HMCS SACKVILLE and HMCS GOOSE BAY alongside in HMC Dockyard in Halifax. Photo taken from HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59646) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon […]
HMCS QUINTE Beached
HMCS QUINTE, partially submerged in St. Peter’s Bay, Cape Breton, after striking Horse Head Shoal on 30 November, 1942. Franklin Marine re-floated the minesweeper a few days later and towed QUINTE to the wall at St. Peter’s canal to continue salvage operations. Unexpectedly she then capsized in St. Peters Canal, laying on her beam ends, […]
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON is dressed for a reception while visiting her namesake city in Kingston, Ontario on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26623) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Some of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew take a break from duties in Halifax. Pictured: OS John Holden, AB Walter Barber, AB Darcy Graham, AB Stanley Bennett, PO Richard Medhurst, AB Robert Gray, AB Gordon Simpson, Coder J. Roberts, AB Gordon Harley, AB A. Elslinger and Leading Stoker Francis Walsh. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
HMCS REGINA
HMCS REGINA receiving its Western Approaches Disruptive camouflage at CFB Esquimalt on 21 September 2019. The specialized paint scheme is in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_2953) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles […]
HMSubmarine N34
HMCS SKEENA conducted anti-submarine exercises with HMSubmarine N34 off Lough Foyle on 9 December 1942. Photo taken from SKEENA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB076) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom […]
Sunrise Over the RCN Dockyard
Sunrise in Halifax illuminates HMCS MONTREAL, sister ship HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN behind and HMCS ATHABASKAN in the dockyard on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53559) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the […]
HMCS ELK -Paint Ship
Austin Chater, RCNVR in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht a fresh coat of paint in 1942-43. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC022) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of […]
RCN Ships -Line Abreast
HMCShips SASKATCHEWAN (Photo taken from), BEACON HILL and MACKENZIE steam in line abreast formation while in the Pacific on a Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR060) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the […]
1000 RCN Sailors at Roosevelt Roads
After seven days steaming from Halifax to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, the entire fleet head for the beach to take a break. Over 1000 RCN sailors invaded the beachhead in January 1981. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416018) If you enjoy the content I create and find value […]