HMCS FREDERICTON and Canadian icon Bluenose meet in Halifax Harbour on 13 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02188)
HMCS MONTREAL Dressed for Canada Day
HMCS MONTREAL dressed for Canada Day in Halifax, 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (DSCF9749)
Friendly Fire Incident -Normandy
Transferring the body of Captain Eric Troops, HMTS Monarch’s Skipper, from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. Capt. Troops was killed during a Friendly Fire incident when his ship and TRENTONIAN were attacked by USS PLUNKETT the night before. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK101)
HMCS BLAIRMORE
HMCS BLAIRMORE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM012)
CNAV SECHELT
CNAV SECHELT, dive tender, underway in Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14445)
Ross Milligan, RCNR
Ross Milligan, RCNR in HMCS WASAGA, Plymouth, UK in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM001)
Fleet Maneuvers -Line Astern
View from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN as HMCS BEACON HILL and HMCS MACKENZIE take up position astern, during a Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR069)
Canada’s Navy, Coast Guard and OPP Working Together
Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police Marine Unit along with sailors from CCGS CAPE MERCY, provide security as HMCS GOOSE BAY anchors off Cobourg, Ontario on Lake Ontario on 5 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL59236)
HMCS ONONDAGA
The former RCN “O” class submarine, HMCS ONONDAGA, is now a Museum Ship at the Le Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski, QC. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL68436)
Sailing out of St. John’s
HMCS WASAGA steams out of St. John’s Harbour, NF in the spring of 1943. Excellent photo showing the harbour defences, Fort Amherst is on the left and the anti-submarine netting extends across the entrance. The granite cliffs on both sides have always provided a natural protection to St. John’s. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, […]