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 […]
Remembrance
A Sailor from HMCS CATARAQUI stands vigil at the Memorial in Navy Park in Kingston during Battle of Atlantic Service on 6 May 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_0375)
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 […]