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HMCS GOOSE BAY -Cobourg, ON.

October 28, 2020 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY -Cobourg, ON.

HMCS GOOSE BAY on Lake Ontario, approaching the entrance to Cobourg Harbour on 5 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL58994)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cobourg ON, History, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Lake Ontario, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS KINGSTON

October 16, 2020 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON

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)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Great Lakes, HMCS, HMCS CATARAQUI, HMCS KINGSTON, Kingston, Lake Ontario, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

October 10, 2020 by Roger Litwiller

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 […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Canadian Patrol Frigate, CPF, Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, History, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Kingston, Lake Ontario, Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS

December 31, 2016 by Roger Litwiller

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 […]

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