Four MCDV’s nested alongside the jetty at HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt, BC on 21 September 2019. HMCShips Brandon (710) is outboard with NANAIMO behind and EDMONTON outboard with WHITEHORSE alongside. Behind the jetty, construction is well underway for a new jetty in the dockyard. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05296)
Yokohama Harbour, Japan
View of Yokohama Harbour in Japan from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN during its Far East Cruise in 1965. A USN Officer checks out the RCN destroyer while a US submarine passes through the harbour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR042)
Pod of Orca’s
PCT-58 Renard and PCT-59 Wolf are part of a “pod” of five Orca Patrol Craft and Training Vessels alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Esquimalt, BC. on 19 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05107)
HMCS EDMONTON
HMCS EDMONTON transits from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04946)
HMCS MACKENZIE Jack-Stay Transfer
A Canadian sailor is transferred by Jack-Stay between HMCS MACKENZIE (261) and HMCS SASKATCHEWAN in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR018)
HMC Dockyard -Esquimalt, BC
HMC Dockyard at Esquimalt on 21 September 2019. The home to Canada’s West Coast Fleet is busy with HMCSubmarine VICTORIA in the foreground and HMCS REGINA secure on the opposite side of the Jetty. Two more Halifax frigates are behind Regina. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05293)
HMCS REGINA Painting Ship
With the paint barge alongside, HMCS REGINA receives its commemorative Western Approaches Disruptive camouflage paint scheme on 21 September 2019 at HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt, BC. The frigate was receiving this paint scheme to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05282)
HMCS CHICOUTIMI
Victoria class submarine, HMCS CHICOUTIMI alongside in Esquimalt, BC. on 19 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05100)
MCDV’s Alongside
Kingston class MCDV’s, HMCS WHITEHORSE (right) and HMCS EDMONTON alongside at CFB Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05088)
HMCS BEACON HILL
Prestonian class frigate, HMCS BEACON HILL plows through a swell alongside HMCS SASKATCHEWAN on the Pacific in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR002)