LS Ross Milligan in HMCS SUDBURY’s mess deck in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM015)
Securing from Harbour Stations
Members of HMCS SUDBURY’s ships company stowing lines in the corvette in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM018)
HMCS SUDBURY’s Sailors
Three sailors from HMCS SUDBURY on the corvettes foc’s’le in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM022)
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY, short foc’s’le corvette, floating in the fresh water of Lake Ontario after her launch on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW010)
Fleet of Corvettes -Halifax
View of Halifax from HMCS SUDBURY’s port bridge wing (left side of photo) looking aft. A total of eight corvettes are nested together in this picture from 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM021)
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY, Flower class corvette is ready for launching on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW009) 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 […]
Sudbury Has Strong Ties to the Royal Canadian Navy
This Saturday, 11 July 2015, I have been invited by the Sudbury Chapters store on Kingsway to sign copies of my books, White Ensign Flying and Warships of the Bay of Quinte. When I travel around this country many ask, why should we be interested in the Canadian Navy? For many Canadians believe there is […]
Launching HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY being launched on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW011)
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY being launched on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. During WWII Canada was able to construct a corvette in just over nine months from laying her keel to commissioning a finished ship into the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW011)
HMCS SUDBURY Halifax
Aft view from HMCS SUDBURY alongside in Halifax, 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM020)