Landing Ship USS LST-376 sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. Two days later on 9 June, this landing ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Torpedo Boats S172, S174, S175 and S187 in the English Channel. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB053)
A.B. O’Brian -HMCS TRENTONIAN Mascot
HMCS TRENTONIAN gained a new crew member in May 1944 in Londonderry when this dog wandered into the corvette and voluntarily stayed aboard. Quickly adopted as the ship’s mascot and named AB O’Brian, RCNVR, respecting his Irish origins, the stray never left. A hammock was made for him and strung between two stanchions in the […]
HMCS IROQUOIS Floral Sea Boat
HMCS IROQUOIS’s sea boat returns to the destroyer after sending a shore party to the liberated Channel Island of Ile d’Yeu on 27 August 1944. The grateful islanders showered the RCN sailors with flowers (visible on deck) and cake, being the first allied force to arrive on the island after the Germans had retreated. IROQUOIS’s […]
Minesweeping
Sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM113)
Landing Craft -Normandy
A large landing craft passes HMCS TRENTONIAN off the beachhead of Normandy, on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK081) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID, infantry landing ship, at Portsmouth 8 June 1944. Many of the ships allocated to the initial phases of the invasion had to return for supplies. All of PRINCE DAVID’s landing craft were damaged, sunk or beached during the first day, requiring replacements. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton photo, courtesy of Bruce […]
Landing Craft -Normandy
Royal Navy Landing Craft Tank T7054 sails past MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB058)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Off Normandy
View from HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB050)
Juno Beach Lightship
With such a large amount of vessels operating, Juno Beach was marked with a lightship to aid in the safe navigation of the shipping traffic. This is the only photo of this lightship that I have found. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo for the scene on the left side […]
USN Landing Ship -Normandy
HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past an American landing ship and her landing craft off the Normandy beachhead. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy -Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB049)