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)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Division
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Communications Division, 1944. Left to Right, Top row: Vincent Hadley (Prince Albert, SK), Peter Meyer (Regina SK.). Centre Row: John McKay (Terrebonne, PQ.), Jack Straw (Hamilton, ON.), John Manson (Winnipeg, MB.), Tom Farrell (Montreal, PQ.). Bottom Row: Jack McIver (Winnipeg, MB), Philip Kevins (Verdun, PQ.), Edmund Poulin (Ottawa, ON.) and Jack Harold (Aurora, […]
HMCS SKEENA
HMCS SKEENA has dressed ship and is very pusser with her brightly coloured camouflage and signal flags flying in July 1944. SKEENA’s “B” turret and gun have been removed and a hedgehog anti-submarine mortar has been mounted in its place. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
Ready to Assist Burning Freighter
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew have been closed up to assist with firefighting operations for a freighter on fire in the Irish sea. This group watch the events from the corvette’s foc’s’le and gun deck in January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK194) This photo and collection have been […]
HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH
HMCS TRENTONIAN was diverted from St. John’s, NF. to find and rescue HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH (P225) off the cost of Newfoundland on 4 April 1944. Her dive planes were damaged by pack ice while on patrol in the North Atlantic. Unable to dive, the submarine was vulnerable to attack by both Allied and Axis forces. […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Killicks
Some of TRENTONIAN’s Killicks, slang for Leading Seaman. Pictured: LS Colin Harvey (Seal Cove, NB.), LS Thomas Williams (Winnipeg, MB.), LS Secord, LS Ken McDonald (Windsor, ON.), LS Aubrey Wells (Dartmouth, NS.), LS E. Scott, LS Arthur Slater (Winnipeg, MB.) , LS John Fournier, Buffer (Windsor, ON.) LS Raymond Lounsbury (Vancouver, BC.). Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
Landing Craft -Normandy
A large landing craft passes HMCS TRENTONIAN off the beachhead of Normandy, on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK081) 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 […]
Work Ups -Bermuda
The crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN practices a depth charge attack, as the ocean behind their corvette explodes, off Bermuda in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH058) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller […]
TRENTONIAN at Bermuda
Training evolution’s complete, HMCS TRENTONIAN takes on fuel from the tanker War Brahmin before leaving Bermuda to return to Halifax, in February 1944. Two of the officers have a little sport while passing the time, this same horse play caused a serious incident in May 1944 that put the ship and crew in jeopardy during […]