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HMCS MAYFLOWER Clearing Ice

March 31, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MAYFLOWER Clearing Ice

Two of HMCS MAYFLOWER’s crew clear ice and snow from the corvette’s forward 4 inch gun deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB042)

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

HMCS KINGSTON at Prescott.

March 30, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON at Prescott.

HMCS KINGSTON underway in the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78876)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: GLD, Great Lakes, HMCS, HMCS KINGSTON, Kingston Class, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, Prescott ON, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS IROQUOIS Depth Charge

March 29, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Depth Charge

The water astern of HMCS IROQUOIS vapourizes from the explosion of the destroyers depth charges. Unknown date/place. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB005)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: ASW, Battle of Atlantic, Depth Charge, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS IROQUOIS, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Tribal Class, WWII

RCN Tug GLENSIDE with ex-ATHABASKAN

March 28, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Tug GLENSIDE with ex-ATHABASKAN

RCN Tug GLENSIDE moves former HMCS ATHABASKAN in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 28 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83230)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Destroyer, Glen class Tug, GLENSIDE, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS ATHABASKAN (III), Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS PRESERVER

March 26, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS PRESERVER

An RCN Ville class tug passes down the port side of HMCS PRESERVER as the AOR returns to Halifax, 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64676)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: AOR, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS PRESERVER, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Ville class Tug

Landing Ship Normandy

March 25, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Landing Ship Normandy

HMCS TRENTONIAN passes the stern of USS LST-377, landing ship discharging men and material to the beach. The ship would drive the bow up onto the beach and just before grounding a large anchor was dropped from the stern. Once unloaded the ship would use a winch to pull itself from the beach towards the […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Landing Ship, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS GLACE BAY

March 24, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GLACE BAY

HMCS GLACE BAY in Halifax, 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14131)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Halifax, HMCS, HMCS GLACE BAY, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS WASAGA Quarterdeck Party

March 23, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA Quarterdeck Party

HMCS WASAGA’s quarter deck party in 1942. Left to right; Ross Milligan, E. Bradley, Jack Glass, Jack Dewhirst, J McEntie, S. Morris and F. Deane. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM034)

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

HMCS EDMONTON

March 22, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS EDMONTON

HMCS EDMONTON transits from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04946)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CFB Esquimalt, HMCS, HMCS EDMONTON, Kingston Class, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, Maritime Forces Pacific, MCDV, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Stokers.

March 21, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Stokers.

TRENTONIAN’s Stokers Division in the UK, fall 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC060)

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

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