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HMCS IROQUOIS

September 3, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS

HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74908)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Jack Stay Transfer -HMCS CARLPLACE

September 2, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Jack Stay Transfer -HMCS CARLPLACE

HMCS CARLPLACE conducting a Jack Stay transfer with HMCS WASKESIU in late 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC030)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Frigate, History, HMCS, HMCS CARLPLACE, HMCS WASKESIU, jackstay transfer, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, River class frigate, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS MONTREAL

September 1, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL

HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip at HMCDockyard, with the assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs in Halifax on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13303)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat, Ville class Tug

HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors

August 31, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

RCN Tug GLENBROOK

August 30, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Tug GLENBROOK

RCN Tug CNAV GLENBROOK in Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14439)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Glen class Tug, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCTug GLENBROOK, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat

HMCS CARAQUET

August 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS CARAQUET

HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 31st Minesweeper Flotilla, Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, DDay, HMCS, HMCS CARAQUET, Invasion, Minesweeper, Navy, Normandy, North Atlantic, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Manning Ship -HMCS MONTREAL

August 28, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Manning Ship -HMCS MONTREAL

Members of HMCS MONTREAL’s ships company Manning Ship during the on board Battle of Atlantic service on 1 May 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL16424)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Ceremony, CPF, Frigate, History, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Manning Ship, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Returning from the Sea

August 26, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Returning from the Sea

Roger Litwiller in HMCS OTTAWA, returning to Halifax in March 1981 following CARIBOPS81 in the Caribbean. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL201115021)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CARIBOPS, Cold War, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS OTTAWA (III), Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Disembarking Wounded Sailors

August 25, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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 […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: corvette, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, HMTS MONARCH, Invasion, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, Portsmouth, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, USS PLUNKETT, White Ensign Flying, Wounded, WWII

HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE BAY

August 24, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE BAY

HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE Bay alongside in HMC Dockyard in Halifax from HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59650)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, CPF, Frigate, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, HMCS SACKVILLE, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

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