In March 1943, HMCS WASAGA, Bangor class minesweeper, passes through pack ice, off Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM080)
Iceburg
Iceberg, possibly taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN or HMCS MAYFLOWER, while crossing North Atlantic in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB075)
HMCS WASAGA’s Iced Depth Charges
Ross Milligan on HMCS WASAGA’s ice covered deck in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM082)
Clearing Ice
RCN sailors clear HMCS WASAGA’s ice covered foc’s’le in January 1943. Listed on back of photo: S. Morris, J. McEntie, Platt, Wm. Weaver, Jack Glass and Paskavik. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM081)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ice
HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax, February 1943. Looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge, you can see the corvettes gun deck and foc’s’le are more of ice rink than deck and the amount of ice that has accumulated on the stanchions and wires. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
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 PRESCOTT
HMCS PRESCOTT, corvette is launched from Kingston Shipbuilding Yards in Kingston, Ontario on 7 January 1941 into a frozen Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW013)
Icebound -HMCS TRENTONIAN
With her forward gun rendered inoperable, HMCS TRENTONIAN enters Halifax harbour encased in ice, in February 1944. The corvette’s constant battle with the ice, winds and waves of the North Atlantic is told in Roger Litwiller’s newest book, White Ensign Flying available in the New Year from Dundurn Publishing at Amazon and Indigo online or […]
HMCS WASAGA’s Forward Gun
HMCS WASAGA’s forward gun is covered in ice , off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM075)
RCN Sailors St. John’s, NF
Lew Evans and Lew Theriault from HMCS WASAGA, skating at Quiddy Vidi Lake in St. John’s, NF in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM320)