HMCS ST JOHN’S starts making headway after departing from Johnston, ON on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. The frigates decks are filled with RMC cadets that have joined the ship for a day sail on the river and Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06696)
Letter from the Normandy Invasion
Many letters were sent home from Royal Canadian Navy sailors during World War II. On occasion a letter would be sent from the Commanding officer of a Canadian ship to the namesake community that supported the ship. This letter by Wm. Harrison, CO of HMCS TRENTONIAN was written to the City of Trenton shortly after […]
Anti-Submarine Patrol Craft
Unknown Patrol Craft with depth charges visible on stern. Unknown location or date. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR029)
Ex-HMCS PROVIDER
Ex-HMCS PROVIDER sits alongside in Halifax waiting disposal in 2001. The AOR was paid-off on 24 June 1998. HMCS SUMMERSIDE is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-_2004)
Future HARRY DEWOLF
The future HMCS HARRY DE WOLF under construction at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 15 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL57448)
Deep Sea Fishing the RCN Way
In March 1944, HMCS TRENTONIAN dropped a single depth charge while in the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland. Thomas Williams of Winnipeg, MB. inspects one of the larger fish caught. Once the fish were cleaned the cooks immediately cooked the fresh bounty in milk. The crew remember this as one of the best meals they had […]
HMS LCT(R) 481
Rocket landing craft, HMS LCT(R) 481 off Normandy June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM141)
HMCS MACKENZIE departing HMC Dockyard Esquimalt in February 1965 on a Far East Cruise, accompanied by HMCS SASKATCHEWAN (foreground) and HMCS BEACON HILL. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR077)
HMC NAVAL CAMP St. John’s NF
Sailors from the escort groups could trade their shipboard hammocks for tents at the HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF. This photo taken while HMCS WASAGA sailors were at the camp in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM292)
HMCS FREDERICTON
HMCS FREDERICTON in Halifax, 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL60946)