One of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew dressed for the cold as he stands watch on the stern of the corvette in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH077)
MV ASTERIX
MV ASTERIX, interim AOR for the RCN, is dressed overall ready for her unveiling ceremony and christening at Davie Shipyard in Levis, QC. on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02745)
HMC NAVAL CAMP -St. John’s NF
Several sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break at the HMC NAVAL CAMP located seven miles outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The rest camp was established for the sailors from the escort ships to get away from shipboard life while in port. Sailors in this photo, MacDonald, Wm Black, Wm Weaver, S. Morris, […]
HMCS ST. JOHN’S
Canadian patrol frigate, HMCS ST. JOHN’S on the syncrolift in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL28997)
HMCS TORONTO in the St. Lawrence River
HMCS TORONTO in the St. Lawrence River, east of Iroquois, Ontario on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (RTL82377)
RCN Corvette Landing Wounded Sailors
HMCS TRENTONIAN arrives at Portsmouth on 13 June 1944, with the wounded from the cable layer HMTS Monarch following a friendly fire incident with USS PLUNKETT the previous night. Ambulances, medical staff and photographers are waiting, even though no news of this tragic event will be released by the RCN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]
HMCS REGINA’s Forward Gun
HMCS REGINA’s forward BOFORS 57 mm MK3 Naval Automatic Gun receives some maintenance after the turret has been painted, on 19 September 2019 in HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt, BC. The frigate is receiving its 75th Anniversary Battle of the Atlantic camouflage paint scheme. In tribute to HMCS REGINA’s (1st) the ships company has adopted the […]
HMCS KINGSTON at Iroquois Lock
HMCS KINGSTON transit Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78831)
HMCS WASAGA in Drydock
HMCS WASAGA hull has been given a fresh coat of anti-fouling paint while on the marine slip in Dartmouth in 1943. A great photo of the Bangor class minesweepers twin screws. WASAGA’s starboard propeller seems to have been marked for HMCS GRANDMERE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM093)
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Quebec City
Quebec City is hit by a early winter storm, blanketing HMCS TRENTONIAN in snow, in December 1943. Due to a construction problem in the corvettes ventilating system, it is as cold in the ship as it is outside. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH052)