HMCS PRESCOTT leaving Kingston in June 1941. An early war corvette, built at Kingston Shipyards, she would be completed and commissioned in Montreal. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW014)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE now completed, leaving Kingston on 12 May 1941. Her completion and commissioning was delayed until spring, after grounding in the St. Lawrence River on 30 November 1940, requiring the corvette to return to Kingston Shipyards for repairs. NAPANEE was to be the first corvette commissioned into the RCN, because of the delay in […]
HMCS KINGSTON -Harbour Stations
With her ship’s company formed up at Harbour Stations, HMCS KINGSTON approaches the waterfront at Kingston, Ontario on 12 July 2013 for a visit to her namesake city in Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26516)
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON arriving in her namesake city of Kingston for a visit on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26540)
HMCS NIPIGON -My First RCN Photo
As the title describes, this is my very first photo of a Royal Canadian Navy ship. It was 1976 and I was twelve years old. We were on a family vacation to Eastern Ontario and as we were travelling through Kingston along the waterfront we saw two grey, sleek destroyers secured to the Government Wharf […]
HMCS BELLEVILLE Sailor
A member of HMCS BELLEVILLE’s crew shows a guest the ropes during her adoption ceremony at Kingston, Ontario, 22 October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy RCSCC QUINTE. (RTL-BB002) This photo of HMCS BELLEVILLE has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON’s skipper, LCdr Paul Roddick, keeps a close watch on his ship while maneuvering in confined space. The ship’s company is at Harbour Stations, busy securing to the jetty at Kingston, Ontario, during a port visit to their namesake city on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller, 12 July 2013. (RTL26588)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Christening
The daughter of one of the employees of Kingston Shipyards presents Mrs Cory, wife of the Mayor of Trenton flowers at the christening ceremony of HMCS TRENTONIAN, 1 September 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Trenton Branch, Royal Canadian Legion. (RTL -TBRCL001)
Mayor of Napanee
Dr. Duane R. Hall, MD, Mayor of the Town of Napanee on board the flower class corvette HMCS NAPANEE during its commissioning at the Kingston Shipyards on 12 May 1941. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH005) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of […]
HMS HONESTY
HMS HONESTY built for the Royal Navy at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards and undergoing “sea trials” in Lake Ontario, late 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW015)