HMCS ATHABASKAN’s bow slices through a moderate sea while sailing alongside HMCS OTTAWA during CARIBOPS81 in Jan/Feb 1981. This photo was scanned from a 110 negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115131)
Women in the RCN -An Incredible Legacy
On 8 August 1914 a contingent of nursing sisters sailed in the the hastily converted, His Majesty’s Canadian Hospital Ship PRINCE GEORGE. I wonder if they realized they were making history. They were the first women to serve at sea in a ship under the control of the Royal Canadian Navy! This milestone would not be […]
HMCS OTTAWA (I)
HMCS OTTAWA (1st), River class destroyer, ex-HMS CRESCENT, Transferred to RCN on 15 June 1938. She was torpedoed by U91 in the North Atlantic on 13 September 1942, killing 114 of her crew. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH023)
OS Roger Litwiller -HMCS OTTAWA (III)
Today I was going through my old pictures from when I was in HMCS OTTAWA (III) and found this. Classed as an Ordinary Seaman in OTTAWA, in reality I was an eighteen year old Sea Cadet on a three month  OJT, (On the Job Training). What an incredible experience!  I joined OTTAWA in Halifax on 2 […]