Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) ship in convoy. MAC ships were converted merchant tankers, given a flight deck and up to four fighter aircraft to ward off U-Boats. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM146)
HMCS IROQUOIS
HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74908)
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)
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)
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)
RCN Tug GLENBROOK
RCN Tug CNAV GLENBROOK in Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14439)
HMCS CARAQUET
HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)
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)
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)
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 […]