Two HMCS TRENTONIAN’s, AB Delmar Beaumont from Glen Williams, ON. and AB Elmer Baker from Tribune, SK. ready for shore leave, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF078)
HMCS ST. CLAIR
HMCS ST. CLAIR, a Town Class destroyer on 5 March 1944 acting as depot ship to RN submarines being used for Anti-Submarine training in St. Margaret’s Bay. ST. CLAIR was given to the RCN under the Lend-Lease program and was USS WILLIAMS with the USN. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]
Caring for a Wounded Sailor
A critically wounded sailor from the cable ship HMTS MONARCH is carried ashore from RCN corvette HMCS TRENTONIAN on 13 June, 1944 in Portsmouth. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC004)
USN Destroyer Escorts
Four USN Destroyer escorts in the River Foyle in May 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK062)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Officers
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s officers. Left to right: Sub-Lieutenant Donald Dodds, Lieutenant Gordon Stephens, Lieutenant William Kinsmen, Sub-Lieutenant C. LaRose, Lieutenant L. Parr and Warrant Engineer Francis Hindle. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK184)
Troopship -June 1944
Heavily armed, large troopship leaving Portsmouth in route to Normandy, June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH027)
Clearing Ice -TRENTONIAN
OS John Holden, AB Robert Powell and AB Delmar Beaumont take a break as the warm sun is starting to melt the ice covering HMCS TRENTONIAN in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF064)
HMSub UNSHAKEN
RN submarine P54, HMSub UNSHAKEN -“U” class. Photo possibly taken from TRENTONIAN off Oban Scotland, May 1944. An RN Sub surfaced among the RCN escort group as they were forming their convoy of blockships destined for the Normandy beachhead. Ralph O’Brien served in TRENTONIAN during this time. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Christening
The daughter of one of the employees of Kingston Shipyards presents Mrs Cory, wife of the Mayor of Trenton flowers at the christening ceremony of HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 September 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Trenton Branch, Royal Canadian Legion. (RTL -TBRCL001)
“Just Some Of The 4,000” -Normandy
Ships of all types and nationalities surround HMCS TRENTONIAN as she arrives at the invasion area on the morning of 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK078)