Heaving lines are thrown from HMCS KINGSTON to HMCS CATARAQUI sailors ashore as the RCN Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel prepares to secure to the wall at her namesake, Kingston, Ontario on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26554)
HMCS ST. JOHN’S
HMCS ST JOHN’S anchored off the historic shipyards and drydock in Kingston, Ontario on 20 October 2019. The Kingston Shipyards built many ships for operations on the Great Lakes and warships for the RCN during the First and Second World Wars, including corvettes and now is the site of the Marine Museum of the Great […]
HMCShips NIPIGON and ANNAPOLIS
HMCShips NIPIGON (right) and ANNAPOLIS in Kingston, Ontario just after the 1976 Olympics. The sailing Regatta portion of the Olympics was took place in Kingston in Lake Ontario with the RCN providing security. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL201115006)
2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS
Personal Blog by Roger Litwiller This has been a very productive and fortunate year for me. I have had the good fortune to be able to attend Battle of Atlantic services in Halifax and Ottawa. I was honoured to attend the service and committal ceremony in HMCS MONTREAL off Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park on the […]
The Canadian Navy Has Arrived!
For the next two weeks the Royal Canadian Navy ships, HMCS KINGSTON and HMCS GOOSE BAY will be sailing in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The tour is part of a Great Lakes deployment that brings together the Canada’s Navy and our sailors with Canadians, that normally would not have a chance to […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN
The hull of HMCS TRENTONIAN is dressed and ready for launching on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW006)
Launching HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY being launched on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW011)
HMCS KINGSTON Presented With Copy of Roger’s Book
On Friday 12 July 2013, Roger Litwiller was invited to a reception and luncheon on board HMCS KINGSTON, following the ships arrival at Kingston, Ontario. Roger presented the crew of KINGSTON with a signed and dedicated copy of his book, “Warships of the Bay of Quinte.” Currently KINGSTON is the only ship in the Canadian […]
HMCS SUDBURY
HMCS SUDBURY being launched on 31 May 1941 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards, Kingston, Ontario. During WWII Canada was able to construct a corvette in just over nine months from laying her keel to commissioning a finished ship into the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW011)