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HMCS GOOSE BAY

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HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored in Halifax harbour, 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64657)

HMCS GLACE BAY

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HMCS GLACE BAY approaching the entrance to the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence River on 15 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56717)

HMCS GLACE BAY

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HMCS GLACE BAY transits the St. Lawrence River near Brockville, following a successful Great Lakes Tour, 15 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56674)

HMCS GOOSE BAY with MV Pearl Mist

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HMCS GOOSE BAY takes up a position astern of MV Pearl Mist while transiting the St. Lawrence River on 29 May 2017. GOOSE BAY is heading into the Great Lakes to take part in the Canada 150 celebrations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL91691)

HMCS GOOSE BAY

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HMCS GOOSE BAY in St. John’s, Newfoundland along the wall at the Naval Reserve Unit HMCS CABOT, to make minor repairs following a storm while on patrol off Canada’s east coast on 22 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL20884)

HMCS GOOSE BAY

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HMCS GOOSE BAY in HMC Dockyard Halifax on 6 March 2018. Photo taken from MV ASTERIX’s bridge. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. RTL66191)

HMCS EDMONTON

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HMCS EDMONTON transits from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04938)

HMCS SACKVILLE

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HMCS SACKVILLE at its winter berth in HMCDockyard on 10 May 2019. The last corvette is similar in size the the two Kingston class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, HMCS SHAWINIGAN and GOOSE BAY secured astern. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00710)

HMCS GOOSE BAY’s Escort

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HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored off Cobourg, Ontario as the sun rises over Lake Ontario. The MCDV has a impromptu escort of Swans on 6 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL69698)

Kingston Class MCDV’s

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Three Kingston class Maritime Coastal Defense Vessels along side in Halifax on a foggy morning, 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL60984)