The newly built icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe is brought in to free HMCShips TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and HMCTug NORTON from the ice in Quebec City in December 1943. This icebreaker is now a museum ship at the MUSEE MARITIME DU QUEBEC, L’Islet, Quebec. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH045)
Earnest LaPointe, Icebreaker -Quebec City
Having broken the ice for HMC Ships TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and NORTON, The icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe returns to Quebec City in December 1943. This ship is now a museum ship at the Musee Maritime du Quebec, Lâ islet , Quebec and is open for touring. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Icebreaker
In December 1943, two newly constructed corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN foreground and HMCS NORSYD are attempting to leave Quebec City in route to Halifax. During a short layover in the Quebec port, the harbour has frozen over.  TRENTONIAN has moved only a few feet away from the wall despite repeated attempts by the harbour pilot to use the […]