HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax, April 1944, sporting a fresh coat of dark and light grey paint. Her pennant number was not fully painted at the time of the photo so Bruce Keir added the “K” in ink. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK043)
Mulberry Caisson -Phoenix 194 and Tug Hisperia
Concrete caisson, Phoenix 194 and tug Hisperia, underway to Normandy under the escort of HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. The giant caisson will be sunk as part of the Mulberry Harbour off Normandy. The size of the caisson is deceiving in this photo as Hisperia is closer to TRENTONIAN, a second tug, Saucy, is visible behind Hisperia. […]
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Canadian sailors, A/PO Raymond Lounsbury, A/PO Raymond McDonald and AB Robert Catherine enjoy a run ashore in Cherbourg, France shortly after the French port was liberated in October 1944. Their ship, HMCS TRENTONIAN was one of the first Canadian corvettes to have leave in France although the picturesque city was still heavily damaged from the […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN at the Fish Dock
Resembling a scene from a Hitchcock movie, seagulls line every surface at the fish dock in Milford Haven. The trawlers would unload their catch and the fish was gutted, cleaned and the meat went into the plant for processing. The heads, tails and everything else was simply shoveled into the water for “disposal.” This photo […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN crew members pose for a photo in Bermuda in February 1944. Top Row: Wilfred Thompson (Vancouver, BC), Robert Powell (Portreeve, SK) and Arthur “Slats” Slater (Winnipeg, MB). Bottom Row: Roy Evans (Saskatoon, SK) and Joe Gosskie (Birnie, MB). Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF099)
Disembarking Wounded Sailors
Wounded and dead sailors from the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch are disembarked from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. TRENTONIAN and Monarch had been involved in a deadly friendly fire incident when an American destroyer, USS PLUNKETT opened fire on the two allied ships, mistaking them for enemy e-boats off the Normandy coast. TRENTONIAN […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Officers
Sub-Lieutenant C. LaRose (left), Lieutenant Burley Kinsmen (Centre) and Lieutenant William Harrison on HMCS TRENTONIAN’s bridge during convoy duty on the North Atlantic in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK038)
Communication Branch -HMCS TRENTONIAN
Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Branch pose for a picture after an inspection of their ship in October 1944. Pictured: A/RA4 Joe Gosskie, Telegraphist Vince Hadley, Coder Peter Meyer, Steward George Guthrie, Cook Joseph Bergeron, LS John Founier, Leading Signalman Jack Straw, LS John Shanahan, Telegraphist Tom Farrell and Telegraphist Edmond Poulin. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN
Starboard side view of HMCS TRENTONIAN newly painted in the Western Approaches Disruptive Camouflage scheme in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, courtesy of Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF035)
HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE
HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE, Castle class corvette comes alongside a burning freighter, the MV Cromarty to assist with firefighting. HMCS TRENTONIAN (foreground) has already gone alongside the burning ship and transferred over firefighting equipment and has now started an Asdic sweep around the freighter and Castle class corvette in January 1945 in the Irish Sea. Roger […]