HMCS CHAUDIERE, River Class destroyer passes HMCS TRENTONIAN in the River Foyle early May 1944 near Londonderry. Londonderry is a busy wartime harbour and is the terminus for the ocean escort groups, bringing convoys to the UK from Halifax, Cape Breton and New York City. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew were able to take an extended leave during boiler cleaning in Halifax in March 1944. Pictured: AB George Hayward, AB Robert Powell, OS Maurice Cochran, AB Darcy Graham, AB Gordon Harley, OS Lawrence Brako, AB Moyle Beck, AB Frank Barron, AB Eric Muff, AB N. Tarasick and LS Raymond Lounsbury. […]
Anti-Submarine Air Patrols -Bermuda
Aircraft conduct Anti-Submarine patrols around Bermuda as this aircraft flies over HMCS TRENTONIAN during her Working Up evolution’s in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH064)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ice
HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax, February 1943. Looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge, you can see the corvettes gun deck and foc’s’le are more of ice rink than deck and the amount of ice that has accumulated on the stanchions and wires. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
A Sailor Is A Sailor
AB Robert Powell and LS John Founier from HMCS TRENTONIAN, assist a “sick” friend from HMCS Moose Jaw back to his ship in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK049) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used […]
RMS Queen Elizabeth
The Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth in her ghost colours, in Halifax late February or early March 1944. The luxury liner was converted as a troopship, capable of carrying 15,000 troops at a time, she was photographed from HMCS TRENTONIAN while secured at Pier 21. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]
HMS JED
HMS JED, a RN River class frigate passes HMCS TRENTONIAN in St. John’s harbour on 2 April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH038)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Crew members of HMCS TRENTONIAN take a break from maintenance and boiler cleaning at Halifax in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK050)
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Normandy
Photo taken from the port side of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s bridge on the morning of 7 June 1944 as the corvette approaches the invasion area with her convoy and the other escorts trailing behind. Artist Marc Magee used this photo in his painting of HMCS TRENTONIAN, for the cover of the book, White Ensign Flying. Roger […]
HMCS NORSYD
Having passed through the Strait of Canso, newly constructed corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS NORSYD sail in line abreast on the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in December 1943 in route to Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH046)