer’s celebrate a New Year, January 1944. Pictured: Melanson, Gord Atkinson, Gar Smith. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB068)
LST-376 off Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-376 sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. Two days later on 9 June, this landing ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Torpedo Boats S172, S174, S175 and S187 in the English Channel. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB053)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sailor
Unidentified sailor in HMCS MAYFLOWER takes a break in the corvette’s vent. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB024)
HMCS MAYFLOWER
HMCS MAYFLOWER dropping a depth charge. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB009)
HMCS MAYFLOWER
Two sailors from HMCS MAYFLOWER’s ships company horse around. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB036)
Iceburg
Iceberg, possibly taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN or HMCS MAYFLOWER, while crossing North Atlantic in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB075)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sailors
Two RCN sailors in HMCS MAYFLOWER’s searchlight platform while at sea. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB043)
Irish Bum Boats
Bum boats, possibly in Ireland, alongside HMCS MAYFLOWER attempting to sell their wares to the crew. Many of these private enterprise sailors would sell produce, vegetables, milk, alcohol, and contraband. The quality of which was usually very questionable. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB079)
Landing Ship -Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-393 with her bow doors open, sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. LST-393 survived the war and is now a Museum Ship in Muskegon, Michigan on Lake Michigan. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB060)
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Mascot
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s mascot stands on the 4 inch gun barrel. The Loch class frigate, HMCS LOCH ACHANALT is in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB039)