HMS ORION, Leander class light cruiser, returning to Portsmouth 10 June 1944, while supporting the invasion she has worn out her gun barrels and has returned for replacements. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH036)
Rear-Admiral Fairbairn, RN FOIC Milford Haven
Rear Admiral Fairbairn, Flag-Officer-In-Charge Milford Haven arrives by motor launch to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK189)
Landing Ship Londonderry
By the end of May 1944 there was a great amount of activity in harbour at Londonderry. In this photo, USN Landing Ship 335 is being loaded astern of HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, photo courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK067)
True Cost of the Battle of the Atlantic
A critically injured sailor is transferred into HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK102)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Milford Haven, freshly painted in the Admiralty Disruptive paint scheme in July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK026)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Gunner
Leading Seaman Kenneth McDonald, RCNVR, from Windsor, Ontario during gunnery practice on HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 20mm Oerlikon. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK151) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]
HMCS RENARD
HMCS RENARD at Halifax in April 1944. RENARD is an armed yacht. Commissioned into the RCN early in the war and converted from private yacht to escort, until larger escort ships could be built. In this photo she is now working as a torpedo training ship and the torpedo tubes are easily visible on her […]
Hospital Ship -Portsmouth
British Hospital Ship NAUSHON arriving Portsmouth from Normandy in July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK115) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]
A.B. O’Brian -HMCS TRENTONIAN Mascot
HMCS TRENTONIAN gained a new crew member in May 1944 in Londonderry when this dog wandered into the corvette and voluntarily stayed aboard. Quickly adopted as the ship’s mascot and named AB O’Brian, RCNVR, respecting his Irish origins, the stray never left. A hammock was made for him and strung between two stanchions in the […]
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD overtakes HMCS TRENTONIAN on the North Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, in route to Halifax from the Great Lakes, December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH049)